The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
While it has already been the 3rd in Japan for more than half a day, we wanted to wait until the clock stuck over here in the US to make the post. On this day in 1984, the very first chapter of Dragon Ball was published in volume 51 of Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan. …
The cover art for the fourth Dragon Ball Kai DVD volume has been unveiled on Happinet’s official release website. It is set to be released 18 December 2009 for ¥2,940 (~$30) and will contain episodes 010-012 in widescreen as they were originally broadcast. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until February for another full screen …
As you will hear on our latest podcast episode, our buddy Tsukento let us know that Amazon is running a bunch of great deals on Dragon Ball video games right now. Have any holes in your collection? Dragon Ball Origins (DS) — $13.44 Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu (DS) — $14.71 Dragon Ball Z: Attack …
Amazon has revealed the box art for the second “Dragon Box Z” from FUNimation, as well as the cover art for the third “season” of the original Dragon Ball TV series in its new “remastered” format: The former is due 16 February 2010, while the latter is actually due a little earlier on 02 February …
Just as we hinted at the other day, DragonBall DS 2 is confirmed! As predicted, the game is subtitled Dragon Ball DS 2 Totsugeki! Reddo Ribon Gun (Dragon Ball DS 2: Charge! Red Ribbon Army), and it is due out in Japan 11 February 2010 for ¥5229. This is the sequel to the first Dragon …
Word on the street is that Dragon Ball DS 2 (or Origins 2 as it will most likely be named in North America) is set to be officially revealed in an upcoming Jump issue. Will there be even more than that, though…? Stay tuned…
In surprising and confusing news, the Amazon listing for FUNimation’s first Dragon Box, released just yesterday here in North America, has a disconcerting inventory update: Item Under Review While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be …
Lantis’ website has updated with a final track listing for the Progression CD single coming out next week in Japan. The title track is indeed the opening theme to Raging Blast as performed by Hironobu Kageyama. The b-side is a new song called “Road of the Promise ~Yakusoku no Michi~”. As with the title track, …
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast on the PS3 was the third-best-selling game this past week in Japan, selling 57,972 copies its first week. The Xbox 360 version is actually down in the #28 spot, selling around another 7,000 copies on that platform. Overall, these first week sales are down a bit from Infinite World (PS2) which …
Many online retailers have dropped the price of Raging Blast on the PS3 from $59.99 to $49.99 (Amazon, GameStop, etc.). Interestingly, the 360 version remains at the $59.99 on Amazon, but GameStop has dropped it to $49.99 to match the PS3 version. We have reached out to Namco-Bandai to clarify whether this is a change …