The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Online retailers are showcasing the cover art for the upcoming CD single, Progression, which is the theme song for the soon-to-be released Raging Blast as performed by Hironobu Kageyama: There is still no track listing for the disc across all retailer sites and the official page for the disc on Lantis’ website.
Namco-Bandai has posted a ¥6.04 billion (approximately $66.7 million) loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2010. In terms of Dragon Ball overall, the franchise dropped in net sales from ¥8.7 billion in the first six months of fiscal 2009 to ¥4.5 billion this fiscal year, with a forecast of a full year net sales …
Since FUNimation’s first Dragon Box Z set has begun shipping early from RightStuf to some very few lucky people, forum member Haseowolf was lucky enough to receive his set extra-early! His thread on the forum contains numerous pictures of the packaging and Dragon Book that the set comes with, as well as several screen shots …
GameFront is reporting that Raging Blast has received scores of 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 (33/40) from Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. Interestingly, this is the exact same score set that Burst Limit received a little over a year ago.
Many people seem to be forgetting that the DS also gets a new game next week: Attack of the Saiyans. Released earlier this year in Japan as Dragon Ball Kai: Saiya-jin Raishū, it is due out here in the US the same day as Raging Blast on 10 November 2009. Here are a batch of …
Several independent confirmations have come in that orders for the “Limited Edition” version of Raging Blast in Europe have been canceled or otherwise put on indefinite hiatus. There is no official word from Namco-Bandai as to what is going on with production of this release, though it seems the standard edition is still on-track for …
Several independent confirmations have come in that orders for FUNimation’s first “Dragon Box” have not only been shipped, but may actually be out for delivery if ordered from RightStuf. While this is significantly ahead of its now-official release date of 17 November 2009, it is plausible. We remind everyone to be wary of comparisons and …
When we think about Latin America and the Dragon Ball franchise, we think of areas like Mexico, Brazil, and Chile which have long, on-going love affairs with the series. Panama is not a country that first comes to mind, though. Thankfully for those of you in Panama, Toei has struck a deal with Medcom to …
FUNimation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre, having been purchased in 2005. Today, Navarre held their second-quarter fiscal 2010 conference call for the period ending 30 September 2009. Unlike last quarter’s release and call, there was not much of interest for Dragon Ball fans. The bankruptcy of Circuit City (a “$60-odd million customer”) hurt their …
The cover art for the third Dragon Ball Kai DVD volume has been unveiled. It is set to be released 20 November 2009 and will contain episodes 007-009. It will run you the nice price of ¥2,940 (~$30). Last week saw the release of the first Dragon Ball Kai Blu-ray box set which contains episodes …