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The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.


Published by 08 October 2009, 10:52 AM EDTComment

Japanese buddy kei17 popped in with a new Jump page showcasing the all-new Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta as a playable character in the upcoming PS3 & Xbox 360 fighting game, Raging Blast: This comes after the reveal of Super Saiyan 3 Broli also being a playable character in the game. The Super Saiyan 3 transformation

Published by 08 October 2009, 9:40 AM EDTComment

Gamekult.com has obtained an image showcasing the contents of the European “Limited Edition” version of the upcoming PS3 & Xbox 360 fighting game, Raging Blast, which we first reported on a couple weeks ago: Clearly showcased are the art book, soundtrack CD, add-on content voucher, and overall packaging. There has been no word from Namco-Bandai

Published by 08 October 2009, 9:14 AM EDTComment

Delmarva Media Group’s local news website delmarvanow.com has a new story following-up on yesterday’s announcement that the Dragon Ball manga was being pulled from a Maryland school library due to “graphic” content. Despite writer Greg Latshaw‘s opening line about manga often being geared toward adults, an unfortunate quote from Salisbury University professor Adam Wood further

Published by 07 October 2009, 3:39 PM EDTComment

FUNimation’s official Twitter stream has just been updated with the following tidbits: The DBox will have Jap voice track w/orgnl Jap music – mono (default track) and Eng track w/orgnl Jap Music in 5.1 surround. More on the DBox — The Eng track with TV broadcast music has been removed. It appears that FUNimation’s upcoming

Published by 07 October 2009, 9:26 AM EDTComment

In a move that brings us full-circle to where we were ten years ago, the Dragon Ball manga has been pulled from the Pittsville Elementary and Middle School library in Wicomico, Maryland. According to the article by Greg Latshaw on delmarvanow.com, a mother whose nine-year-old son had borrowed the book from the school library contacted

Published by 06 October 2009, 10:06 AM EDTComment

Listings for the upcoming PS3 and 360 game, Raging Blast, are finally starting to appear online. Amazon has standard entries for both the PS3 and 360 versions, while GameStop’s PS3 and 360 listings come with a “bonus” for those who pre-order: Reserve Dragon Ball: Raging Blast and receive the Raging Blast Special Pack. The special

Published by 30 September 2009, 8:34 PM EDTComment

CDJapan has listed a second Dragon Ball Kai Original Soundtrack volume due out in Japan 18 November 2009. Original Soundtrack 2 is set to contain “more than 30” BGM tracks in addition to the (presumably) same TV-sized versions of the opening and closing themes. Coming out under the catalog number of COCX-35922, it will retail

Published by 27 September 2009, 4:31 PM EDTComment

Despite the news about a possible “Limited Edition” version of Raging Blast coming with the game’s soundtrack, it seems like at least the game’s opening theme will be receiving a formal CD single release. While listed as “UNTITLED” over on CDJapan, the Raging Blast opening theme (already known to be titled “Progression”) performed by Hironobu

Published by 26 September 2009, 1:45 PM EDTComment

Not sure how we missed this one! Some chapters from the Dragon Ball manga (specifically the Saiyan arc, or the beginning of what Viz would call “DBZ”) are coming to the manga/comic distribution service on the Sony PSP according to animeanime.jp and Anime News Network. A new “Comic” category will become available in the PlayStation

Published by 25 September 2009, 6:46 PM EDTComment

Remember those mysterious individual disc releases of the first two Dragon Ball Z movies from the “remastered” steel book double feature we reported about over a month ago? Well, thankfully they have been canceled! Mania.com (which has absorbed Anime on DVD) has posted a list of FUNimation’s new title solicitations for November, as originally released