The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Back in late April it was announced that Shueisha would be releasing all subsequent editions of the tankōbon with newly “refreshed” covers and newly drawn spine art. As homage to the original tankōbon volumes, Coca Cola, in collaboration with the Lawson convenience store franchise, began releasing limited edition figures of the tankōbon spine art. The …
CDJapan has a listing for yet another CD for Dragon Ball Kai, this one simply called the Dragon Ball Kai Song Collection. With the “Koro-chan Pack” CD canceled, it seems like this may be its spiritual successor. Due out 21 October 2009 for ¥2940 with a catalog number of COCX-35798, it is set to contain …
The line-up for the 2009 Jump Super Anime Tour (JSAT) was announced earlier this month. Sadly, it seems Dragon Ball fans will have to wait at least one more year to see if there will be another new animated special. The tour kicks off 12 October 2009 in Tokyo and will finish up 29 November …
School Library Journal has an interview with Traci Todd, editor of the Viz Kids line. There is a good amount of discussion regarding the marketplace and using Dragon Ball and Naruto as springboards to create an entirely new market using existing franchises and “reversioning” them down to a lower target age group. GC4K: Are you …
There has been a rather large drought of Dragon Ball Online information over the last several months, but like the last time we saw the game rear its head, it comes in swinging with loads of new information… which itself just brings more questions than answers, but we are OK with that. Most significant this …
Our buddy LaRésistance has sent us what seems to be the near-final cover art for the PAL releases of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast: GameTrailers.com has up the latest trailer for the game, which features “Progression”, the game’s all-new theme song performed by Hironobu Kageyama. It also showcases a very brief-glimpse of Super Saiyan 3 Broli …
Our favorite Japanese forum buddy kei17 posted up a couple new Jump pages showcasing a “new” character in the upcoming Raging Blast for the PS3 & Xbox 360: That is Broli (the main villain from DBZ Movie 8, and subsequently the 10th and 11th movies, as well) in a “new” Super Saiyan 3 transformation for …
Our forum member SonGokuGT posted up some great information for you Spanish fans. Apparently publisher Planeta DeAgostini will be releasing the kanzenban-based guide books LANDMARK and FOREVER. No set release dates have been set, but both books are very specifically listed under the author section for Akira Toriyama. Keep us up-to-date on when they come …
November 10th seems to be a huge day for FUNimation. In addition to the first Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box and the DBZ Movie 1 and DBZ Movie 2 single-disc releases, Amazon has updated with another release set for the same date: “Season One” is still still set for 15 September 2009, and hot on …
Man, this must really be the weekend for weird Dragon Ball news. It appears that there may be an “official” Spanish version of the Dragon Ball Kai opening and ending themes, “Dragon Soul” and “Yeah! Break! Care! Break!”, respectively. Nothing has been officially confirmed yet, but supposedly the Los Angeles based record label “MAgIc Sound …