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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 21 July 2008, 1:20 PM EDTComment

Jumpland’s DVD site has switched over to its new Dragon Ball movie theme, and it looks pretty. Unfortunately, there is really no new information of interest, but they did post some trailers for the first six Dragon Ball Z movies that are narrated very energetically. Along with that, you can find some concept art of

Published by 13 July 2008, 6:15 PM EDTComment

We have known for what seems like forever that new Dragon Ball GT DVD sets were on their way from FUNimation, but knew little else beyond that. We recently got our hands on what seemed to be the box art, which confirmed the “remastered” style release. FUNimation has been showcasing trailers for the upcoming release…

Published by 11 July 2008, 6:28 PM EDTComment

Namco-Bandai has opened up a website for the upcoming “Dragon Ball DS”: www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/ds_dragonball/top.html So far there is a little bit of information about the story and characters (OK, just Goku), but there are some nice screen shots throughout to gaze at.

Published by 10 July 2008, 7:09 PM EDTComment

The red text we did not bother to read on the image from a few days ago tells us that the title of the newly-animated, upcoming Dragon Ball short will be “Ossu! Kaette Kita Son Gokū to Nakama-tachi!!” (“Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!!”), with “Ossu!” being one of Goku’s early-catch phrases and introduction to

Published by 06 July 2008, 8:06 PM EDTComment

Many years back, McDonald’s ran a promotion with their “Happy Set” (or “Happy Meals”) where you could get an exclusive DBZ figure. It seems like they are doing it again! We will send Julian on his way to pick them all up, giving him a perfect excuse to undo all of the working-out he has

Published by 06 July 2008, 8:05 PM EDTComment

Over on the toonzone.net forum, a new image showcasing minor information on the new Dragon Ball animation to air during the Jump Super Anime Tour has surfaced: The picture does not give a whole lot of clues, but we can see a variety of characters from all over the chronology of the series and a

Published by 06 July 2008, 8:04 PM EDTComment

The upcoming hardcover “Collector’s Edition” Shonen Jump fifth anniversary release will indeed contain all of the manga from that first publication back in January 2003, along with features from the first five years, about a dozen rare interviews, essays by the editors, and a special “Yu-Gi-Oh” card.

Published by 06 July 2008, 8:03 PM EDTComment

According to Atari’s latest annual report: Fiscal 2008 — the Dragon Ball Z franchise generated 49.1% of our publishing net product revenues, driven by the November 2007 release of Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii) That is right, folks. If you really want to boil it down to the nitty-gritty,

Published by 06 July 2008, 8:02 PM EDTComment

We finally have a release date for “Dragon Ball DS”, the new action / adventure / RPG game coming to the Nintendo DS! The game will see its release over in Japan on 18 September 2008. As-of-yet, neither Atari nor FUNimation has said anything about an American release of the game, though judging by the