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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 01 May 2008, 11:02 AM EDTComment

Some information has finally surfaced about the “Dragon Ball The Movies” individual disc releases. As expected, each theatrical film will be receiving its own individual release beginning on 08 August 2008. Two discs will be released on the second Friday of every month for ¥2940, with three volumes being released in the last month (March

Published by 01 May 2008, 10:04 AM EDTComment

The Atari news continues to be interesting, this time with an announcement that Atari and their now-completely-and-entirely-official-in-whole parent company Infogrames will become one entity. Currently, Infogrames owns 51.4% and is the majority stockholder in Atari. After the deal, Atari will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infogrames after acquiring “all remaining outstanding equity interests”. This agreement

Published by 30 April 2008, 10:56 AM EDTComment

IGN has what appears to be the final opening video sequence for the upcoming “Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit” for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Much like the original “Budokai” opening, it is almost entirely made up of in-game-engine cut-scenes (some of which we have seen before in prior trailers). At the very least, you

Published by 29 April 2008, 5:17 PM EDTComment

Viz’s listings for the “Viz Big” (ombinus, three-in-one) releases of DB volume 1 and DBZ volume 1 now say 03 June 2008, as opposed to 06 May 2008 which they had previously been listed at — that is a delay of about a month.

Published by 29 April 2008, 11:23 AM EDTComment

So these covers have been out for a little while, but only on Amazon Japan. Toei’s site was finally updated, and so will we. As with all the other releases so far, discs #07 and #08 contain six episodes each, covering episodes 037 thru 048, and are slated to be released 09 May 2008. You

Published by 24 April 2008, 11:15 PM EDTComment

First up, the new IGN blog from Donny Clay has been updated. There is really nothing new (or of interest, really), but it is great to see that IGN is at least gung-ho to allow this type of promotion. 1UP actually has their own preview of the game up, as well, from their visit to

Published by 20 April 2008, 1:00 PM EDTComment

We are going to somewhat be getting some newly animated Dragon Ball…! Anime News Network writes: This year’s 21st issue (released on April 21) of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that a “Jump Super Anime Tour” will visit 10 Japanese cities this fall with new anime specials for Dragon Ball and One Piece.

Published by 10 April 2008, 8:41 PM EDTComment

This is the kind of article and analysis I can get behind. Before anyone gets all upset and wonders how on Earth such obviously-die-hard-fans of the series can criticize it to such an extent, please remember the first part of this sentence: die-hard-fans. Speaking solely for myself, I have been a part of this fandom

Published by 08 April 2008, 10:06 AM EDTComment

Big thanks to Futabatei Shimei for digging up information on a new CD for us. With what will hopefully have better results than the “2005 Ver” releases of “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” and “Makafushigi Adventure!”, TEAM Entertainment will be releasing a “21st Century Version” mini-album consisting of the Dragon Ball opening and ending themes, an old image