The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Last December we passed along information that FUNimation was going to start putting out additional “remastered” DVD / Blu-ray releases of the Dragon Ball Z movies. Up until this point, there has still been no official announcement from FUNimation about these releases. Check out ICv2’s interview with Gen Fukunaga, CEO of FUNimation. In addition to …
We all know that Dimps (developers of the “Dragon Ball Z / Budokai” series) have kept busy over the last several years creating some card-based fighting games in the arcade which are further based on their own “Budokai” game engine (and also games like “Shin Budokai” on the PSP). Well, it looks like a fourth …
Toon Zone has a little bite from “TV Guide” where James Masters (who plays Piccolo in the upcoming American live action Dragon Ball movie) briefly mentions the series: Oh, Dragonball is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years. It’s got a Shakespearean sense of good and evil. The movie has incredible action scenes …
We have certainly learned a couple extremely important things from Atari’s latest press release: Donny Clay still has a job. They are not changing the title (“Burst Limit”). They think they will still be around later this year. Here is the full scoop: NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atari, Inc. one of the world’s …
I came across an article over on VarietyAsiaOnline.com that states Atari’s gigantic problems (including yet another warning from NASDAQ to get their stock into shape) could potentially hurt the upcoming live-action movie set to release next year. Really? How exactly do you figure? The article states nothing more than: But if Atari, which recorded a …
The event to end all fanboy events took place in Japan last week, and our old buddy Greg was there to take it in with style. Check out Greg’s video of Masako Nozawa performing the Kamehameha; you can also find a video of Hironobu Kageyama performing “WE GOTTA POWER” live for the audience! It appears …
A promotional video for the game was released this past week (viewable on the official website, as well as downloadable via gametrailers.com) showcasing all sorts of awesomeness from the upcoming game, including yet another all-new vocal song! Performed by Hironobu Kageyama, “Kiseki no Honō yo Moeagare!!” (“Flare Up, Miraculous Fire!!”) sounds as if it is …
The heroes of “Battle Stadium D.O.N.” (and Shueisha in general, really!) made an appearance in “Second Life” on December 22-23 as a special promotion for Jump Festa going on over in Japan at that time: Players could gather the Dragon Balls, win items, and more. If you are into that sort of thing, I guess …
Tanooki Kuribo let us know that there is a supposedly “limited edition” Japanese figure of Goku up for pre-order over on Play-Asia: It stands around 36 cm / 14 in, comes out in April 2008, and will run you around $16. Not too bad.
Emmy Rossum, playing the role of Bulma in the movie, posted up some tidbits in her MySpace blog talking about the movie and her experiences thus far. Sorry I’ve been rather quiet for a bit, I’ve been working on a very exciting new film that I’m shooting outside the US. I’m working with the great …