The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
According to The Magic Box, Bandai has set a release date for “Sparking!” in Japan of 06 October 2005. No official release date for the US version of the game (incorrectly flip-flop-re-titled “Budokai Tenkaichi” by Atari) has been set.
The Dragon Ball GT Dragon Box has finally been released in Japan, and we have a really nice peak at all of the extras contained there-in thanks to DBW of our forum — check it out. Contained within the site are commercials, real-life zeni (of course, you cannot actually use it…), the complete TV special, …
Sony Music Entertainment is releasing two new CD singles (one in July, one in August) from the Dragon Ball universe, but these have a catch. Apparently, we are getting all newly-recorded versions of the theme songs to Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Entitled “Makafushigi Adventure -2005-” and “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA -2005-“, both will be performed …
DragonBall Z has returned to Cartoon Network to begin its new run with the recently-released “Ultimate Uncut” episodes, replacing the versions produced by FUNimation back in 1996-1998, now with the current voice cast and yet another replacement musical score. Via the FUNimation’s official “Dragon Ball Z” website: Dragon Ball Z is back on Cartoon Network …
FUNimation has released a teaser trailer for their upcoming release of the eleventh Dragon Ball Z movie, which they will be putting out until the title of “Bio-Broly”. It will be interesting to see how FUNimation tries to hype up this movie considering it is arguably the worst out of all of the DBZ movies. …
Right on the tail of yesterday’s update about a potential sequel before the first game is even out, it seems that Atari has gone ahead and put up a full information page for the first “Dragon Ball GT: Transformation” game on the Nintendo GameBoy Advance. Overview: Power up for Dragon Ball GT! Prepare for bigger …
GameStop.com now has a listing for a “Transformation 2” on the GameBoy Advance, with a date set of 15 November 2005 (right around the same time that “Sparking! / Budokai Tenkaichi” is due out). This would be the fifth game in the “Legacy of Goku” series of action/adventure/RPGs (which randomly stopped using the “Legacy of …
If you have been keeping track, you might have noticed that the release date for the Japanese Dragon Ball GT “Dragon Box” DVD box set is fast approaching, without so much as a “GT DVD set release coming up real soon” update. Actually, there is good reason for this — it has been delayed. As …
Announced earlier this year, the acquisition of FUNimation by now-parent-company Navarre has been completed. MINNEAPOLIS, MN -May 11, 2005 – Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVR) a leading publisher and distributor of a broad range of home entertainment and multimedia software products, today announced that it has acquired all general and limited partnership interests in FUNimation Productions, …
Ignore anything you read elsewhere — the game being released in the US by Atari under the name “Budokai Tenkaichi” is indeed the game “Sparking!” being developed in Japan by Spike for Bandai. IGN has some new information (including images and movie clips!) concerning/from the game. Look for upwards of 60 characters, including all five …