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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 02 October 2019, 10:45 AM EDTComment

The official Super Dragon Ball Heroes website has announced a 10 October 2019 streaming date for the forthcoming sixteenth episode of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional anime, continuing further into the brand-new “Universal Conflict” arc. In the upcoming episode (“Zamasu vs Universe 7! Ambition’s End!”), the universe seed has finally filled with energy, and

Published by 25 September 2019, 10:21 AM EDT1 Comment

Ahead of the character’s release tomorrow (26 September 2019), a short promotional video for Gogeta (SSGSS) has been released showcasing some of his special moves. The character will be available individually for ¥500/$5, or as part of the game’s optional $24.99 “FighterZ Pass 2” covering six total characters. The video concludes with a glimpse at

Published by 20 September 2019, 11:06 AM EDTComment

Continuing onward from previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s fifty-second chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, moving further into the original “Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc”. Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release

Published by 12 September 2019, 8:49 AM EDTComment

In conjunction with Tokyo Game Show 2019 this week, Bandai Namco revealed both the domestic (16 January 2020) and international (17 January 2020) release dates for the forthcoming Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot video game, alongside various bonus items available to those pre-ordering either the standard or “Collector’s Edition” versions of the game. All pre-orders of

Published by 03 September 2019, 3:27 PM EDTComment

As originally revealed in the October 2019 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine (released 21 August 2019), Bandai Namco has announced that a brand-new character — Bonyu, designed by Akira Toriyama — will make an appearance in a short sub-quest in the forthcoming Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot video game. Bonyu, from the same planet as Jheece,

Published by 26 August 2019, 9:58 AM EDTComment

Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥16.924 billion (approximately $160 million) profit for the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, compared to a ¥14.637 billion profit the same quarter last year. Dragon Ball once again handily came in as the company’s best-performing franchise for the quarter, pulling in ¥28.4 billion (a jump over last year’s

Published by 20 August 2019, 11:41 AM EDTComment

Continuing onward from previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s fifty-first chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, moving further into the original “Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc”. Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release

Published by 05 August 2019, 2:54 PM EDTComment

In conjunction with the game’s performance at the 2019 Evolution Championship Series (“Evo”) this weekend, Janenba was formally unveiled as the sixth character coming as optional paid downloadable content to Dragon Ball FighterZ within the game’s “FighterZ Pass 2”. The reveal followed two inadvertent “leaks” from Microsoft and Nintendo. Janenba debuted in 1995’s twelfth theatrical

Published by 29 July 2019, 3:14 PM EDT1 Comment

Following a mention of a “skin” in a May 2019 “This Week on Xbox” segment by Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, the official Nintendo UK website has posted and since removed a formal entry for Janenba as forthcoming paid downloadable content in Dragon Ball FighterZ: Janemba as a new playable character 5 alternative colors for