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Published by 05 June 2019, 3:13 PM EDTComment

The Dragon Ball GT anime comic — comprised of limited-color screen shots from the 1996-1997 television series displayed in manga format with dialog and narration bubbles — began back in the January 2014 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine. Running as a tie-in with the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game’s then-current “Evil Dragon Mission” updates,

Published by 24 May 2019, 2:57 PM EDTComment

Following last month’s Super Saiyan God Vegeta reveal, and in conjunction with this week’s July 2019 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine, Bandai Namco has announced Universe 2’s Ribrianne is coming as paid downloadable content to Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 as part of the game’s forthcoming “Ultra Pack 1” in June: Special moves will include Formation,

Published by 20 May 2019, 11:18 AM EDT1 Comment

Continuing onward from previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s forty-eighth 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 14 May 2019, 12:37 PM EDTComment

Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥63.383 billion (approximately $578 million) profit for the full fiscal year of 2019, compared to a ¥54.109 billion profit last year. Dragon Ball came in as the company’s best-performing franchise for the year, pulling in ¥129 billion (yet another jump over last year’s ¥97.9 billion), significantly beating the company’s

Published by 09 May 2019, 8:42 AM EDTComment

Following today’s eleventh episode premiere, the official Super Dragon Ball Heroes website announced a late-June 2019 streaming date for the forthcoming twelfth episode of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional anime, continuing further into the brand-new “Universal Conflict” arc. In the upcoming episode (“Calling All Super Warriors! Universe 7’s Decisive Battle”), Goku and the others

Published by 08 May 2019, 4:12 PM EDTComment

Bandai Namco has detailed numerous gameplay and character-specific changes in the 1.17 patch of Dragon Ball FighterZ hitting this week, releasing in conjunction with tomorrow’s “Son Goku (GT)” playable character debut. The 3-on-3, “2.5D” fighting game is developed by Arc System Works and is currently available on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via

Published by 24 April 2019, 3:18 PM EDTComment

Following the initial reveal back in March, and in conjunction with this week’s June 2019 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine, a short promotional video for Son Goku (GT) has been released showcasing some of his special moves, including a bonus super move seeing the character transform into Super Saiyan 4 when teammates have been defeated:

Published by 22 April 2019, 7:24 PM EDTComment

In conjunction with this week’s June 2019 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine, Bandai Namco has announced the Super Saiyan God version of Vegeta coming as paid downloadable content to Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 as part of the game’s forthcoming “Ultra Pack” in June: Special moves will include the Prominent Flash, Blazing Attack, and Burst Stinger.