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Published by 28 January 2024, 6:02 PM ESTComment

In conjunction with this weekend’s “DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2024” event, Bandai Namco has announced the third and final downloadable content pack within the second season pass — and sixth overall — for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, covering the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai (and thus the end of the original manga serialization’s content): The downloadable

Published by 18 January 2024, 10:27 AM ESTComment

Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s 101st chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”. After three chapters worth of original prologue material, the manga version of the arc covered the

Published by 09 January 2024, 1:26 PM ESTComment

The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the

Published by 20 December 2023, 10:45 AM ESTComment

Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s one-hundredth chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”, now adapting the contents of the recent theatrical film following three chapters worth of original prologue

Published by 07 December 2023, 9:18 PM ESTComment

Previously announced — back in March! — as the next entry in the Sparking! series of video games, Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO was more formally unveiled with a new trailer tonight during The Game Awards. Characters showcased included Son Goku (normal, Super Saiyan Blue), Vegeta (normal, Super Saiyan Blue), Freeza (final form), Broli (Wrathful, Super

Published by 07 December 2023, 1:58 PM ESTComment

The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the

Published by 22 November 2023, 4:46 PM ESTComment

This week’s January 2024 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine revealed key staff for the upcoming show, Dragon Ball Daima: Akira Toriyama: original author, story, character designs [previously announced] Masako Nozawa: voice of Son Goku [previously implied] Yoshitaka Yashima: series co-director Aya Komaki: series co-director Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru: character designs [adapted for animation from Toriyama’s designs] Yūko

Published by 20 November 2023, 11:51 AM ESTComment

Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s ninety-ninth chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”, now adapting the contents of the recent theatrical film following three chapters worth of original prologue

Published by 13 November 2023, 10:30 AM ESTComment

Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥52.167 billion profit for the first half of fiscal year of 2024, down from a ¥66.557 billion profit this same timeframe last year. Dragon Ball came in as the company’s second-best-performing franchise for the half, pulling in ¥68.4 billion (behind the Mobile Suit Gundam at ¥72.6 billion). This is