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Kidmark (the distributor for FUNimation’s dub of the original DragonBall series) will be releasing a DVD (possibly a set of DVDs?) that contains English-dub-only versions of the first thirteen DragonBall episodes, as well as the first movie (called “Curse of the Blood Rubies” by FUNimation). Special thanks to Hasmukh Patel for the heads-up on this …
Steven J. “Daimao” Simmons of toriyama.org has been under contract with FUNimation to provide the translations used for the Japanese version in the DVDs of DragonBall Z episodes, and has posted up his own opinions about how the DVDs are turning out. EDITOR NOTE: toriyama.org is no longer available, so the text of the article …
Toriyama.org has officially announced that Steven J. Simmons (who online fans may be familiar with as “Daimao” from various boards and his own website) is indeed the translator for FUNimation’s DVD releases of the DragonBall Z series. Thanks for the heads-up goes out Brian Real.
For the first time, Irwin Toys is breaking away from the mold (pun intended!) of simply using the original Japanese and European molds of the Super Battle Collection and AB figures. Irwin is now making completely new, never-before-seen figures, premiering them with their brand-spankin’ new “Series 14”. The first set of figures includes Bulma with …
Special thanks to kind Burger King employee Colin W. Kirk for letting us know that their calendar says they are getting the upcoming DragonBall Z toys on May 29th. Whether or not they start putting them out that day remains to be seen, but it is a good starting point to be on the look-out.
Sally Beatty, staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has penned an article examining the violence in the DragonBall series and its rise to popularity in North America. Brutality is a staple. In one recent episode, beads of sweat form on the brow of a character named Vegeta as he is nearly strangled to death …
FUNimation Productions, Inc. will be releasing DragonBall Z on DVD, with the future DVDs including their internally-produced English-dubbed version and its specific music track, as well as an accurately-English-subtitled original Japanese version with its music. As a part of the new initiative, the third DragonBall movie and fourth DragonBall Z movie are also in the …
Instead of the first two episodes of the third season being shown last Monday (06 September 1999) as previously announced, the new date for their airing will be the 13th. The first half of the Toonami block will consist of the last two episodes of the third season (dub episodes 52-53), with the last half …
After a long while of being down due to the inappropriate actions of a few fans, the forum at FUNimation’s dragonballz.com is back up and working, again. Users are now required to enter in a login and password to post on it (presumably their new “security” measure).
The next two English-dubbed videos (which will make up dubbed episodes 67-72) will be released on 31 August 1999. Pre-orders will be taken for them on FUNimation’s website. As for air dates concerning these episodes, FUNimation and Cartoon Network have officially announced that on 06 September 1999, from 4-5 pm EDT, the final two episodes …