With Dragon Ball taking inspiration from Journey to the West so early on (see the article in our “DB30YEARS” anniversary magazine for more information!), it should be no surprise to hear that many names in the series are Chinese in origin. From Son Goku to Shenlong to Chiaotzu and beyond, tune in for a crash course in transliteration and adapting names between three entirely separate languages!
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Episode #0388! VegettoEX and Herms detail the Chinese name origins for many Dragon Ball characters, along with how to best represent their names with our English language alphabet. Who is this “Jiaozi” character and why would it be somewhat ridiculous to write the dragon’s name as “Shenron”…? Tune in for a crash course in language adaptations!
Today’s October 2015 issue of Animage magazine in Japan has unveiled the remaining September schedule of Dragon Ball Super, including episode titles and main staff credits.
The episode air date and titles, which are subject to change, have been added to the series page, along with their main staff credits.
Episode #10 — 13 September 2015 見せろ悟空！超サイヤ人ゴッドの力！！ Misero Gokū! Sūpā Saiya-jin Goddo no Pawā!! Show Me, Goku! The Power of Super Saiyan God!!
Episode #11 — 20 September 2015
続けようぜビルス様！神と神の戦いを！ Tsudukeyō ze Birusu-sama! Kami to Kami no Tatakai o! Let’s Keep Going Beerus-sama! The Battle of Gods Continues!
Episode #12 — 27 September 2015
宇宙が砕ける！？激突！破壊神ＶＳ超サイヤ人ゴッド！ Uchū ga Kudakeru! Haikaishin Tai Sūpā Saiya-jin Goddo! The Universe Crumbles?! Clash! The God of Destruction vs Super Saiyan God!
Episode #13 — 04 October 2015
悟空よ、超サイヤ人ゴッドを越えて行け！ Gokū yo, Sūpā Saiya-jin Goddo o Koete Ike! Goku, Go Surpass Super Saiyan God!
As was recently announced, the 13th episode of Dragon Ball Super will correspond to the series’ second ending theme, “Starring Star” by KEYTALK. This episode also appears to be the beginning of the series’ transition into the Revival of “F” story arc.
Toei Animation’s Online Shop has revealed cover art for both the standard and limited edition versions of the upcoming CD single for “Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!”, the opening theme to the Dragon Ball Super TV series:
In addition to an English version of the opening theme, a cover of “I’ll Give You Romance” (the ending theme to the original Dragon Ball TV series), as well as karaoke versions, will be included. The limited edition version will also come packed with a bonus music video DVD.
All songs are performed by Kazuya Yoshii. Both regular (COCA-17058; ¥1,200) and limited editions (COZA-1114-1115; ¥2,000) will be available 07 October 2015. Pre-orders are available on CDJapan and Amazon Japan.
Japanese rock band KEYTALKhas announced that their upcoming sixth single — “Starring Star” — will take over as the second ending theme song for the Dragon Ball Super TV series beginning 04 October 2015. This will presumably correspond to episode 13 of the series.
Both regular (VICL-37103; ¥1,200) and limited editions (VIZL-887; ¥2,200) will be available 14 October 2015. The title song, “Starring Star”, is said to be “sung with a courageous message to take a step toward your goals and dreams”. Two additional songs will be included on the CD single.
スターリングスター
“Starring Star”
鏡花水月
“An Illusion”
summer end
Each edition will come packaged with promotional items for the band’s upcoming music video collection set to be released later in the month. In addition, the first 10,000 copies of the limited edition single will come packaged with a special “pass case”.
The regular and limited edition CD singles are available for pre-order via Amazon Japan.
Shioya in particular compares the new series with Battle of Gods and even showcases a bit of extreme franchise knowledge by referencing a 1995 Q&A with Akira Toriyama. Ishizuka, who joined the cast after Daisuke Gori’s tragic passing in 2010, also looks forward to the comedic relationship of their characters and what the future may bring.
Listings for the first few batches of a Dragon Ball Super home release have begun to appear on Amazon Japan. Toei and Happinet will release the series in DVD and Blu-ray box sets of 12 episodes each, with the first set dropping 02 December 2015 (episodes 1-12) and the second set dropping 02 March 2016 (episodes 13-24). In addition to a special booklet and box with a new illustration, on-disc extras will include a creditless opening and ending.
DVD sets are listed at ¥12,096 with Blu-ray sets at ¥16,416. Both DVD and Blu-ray sets are listed as two discs each.
Voice actor lists and plot summaries for the sets do not reveal anything not already known about the series thus far. Cover art for the sets has not yet been finalized. Amazon Japan will sell their own special editions of each box set, though details are not yet available on what extras they may contain or be packaged with; these special editions are currently listed for the same price as their standard counterparts. Previous Amazon Japan bonus items have included slipcovers and steelbook packaging.
The Voices of Dragon Ball Z (in-the-booth “making of” footage)
The Return of Dragon Ball Z (cast interviews & red carpet footage)
Exclusive, premium packaging – including clear o-card and digipack
Set of four (4) holographic Frieza Force propaganda postcards
Special features on the DVD edition will be limited to trailers, while the combo pack and Collector’s Edition will include:
The Voices of Dragon Ball Z: They’re Back!
The Return of Dragon Ball Z
Textless Closing Song
U.S. Trailer
Trailers
The film will include the original Japanese language track (with accompanying English subtitles) alongside the company’s English dub.
The story for Resurrection ‘F’ (Revival of “F”), which opened nationwide in Japan 18 April 2015 in 2D and IMAX 3D, was crafted by original manga author Akira Toriyama, who stated he wrote it, “…as though it were a continuation of the manga when it was in serialization,” and that while it would, “…of course be a continuation of the previous Battle of Gods,” he has also, “…deliberately increased the amount of action scenes by a good deal.” Tadayoshi Yamamuro, who worked for many years as character designer and animation supervisor on the Dragon Ball franchise, served as the film’s director and animation supervisor. Norihito Sumitomo has returned from Battle of Gods and the Majin Boo arc of Dragon Ball Kai for musical composition duties. Momoiro Clover Z contributed “Vow of ‘Z'” as the film’s main theme alongside Maximum the Hormone, whose “F” is used during the film. Revival of “F”brings back Freeza and includes two new characters (Sorbet and Tagoma), features Beerus and Whis again from Battle of Gods, and much more. The film has been announced for distribution in 74 countries.
While the rest of the world has to wait until October, Japan has wrapped up its tenth week with Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden on the Nintendo 3DS.
After having fallen off the charts for a few weeks, the game has seen a small spike back up. Media Createnotes that for the reporting period of 10 August 2015 to 16 August 2015, the game pushed another 3,423 copies. This brings the game up to 123,716 cumulative copies sold. Famitsu reports slightly different numbers, with 4,030 copies sold during the week and 124,982 cumulative copies sold.
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden launched in Japan 11 June 2015. First-press copies of the game come packed with bonus content, including a downloadable version of the Super Famicom game Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 (previously included as a part of the J-Legend Retsuden compilation game; albeit now with replacement music). Arc System Works developed the game for Bandai Namco. The developer previously worked on the Bukū… / Supersonic Warriors games on the Nintendo GameBoy Advance and DS.
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden is currently available for order from CDJapan. The Nintendo 3DS / New Nintendo 3DS are region-locked; a Japanese system is required for the game to play. The game will be available in Europe16 October 2015, in North and Latin America20 October 2015, and in Brazil23 October 2015. A free demo is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.
The official website of singer Kazuya Yoshii has released details for the upcoming “Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!” (“Transcendence ☆ Dynamic!”) CD single.
Both regular (COCA-17058; ¥1,200) and limited editions (COZA-1114-1115; ¥2,000) will be available 07 October 2015. The CD single is set to include the original “Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!!” (Dragon Ball Super opening theme) as well as an English version of the song, a cover of “I’ll Give You Romance” (original Dragon Ball TV series ending theme), and also instrumental/karaoke versions of both tunes.
超絶☆ダイナミック！
(“Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!”; Japanese vocals)
ロマンティックあげるよ
(“I’ll Give You Romance”; Japanese vocals)
After two premiere events in Los Angeles and what felt like an impromptu premiere event in New York City, FUNimation has finally unleashed the 2015 Dragon Ball Z film, Resurrection ‘F’ (Fukkatsu no “F” or Revival of “F”) upon their North American audience. The film is wrapping up its short theatrical release, so tune in for our take on the New York red carpet event, the film itself, and its English dub!
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Episode #0387! VegettoEX, Meri, and Hujio discuss FUNimation’s English dub release of the 2015 theatrical film, “Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F'”. Coming from their work on “Dragon Ball Z Kai” and “Battle of Gods”, does the new movie’s dub hold itself to the same level? A brief appearance from Chris Sabat also provides some insight on the voice casting and script!
