Some information has finally surfaced about the “Dragon Ball The Movies” individual disc releases. As expected, each theatrical film will be receiving its own individual release beginning on 08 August 2008. Two discs will be released on the second Friday of every month for ¥2940, with three volumes being released in the last month (March 2009). It will be interesting to see if they leave any of the bonus features on the discs, or if we will just be getting the film.

The Atari news continues to be interesting, this time with an announcement that Atari and their now-completely-and-entirely-official-in-whole parent company Infogrames will become one entity.

Currently, Infogrames owns 51.4% and is the majority stockholder in Atari. After the deal, Atari will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infogrames after acquiring “all remaining outstanding equity interests”.

This agreement is an essential and positive development for Infogrames and its shareholders. It brings Atari fully under the control of Infogrames, delivering a platform for future growth in the US. This step closely follows a series of recent major restructuring actions implemented in an effort to reposition Atari, streamline its corporate structure and reduce its annualized costs, including costs related to being a US public company.

The Board of Infogrames believes that full ownership of a restructured Atari is an important step for the Group, leading to a simplified operating structure that will deliver greater efficiency, provide the Group with greater opportunities to expand its US distribution capabilities and strengthen its platform for its global online initiatives.

The full press release goes into more detail on the agreement, but what we are all really wondering is exactly how it affects us as DBZ fans still anticipating more games in the US (and abroad, for that matter). It does not appear as if anything will really change for the time being. Remember, though, that Atari’s contract with FUNimation does run out in 2010, so that is perhaps the time frame where the most interesting and relevant news will occur.

Of other possible interest to DBZ fans is the current rumor circulating that Dimps, known to DBZ fans as the developers behind the entire “Budokai” series on PS2 and PSP as well as the upcoming “Burst Limit”, is actually the developer working on the monumental “Street Fighter IV”.

IGN has what appears to be the final opening video sequence for the upcoming “Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit” for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Much like the original “Budokai” opening, it is almost entirely made up of in-game-engine cut-scenes (some of which we have seen before in prior trailers). At the very least, you can hear a clean version of the game’s opening theme, “Kiseki no Honō yo Moeagare!!”… which, as you will remember, had a CD single release (combined with “Super Survivor”, the opening to “Sparking! METEOR”) that was seemingly pushed back indefinitely.

Viz’s listings for the “Viz Big” (ombinus, three-in-one) releases of DB volume 1 and DBZ volume 1 now say 03 June 2008, as opposed to 06 May 2008 which they had previously been listed at — that is a delay of about a month.

So these covers have been out for a little while, but only on Amazon Japan. Toei’s site was finally updated, and so will we. As with all the other releases so far, discs #07 and #08 contain six episodes each, covering episodes 037 thru 048, and are slated to be released 09 May 2008.

You can still order any of the previously released discs or any of these discs from Amazon Japan.

First up, the new IGN blog from Donny Clay has been updated. There is really nothing new (or of interest, really), but it is great to see that IGN is at least gung-ho to allow this type of promotion. 1UP actually has their own preview of the game up, as well, from their visit to Namco-Bandai in Japan; if you’re looking for a more non-biased write-up of the game than Donny Clay’s, this one might be more up your alley.

The official Japanese site for the game has updated with a new, narrated trailer. Pretty good stuff. It is not completely narrated by Masako Nozawa like the vast majority of other games’ trailers, but it is a fun watch, none-the-less.

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Finally, back over here in the US, GameStop is offering a free t-shirt that will be shipped with all pre-orders of “Burst Limit” (both for the Xbox 360 and the PS3). If you can wait a day or so for it to show up and want an extra shirt, it is not too bad a deal.

We are going to somewhat be getting some newly animated Dragon Ball…!

Anime News Network writes:

This year’s 21st issue (released on April 21) of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that a “Jump Super Anime Tour” will visit 10 Japanese cities this fall with new anime specials for Dragon Ball and One Piece. The tour is the eighth project that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the magazine. The magazine also hints that at least one other title will also be animated.

This is pretty awesome news. We will definitely be sending Julian to one of the events for first-hand reports. Lucky bastard…