The big news today is, without a doubt, the goings-on with the future of Dragon Ball Z on DVD in North America, and specifically the “season one” box set we first reported on back in May.

FUNimation has left a message on the RightStuf home page saying the following:

We will re-announce this title with a new release date in Quarter 1 2007, and there will be other major announcements concerning the property at that time. These season sets are being enhanced and restored, and many new features are being added. Runtimes and packaging will also be different.

You would have to be silly not to connect the dots and start thinking like a true fanboy: has FUNimation secured the rights to the remastered “Dragon Box” footage, or something else entirely? No-one is confirming one way or the other, but the box set’s delay until 06 February 2007 and the promise of additional material sure seems to point toward something.

“Famitsu” gave “Battle Stadium D.O.N.” a 26/40 overall.

As with “Super Dragon Ball Z”, we will definitely be giving you a full, in-depth review of the game after we get it in. The game drops (exclusively in Japan) 20 July 2006.

“Super Dragon Ball Z” has sold (according to the most recent update on The Magic Box) another 21,355 copies over in Japan this past week, putting it at #10 over-all for the week of July 3rd to July 9th.

If you have not checked out the latest podcast episode, we give a huge and in-depth review of the game.

As we discovered while recording Episode #0034 of the podcast this evening, “Super Dragon Ball Z” now has a domestic release date listed on its Amazon entry — 18 July 2006! This happens to be the same day that its official strategy guide is coming out, as well.

“Super Dragon Ball Z” has sold (according to the most recent update on The Magic Box) 95,082 copies over in Japan this past week.

“Super Dragon Ball Z” sees its release in Japan on the PlayStation 2 today! Those of you who ordered it from Play-Asia probably had it shipped out to you on Tuesday (like I did), so look for it coming in this week! Much excitement.

• Amazon Japan (¥6069)
• Play-Asia ($64.90)
• Lik-Sang ($64.90; note — Asia version only)

Look for the American release in July from Atari.

Dragon Ball Z movie 13 (strangely re-titled “Wrath of the Dragon” by FUNimation) has been delayed from its original August release date, and now appears to be coming out 12 September 2006 (per its Amazon entry).