Animazement 2013 was absolutely spectacular in every regard: the guests, the events, and the fans. We could not have asked for a better time. You have likely already read through our three-part report from the convention, but those of you who want to re-live it or listen along, here is your chance!

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0335! VegettoEX and Meri report on all the events from Animazement 2013 in Raleigh, North Carolina. With such a huge group of incredible guests (specifically Nozawa, Furukawa, Nakao, and Minaguchi), was there even a chance it was going to be anything short of spectacular? Listen in for stories from all the panels and experiences. News on the “Battle of Gods” Japanese home release among other fun stories wraps up the episode!

REFERENCED SITES:

• Special Podcast Episode: DBZ Video Game Music #1
• Animazement 2013: Day 1 Report
• Animazement 2013: Day 2 Report
• Animazement 2013: Day 3 Report
• Animazement 2013: Video Coverage from “theoriginalbilis”
• New Listings For “Battle of Gods” Home Video Release
• Diamond Films Announces “Battle of Gods” For LATAM Theaters
• New Viz 3-in-1 Dragon Ball Manga Confirmed As Still Censored
• “Raging Blast 2 Original Soundtrack Overseas Version” Pressed?
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” 12th & 13th Week Sales
• FUNimation To Release Original Broadcast DBZ English Dub
• “Battle of Gods” Japanese Home Release Full Details
• Nozawa Interview Translations: DBGT Perfect File & Weekly Asahi

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This week on the show we are taking a break from our usual news and topical discussions to dip into the past a little bit and share some stories. We love the music from the series here at Kanzenshuu, but we also love the franchise’s video game music. For a bunch of us over a certain age, discovering this almost alternate world of Dragon Ball music was this amazing, strange, new world of extended fandom. We brought on a whole slew of friends and special guests to tell these stories of how they discovered the music and what the songs meant to them (and still do mean to them!). Please enjoy this jump into our collective fandom’s history, as well as the songs that defined our younger years.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
The Kanzenshuu crew brings on an incredible group of special guests to dive into the Dragon Ball franchise’s rich history of video game music. What were some of the songs that defined our early fandom, and why do they still mean so much to us? Our focus is up through the 32-bit era, so join us for a history lesson and some rockin’ tunes!

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As we get ready to head down to Animazement this coming weekend, we figured it would be a good time to reflect on just how busy of a month May is. We don’t mean busy for us — we mean busy for the Dragon Ball characters! The Tenka’ichi Budōkai taking place in May each time it comes around might just be why so many things happen in that one particular month. Tournaments? Check. Assault on an army? Check. Demon King returns? Check. Time travel complications? Check.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0334! VegettoEX and Hujio dive into the timeline and history of the Dragon World in an attempt to figure out why just about everything in the series happens during the month of May. Does Toriyama hate winter, or does the Tenka’ichi Budōkai taking place in May just set the stage for the entire series? “Ultimate Mission” 3DS sales and your questions round out the episode!

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Eleventh-Week Sales
• New Translations: Toriyama Chōgashū Interview + Shenlong Times 7
• Kanzenshuu Podcast Primer Lineup
• Kanzenshuu 2013 Informal Donation Appeal
• Animazement Official Website

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Many of you seem to love the various reviews we conduct on the podcast — in addition to all of the written ones, of course! — so we have another great listen for you this week covering the new Chōgashū, or “Super Art Collection” released this past week in Japan. Tune in as Julian breaks it all down, cover to cover, and learn about what is clearly one of the best pieces of merchandise in many years!

Show Description

Episode #0333! VegettoEX and Julian dive in to the new “Chōgashū” (“Super Art Collection”) released this week in Japan. Does this expanded edition of the first Daizenshuu contain enough both reprinted and new material alike to make any artwork-appreciating fan go nuts? Video game and movie ticket sales wrap-up the news, and that’s a show!

How to Listen

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Referenced Sites

• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Ninth-Week Sales
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Tenth-Week Sales
• “Battle of Gods” Fifth Weekend Theatrical Figures
• “Battle of Gods” Sixth Weekend Theatrical Figures
• Namco-Bandai Fiscal 2013 Figures
• Databook Guide: Chōgashū
• Staten Island DBZ Graffiti
• Kanzenshuu 2013 Informal Donation Appeal

Back on Episode #0324 of our podcast, we gave you a wonderful look into the interview and testing process as well as the overall experience our own Julian had trying out for Hoko x Tate, the Japanese show that pits expert fans against expert production staff in a maniacal battle of geekery.

The actual episode itself aired this past March, and while Julian did not make the final cut as one of the four contestants, he was still able to attend the screening, meet fans and production staff alike, and is here to tell the tale! Take the quiz along with us — you are on the honor system, though, so no looking up answers or referring to anything until the end. Click on through to our episode’s discussion thread on the forum for all of the answers and let us know how you did!

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0332! VegettoEX and Julian dive back in to the “Hoko x Tate” experience. How did the actual program go? Did the expert fans overtake the expert production staff, and what kinds of questions were tossed back and forth? Tune in and follow along with the quiz for yourself! The ultimate Dragon Ball quiz is ready for you!

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Dragon Ball Z for Kinect” Comes to Xbox Live Games On Demand
• Miracle Battle Carddass Gains “Z-Warriors Gather” Starter Decks
• Additional “Chōgashu” (“Super Illustration Collection”) Details
• “Dragon Ball Heroes” Galaxy Mission 8 Preview
• “DB Heroes: Victory Mission” Chapter 8 in June V-Jump
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Eighth-Week Sales
• More Hints at International “Battle of Gods” Screenings?
• La Cumbia de Gokú – Cañada de la Cumbia & Los Weyes Que Tocan

Enjoy! Discuss this episode and get the answers to the quiz questions on the Kanzenshuu forum.

With the post-Battle of Gods news and content coverage slowing down and giving us a chance to breathe, we decided to catch up with a bunch of your questions this week on the show. Long-time buddy Kirbopher plays co-host duty with VegettoEX to discuss everything from Kame-Sen’nin’s choice of beer to the eventuality of Battle of Gods home releases.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0331! VegettoEX and Kirbopher take a breather and answer a slew of listener questions. There is always (still!) something fun to discuss about “Battle of Gods” but the rest of the questions head off into tons of different directions, as well, most important of which is determining Kame-Sen’nin’s beer of choice.

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Battle of Gods” Two-Week Theatrical Figures Update
• Report From “Akira Toriyama The World of DRAGONBALL” Exhibit
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Seventh-Week Sales
• Kirbopher’s “Tome” Series @ Facebook
• kenisu3000’s Dragon Ball BGM Database
• Kanzenshuu – The Podcast: Complete Reviews Listing

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It’s true! I heard it from a friend! On the Internet! Akira Toriyama is totally animating a new Dragon Ball series even though Toriyama is not an animator and it will be over 200 episodes and he announced it at a press conference even though he didn’t even show his face on TV last time he was on and it is because the movie did so well even though the announcement was supposedly made before the movie actually premiered in theaters and…

Heard this one before?

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0330! VegettoEX and Julian give fandom a lesson in critical thinking with regard to new Dragon Ball announcements. There is always a random new rumor floating around, but we took the opportunity to break this one down – that Akira Toriyama supposedly appeared at a press conference to announce a new 200-episode series – to its humble beginnings and how a game of telephone can contort and twist misinformation into even worse misinformation.

REFERENCED SITES:

• Animazement Announces Yūko Minaguchi As Additional 2013 Guest
• “Battle of Gods” Second Weekend Figures Updates
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Sixth-Week Sales
• New “Chōgashū” (“Super Illustration Collection”) Release Details
• 8th “Please Tell Us, Akira Toriyama-sensei!!” Q&A

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As the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods continues to hold steady in theaters, we felt it was proper to continue diving into all of the reference materials coming out these days — guide books, magazine articles, website interviews, etc. — to get a better idea of where the movie actually came from. So many ideas were drafted and tossed out before the final stages of production that we almost have an entirely different story sitting out there in the unused ether. Join us for an in-depth look at some of these ideas and where the story could have taken us!

For those of you who may also wish to refer to this material in text form, the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods page in our “Movie Guide” has been updated with an “Original Draft/Design Concepts” section which includes a few tidbits we have yet to post in full over in our “Translations” section!

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0329! VegettoEX, Hujio, and Julian dive into a wealth of reference materials for the new film “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods” and attempt to discover where the film’s story truly came from. While the final result was fantastic, imagine an alternate version with a lizard-esque villain, Super Saiyan God with a cape, a wedding instead of a birthday party, and a far darker story than has ever been told before!

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Battle of Gods” On Track To Beat 3 Billion Yen Goal
• “Battle of Gods” Passes 500,000 People & ¥680 Million in 2 Days
• “Battle of Gods” Opening Week Figures Update
• 6th “Please Tell Us, Akira Toriyama-sensei!!” Q&A
• 7th “Please Tell Us, Akira Toriyama-sensei!!” Q&A
• “Super Saiyan God Son Goku” Coming to “Zenkai Battle Royale”
• More Updates & Video Coming For “J-Stars Victory Vs” (PS3/Vita)
• “J-Stars Victory Vs” (PS3/Vita) First Commercial
• “Dragon Ball SD” Vol. 1 Release Details
• European Namco-Bandai Teasing New DBZ Announcement?
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Fifth-Week Sales
• Upcoming Dragon Ball Releases: April 2013

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It may have shifted to a brand new day over in Japan, but for the rest of us slumming it up without the movie, it is still technically Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods day…! We have been bringing you news, photos, and more since its debut this past morning, and we are not done just quite yet: it’s podcast time!

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0328! Julian makes the entire English-speaking world jealous with his tales of checking out the new film “Battle of Gods” on its opening day in Japan. Does the movie hold up its end of the bargain with a proper mix of nostalgia all wrapped up in comedy and action? A recap of news leading up to the movie, information that helps set the stage, and more brings it all home with VegettoEX and Hujio!

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Dragon Ball Tap Battle” Official Website Opens
• Weekly Jump 2013 #16 Dragon Ball Tidbits
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Third-Week Sales
• Official “Battle of Gods” Movie Guide, And More Magazines!
• “Battle of Gods” Aims For 3 Billion Yen at the Box Office
• “DB Heroes: Victory Mission” Chapter 7 in May V-Jump
• Miscellaneous “Battle of Gods” Tidbits in May 2013 V-Jump
• Apple’s iTunes Store Updated in Promotion of “Battle of Gods”
• New “Battle of Gods” TV Spot Features Freeza and Cell Cameos
• Ryō Horikawa Announced As Guest For Anime North in Canada
• “Project Versus J” Update Coming Soon?
• 4th & 5th “Please Tell Us, Akira Toriyama-sensei!!” Q&As
• “Dragon Ball Tap Battle” Now Available For Android Devices
• Scriptwriter Yūsuke Watanabe Confirms “Battle of Gods” Puns
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Fourth-Week Sales
• “Project Versus J” Unveiled As “J-Stars Victory Vs” (PS3/Vita)
• Akira Toriyama Confirms “Battle of Gods” Name Puns, Again
• Detailed “Battle of Gods” Synopsis Now Available!
• Photos From the Opening of “Battle of Gods”

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is simultaneously “done” and still a few weeks away! Preview screenings have started, which in turn means — at least for those of us who cannot sleep without knowing every single detail — the entirety of the plot and the movie’s secrets are out there. While we still want to wait to go see the movie for ourselves 30 March 2013, we also wanted to dive into “spoilerific” material for the rest of you crazy folks, so we took it upon ourselves to do the math and figure out in exactly which Age the movie could (at least theoretically) take place. For the rest of you that are not quite ready to head into movie-spoiler territory, we also have some early impressions on Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission for the Japanese Nintendo 3DS.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0327! VegettoEX, Hujio, and Julian dive head-first into “Battle of Gods” and do the math in ways that perhaps even the movie’s producers could not do: in which Age would this movie take place along the main timeline? Those wishing to avoid spoilers for a little while longer can still tune in for our early impressions on “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” for the Japanese Nintendo 3DS with Herms!

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Battle of Gods” Website Releases New IMAX TV Commercial
• “Battle of Gods” First Preview Screening Complete: Spoilers!
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” (3DS) Second-Week Sales
• Lawson and Mini Stop “Battle of Gods” Food Products
• “Battle of Gods” Midnight Showings + Marathons
• Nozawa, Furukawa, Nakao Attending Animazement 2013
• More New Dragon Ball Books, Guides, and Magazines
• Additional “Battle of Gods” Updates For “Zenkai Battle Royale”
• “Dragon Ball Tap Battle” Coming to Android & iOS
• Third “Please Tell Us, Akira Toriyama-sensei!!” Q&A

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