The Japanese band FLOW — who have two songs appearing in the upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods theatrical film — recently announced the full track listing for their eighth studio album, “FLOW THE MAX!!!”, due out 27 March 2013. The album will include both Dragon Ball Z songs, “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” (Track 14, a …
Japan received the good word last week that the upcoming film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods — the first theatrical presentation for the Dragon Ball franchise in 17 years — is coming to all 16 IMAX Digital Theater locations across the country. It seems the English-speaking branch of IMAX is only just now getting …
Hisashi Sasaki, former editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Jump and current deputy director of the Shōnen Manga Group, posted a tweet yesterday confirming that Akira Toriyama was in Tokyo to attend the first screening of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Toriyama-sensei was at our editorial room. He is in Tokyo for the first screening of …
Despite FLOW being announced to perform a cover of “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” — the first opening theme to the Dragon Ball Z TV series — for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods theatrical film, as well as having a CD single announced for said song… we really have not known a whole lot about …
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the first animated theatrical release in 17 years of the globally-popular comic, will be the first-ever Japanese film to be screened at IMAX Digital Theaters. Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX’s Filmed Entertainment division, stated: We are very proud of having been able to partner with Akira Toriyama, …
In addition to the previously-announced “Parents and Children Play Together! Mightiest Battle Goods, Round 1” items at KFC in Japan, the food outlet is going all-in with a new series of promotions. Starting Thursday, 28 February 2013, KFC restaurants nationwide will begin a Dragon Ball Z promotion which will involve the selling of five different …
The promotion for the 30 March 2013 release of the new theatrical film, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, is hitting full stride. The movie was featured on this morning’s episode of Mezamashi TV, a news/magazine show in Japan. In the short feature, Fuji TV announcer Shin’ichi Karube is revealed to have a bit part …
A recent “open recording” event for press was held in Japan promoting the voice performances of Olympic gold-medalist jūdō-ka Kaori Matsumoto and voice actress/singer/TV-personality Shōko Nakagawa with some of their lines from the upcoming theatrical presentation, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, set to debut in Japan 30 March 2013. The two were announced to …
A new update to the Dragon Ball Kai portion of the Miracle Battle Carddass series is on its way: the “MIRACLE OF GOD” booster pack will bring Battle of Gods into the on-going card game starting 12 April 2013 in Japan. 月30日公開の映画新登場! 新キャラ最速参戦! 映画でも活躍するキャラたちがブーストキラで登場! 限定キャンペーンカード収録! Appearing for the first time in the movie opening March …
Toei Animation’s official “Battle of Gods” website has posted its “Character” page, which was the last missing section of the site, and updated the existing “Cast/Staff” page with some of the main cast. The “Character” page includes short profiles for each character, which are exactly the same as those published in promotional pamphlet handed out …