Starting this last weekend J-WORLD Tokyo, an indoor amusement park created by Bandai Namco on the third floor of Sunshine City’s World Import Mart Building in Ikebukuro, began hosting their special main summer event “Dragon Ball Festival 2014” in commemoration of the Dragon Ball Kai TV anime broadcast covering the revival of Majin Boo. The …
Back in 2009, a Los Angeles/Mexico-based company by the name of “Magic Sound Records” released what they claimed to be “official” Spanish versions of Dragon Ball Kai songs. Toei’s Latin America marketing director, Eduardo Lucio, called Anghelo out as a “pirate”, going on to state: At the moment, there’s no authorization that allows the existence …
With Korean fans starting to chatter online about their dub and some of our own community members getting out and about, we are starting to piece together a few more details about the “alternate” — or, perhaps more fittingly, “original” — version of Dragon Ball Kai‘s Majin Boo arc. As we detailed the other day, …
The second ending theme for the Majin Boo arc of Dragon Ball Kai has been revealed: “Junjō” (“Pure Heart”) by 19-year-old singer-songwriter Leo Ieiri. The song will take the slot from “Dear Zarathustra” by the band Good Morning America starting with the 06 July 2014 episode of the “refreshed” version of the series currently airing …
The recent Korean television broadcast of the Majin Boo arc for Dragon Ball Kai finally gives solid confirmation on something we at Kanzenshuu have also been able to independently confirm for elsewhere in the world: there are multiple versions of the arc being produced within Japan. The surprising reveal of the Boo arc’s existence in …
During the Toonami industry panel at MomoCon this past weekend in Atlanta, it was announced that Dragon Ball Kai (under the standard international title of Dragon Ball Z Kai) will make the shift to Cartoon Network’s and Adult Swim’s programming block this fall. The company’s English dub of Dragon Ball Kai, originally announced back in …
Though Columbia Japan recently updated with cover art for the regular and “Limited Edition” versions of the second Dragon Ball Kai opening theme’s upcoming CD single, the overall contents were still unlisted. New updates finally reveal not only the b-side for the “Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go” CD single, but also the extra bonus features on the “Limited Edition” …
In conjunction with the Japanese television broadcast of the “Majin Boo arc” of Dragon Ball Kai in April 2014 — along with its own upcoming home video releases — Toei will be releasing two large box set collections compiling the previous 98 episodes as originally aired between 2009 and 2011. Via Happinet’s listing: 「ドラゴンボール改 魔人ブウ編」放送を記念し、2009年より放送された「ドラゴンボール改」シリーズをエピソード毎にまとめ、お求めやすい価格で発売! …
Columbia Japan has just updated their listings for both versions of the “Kuu-Zen-Zetsu-Go” CD single — the regular and the “Limited Edition” versions — with cover art: The regular edition uses the main piece of key promotional art for the Majin Boo arc of Dragon Ball Kai, while the “Limited Edition” version uses a new …
Last month, Toei announced their initial home video release schedule for the Majin Boo arc of Dragon Ball Kai: simultaneous DVD and Blu-ray box sets with ten episodes each. At the time, the first three boxes were announced for 02 September 2014, 02 December 2014, and 03 March 2015 respectively. While not yet listed on …