The sixty-eighth episode of the Dragon Ball Super television series — which aired 27 November 2016 — revealed that episode director Kōhei Hatano (羽多野浩平) has been appointed as the new lead series director, alongside previous lead director Morio Hatano (畑野森生). Morio Hatano previously took over as the lead series director in episode thirty-three, replacing the …
By way of various attendees at Jump Festa this weekend in Tokyo, we have learned that the Dragon Ball Super TV series will debut its second opening theme with the upcoming “Universe Survival Arc” this February: “Limit-Break x Survivor” (突破限界×サバイバー; Genkai Toppa x Sabaibā). The song — to be performed by Kiyoshi Hikawa — will …
Continuing onward from the previous thirteen chapters, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s fourteenth chapter to their website, kicking off the “Future Trunks arc” of the manga. The respective page in our “Manga Guide” has been updated with this release information. The Dragon Ball Super “comicalization” began in June …
In conjunction with this weekend’s February 2017 issue of V-Jump and forthcoming news out of Jump Festa, the official Dragon Ball Super website has revealed the key visual and brief synopsis for next year’s “Universe Survival Arc”: 悟空に申し出により、全王様主催の宇宙対抗の武道大会「力の大会」が始まる！…だがそれは宇宙消滅の始まりだった。この武道大会の勝者、それに敗者には何が待ち受けののか…？宇宙の精鋭たちによって熾烈なチームバトルは一体どんな戦になるのか…！ At Goku’s request, the Omni-Kings’ “Tournament of Power” martial arts tournament between universes now begins! …But this …
Online retailers have updated their listings for the fifth Dragon Ball Super home video box set in Japan, covering episodes 49-60 (the first portion of the Future Trunks arc): The disc label art features Future Trunks and Goku Black. In addition to a special booklet and box with a new illustration, on-disc extras will include …
As initially leaked on Japanese blogs earlier today and later shown in full by Twitter user @white4517, next week’s February 2017 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine in Japan reveals the next storyline in the Dragon Ball Super television series as the “Universe Survival Arc” (宇宙サバイバル編 Uchū Sabaibaru Hen): 05 February 2017 (Sun.) The curtain rises …
The second collected volume of Toyotarō’s Dragon Ball Super manga — originally and currently serialized on a monthly basis in Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine — officially hit Japanese shelves 02 December 2016 for ¥420 + tax. Spanning 216 pages, the volume covers chapters 10 through 15, the Jump Victory Carnival 2016 bonus comic, and also includes …
Japanese band THE COLLECTORS has announced that their upcoming new song — “An Evil Angel and Righteous Devil” (悪の天使と正義の悪魔) — will take over as the seventh ending theme song for the Dragon Ball Super TV series beginning in January. The new theme song will likely debut 08 January 2016 with episode 73, as the series …
Continuing onward from the previous twelve chapters, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s thirteenth chapter to their website. The respective page in our “Manga Guide” has been updated with this release information. The Dragon Ball Super manga began in June 2015 as a promotional tie-in for the television series. …
The latest issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine in Japan (the January 2017 issue, released 21 November 2016) wraps up with a two-page spread recapping some of the rivals seen thus far in the Dragon Ball Super television series. In this spread, the magazine’s editorial staff reflect on these rivals and their, “…own personal degrees of …