Following up on their Dragon Ball Z: Best Collection set from earlier this year, French company Microïds — by way of their Kana Music sublabel — are set to release another vinyl record set in the form of Dragon Ball Super: Original Soundtrack Volume 1, to begin shipping this spring for €49.99. A total of 54 tunes will comprise the two-record set, which includes background music composed by Norihito Sumitomo for the first three story arcs of the Dragon Ball Super television series (themselves previously released on CD in Japan); no vocal opening or ending themes are included in the vinyl set ..read more

The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the magazine’s back cover. Following the previous thirty-two entries, this month’s May 2024 issue brings us Naho Ooishi (Dragon Ball SD) and her take on the series’ 18th volume cover: Ooishi commented: My first contact with the manga was when I ..read more

Show Description The extended Kanzenshuu family and friend community comes together to share their memories of, gratitude toward, and the impact of Akira Toriyama. How to Listen Our podcast is available via Apple Podcasts, or you can pop the direct RSS feed into the program of your choice. You can also listen to this episode by directly downloading the MP3 or by streaming it on Spotify. We invite you to discuss this episode on our forum. Though we always post our podcast episodes on YouTube, this particular episode has been given some additional light editing with the occasional example scree ..read more

Roughly each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his early 2024 catch-up entry, Toyotarō has drawn Cashman, Dub, and Arale from the Akira Toriyama-related manga series from V-Jump‘s early days: SAVINGS WARRIOR CASHMAN I obviously like the first version penned by Toriyama-sensei that ran in the very first issues of V-Jump, but I also really like the later version penned by Nakatsuru-san! DUB & PETER 1 Th ..read more

In conjunction with a new gameplay showcase stream this week, Bandai Namco has released a new “Power VS Speed” trailer — both in English and Japanese — for the forthcoming DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO video game: In addition to the 40 character blocks previously revealed, the new trailer announced the following additional character inclusions: Super Trunks [Super Saiyan Grade 3 Future Trunks] Dispo Kakunsa Turtle Hermit (Max Power) Nappa Butta Toppo Jheese Super Saiyan Kale (Berserk) Super Saiyan Broli (Full Power) [Dragon Ball Super] Hit As part of the gameplay showcase, game pr ..read more

The expanded adaptation of Sand Land — originally a theatrical film that debuted in Japan last summer — formally hit streaming services worldwide yesterday (20 March 2024). Spanning 13 total episodes, the expanded series covers the events of last year’s film (itself covering and expanding upon the events of the original 14-chapter manga series) over the course of the first six episodes in the “Demon Prince arc”, and then moves on to all-new content developed in conjunction with original author Akira Toriyama in the “Angelic Hero arc” for the remainder of the series. For the series’ streaming ..read more

Last July, Shueisha released an expanded collection of content from Kazuhiko Torishima originally printed within the company’s Saikyō Jump magazine: titled Dr. Mashirito’s Ultimate Manga Technique (Dr.マシリト 最強漫画術), the 196-page book includes a variety of career reflections, advice for upcoming artists, and interviews with colleagues. New and exclusive to the book was an interview with Akira Toriyama himself, which is the latest addition to our ever-expanding “Translations” archive. Read the Full Translation! Though the entire early-career retrospective/chat is enlightening, one particular sect ..read more

The official Dragon Ball games Twitter account — both in Japanese and in English (by way of Bandai Namco) — announced today that the 2020 video game Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is set to receive continued development support. #ドラゴンボールZKAKAROT 『ドラゴンボールZ KAKAROT』は今後も展開を予定しております。 どうぞ続報をお待ちください！ — 「ドラゴンボール」家庭用ゲーム公式 (@dbgame_official) March 21, 2024 『ドラゴンボールZ KAKAROT』は今後も展開を予定しております。 どうぞ続報をお待ちください！” Developed by CyberConnect2 for Bandai Namco, the action role-playing game released 16 January 2020 in Japan and 17 January 2020 internationally on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam). A Ninte ..read more

Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s 103rd chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”. After three chapters worth of original prologue material, the manga version of the arc covered the full events of the respective film, and has now transitioned into even more original story content. Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release continues the companies’ schedule of n ..read more

Kentarō Yabuki — now a modern mangaka legend in his own right — took to Twitter to reflect on the passing of Akira Toriyama, and in the process shared his original design for “Gohanks”: a fan contest submission that was later reimagined into a “real” character. Yabuki initially shared: This is going to be a bit long, but just for the sake of sorting out my feelings, allow me to write down some personal thoughts. Back when I was a young boy, I used to change schools a lot, and so, being by myself was a common occurrence, but by using Dragon Ball as a talking point, I was able to make new frien ..read more