Archive for February, 2009

Brian Tyler Conducting Dragonball Evolution

Friday, February 27th, 2009

A video showing Brian Tyler conducting the “Dragonball Evolution” theme song for the film has been leaked. Samples from other songs are also available at Colesseum.

New Promo Images and Clips

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Movie Picture DB has some new Dragonball Evolution promo stills. View them below.

Also, Chow Yun Fat was recently interviewed. Although it is not in English, there is in fact tons of new clips from the film.

Various Updates

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Yes, I am a bit late on these recent updates due to being out of town. First we have another clip from a Korean TV Show that shows even more new scenes and more from the Korean Press Conference.

And the full video of the Thailand press conference from February 20th is now available.

And check out this brand new Dragonball Evolution movie poster! (Click image below to enlarge)

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New Amazing Movie Scene

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

An amazing new video clip has surfaced online showing the fights of Goku vs Gohan/Goku vs Roshi and much more. If you guys wanted speed fighting, your wish has been granted.

The scenes shown originally came from the recent Korean press conference when movie scenes were shown during the interviews. Click here to view that press conference video.

New Movie Screenshots

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

JEDIYUTH has revealed a ton of brand new Dragonball : Evolution movie screenshots.

More Dragonball Kai Details

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

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A lot of Dragonball anime/manga news today. First off, more details about Dragonball Kai have surfaced. The latest issue of V-Jump gives us those details.

The story will be developed speedily!
“Kai” starts from the invasion of the Saiyans. This version will be re-edited to hew more closely to Akira Toriyama’s original story, so the story’s development will progress all the faster!

The opening and ending songs will be completely renewed!!
The opening and ending songs will together be made anew! Furthermore, in “Kai”, the background music will be newly recorded. Let’s enjoy “Kai”, where even the music has been powered up!!

Through digital processing, the image will be made vibrant!!
All the grime, damage and noise remaining on the “Z” film will be removed! In HD, the image will be even clearer. We’ve carefully made the ultra-powerful “Kai” world even more impressive!

An all-star voice cast will record the lines anew!!
The original main cast, centered around Masako Nozawa as Son Goku, will reunite, yo. They’ll breathe life into the characters again, to support their appeal!!

Daizex.com member Wasted Wisher also had this to add…

Don’t know anything about the intro and ending song yet, or anything past episode 1.
All of the scenes that were being worked on so far are not being cropped…in fact, quite the reverse, they’re being extended. The old format of the original footage is too small to fit the standard frame sizes used for anime nowadays. So all the artwork has to be extended outwards to fit the new frame sizes; this includes both the animation itself and the background art.

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Secondly, a video game is being made for the Nintendo DS that will be entitled “Dragonball Kai : Saiyan Invasion“. Yes it is being based of the newly “refreshed” Z series. The game hits stores in Japan on May 21st 2009, no domestic release date is set.

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And lastly…the Shonen Jump anime special (created by Akira Toriyama) entitled Song Goku and Friends Return will be making its return manga style. It releases March 21st 2009, but unfortunately it is not being drawn by Akira Toryiama.

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Credit goes to Daizex for the scans/translations.

Possible New Dragonball Kai Details

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Daizex member Wasted Wisher (which whom has been a trust worthy source in the past) has revealed some possible details that will be in the very first episode of the newly refreshed HD Dragon Ball Z series known as Dragon Ball Kai.

- A brief look at the last moments of Bardock and Planet Vegeta
- An overview of young Goku’s growing up years (Dragonball, the pre-Z period) up until his triumph over Piccolo at the Tenkaichi-Budokai.
- The all-too-brief and yet still somewhat triumphant return of FARMER WITH A SHOTGUN!

And sadly (although that really all depends on how you look at things…)
- Goku’s winky has disappeared!

That’s right, through the miracle of “we’re just not gonna draw it anymore”, Li’l Goku is no longer going to be allowed to show off “Even Littler Goku” on TV. But don’t worry, they won’t do anything so blatant as to digitize tighty-whiteys on him.

Thailand Press Conference

Friday, February 20th, 2009

A video has leaked from todays (and third) Dragonball Evolution press conference. This time it was held in Bangkok, Thailand. View it below! (Note that video is only a summary of the conference, so we will post more feeds if available soon)

And here’s a greeting message from Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum telling you to check out Dragonball Evolution!

I will update this entry if any additional news/updates concerning this latest press conference surfaces.

New Movie Stills

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Sina.com has revealed several new Dragonball Evolution promo stills, including some promo pictures of Piccolo.

Dragonball Kai

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The newly “refreshed” Dragonball Z series will be having its very own title, Dragonball Kai. Apparently they dropped the Z to replace with “Kai” which is based on the kanji (改) which translates to “revised”. This new title confirmation comes from next week’s issue of “Weekly Shonen Jump”. View the scan below.

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For those of you that have no idea about Dragonball Z getting ‘refreshed” then please refer to our old post here.

Korea Press Conference Video

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Five minutes of the latest press conference in Korea (we posted reports on it here) has found its way online. Enjoy!

If you can’t view the video then try the direct link here or at Civilized James’ video archive.

New French DB Poster

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Dragonball Live came across a brand new very high quality Dragonball Evolution French poster.

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Click here to view the HQ version!

Official Soundtrack and Movie Rating!

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Today seems a pretty big day for Dragonball : Evolution. First off, the official rating for the film has been revealed. Rope of Silicon reports that the movie is Rated PG For intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language.

And secondly, the full soundtrack has been revealed for Dragonball Evolution (composed by Brian Tyler). Varese Sarabande Products reports it will be available March 17th and is now available for pre-order! View the cover art and track list below. (Take note of song number 4…King Kai? I believe so!)

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1. The Legend (1:13)
2. Dragonball Evolution (3:26)
3. Fulums (5:14)
4. Kaiou Samma (2:34)
5. Goku (3:09)
6. Gohan’s Special Gift (:57)
7. Master Roshi (3:45)
8. The Journey Begins (0:58)
9. Lighting The Torches (2:44)
10. Vengeance (5:55)
11. Chasing Dragonballs (2:41)
12. Lord Piccolo (2:51)
13. Mai Vs Chi Chi (3:55)
14. A Higher Calling (2:03)
15. Body Work (1:26)
16. I Dream Of Chi Chi (:54)
17. Grime Vinyl (1:52)
18. Unwelcome Strangers (2:12)
19. Bulma And Yamcha (1:51)
20. Things To Come (1:42)
21. The Final Battle (6:20)
22. End Game (1:32)
23. Dragonball Evolution Main Titles (1:32)

And check out this photo of Emmy Rossum as Bulma…with blue hair!

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New Shonen Jump Scans

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

New scans from the latest issue of Shonen Jump have leaked online! They show off some new movie screens, info and more details. View a few of them below!

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Visit DBMB for the rest of the revealing Shonen Jump Scans!

Dragonball Reborn Script?

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Sci Fi Now spoke with Justin Chatwin recently in which he revealed the script to the sequel of Dragonball Evolution has already been written. Other reports also suggest the sequal’s title will be “Dragonball Reborn”.

Dragonball: Evolution, the first live-action adaptation of the popular manga, hasn’t even hit our screens yet, but the script for a proposed sequel has already been written, according to Justin Chatwin, who plays Goku in the upcoming film.

Speaking to SciFiNow last month, the 26-year-old actor said that he was signed on for potential sequels, and that he was excited about the prospect: “If there were to be a sequel I think it… well, I know that it would go to a really interesting place, because they already have the second script written.” When pressed for details, Chatwin revealed a little more about the direction of the celluloid version of the franchise. “It’s really, really cool. The second one goes more into the whole legacy and the genealogy of Dragonball. It goes more in-depth into a real Dragonball series, the kind of intergalactic world of Dragonball.”