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The cover art for the domestic version of the Dragonball Evolution DVD and Blue-ray has been revealed. And it seems the Z Edition is nothing special. The full list of specs are below the image.

Special Features

Blu-ray Disc Specs:

The Dragonball Evolution: Z Edition Blu-ray Disc is presented in widescreen format with English 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio (Lossless), Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and French 5.1 Dolby Digital sound with Spanish, Portuguese, French, Cantonese, Mandarin and Korean subtitles. Bonus features include:
•Goku’s Quest – BD Exclusive scavenger hunt game
•Eight Deleted Scenes
•Goku’s Workout: Stunt Work featurette
•Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making a Scene
•Fox Movie channel Presents Life After Film School with Justin Chatwin
•Dragonball Gag Reel
•Brian Anthony “Worked Up” Music Video

DVD Specs:

The Dragonball Evolution: Z Edition DVD will be presented in wide screen format with 5.1 Dolby Surround sound and English, French, Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:
•Eight Deleted Scenes
•Goku’s Workout: Stunt Work featurette
•Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making a Scene
•Fox Movie channel Presents Life After Film School with Justin Chatwin
•Dragonball Gag Reel
•Brian Anthony “Worked Up” Music Video

Pick up your copy of Dragonball Evolution July 28th 2009.

BBFC has revealed what deleted scenes will be on the Dragonball Evolution DVD/Blu-ray discs. There is a total of 8 deleted scenes.

00:01:19:06 GOKU LEARNS ABOUT KI (DELETED SCENE)
00:01:22:05 GOKU LIFTS CAR (DELETED SCENE)
00:01:16:03 GOKU MEETS BULMA (DELETED SCENE)
00:00:31:14 GOKU SEES HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE (DELETED SCENE)
00:01:55:14 EXTENDED MONTAGE TO STONE TEMPLE/STONE TEMPLE SNACK BAR (DELETED SCENE)
00:01:42:11 EXTENDED FULUMS (DELETED SCENE)
00:02:00:03 EXTENDED SIFU NORRIS/ROSHI (DELETED SCENE)
00:00:49:22 MAI DIES BY STABBING (DELETED SCENE)

The name of the upcoming Dragon Ball Wii title has been revealed as “Revenge of King Piccolo. Here’s an excerpt from the Namco Bandai website.

Bringing the Fun-filled, Action-packed Original Dragon Ball Story to Wii for the First Time with 3D Graphics, Launching in Europe Autumn 2009

CERGY-PONTOISE, FRANCE – 25 May 2009 – NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. today announced the forthcoming launch of Dragon Ball®: Revenge of King Piccolo exclusively for Wii. Scheduled for European launch this autumn 2009, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo promises to thrill fans with the first ever appearance of the original Dragon Ball story on Wii in glorious 3D.

Heading back to the early days of the Dragon Ball story, players will control Kid Goku as he sets out on fantastic adventures with his friends. The title faithfully reproduces the uniqueness and special humour of the early Dragon Ball series, while adding an original blend of action and adventure to the mix. With the original Japanese music and voiceover included for maximum authenticity, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo offers fans a dazzling new experience with the characters and universe they know and love.

The visuals in Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo take the series to a new level by faithfully reproducing on-screen the original drawings of legendary Dragon Ball artist Akira Toriyama down to the finest pen strokes. Thanks to the high-quality, state-of-the-art graphics, fans will be able to immerse themselves in the Dragon Ball universe like never before.

Game modes include Story mode which follows Kid Goku from the Red Ribbon Saga to the King Piccolo Saga with the ability to replay previously completed stages, and the unlockable VS mode where players can take different unlocked characters into battle.

With in-game collectables, a host of unlockables, and more fun, fights and adventure than ever before all delivered in dazzling 3D, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo is the definitive Dragon Ball videogame experience coming to Wii this autumn 2009.

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No word on a domestic release date yet. There is also a new Nintendo DS DBZ game in the works entitled “Attack of the Saiyans”.

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans coming exclusively to Nintendo DS™ this autumn 2009 in Europe and the PAL regions.

The game follows the Saiyan Saga of the original DBZ story starting from the World Tournament and Goku’s triumphant defeat of Piccolo. Players will take the role of Goku and travel the DBZ universe from jungle to Snow Mountain on their quest to victory.

Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans features a host of original features which will be sure to thrill fans, such as brand new gameplay, unique game modes, fun side quests and content never before seen in either the anime or manga series.

More details about this exciting addition to the DBZ range of video games will be announced soon. Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans is scheduled for launch across Europe and the PAL regions in autumn 2009.

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Justin Chatwin was recently interviewed again. During this interview new images were revealed from promo shots/behind the scenes from the film. Here’s the video interview.

And here are a few of the new images from Dragonball Evolution.

The more behind the scenes footage we see, the more we realize how much of the Goku vs. Piccolo fight was cut. What good could come out of cutting a fight in a DB film…

Visit Bulma.nl for the rest of the images.

Amazon now lists the domestic release date of the Dragonball Evolution DVD/Blu-ray for July 28th 2009. That is only 4 days after it releases in Japan. No details on the extra features in the domestic version yet and no official confirmation for the Z Edition yet either. We will keep you posted.

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On a side note, we are going to set up an “easy navigation” merchandise section for Dragonball Evolution. It will contain the Japanese/Domestic DVD and Blu-ray discs, the Motion Picture Soundtrack, DB E the video game for the PSP, posters, action figures, movie novel(s), sticker book and more. Check back soon for that.

The Japanese version of Dragonball Evolution for the DVD/Blu-ray details are now being shown at AV Watch. Please note that these details may be different from the Worldwide DVD/Blue-ray.

Runtime: 86 minutes

Audio:
1. English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 ch
2. Japanese (DTS 5.1 ch)
3. Japanese (audio commentary)

Bonus features:
* Deleted Scenes (8)
* Goku’s Work Out Video
* Music Video “Worked UP!” by Brian Anthony
* Gag Reel
* Behind The Scenes: The Two Chi-Chi’s
* Justin Chatwin Interview
* Game: Dragonball Quest (Blu-Ray only)
* Audio Commentary with Satoshi Inoue*

Let’s hope the worldwide DVD/Blue-ray will have extended scenes. But those will probably only be on the “Z Edition” aka Special Edition of the film.

Dragonball Evolution releases on July 24th in Japan on DVD/Blu-ray. Amazon Japan confirms this release date.

UPDATE

The Official Japanese Dragonball Evolution website confirms the release date with a short video and reveals artwork for both the DVD cover and discs.

Two new Dragon Ball videos games have been announced to release. Both are set to release sometime this year, but the official date is TBA. Here are some scans for both the Dragon Ball game for the Nintendo Wii and Dragon Ball Z – Raging Blast for the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360.

On a side note, the 7th episode of Dragon Ball Kai (English subtitled) should be online shortly. Miss out on the first 6 episodes? Check out the DB Kai section by clicking via the button/links on the side menu.

Nothing major, just a couple new and short questions towards James Marsters (Piccolo) about Dragonball Evolution. James does say something quite interesting in this interview. Although it is over 10 days old, it is one of the newest interviews since the film’s release.

Would you guys like my review on the film? I did promise one 2 months back when it premiered in Japan and all…Anyways hopefully we hear some news on the sequel whether it’s good or bad. Stay tuned.

Dragon Ball Z movies, Fusion Reborn and Wrath of the Dragon, will be available on May 19th. These movies (DBZ movies 12 and 13) are of course in High Definition and remastered with the English voice track and original Japanese audio.

I’ am excited for Wrath of the Dragon. The main reason being everyone will be able to hear Tapion’s original flute theme.

You can order the movies from Amazon, Best Buy and several other retailers.

Also available on May 19th is the 9th season of Dragon Ball Z remastered. You can pre-order the complete season and watch the trailer here.

Here are a few new interviews with Justin Chatwin, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun Fat, James Marsters and James Wong.