The upcoming Ultra Jump magazine in Japan has confirmed the title for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie to be “Battle of Gods” (Kami to Kami). So the poster we have revealed a few days ago was indeed real. The page not only confirms the title for this movie but also Akira Toriyama’s involvement and how he came up with the story and character designs. The following scan from Ultra Jump reads:

The curtain rises on the battle of “God(s)”!!!

What is this title surrounded by mystery, “Battle of Gods (Kami to Kami)”…?!
The film’s title has been announced as “Battle of Gods”!! Up to now, a variety of gods have appeared in Dragon Ball, but could it be that there’s a connection to them…?! Be on the lookout for further information!!

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A new photo of the God like being Goku faces shown in the recently revealed poster from the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie “Battle of Gods” has been released. However, some are claiming that this is only fan artwork. When we get some clarification we will let you all know!

A few days ago we revealed that a few new characters would be making a return to the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie (Battle of Gods). From a Banpresto advertisement we saw that Emperor Pilaf, Mai and Shu would return. And now we have obtained some more information and larger photos of those figures. The following Dragon Ball Z Battle of Gods figures will be releasing the first week of April and will make up volume one of an unknown number of sets.

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It would seem we have obtained an official title for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie to be released in 2013! It will be called Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Along with that we have obtained an exclusive poster introducing new characters, check that out below! So who’s this mysterious Egyptian character, perhaps a new “God”? Let the speculation begin!

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Bandai showed off some new mini figures yesterday of characters that would be featured in the upcoming Dragon Ball Z 2013 movie. Among them is Vegeta, Super Saiyan 3 Goku, Emperor Pilaf, Mai and Shu. So it would appear that Emperor Pilaf and his crew will make an appearance in the upcoming new movie! Is this new movie going to setup the beginning of Dragon Ball GT or perhaps revolve around a whole new story to eventually dismiss GT altogether? Stay tuned!

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In the latest issue of V Jump, a page was dedicated to the upcoming Jump Festa Event (December 22nd) and showcased the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie that is set to release in Japan on March 30th 2013. However, not much is revealed that we have not reported before but it is still nice to get some promotion for this film. Check out a scan from the issue below!

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According to this page from the latest Shonen Jump, the next issue of V Jump will feature the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie and will have new details! We have also provided a rough translation of the text from the following preview image.

- Unprecedented!! A must-have!! A bonus “Son Goku” card using an illustration from Akira Toriyama-sensei!!
- Sorry to keep you waiting! Bursting with dramatic new info on the newest movie!!
- There’s even more “DB” news!! It’s super-anticipated!

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The official Jump Festa website has updated it’s stage section with a message from Masako Nozawa (Japanese role of Son Goku) about the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie that releases next year. We only have a small portion of it translated for now, but stayed tuned. We have also provided a few quotes from Jumpa Festa’s twitter account. The movie’s tentative title is currently just “Dragon Ball Z The Movie” and will release March 30th 2013.

Message from Masako Nozawa
Heya! I’m Goku!
It’s here, it’s here, it’s here! I’m already excited about getting to meet everyone at Jump Festa! Let’s all have a ball together!!

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Last week we mentioned that the upcoming DragonBall Z movie will be at Jump Festa and today the official website has confirmed this by adding a few more details! The new DragonBall Z movie will be presented at the Super Stage and will have a guest appearance by Masako Nozawa (Japanese voice actor of Goku). The panel will begin at 11:20 and end at 11:50 and will be held on December 22nd 2012.

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Several ads have been gradually releasing to the public to showcase this upcoming DragonBall Z movie lately. And now a couple (somewhat) new posters have been released in Japan advertising the movie. You can actually purchase these mini posters on ebay right now. You can check out some high quality images of the posters below!

According to this publication, we will get new information for the DragonBall Z 2013 movie on December 22nd 2012 during Jump Festa. For now we can only speculate on what will be shown such as possibly a new trailer, plot details, screenshots, interviews and etc. We will provide any updates we receive regarding this publication and Jump Festa 2013, so stay tuned.

Toei Animation released an official press release some time back for the DragonBall Z 2013 movie. We have acquired a rough translation of this and provided it below. It basically states the same information we have reported on before aside from this film being canon and part of the official history of DragonBall Z, and is something both old and news fans will enjoy! No plot details just yet, but stayed tuned as that information is bound to leak eventually!

Translation from Kanzenshuu:

The global phenomenon Dragon Ball is being made into a movie using Toei Animation’s latest technology, consistently realized as a Toriyama work, with the original author Akira Toriyama himself deeply involve from the script stage for the first time. An episode from between the animation series “Z” and “GT”, or in other words from the blank decade between the end of the battle with Majin Buu in chapter 517 of the manga and chapter 518, will be depicted for the first time.

Such well-known and charming characters as Kuririn, Piccolo, and Vegeta will all make an appearance. A new story in the official history of Dragon Ball is born, neither a spin-off nor a side-story, one that can be enjoyed by both children and parents, manga fans and anime fans.

Rough translation:

Start the series “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 1984 at (Shueisha), an original “Dragon Ball” was Hakushi popularity over about 10 and a half years until 1995. Book has been translated into over 24 languages​​, it is the work, as part of Japan’s leading manga 200 million worldwide circulation of 30 million.

Average rating of 11 years is more than 20%, and will be broadcast in more than 40 countries worldwide, from 1986 animation, “Dragon Ball” “Dragon Ball Z” “Dragon Ball GT” aired in Fuji TV the world I have established the popularity of real estate in.

Was made to a movie by state-of-the-art technology of Toei Animation themselves Akira Toriyama is the original author, involved in production deeply from the stage of the screenplay for the first time, the “Dragon of the world” such, we have visualized the work Toriyama consistently . Between the “GT” and “Z” of the animated series, that is, after the fight with Majin Buu was finished talking about 517 original episodes that occurred during the 10 years of the space to talk 518 is drawn for the first time.

Compelling characters familiar Piccolo, and Vegeta should have appeared so from Krillin, and their parents the children, not even extra edition of consent also anime fans fan original, even in the spin-off, the story of Masashi Dragon will be born
In the latest installment of the long-awaited all mankind, beg, stay tuned!

Only a few crew members were revealed when this new DBZ movie was first announced (Yūsuke Watanabe as script writer, Masahiro Hosoda as director and Tadayoshi Yamamuro as animation supervisor) along with the following companies: FOX Japan, TOEi Animation, Shueisha, Fuji TV, Bird Studio and Namco Bandai. Toei’s main website has now listed veteran Hiroshi Katō as the art director for the upcoming DragonBall Z 2013 movie. He was responsible for the backgrounds, CG animation and scene designs for anime such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Space Brothers. To check out his work, here are a few pictures of said anime.

TOEi Animation has been granted 50 million yen ($636,000) to help fund the DragonBall Z 2013 movie and it’s release.

Here’s a quote from Crunchyroll.

UNIJAPAN is a non-profit organization established in 1957 by the Japanese film industry under the auspice of the Government of Japan. Its “Co-production Certification Program” was launched in 2011 to promote and support the international endeavors of Japanese filmmakers, in association with the promotion of international co-productions supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and other affiliated organizations.

One of the four qualifying projects, and only animated feature this year is Toei Animation’s new Dragon Ball Z film, which is scheduled to be released in Japan on March 30, 2013. Toei receives 50 million yen (about US$636,000) from the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunka-cho). Their collaboration country is the United States. Its enduring international popularity is probably strong enough to convince the judges and the commissioner of the Agency. UNIJPAN is now accepting
the applications for the next year.

So with this, it has basically been confirmed that we will see an international release! However it is uncertain on if FUNimation will dub the film or they will simply release it in it’s original form with English subtitles. Stay tuned as we receive more DBZ 2013 information!

Source: Crunchyroll