Some listings have been stating that the original 29 episodes of Dragon Ball Z have been re dubbed by the Ocean team and will release on DVD July 17th 2013. We all know Ocean has been working on their own version of Dragon Ball Kai so it is possible that this listing is referring to that or it could very well be a newly dubbed version of DBZ from Ocean. It is currently listed for a price of $39.98.

From Funimation! The original 29 episodes of Dragonball Z have been redubbed by the fan-favorite Ocean team! Here’s where it all started! Goku learns of his alien heritage when his brother arrives on Earth and kidnaps Gohan! After a battle that costs Goku’s life, Piccolo takes Gohan into the wild country for special training and the rest of the Earth’s defenders gather to train for the arrival of two more Saiyans: Nappa and Vegeta!

Sources: Previews World and AAA Anime

Viz Media has announced that North America will also receive a brand new Dragon Ball Z manga, in full color! Subscribers to this magazine will obtain the first issue in the magazine’s next issue (February 4th). It will start at chapter 195 (beginning of Z). You can check out a preview of this new DBZ manga here at the official Viz Manga website.

Sources: Anime News Network and Kanzenshuu

Nicktoons has been showing some advertisements for an upcoming Halloween marathon special and among the several shows to be shown was clips from Dragon Ball Z of the Majin Buu saga including the fight between Majin Vegeta and Goku. Unless the clips themselves and the narration was the mistake and we’ll just see a new episode from DBGT. Check out the clip below and judge it for yourself!

Update: The clips shown from the Buu saga are actually in the next episode of DBGT to air entitled “Heart of the Prince”. Way to tease everyone Nicktoons!

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Remember when FUNimation promised to bring the entire DragonBall Z series remastered into Blu-ray? Well, it is still on hiatus (with only DBZ level 1.1 and 1.2 being released), however there are plenty of used and new copies available at Amazon running at very cheap prices (most used are $10.00 and under). I would say right now would be the best time to pick these copies up. So what are you waiting for, pick your copy up today!

Dragon Ball Z Level 1.1 Blu-ray
Dragon Ball Z Level 1.2 Blu-ray

Turner Broadcasting System Asia has just announced that a new channel dedicated to Toonami will release early 2013 in southeast Asia. It will be a multi-language network that runs 24/7 and will feature plenty of anime and action-adventure animated series. DragonBall Z is on that list along with Young Justice and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

“The addition of Toonami and Cartoonito means that Turner will now offer a robust kids’ entertainment experience for all ages and interests. We’re bringing two of Turner’s highly successful international brands to Asia to meet a growing demand for premium quality action-adventure and younger-skewing content.”

“our aim is to make Toonami a socially-charged, multiplatform experience for fans, by fans. We’ll invite input from viewers on everything from programming to showcasing fan art submissions on-air and online.”

Toonami has already recently return in the United States as part of Adult Swim on Saturday nights. Maybe we will see the DragonBall series return Cartoon Network’s Toonami block after all!

Source: ANN

Our friend Derek Padula of Dao of DragonBall has recently conducted an interview with FUNimation’s very own Kyle Hebert (voice actor for Adult Gohan from DragonBall Z). It is a very interesting read that goes into dubbing DragonBall Z for FUNimation. He explains his experiences at FUNimation and his very own thoughts on the series as a whole. Check out a portion of the interview here and read the rest at Derek’s blog.

Derek: In the early 2000’s when FUNimation was first dubbing Dragon Ball Z they were a much smaller company than they are now. There were fewer people wearing more hats and doing everything by themselves, and Dragon Ball was the flagship title. What was it like to be there at the time?

Kyle: I felt eternally blessed to be a part of something that was a pop culture sensation, with the boom in anime and anime getting mainstream exposure on Cartoon Network. It was just fantastic. It launched a chance for me to travel the country and in some cases the world, to go to conventions and see fans face to face, do things I could never have envisioned.

Working in radio I kind of just did my job. I had a lot of fun working in radio, but it started to get a little bit stale. The enjoyment of stepping into the booth for a different reason kind of reignited it. It was like, “Okay, this is where my passion really is.”

I wanted to do radio and animation voice work. Once I had a taste of that with Dragon Ball Z… fortunately I had gotten more work on some other shows like Blue Gender and Yu Yu Hakusho, it was like, “Aww yeah, this is amazing. I want to keep this momentum going.” It’s so much fun.

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