Dragonball Legends

A possible leaked DB remastered trailer from FUNimation has made its way online. View it below, enjoy!

Update : Video was removed by FUNimation employee, Jim Welch (a music composer for FUNimation).
Update 2 : The video is back up !

Walmart is now listing the first season of Dragon Ball digitally remastered with a set release date of September 15, 2009. RightStuff also now lists Season One remastered/uncut with a note of it being hybrid (having both Japanese and English audio). The listed price is $49.98.

FUNimation also just recently updated their twitter account saying…

At Anime Expo 2009, we’ll FINALLY be able to announce a release that you know about already!

It is pretty obvious they are talking about Dragon Ball Remastered. So it seems FUNimation now has the entire rights to distribute all of DB. And to top it off, the official box cover art for the first season has been revealed (shown to the right).

Ok, let’s take this as only rumor since the only source I could currently find was on a DragonBall wikipedia and a few other forums. But it seems FUNimation has plans to release the entire Dragon Ball era into remastered box sets as they did with Z and GT. Here are the supposed release dates for each season.

Ok, this comes from the DragonBall Wikipedia. I will post more if I come across a better source and official confirmation.

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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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.

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.

The very first commercial for Dragon Ball Kai has made its way online! View it below. (And don’t forget to click the video so you can view it in HD!)

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.

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.

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.

Credit goes to Daizex for the scans/translations.

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.

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.

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