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Namco Bandai Locks Down Dragon Ball License For America

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:40:50 +0000

If you live in the lovely continent of North America, expect all Dragon Ball games you buy (or your parents buy you) in the next five years to have a Namco Bandai label on them.

The publisher has secured exclusive rights to the franchise, it announced today, granting it the power to publish Dragon Ball games “across all major consoles and hand held platforms.” Previously, the licence was handled by both Namco Bandai and Atari. The latter had a dispute with rights holder FUNimation in 2007.

The first three games to ship after the Namco Bandai deal are Dragon Ball: Raging Blast for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo for Wii, and Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans for Nintendo DS.

Dragonball DS And Dragonball Wii Art Look, Um, Different

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:00:00 +0000

A new year brings one thing: More Dragon Ball. You know what that means? More Bulma.

The Xbox 360 and the PS3 are getting a Dragon Ball Z title called Raging Blast that appears to be a sequel to Dragon Ball Z Sparking! The Nintendo Wii is getting a Dragonball action game, which doesn’t appear to have a subtitle.

It does have Bulma character art that seems different from how see appeared in last fall’s Dragonball DS (Dragonball Origins in the West). See comparison.

AH HA! She has a name tag on the DS version. We knew there was something off.

バンナムはドラゴンボールのゲームをいくつ出したら気がすむの？ [はちま起稿]

Live Action Dragon Ball Trailer Successfully Fails

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:00:00 +0000

Someone at the Brand Licensing Expo Europe 2008 managed to catch this cam footage of somewhat less-than-eagerly anticipated film adaptation of the popular manga/anime/video game series Dragon Ball. As was expected, it looks relatively hideous, from Chow Yun-Fat’s hideous costume to James Marsters reprising his role as Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Spike, who in turn tries to portray Lord Piccolo. Don’t worry about the sound, there is none in this early preview trailer. Somehow I think we’re better for it.

Dragonball Teaser Trailer [Trailer Addict - Thanks wwm0nkey!]

Balls That Glow, Ball That Burns

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:00:00 +0000

More balls! More Dragon Balls! Cactuargal points out that these GLOWING Dragon Balls are see-thru and pretty true to the Earth size of a Dragon Ball. To bring everyone up to speed: Make a Dragon Ball. The best damn Dragon Ball you can! It cannot be drawn or virtual — it must be an actual three dimension Dragon Balls. Now! If you don’t know what Dragon Balls look like, you can click here. While the Dragon Balls you make should look like actual Dragon Balls, feel free to get creative with what you use to make them. The contest wraps up later this month. The finalists will win either the PS3 version or Xbox 360 version of Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit. Be sure to send entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and include a Kotaku sign. Losers get INTERNET FAME.

Hit the jump for another!

Denis from Canada says, “Here’s a one star dragon ball we made out of origami paper. Wheeeee!” Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee, indeed!

Hey! You Got Your Xbox 360 Dragon Ball Z Shots On My PlayStation.com!

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:00:00 +0000

Namco Bandai’s Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit is multi-platform. It might be difficult for customers to pick which one they should get: Xbox 360 or PS3 version? Well, maybe PlayStation.com can help. Look at the “PS3″ screenshots that appeared on the official Japanese PlayStation site. What do you notice? Oh, you can’t see it? Well, hit the jump for a closer look.

Those aren’t Sony buttons! What’s going on here?!

ボタンが360なのにｗｗｗ [Namidame.2ch]
PlayStation Japan (cache) [Official Site Thanks, muu!]

Ernie Hudson in Dragonball Movie (Hooray!)

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:12 +0000

We could be posting other stuff right now, but fuck that. We wanna talk about Ernie Hudson. The Ghostbusters star has joined the cast of the live action Dragonball movie that’s filming in Mexico. If for some amazing reason, the live action Dragonball movie does not suck, we have one person and one person only to thank. That person is Ernie Hudson.
New DB Movie Member [Variety via Anime News Network] [Pic]

Why Aren’t These Guys Making the Dragon ball Movie?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:00:52 +0000

When you watch this fan made Dragon Ball Z showdown between super Saiyan Goku and bad dude Freeza, ask yourself this question: Why is Hollywood making a Dragonball film and not these guys? Just imagine what they could do with a proper budget and shudder at what Hollywood will do with one.

DBZ Fan Movie [SWF Blog via Japanator]

Dragonball Movie’s Bulma On Gaming, Bunnies

Mike Fahey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:20:21 +0000

22 year-old Emmy Rossum isn’t just the adorable actress picked to play Bulma in the Dragon ball movie. She’s also a bit of a gamer, and a blogger. Ooo, and she loves Wal-Mart! We have so much in common! While I get busy writing Mike+Emmy with little hearts all over my spiral notebook, take a look at an excerpt from her latest blog from the set in Durango, Mexico

. I’ve never been much of a video gamer, but I like the adventure games and the shooting games might help my hand/eye coordination for the gun sequences in the film. I picked up a few games not really knowing what I was buying and when I started playing one I realized I had picked up “Stranglehold” starring Chow Yun Fat! Based on the John Woo movie “Hard Boiled,” the graphics are incredible, he jumps, flies and shoots in slow-mo, very John Woo, very cool. I feel a little shy to tell him I’m playing him on a video game, to tell him how cool it is!

Pretty nice random purchase if you ask me, considering one of her co-stars in the Dragonball film is Chow Yun Fat himself, who steps into the role of Master Roshi, the dirty old beach bum who just happens to be stronger than almost anyone on the planet.

As for the rest of Miss Rossum’s blog? I suppose you could read through it if you wanted to – I mean it’s not like you’re doing anything important right now anyway. Aside from a few nifty insights into the making of the movie, this is pretty much what you’ve got to look forward to:

I suppose I should mention I had a pet rabbit for a week when I was 6. I was the lucky one (when my name was chosen out of the hat) in school to take the class pet rabbit home for a week. Mom was not too thrilled to have “Peter Rabbit” running around our apartment. Even I will admit Peter was pretty messy, but I really loved little Peter Rabbit, and I named him after the great children’s book written by Beatrix Potter. Did you read that book growing up? It was one of my favorites.

OMG! Me too! This is so weird! You guys go check out her blog, I am going to write her a lengthy email about how awesome bunnies are.

Beans, beans and beans…. [Emily Rossum's MySpace Blog via VH1 Game Break]

1,500 Mexicans Needed for Dragonball Flick

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:00:11 +0000

Live in Mexico? Like Dragonball? You’re in luck! The DB movie is looking for extras. No experience necessary! It looks like the cattle call has already commenced. This is actually the coolest news to come out of the Dragonball movie shoot. In an age were all crowds scenes are CG, it’s pretty neat that the producers are using actual people for the shoot. Too bad they seem to be mucking up the rest of the flick. Then again, after the censoring the anime got when it came to the US, this movie should just be par for the course.
More than 1,500 People [Movieland via Otaku Times]

Dragonball Actor “Hopes” He Does a Good Goku

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:00:44 +0000

You’ve seen the set images. But those are just pictures. And as we all know, films are moving pictures. Now how about some behind the scenes footage. Above is an interview with Justin Chatwin, who says this about playing Goku:

Um, the character of Goku, an important character to play, uh, been around on kid’s cartoons for a while, uh, so I hope I do a good job.

THIS MOVIE IS DOOMED. Hit the jump for hidden camera footage of the cast being introduced to reporters. The M.C. even forgets Justin Chatwin’s name. No, really!

Video Dragonball [Otaku Times