We're switching things up this week, and doing some filler updates! Although, some of it is good filler and the rest is up to your own personal opinion. Anyway, we recently asked "the people" on our Twitter page what movies they would like to see on the site, and based on your input, we have three new movie pages in the "Movie Guide":


You'll also find that all of the supplemental movie material is up on our YouTube channel as well. In addition to all that, we've finished pages for the first six episodes of DragonBall GT which of course are now available in the "Episode Guide". I'm not sure when we'll get around to doing some more, but this puts us at being almost a tenth of the way done with GT. Hooray~!

Well, it's that time of year again... time to celebrate our main-man, Toriyama Akira! Today marks his 55th birthday! We send our best wishes and many thanks for everything the man has done. Keep it up!

At the same time, it is also the first anniversary of the debut of DragonBall Kai. We're 51 episodes into the series, and whether you're a fan or not, you have to admit it has changed the fandom as a whole within the last year. But with at least a year left of the series, it'll be interesting how much more the fandom will change, especially once (Z) Kai hits us here State-side. If you're at all interested in some new leaked-info about the (Z) Kai dub, be sure to check out our buddies over at Daizenshuu EX.

Also, on a side-note, Horikawa Ryou (Vegeta) has updated his blog about his recent appearance at Sakura-con, along with fellow DragonBall voice actress Tanaka Mayumi (Krillin). So feel free to check that out! For all our friends that made it out to the con, I'm still waiting for some photos, like these from our gal-pal sailorspazz.

This months issue of V-Jump (May) contained quite a bit of DragonBall news, or at least a couple things a few of us may find intriguing. In the anime portion of the magazine they unveiled the final DragonBall Kai episode titles of the epic Goku vs Freeza battle, which indicates Planet Namek will explode in episode 53 of Kai. Assuming they skip the Garlic Jr. filler arc, it's likely we'll see Future Trunks make his debut in episode 55 after the Z Warriors are all wished back to life and the Namekians find a new home.


However, the more exciting news is about the new illustration book DragonBall: The Golden Warrior. The magazine featured a nice ad for the upcoming book, which went as followed (translated by Herms):


So there you have it! A Goku illustration book, jam-packed with awesomeness. I'll say it... I am now "super excited" about this book! Anyway, you can pick-up your own copy of the book when it hits stores, like Amazon Japan, on 16 April 2010. I think this will be well worth the retail price of ¥1,200 (~$12.00).

In some other random news, V-Jump has been adding some nice DragonBall-related wallpapers created from the magazine's cover images to their website lately. So, if collecting wallpapers is your thing, then be sure to check these out. Of course, there are some other series there as well.


Finally, our last bit of news, well it isn't really news. But since we're on a V-Jump kick today, you might as well hear about it. The staff blog on the website was recently updated with some photos from the Tokyo International Anime Fair, which was held this last weekend in Tokyo. Among the photos were two characters promoting Fuji TV's "Dream 9" line-up at the "Toei Animation Base"; Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece and Son Goku from DragonBall. Nothing special, but still nice to see.

DragonBall Kai episode 050 is now available in the "Episode Guide" for your viewing pleasure. This episode was comprised of footage from DragonBall Z episodes 098 and 099, which is equivalent to the last seven pages of chapter 321 and the entirety of chapter 322. While Goku and Freeza battle it out on Planet Namek, Kaio and God hatch a plan to save everyone on Namek using the Earth's dragonballs. But will Goku go along with the plan?! Be sure to check back next week to find out, in another exciting episode of DragonBall Kai!


As always, DragonBall Z episode 099 has been added to the "Episode Guide" and chapter 322 has been added to the "Manga Guide". You can also check the "Picture Archive" to find a scan of the respective manga chapter title page.

The third volume of the Majin Buu Battle arc is set to be released 2 April 2010, and has been added to the TV animation comics section of the "Manga Guide". You can grab it for ¥730 (~$7.50) from Amazon Japan if you want. Oddly enough, the next volume (May's volume) will be coming out at the end of the month on 30 April 2010.

In addition, the next two volumes of the Jump Remix comics were released earlier this month and have been added to the "Manga Guide". The eleventh volume is slated to come out on 12 April 2010, however there are no other remix releases schedule through the end of May. So it seems they may be going on a bit of a hiatus.


Lastly, FUNimation has posted a full-length trailer for their first domestic release of Dragon Ball Z Kai which is due out on both DVD and Blu-ray on 18 May 2010. Judging from the trailer and FUNimation's recent comments on Twitter, it appears that the domestic release of Kai will indeed be in a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is nice to see again. If you want some background information and history on the aspect ratio of Kai, be sure to check out this site update.


For all of our international friends out there that are being blocked from viewing the trailer due to country restrictions, you can download it here. Enjoy~!

Shueisha's official listing website has finally updated with some information about the upcoming DragonBall Uranai book. The listing included the books cover and a little blurb describing the book:


The book is set to be released on 31 March 2010 for ¥840, and you can grab it from Amazon Japan if you so desire. The book will be 224 pages and is a B6 size, which is the same size as the Jump Remix comics. For reference, that's roughly right between the size of the tankoubon and the kanzenban.

If we get any other news about the book, we'll be sure to let you know, but I think that's gonna be it. Now give me my new illustration book Shueisha!

DragonBall Kai episode 049 is now available in the "Episode Guide" for your viewing pleasure, but if you've been snooping around, it has actually been available since Tuesday. This episode was comprised of footage from DragonBall Z episodes 097 and 098, which is equivalent to chapter 320 and half of chapter 321. Pushed to the limits, Freeza uses a last ditch effort to try to defeat the Super Saiyan... He tries to destroy the planet! But he held back too much... now can Goku defeat Freeza and save everyone before the planet explodes... in five minutes?! Be sure to check back next week to find out, in another exciting episode of DragonBall Kai!


As always, DragonBall Z episode 098 has been added to the "Episode Guide" and chapter 321 has been added to the "Manga Guide". You can also check the "Picture Archive" to find a scan of the respective manga chapter title page. There's only an hour and 45 minutes until I get to do this all over again! ^_^