The official Super Dragon Ball Heroes website has updated with a tentative mid-April 2019 release date for the upcoming tenth episode of the promotional anime series (“Counterattack! Fierce Attack! Goku and Vegeta!”), continuing the brand-new “Universal Survival” arc:

Goku, who has activated his Ultra Instinct (Omen), commences a fierce attack on the Core Area’s warriors. Vegeta, who was caught off-guard and absorbed by Oren, trembles with rage. Will they be able to mount a counterattack against the Core Area’s warriors, whose limits they still haven’t seen?!

The self-described “promotional anime” began its free online streaming in July 2018, with the initial six episodes covering the “Prison Planet” arc, then moving on to the “Universal Survival” arc. Though the series’ original trailer was available worldwide, the subsequent episode postings themselves have been region-locked to Japan. No home release of the promotional anime has been announced. The series’ ninth episode went live last week.

Super Dragon Ball Heroes is itself an update and hardware revision to the original Dragon Ball Heroes, a card-based arcade game in which players arrange teammates on a playing field for turn-based battles. Dragon Ball Heroes has seen a variety of multimedia spin-offs and support pieces. Yoshitaka Nagayama’s Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission manga (a follow-up to the previous Dark Demon Realm Mission series) currently runs in Shueisha’s bimonthly Saikyō Jump magazine, while Toyotarō’s Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission ran from 2012-2015 in Shueisha’s monthly V-Jump magazine. Three portable game adaptations — Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission, Ultimate Mission 2, and Ultimate Mission X — were released on the Nintendo 3DS. A fourth home version, Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission, is due on the Nintendo Switch on 04 April 2019 and internationally 05 April 2019.

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The Japanese home video release of last year’s Dragon Ball Super: Broly theatrical film on DVD and Blu-ray has been announced for 05 June 2019.

All editions will include a trailer collection in addition to the film itself, which will will be presented in 5.1 surround sound as well as with a descriptive audio track for the visually-impaired. Special “Limited Edition” versions will also be available on DVD and Blu-ray for ¥7,800 and ¥8,800, respectively, which are set to further include:

• A bonus disc (DVD for both the Blu-ray and DVD releases) with video of the November 14 world premiere at the Budokan, the December 15 onstage greeting in commemoration of the film’s opening, and a collection of TV spots and promotional footage
• Pack-in bonuses such as a “Saiyan button badge set”, a 32-postcard set, an “original card folder” and a “deluxe 60-page booklet”
• The outer case is planned to have a new illustration by the film’s animation supervisor Naohiro Shintani, as well as special digipack packaging

Amazon Japan recently emailed those with pre-orders of the outlet’s own version of the limited edition, stating that due to an unexpectedly high number of orders, customers will be unable to cancel existing orders from 31 March 2019 onward.

The Japanese editions of the film are available for pre-order on Amazon Japan and CDJapan. FUNimation’s North American release of the film is set to hit DVD and Blu-ray 16 April 2019 ahead of the Japanese release.

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SHOW DESCRIPTION:

Episode #0468! Mike and Julian kick off a two-part retrospective looking at official fusion designs created by fans. We begin back in 1995 with Akira Toriyama’s own design of Piririn and the contest soliciting new designs. Tune in for the history behind these artists, and how some of these designs were re-used and re-interpreted many years later. Be sure to read along on the website for a closer look at each one!

SEGMENTS:

• 00:13 – Introduction
• 02:30 – Toy Fair 2019 Recap
• 09:59 – News Tidbits
• 17:15 – Fusion Designs
• 52:09 – Wrap-up

REFERENCED SITES:

• TWITTER THREAD: Dragon Ball @ Toy Fair 2019
• NEWS: 30th Anniversary DBZ Blu-ray Set Details
• ARTICLE: Official Fan Fusion Designs: Part 1 (1995)

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The 2016 Nintendo 3DS video game Dragon Ball Fusions brought a wealth of whimsical new fusions to the world of Dragon Ball. From the EX Fusion “Karoli” (“Kakarrot” + “Broli”) as seen right on the game’s front cover, to original characters like the “Saibaiking” (a fusion of multiple Saibaimen together), Dragon Ball Fusions and its Metamo-Ring introduced us to new fan-favorites like Piririn, Gohanks, and more!

…or did it? Join us for a trip through history in the first part of a two-part retrospective as we share the full story behind some of the official fusion designs created by fans (as well as some other notable characters), starting with a first-hand look at the 1995 No. 13 and 19 issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump!

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