It Never Rains But it Pours...
Its amazing how one day there is no news and some days the news just comes in so fast you don't know where to begin! So lets see now...
Firstly I got the latest release date for the PS-One DBZ game Ultimate Battle 22 and it seems that the games release date has been moved back to March 18. The price still stands at $69.95 and you can more info on the GameWizz Ultimate Battle 22 page.
The new Babidi saga for the DBZ CCG is beng released in New Zealand on February 28 and you can view an interview with the Lead Game Developer about the Babidi saga by visiting this page.
Some info on Dragonball GT now and it seems that FUNimation is skipping the first 15 episodes in the series as they found the beginning of GT was unappealing to fans and the series jumps straight into the action episodes. This doesn't mean that the other 15 episodes are gone for good as they will be released at some point. You can slso now see pictures of the first two Dragonball GT DVD's so click here to see them. Thanks to Saiyanz Rage for the GT info and video pics!
As I mentined a couple of days ago the new (January) issue of Beckett Dragonball Z Collector is now in New Zealand and features DBZ Budokai info, card images 101-201 of the World Games saga, how to create an action figure display, info on Legendary Super Warriors, a bio on Piccolo, a list of every English episode of DBZ as well as the usual quiz, poster and price guide.
In site news I am pleased to announce that this site has now passed 15,000 hits! To celebrate this I am please to announced that I have aquired the rights to use information and multimedia from two retired sites Goku's Super Saiyan World and Goku the Unbeatable and the stuff will be on this site shortly!
Finally today I was going to do the reviews of the two new DBZ vids that were released today but I haven't seen them yet despite my many, many attempts to but I will definitely see them tommorow as the store rang to say they were there...after the store had closed...
13th February 2003 by gohan2k
DBZ Volume 5.12 Fusion - Internal Struggle
I've visited a couple of website to see what their reaction was to the new Dragonball GT theme and most were very unhappy (one website was so angry they told FUNimation to "go f**k themselves"). Yesterday I forgot to put a link to the page where you can listen to the theme so click here to go to the page.
It also seems that the new January issue of Beckett Dragonball Z Collector is now out in New Zealand although I haven't got my copy yet so I can't tell you anything about whats in it yet.
And now to the preview of Fusion - Internal Struggle..
Dragonball Z Volume 5.12 Fusion - Internal Struggle
Release Date: Friday 14 February
Episodes:
The Innards of Buu (Episode 258)
When Vegito is absorbed by Majin Buu, the fused Saiyan separates into Goku and Vegeta once again. Deep within the inner workings of the villain, they reveal their plan to rescue Gohan and the others but can the duo survive the slimy perils of the digestive process and carry out their mission?
Mind Trap (Episode 259)
There are many dangers as Goku and Vegeta continue their search for Gohan and the others inside of Majin Buu's body! After meeting some creepy and disgusting fiends they finally find what they're looking for when they enter Majin Buu's head! Or have they?
Deadly Vision (Episode 260)
It seems all is going to plan when Goku and Vegeta find Gohan and the others until they are attacked by Majin Buu. The showdown begins , but Buu fighting in his own head is a mind bending experience. Can Goku and Vegeta survived in this twisted house of horrors where all is Buu?
Both of the previewed videos (Fusion - The Last Saiyan and Fusion - Internal Stuggle) both come out tommorow on both video and DVD tommorow
Tommorow: My review of both tapes plus whats in the new Beckett Dragonball Z Collector!
12th February 2003 by gohan2k
Official Dragonball GT Website Open
The Official Dragonball GT site has finally opened and after having a look at it I found its identical to the Official DBZ site and if it wasn't for the Dragonball GT logo at the top you may think you are at the DBZ site.
The content is basically the same as the official DBZ site as you can check out character and saga information, news, video and DVD information. It also has a page with video interviews with people involved with Dragonball GT such as Stephanie Nadolny, Gen Fukanaga and Barry Watson.
Theres also a video preview and you can listen to the GT theme song which is not a translation of the Japanese version but instead is a rap which goes something like "Take me to the Grand Tour (Grand Tour Grand Tour) Take me to the Grand Tour Dragonball GT!" and some fans are annoyed at this fact. Listen to the theme, see the video interviews and see a preview of the show here.
I should warn you though the Dragonball GT is the sequel series to Dragonball Z and the site is FULL of spoilers to the series so if you don't want to know what happens don't go the site!
Due to the length of todays update I'm going to put the preview of video number 2 Fusion - Internal Struggle in tommorow update so ake sure you check that out
11th February 2003 by gohan2k
DBZ Volume 5.11 Fusion - The Last Saiyan
Two new Dragonball Z videos (and DVDs) come out this Friday Fusion - The Last Saiyan and Fusion - Internal Struggle and today I'll have a look into the first video.
But first I'd like to mention the fact that my stuffed up post on Dragonball.co.nz has been fixed so you can check it out. Its a long story and I won't get into it.
For all you DBZ fans in the USA you may be interested to know theres a new set of DBZ toys avaliable from Burger King based on the seventh DBZ Movie, Super Android 13, There are four figures to collect which are Super Saioyan Goku, Trunks, Vegeta and Super Android 13. Sadly though there not avaliable in New Zealand but they may be released here however its very unlikely...And now to the first of the new Fusion Saga videos...
Dragonball Z Volume 5.11 Fusion - The Last Saiyan
Release Date: Friday 14th February
Episodes:
Meet Vegito (Episode 254)
The bodies of Goku and Vegeta join to form a new Saiyan. The monster Majin Buu is impressed by the strength of his new opponent but refuses to take him seriously. Wll Majin Buu's arrogance be his undoing?
Rip in the Universe (Episode 255)
The newly formed warrior Super Vegito matches Majin Buu punch for punch. But the monsters new opponent stirs up an uncontrollable anger in Buu. Will Majin Buu's anger mean the end of Earth and the universe itself?
Vegito...Downsized (Episode 256)
The Battle rages on between Buu and Vegito and the super saiyan seems to have things well in hand but is Vegito tempting fate by toying with Buu? What tricks does Buu still have up his sleeve?
The Incredible Fighting Candy (Episode 257)
Having been reduced to a small coffee flavoured candy it seems nothing can stop egito from being absorbed by the evil Majin Buu. But when the gumdrop fights back, Buu realises that the battle is far from over!
Well thats it for now! Come back tommorow when I'll look at new video number 2, 5.12 Fusion - Internal Struggle!
9th February 2003 by gohan2k
The Dragonball.co.nz Post
I did my first post on my afilliates site today and I think it went...well... rather terribly. I went to preview what I had writen so far and it posted the message! Then I tried to edit it but couldn't so I tried to delete it but couldn't do that either so had to leave it and posted another post. Check out my posts on the site at Dragonball.co.nz
The final fifteen episodes of Dragonball Z are starting in America on March 17 and when they finish on April 7 it will be the end of Dragonball Z on TV in America as every episode of the show will have been dubbed into English. In New Zealand we are about fifty episodes behind US TV (that have played on TV3) so theres still a bit to go and when DBZ is finished Dragonball GT begins.
Finally don't forget to check out the new Dragonball CDC - Tomako's Revenge comics at the bottom of this page!
8th February 2003 by gohan2k
Name Change Gohan!
Notice that there is new name (gohan2k) at the top of this update? Well thats because I have renamed myself. Originally when I began this site I didn't have a name for it and so when choosing a user name for my Yahoo Geocities site I picked gohan but that had been taken so I chose gohan2000 (2000 being the year at the time) but again that had been taken so added an nz (because New Zealand is where I'm from) and that worked so gohan2000nz became my online name.
This year I was asked to write some news updates on Dragonball.co.nz which I agreed to do and the owner of the site made me a posting icon. The only problem was "gohan2000nz" was far too long and I decided to shorten it to "gohan2k" so thats what it is. In order to be consistent I've changed my name on this site as well. gohan2k sounds so much better anyway...
About the work at Dragonball.co.nz. I'd like to point out that I am not abandoning this site and will only do ocacasional news updates but this site shall still be my main focus. Tommorow some time I'll do my first post on the site so check it out!
Also you may be interested to know that the official DBZ CCG site has placed a lot nmore images from the upcoming Babidi saga on their site including an image of the Majin Vegeta Level One card. Click here to go to the page
7th February 2003 by gohan2000nz
Babidi Saga Card List and Images Revealed!
The DBZ CCG news just keeps on coming as the official DBZ CCG site has poste a list of all the babidi saga Common, Uncommon and rare cards on their site also some cards have pics of that card for you to see. Click here to go to the page.
I am continuing to update the Character Guide as well as doing something I should of done ages ago. I have put the whole Character Guide on one page instead of the old scheme with it spread out over five pages.
6th February 2003 by gohan2000nz
Two Sagas for DBZ CCG Revealed
The official Score DBZ CCG has finally put up a page which confirms the release of the soon to be released DBGT CCG collection of cards. Of course everyone whos read the news on this site recently knows all about this but the reason I mention this again is because they also mention the twos aags they are realeasing after the Babidi saga. They are the Fusion saga and Kid Buu saga. Read the article here
And fiannaly today I have deleted a couple of my affiliates due to their sites shutting down or the fact they removed the link to my site from theirs. I also delted all the useless "vote for me" links because they bring down the qulaity of the site. I also discovered that one was no longer a Dragonball Z site but rather was a porno ad...
5th February 2003 by gohan2000nz
Character Guide Updated!
Contiuing with my list of updates and additions to the site I went back to one of the sites more popular sections, The Character Guide, and had a look to see what need updating and to my shock and surprise I found that it was badly out of date and some essential characters such as Majin Buu were missing.
I added character profiles for Majin Buu, Fat Buu, Evil Buu, Bee, Big Ghetti Star, Dore and Meta Cooler while adding pics for Migoren, Lemlia and King Moai.
Check out the Character Guide by clicking here!
4th February 2003 by gohan2000nz
Dragonball GT: The CCG
Score Entertainment has got the license to continue the current Dragonball Z CCG into Dragonball GT with another four saga's planned. The Dragonball GT CCG cards will start in Early 2004 and will continue the current DBZ CCG cards and be compatible with them. The new cards will have their own unique card back as well as brand new characters such as (possible spoiler highlight to read) Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Pan as well as a new set of Dragonballs.
In site news I am glad to present the long awaited Sound Clips page! The sound clips feature many sounds from many characters such as Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Future Trunks, Frieza and Garlic Junior and includes the attack sounds of Kamehameha, Special Beam Cannon, Destructo Disk and Solar Flare as well as the funny "Men in Pink" line of Vegetas and the infamous "Pissed Off Dende" There's 27 there so far so check them out!
2nd February 2003 by gohan2000nz
New Tomako's Revenge Comics
Just a quick note to say that the new Dragonball CDC - Tomako's Revenge comics are here so check them out at the bottom of this page.
1st February 2003 by gohan2000nz
The Best of Dragonball Z #7
Lots to report today but I'll start off with the release of The Best of Dragonball Z #7. This magazine unlike the regular magazine is more like a book than a magazine and costs $27.95. It contains lots of cool stuff and is one of the best issues yet. There's a large section on Vegeta, 50 little known facts about DBZ, How to draw Piccolo, profiles on Vegeta and Goku, a timeline about the voice actors of DBZ, info about two yet-to-be-seen in New Zealand videos, Return of Cooler review, info on the creation of custom figures, reviews of Irwin series nine figures, info on the Gameboy Color game Legendary Super Warriors and lots, lots more. So get it now!
1st February 2003 by gohan2000nz
The Best of Dragonball Z #7
Lots to report today but I'll start off with the release of The Best of Dragonball Z #7. This magazine unlike the regular magazine is more like a book than a magazine and costs $27.95. It conatins lots of cool stuff and is one of the best issues yet. There's a large section on Vegeta, 50 little known facts about DBZ, How to draw Piccolo, profiles on Vegeta and Goku, a timeline about the voice actors of DBZ, info about two yet-to-be-seen in New Zealand videos, Return of Cooler review, info on the creation of custom figures, reviews of Irwin series nine figures, info on the Gameboy Color game Legendary Super Warriors and lots, lots more. So get it now!
I managed to finish two new sections which you can now check out they are...
1. Character Concept Designs - What some of the characters of Dragonball Z could of looked like such as Majin Buu, Super Saiyan 3 Goku and Cell. Featuring images!
2. How to do a Kamehameha - The proper way to do Goku's trademark attack, The Kamehameha, featuring pics so you can get it right!
I also did a section on King Kamehameha but that didn't save so I'll have to do it again...
Finally today one of my affiliates, Dragonball.co.nz has upgraded their website and added some new stuff. Check it out!