
The second trailer for Dragon Ball Z‘s new movie “Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F” has appeared, promising a lot more of the fast-paced battles which are the staple of the series – with the franchise’s last movie apparently having sucked all remaining originality from the draconic balls.
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Revered fighting series Dragon Ball Z has received an animated PV for its upcoming Gashapon arcade game – in an attempt to perhaps milk what is left of the franchise before it inevitably resumes rotting in its rather shallow grave.
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The upcoming Dragonball Z film has at last been dated, and should be ready to bring more of the show’s classic shonen fight sequences to eager fans on April 25th.
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The most perverted guys in anime history have been ranked, making for a highly contested title if ever there was one – and producing some rather surprising results with an age-old retro title stealing the spotlight at first place.
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After a 3 year hiatus, the continuation of the HD remastered Dragon Ball Kai has been confirmed and will be premiering with the Majin Buu arc – in perhaps a last ditch effort to squeeze every last drop remaining of the once renowned franchise, whose prestige has perhaps suffered somewhat in recent years.
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The only thing more intense than the legendary rivalries between some of these anime heroes are the rivalries between their respective fandoms, who have somehow mobilised to keep One Piece, Naruto and Bleach out of the top spots…
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Japanese recording industry mafia JASRAC reports that 2007 royalty collections for music licensing are ranked as follows:
1: 『Flavor Of Life』 宇多田ヒカル – Flavor Of Life, Utada Hikaru (Hana Yori Dango)
2: 『エヴァンゲリオンBGM』– Evangelion BGM
3: 『LOVERS AGAIN』 EXILE
4: 『ドラゴンボールZ BGM(TV)』– Dragon Ball Z BGM (TV)
5: 『涙そうそう』 夏川りみ、BEGIN、森山良子
Total proceeds increased 4.1% over the previous year to ¥115 billion, about $1.1 billion, with cable television said to be a primary factor in the revenue growth.
Flavor of Life from is from one of the many Hana Yori Dango adaptations, and the Eva and DBZ titles need no introduction (apparently international airing of DBZ contributed heavily). With even more Eva related sales on the cards it is likely the strong showing will persist.
It seems an interesting development for their sales to apparently be moving away from direct sales via CD and the like towards indirect licensing ventures. From the JASRAC fiscal reports, digested by AnimeAnime.