31 July 2003

DBGT Sales, DB & GT Confirmed for YTV
VegettoEX @ 2:30 pm EDT -- Anime News Network gets the cred for providing this info. The "First Alert" list (which tracks overall VHS and DVD sales) lists DBGT in the top 20 for both VHS and DVD. Who's buying this shit on VHS, these days?

Also, YTV (the Canadian TV channel) has confirmed both DragonBall and DragonBall GT as programming for the fall.

No, we don't know when GT will be on Cartoon Network / Toonami, and no, asking us over and over will not make the answer come sooner. When it's announced, we'll let ya' know.

Trivia tomorrow night! Remember... new time. 9 pm eastern (NOT 8 pm). Total questions has hit the 600 mark! w00t!

30 July 2003

New Shonen Jump Cover, Trivia Friday Night
VegettoEX @ 11:14 pm EDT -- Check out the "Covers" section for the cover of this month's Shonen Jump, which I just got in the mail today.

Trivia Friday night! Note, though, that trivia will be moved to 9 pm eastern time! I've got a bunch o' new questions, so it'll be good fun! Also, the fserve should be back up Friday night, as well, so look for "This is Otakudom" soon... and maybe some more surprises! :D :D

29 July 2003

New "Taiketsu" Screenies
VegettoEX @ 3:24 pm EDT -- The Magic Box has updated with some new screen shots for the upcoming GameBoy Advance game, "Taiketsu." There will apparently be 15 playable characters, with fighting both on the ground and in the air (sounds similar to the old "Super Butoden" games).

Confirmed characters via the screen shots include Gokuu, Vegeta, Raditz, Nappa, and Majin Buu ("Mr. Buu"). The game is due out in November from Atari.

Go buy the new Yellowcard album ("Ocean Avenue").

26 July 2003

"Ask VegettoEX" Updated and We've Got Music, Again!
VegettoEX @ 3:30 pm EDT -- Check out this week's absolutely awesome and fantastic "Ask VegettoEX" section for some answers to your burning questions! Fun stuff.

That said, the "Music Downloads" have returned! Special thanks to bestest friend Dan for setting up the server for me :D.

25 July 2003

Stuffage
Julian @ 2:15 pm EDT -- Well...long time no see, huh? I actually should have done this update about...*counts*... two weeks ago, but I've been pretty busy between work and getting ready to go away to college this fall. But anyway, in case you haven't noticed, there are new images from the Kanzenban volumes in the Covers section, as well as yet another non-Toriyama illustration in Other Artists. Fans of Kaiô, Vegeta, and/or the manga series Pretty Face should be quite pleased.

Also, I've gone and added another set of lyrics to its appropriate section. This time it's "Hitori ja Nai," the first ending theme of DBGT. Be sure to check it out. If I'm lucky, I might have some lyrics for the ending themes to the last 4 DBZ movies up here before the end of August. After that, I'll only have insert songs (and maybe a few of the more famous image songs) to do!

And what about the DVD Guide, you ask? Well, it's almost ready for public consumption. The problem is, every time we think we're ready to premiere it, Mike and I come up with a way to improve it, so the date kinda gets pushed back. Nevertheless, it should be ready by... uh...well, Mike might not want me to give a date, lest he feel like he's on a deadline, so I'll just say "Soon," with a wink and a nod to go with it.

That's all I've got for this update. See you next month~~

Trivia Session, 8 pm Eastern... Tonight!
VegettoEX @ 10:20 am EDT -- Yep, it's a weekly thing. Come join us over in the greatest chat on the face of this entire planet, #daizenshuu, for a fantastic trivia session on all things DB this evening! 8 pm Eastern...that's 5 pm Pacific, kids!

Ugh. Making this update from work on GoLive. Who the hell would use this piece of trash over Dreamweaver?  Doesn't even keep the formatting of text from paragraph to paragraph. *sigh*

21 July 2003

Stupid FUNimation News No-One Cares About
VegettoEX @ 2:44 pm EDT -- Uhh... FUNi's got a new "Director of Sales" that they stole from Pioneer. He was "... involved in the sale of the first 3 DBZ movies for Pioneer." He's with FUNi now. Stuff.

Just go read about it on ANN. Not exactly DBZ news per-say, but close enough. Back to work.

20 July 2003

New WonderSwan Game?!?
VegettoEX @ 8:18 pm EDT -- For the two of you in North America that actually own a WonderSwan and haven't already played the game on your NES emulators... Bandai of Japan has announced they will be releasing a new DragonBall game for the WonderSwan Crystal on November 6th of this year. The game, "DragonBall: Legend of Goku," is actually a remake of the game by the same name for the Famicom. It is a card-battle game, similar to many of the other DragonBall games released in Japan. Thanks to The Magic-Box for the news blurb.

The game was actually the third NES game released for the DragonBall franchise. To read more about it, check out SuperPope's review of the game in its original NES format.

19 July 2003

"Taiketsu" Screenshots
VegettoEX @ 4:47 pm EDT -- There's been lots of information floating around about the supposedly upcoming GameBoy Advance game entitled "Taiketsu," but no real ACCURATE information. Well, it exists, it's coming out soon (October), and here are some screenshots! Big thanks to Clayton Reynolds over on AFD for the link. Other than this, there's just the entry for it over on GameFAQs. Thanks to Brandon Olson for that e-mail.

Looks pretty interesting. Hope it doesn't suck :/

"Ask VegettoEX" Update
VegettoEX @ 11:48 am EDT -- Whee. "Ask VegettoEX" has been updated with a few questions, including info on the UK English dub and some other fun stuffage. DVD Guide.... ALMOST done. Just a few little quirky things to edit, and it'll be ready for mass consumption!

18 July 2003

Yeah. Trivia. You Love It.
VegettoEX @ 2:24 pm EDT -- Blah blah blah, trivia session in #daizenshuu tonight at 8 pm Eastern, you're all coming, we're all gonna be huge geeks, Napier and Rachel are gonna win, AWA video's essentially done, Julian's cool... same ol' shiznit.

Reminder... while you're playin' trivia, or whenever you want... I've got an fserve in the chat up and running that you can download all the site's MP3s and AMVs from. Happy downloading!

17 July 2003

Read a Review, Trivia Tomorrow Night!
VegettoEX @ 2:36 pm EDT -- Keep forgetting to plug this. Rachel wrote a review of "King Piccolo (Vol. 2)" on DVD that's been posted over on AnimeOnDVD.com. Check it out.

And... that's right! Trivia tomorrow night in #daizenshuu! (8 pm Eastern). More and more people are showing up as the weeks go on, which is awesome! More competition for Napier and Rachel! w00t! Be sure to stop by and check us out :D.

15 July 2003

"There is no OVA!" Update
VegettoEX @ 4:42 pm EDT -- Hey, everyone. Big special thanks to Ramza who contacted me out of the blue with a little bit more information about his subtitling of the PlayDia game footage. It's really nice to see that at least one other older "webmaster" was able to grow up and put any negativity aside for the greater good of friendship and information. Many kudos.

So yeah! Check out the "There is no OVA!" section for a little more info, including that on the actual VHS releases of the game footage in Japan! Big thanks to the dragonball-benelux.com folks for the cover scans and information!

The "DVD Guide" is coming along extremely well. I'd just like to take this time to mention how utterly frustrated I am with FUNimation's episode numbering and volume numbering schemes on their DVDs. I've had more headaches caused by terrible numbering in the last two days than I ever had before.

I know Julian's got some images from the latest two Kanzenban coming your way real shortly, too.

Trivia Friday night in #daizenshuu... be there! Maybe the self-proclaimed "DBZ Info God" Werner will even show up, again to grace us with his presence :P.

12 July 2003

"Ask VegettoEX" Updated, "There is no OVA!"
VegettoEX @ 1:10 am EDT -- Heyas~! Trivia, as always, landed us a FULL chatroom tonight, with Napier winning it for the evening. VERY fun stuff, and I hope to see even MORE people next weekend!

"Ask VegettoEX" has been updated with two great questions. One concerns the up-coming live action movie(s), while the other...

Well, let's just say that "There is no OVA!" answers it quite well. VERY interesting stuff... been working hard on it for a few days, so I hope everyone enjoys it!

11 July 2003

Trivia Tonight, Bizatches~~
VegettoEX @ 10:33 am EDT -- Osu! I'm VegettoEX! Come join us in #daizenshuu tonight when Rachel destroys everyone again in the trivia contest! At least we can have fun when it happens :P. But what's this?! Napier has said he'll be joining the competition! Wow, it'll sure be an interesting battle for the greatest nerd in #daizenshuu! Be sure to check it out, tonight in #daizenshuu!

*cue end credits*

10 July 2003

"Toriyama Shading"... ?
VegettoEX @ 2:48 pm EDT -- Anime News Network has updated with some more coverage from Anime Expo. At FUNimation's panel, among other things, it was announced that "Budokai 2" (which is set for an August 15th release date for the PS2), will be using (and I quote), "Toriyama Shading." We've all seen images which show the game will be cel-shaded, but I find it interesting they're calling it "Toriyama Shading," when kids have no idea who Toriyama is :P.

Trivia session tomorrow night in #daizenshuu! I'm up to almost 500 questions, total, and still going :D.

09 July 2003

Trivia Session, Friday Night!
VegettoEX @ 8:12 pm EDT -- Let's keep it going! Hot on the trail of last week's awesome trivia session in #daizenshuu, we'll be doing it again this coming Friday evening at 8 pm EDT. I've come up with a crapload of new questions, so be ready! See you all there~.

05 July 2003

"Ask VegettoEX" Updated
VegettoEX @ 10:58 pm EDT -- ... with one crappy question. Ah, well. I'm actually just really lazy and didn't feel like answering the big "OVA" question just yet... I'll get to that soon when I've got more time (maybe next weekend?). Check it out.

The trivia contest went great last night! Rachel Oliver kicked everyone's asses with well over 200 points, total, for the night. Congrats! Maybe we'll try it again next weekend? Yes, no? Yes!

04 July 2003

Trivia Contest Tonight, 8 pm EDT
VegettoEX @ 2:53 pm EDT -- Get ready to show off your insane knowledge of all things DB and "Daizenshuu EX"... the trivia contest is tonight! Stop by #daizenshuu tonight, when we'll be getting our game on starting around (approximately) 8 pm EDT. It'll be loads of fun, and I may send out a digital prize or two to the winner ^^. See you tonight!

03 July 2003

Napier's Stuff, Trivia Contest Tomorrow Night!
VegettoEX @ 1:47 pm EDT -- Napier's stuff is starting to sell... if you're interested in picking any of it up, now's the best time!

Hopefully by now you've at least stopped by #daizenshuu for a "Hello," and maybe even download a few files off the fserve. Well, in the interest of getting even MORE people (and having fun!), I'll be starting up a (hopefully weekly!) trivia contest tomorrow night in the channel! Let's shoot for an 8 pm (EDT) start time. We'll play for at least an hour, possibly longer if it goes well. Stop by the "Chat" page for information on how to get into the room, and start doing some research! It'll be loads of fun for all involved.

And no, don't worry... you won't be facing me or Julian :P. It's every man / woman for themself, though! :D