31 May 2004

New Section! "The Buzz"
VegettoEX @ 4:50 pm EDT -- In yet another one of my completely random and spontaneous website decisions, I've created an entirely new section!

Looking for a single place to find out the latest news on a variety of things? Sick of looking through dated archives with vague headings? Worry no more! Check out "The Buzz"~!

Check it out for all the latest updates on the live-action movie, Budokai 3 (and other new video games), the DBZ re-dub, and more. w00t for me.

30 May 2004

Hey, I Actually Got To "Ask VegettoEX" This Weekend!
VegettoEX @ 11:17 pm EDT -- "Ask VegettoEX" has been updated, for the first time in two weeks! Yay! Some fun questions, this time around. There were a couple that were submitted that I'm saving for either next week or sometime soon after... they're going to require a little research and info digging.

So Julian and I are actually working on some content. Expect some more real stuff coming soon. Also, if you're headed to AnimeNext, this year... be sure to come check out the "DragonBall: 20 Years of Fandom" panel~! Myself, Julian, Meri, and Maggie will be your hosts and panelists. Any questions you have, or fun discussions you'd like to have... we're looking forward to it! Expect to hear some more ranting about it soon, but that's an official heads up. The panel will be Saturday at 1 pm, located in Panel 2 / Diamond. See ya!

26 May 2004

DBGT on GBA... only... it's not a video game, folks
VegettoEX @ 1:02 pm EDT -- As reported over on ANN, Majecso will be putting out some DBGT episodes on GameBoy Advance. I believe they're something like one or two episodes (at a low frame-rate) on a cartridge. I'm sure they'll be dub-only.

But hey, it's news. And that's what we do. Only, we've got cool songs to check out, too. Go us!

23 May 2004

Full Length Japanese Vocal Budokai 2 / DBZ2 Opening!
VegettoEX @ 2:30 pm EDT -- Huge thanks to ANT Link15 for staying up well past 2 am over in Japan, sticking with me step by step in getting this audio ripped from DragonBall Z 2. Head on over to the "Music Downloads" page to download the full-length vocal version of the DBZ2 / Budokai 2 opening theme, performed by Hironobu Kageyama! Enjoy!

Sure to be stolen... just remember who loves ya' first and most.

No "Ask VegettoEX" this weekend. Not enough questions. Eh, it happens.

22 May 2004

Japanese Vocal Budokai 2 / DBZ2 Opening MP3 Added!
VegettoEX @ 9:30 pm EDT -- Huge thanks to forum go-er TotoGuy for all the help in ripping this from the game. Head on over to the "Music Downloads" page to download the short version of the original Japanese vocal Budokai 2 / DBZ2 PlayStation 2 game opening theme!

This is the highest-quality version you're going to find on the net, digitally ripped from the game, downsampled to 44 kHz, and encoded at 192 kbps stereo MP3. It's still not quite the "DVD Quality" that the game contains, so if you want the full quality, you're just going to have to buy the game, yourself~!

If you own the original Japanese (NOT European, and NO online downloads / rips... there's a difference!) disc of this video game (which is called DragonBall Z 2), please e-mail us. We'd like your help in getting the full-length Japanese vocal verison ripped!

21 May 2004

"Music Database" Updates in the Works
VegettoEX @ 10:05 am EDT -- Big thanks to "telmo marques" from Portugal, who has sent us in a butt-load of new CD cover scans and tracklistings, including those for the ever-elusive Hyper Dimension OST~! So expect Julian and myself to be living in that section for a little bit, cleaning up all the new entries. There's some other cool stuff coming, but that's the heads-up!

Come back to the chat, folks! Let's talk about doing trivia sessions, again!

17 May 2004

Movie 9 (Bojack Unbound) + DBGT "Lost" #1 Cover Art
VegettoEX @ 12:38 pm EDT -- Thanks to FusionHA2071 for the heads-up. Amazon has posted up cover-art for not only the English release of DBZ movie 9, but also the first volume of the DBGT "Lost Episodes."

So fans have one less thing to complain about, now that FUNimation is using the original Japanese cover art for DBZ movie 9. Don't believe me? Here it is:

The "Movie Guide" has been updated appropriately (still gotta do the appropriate "DVD Guide" page, but whatever). Also, check out the DBGT page in the "DVD Guide" for the cover art for DBGT's "Lost Episodes" volume 1, which will contain the actual first three episodes to the series.

And with that, please check out the below update. It's much more enthralling. There's content. Lots of it. Fun stuff.

16 May 2004

"Ask VegettoEX" + Budokai MP3s + New Editorial
VegettoEX @ 11:15 pm EDT -- "Ask VegettoEX" has been udpated after not being touched in three weeks. Ack, sorry! Between the end of college life and the new apartment move, I just didn't get around to it until now. There's a good batch of questions that have been answered, though, so be sure to check them out!

To make up for it, there's also some awesome general content updates. Head on over to the "Music Downloads" page for full 192 kbps MP3 encodes of the "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" ending instrumental from the first Budokai, and the full-length opening American instrumental of the Budokai 2 theme song! I've finally mastered the art of PS2 audio ripping, so you get to enjoy the fruits of my labor. Expect... yes... the full-length Japanese vocal version of the Budokai 2 opening very, very soon!

To top it off, I've posted a new editorial. It's actually an eighteen page paper I wrote for my Gender & Technology class my last semester at school, concerning the roles of gender with shonen anime. It's a fun read, which includes interviews by some people you might know! I don't claim to be a master of all things knowledge when related to anime, but I was very happy with the final product (plus, I got an "A" in the class, so nyah~!).

And hey, for extra good measure, here's some Buu's Fury screen shots. It's obviously a Legacy of Goku style game.

See you all again, soon~.

12 May 2004

Banpresto Announces DBZ Game for Nintendo DS
VegettoEX @ 11:15 pm EDT -- The Magic Box has reported some new Nintendo line-ups for the upcoming Nintendo DS portable game system (the one with two screens). Among the list of games is an unspecified DBZ game developed by Banpresto (yes, it will be a Japanese game).

I know, I didn't do "Ask VegettoEX" this weekend / week. Wasn't going to happen with the move. For those interested, yes, Meri and I are all moved into the new apartment, with a rockin' wireless network set up. w00t. I'll be able to update soon, so look for it~!

08 May 2004

Budokai 3 Screenshots... Suspiciously Similar to DBZ2V
VegettoEX @ 5:39 pm EDT -- The Magic Box has thrown up three new images of Budokai 3. Strangely... these images show the new characters from the Budokai 2 expansion disc in Japan, entitled DragonBall Z 2 V (DragonBall Z 2 being the name of the game, and the "V" referring to V-Jump, a Japanese video game magazine that's doing the tie-in advertising).

Broli and Coola. Two characters announced for DBZ2V. Will Kuriza be popping up soon? The Budokai ring is the same as it was in Budokai 2. Is this the exact same game as DBZ2V, anyway? Will we have to shell out $40-50 for the same damn game with a few extra characters?

God dammit, give us some actual information, Atari :P.

Expect an "Ask VegettoEX" tomorrow (hopefully! Moving stuff over to the new apartment all weekend! Ack!)

02 May 2004

Movie 9 Announced + "Don't you see!" Remix MP3
VegettoEX @ 9:57 pm EDT -- FUNimation has finally released some information about the upcoming release of DBZ movie 9. Going with the name that's been on the trading / collectible card game (Bojack Unbound), we can apparently expect to see movie 9 released "sometime in August." (Update: Right Stuf has the movie listed for release on 17 August.) If you can't wait to learn more about the movie, remember that we've got full information and a detailed synopsis of the movie up!

Also, I've thrown up a brand new dance remix of DBGT's second closing theme, "Don't you see!" It's off of a special remix album that you could only purchase at live ZARD concerts in Japan. Hurray for Japanese fans! Check it out.

And on a personal, special note... there is a certain Brazilian site out there that we'd like to give a shout-out to. They happen to have taken all of our kanzenban covers and "Other Artists" images in the past, and have now taken our new kanzenban ending scans, even going so far as to translate (from Julian's English translation) the scans over to Portuguese. They've done all this without so much as mentioning us, let alone giving us credit for scanning, editing and posting the images.

Hey guys... you're lame. Just thought we'd confirm that for you. We know you'll be reading this, since you'll inevitably be back to steal more content (rather than — God forbid! — make some for yourselves).

Sorry, no "Ask VegettoEX" this week. Graduation's more important to me, right now ^^. Ja~!