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Dragon Ball Heroes
is a Japanese trading card arcade game based on the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. It debuted on November 11, 2010 in Japan. In 2016, an update launched that improved the user experience in the form of enhanced graphics and easier accessibility of characters. This update was named . Several other games based on the series have been released for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows. Numerous manga adaptations have been published by Shueisha and a promotional anime adaptation by Toei Animation began being shown at public events in July 2018 before being uploaded online. Gameplay *Players can choose a "hero avatar" from 8 races, each with 3 distinct battle types: Hero, Elite, or Berserker. *Players can collect various types of Dragon Balls other than the common variety, such as Ultimate Dragon Balls, Namekian Dragon Balls, Dark Dragon Balls, and the almighty Super Dragon Balls in. *Players use 7 cards and an IC card called hero license. *The game is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo 3DS
The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo. It was announced in March 2010 and unveiled at E3 2010 as the successor to the Nintendo DS. The system features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS video games. As an eighth-generation console, its primary competitor was Sony's PlayStation Vita. The handheld's most prominent feature is its ability to display stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or additional accessories, and it offers new features such as the StreetPass and SpotPass tag modes, powered by Nintendo Network; augmented reality using its 3D cameras; and Virtual Console, which allows owners to download and play games originally released on older video game systems. The Nintendo 3DS was released in Japan on February 26, 2011, and worldwide beginning in March 2011. Less than six months later on July 28, 2011, Nintendo announced a significant price reduction from US$249 to US$169 amid disappointing launch sales. The company offered ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slump'', '' Dragon Ball'', ''Saint Seiya'', '' Sailor Moon'', ''Slam Dunk'', '' Digimon'', ''One Piece'', '' Toriko'', ''World Trigger'', '' The Transformers'' (between 1984–1990, including several Japanese exclusive productions) and the ''Pretty Cure'' series. History The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Zenjirō Yamamoto in 1948 as . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was renamed , doing business as Toei Animation Co., Ltd. outside Japan. In 1998, the Japanese name was renamed to Toei Animation. It has created a number of TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series, many popular worldwide. Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yasuji Mori, Leiji Matsumoto and Yōichi Kotabe have worked with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Card Game
A digital collectible card game (DCCG) or online collectible card game (OCCG) is a computer or video game that emulates collectible card games (CCG) and is typically played online or occasionally as a standalone video game. Many DCCGs are types of digital tabletop games and follow traditional card game-style rules, while some DCCGs use alternatives for cards and gameboards, such as icons, dice and avatars. Originally, DCCGs started out as replications of a CCG's physical counterpart, but many DCCGs have foregone a physical version and exclusively release as a video game, such as with '' Hearthstone''. Gameplay These games manage all the rules of a CCG, such as tracking the avatar's health, removing damaged creatures from the board, and shuffling decks when necessary. The games are managed on servers to maintain the player's library and any purchases of booster packs and additional cards through either in-game or real-world money. Some games, like '' Chaotic'', '' Bella Sara'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Ventures
Red Ventures is an American media company, which owns and operates brands such as Lonely Planet, CNET, ZDNet, The Points Guy, Healthline and Bankrate. Red Ventures focuses on sites that dispense news, advice, and reviews. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Indian Land, South Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. History Red Ventures was formed on September 29, 1999, in Fort Mill, South Carolina by Ric Elias and Dan Feldstein. Before its 2020 acquisitions, the company has grown into an international presence with more than 100 brands, 3,000 employees, and operations in the United Kingdom and Brazil. In 2015, the company got a $250 million investment from Silver Lake. That same year, it doubled the size of its headquarters and bought postal services company Imagitas from Pitney Bowes. Red Ventures acquired Bankrate Inc. for $1.24 billion in cash in a deal announced July 3, 2017. On September 14, 2020, Red Ventures agreed to purchase the CNET Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry. Metacritic's scoring converts each review into a percentage, either mathematically from the mark given, or what the site decides subjectively from a qualitative review. Before being averaged, the scores are weighted according to a critic's popularity, stature, and volume of reviews. The website won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. Criticism of the site has focused on the assessment system, the assignment of scores to reviews that do not in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Toriyama
is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for his highly successful manga series '' Dr. Slump'', before going on to create '' Dragon Ball'' (his best-known work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the '' Dragon Quest'' series, '' Chrono Trigger,'' and '' Blue Dragon''. Toriyama is regarded as one of the authors who changed the history of manga, as his works are highly influential and popular, particularly ''Dragon Ball,'' which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration. He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best '' shōnen'' or '' shōjo'' manga with ''Dr. Slump'', and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. His next series, ''Dragon Ball'', would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 300 million copies w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koshigaya, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is famous for producing daruma dolls. Geography Koshigaya is situated in eastern Saitama Prefecture, in the alluvial plain of the Nakagawa basin between the Omiya plateau and the Shimosa plateau. Most of the city area is flat with an average elevation of only five meters above sea level. Many rivers, including the Motoara River, Naka River, Ayase River, Furutone River, and Sakagawa River flow in the city. Koshigaya, which is about 25 kilometers north of Tokyo and developed as a transportation for water and land transportation from premodern times. Surrounding municipalities * Saitama Prefecture ** Saitama ** Kasukabe ** Kawaguchi ** Sōka ** Yoshikawa ** Matsubushi Climate Koshigaya has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, directly to home media, and over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, or video games. It is classified into numerous genres targeting various broad and niche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saikyō Jump
is a Japanese monthly ''shōnen'' manga magazine published by Shueisha. The magazine was started on December 3, 2010 with three completely original titles and seven spin-off manga from series in '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and ''V Jump is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine, focusing on new manga as well as video games based on popular manga. The magazine's debut was in 1993 by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. History A prototype magazine called '' Hobby's Jump ...''. Originally a quarterly magazine, ''Saikyō Jump'' became a monthly publication in December 2011, before switching to publishing once every 2 months with the November 2014 issue. It switched back to a monthly schedule with the September 2021 issue. The magazine's mascot was created by Eiichiro Oda. Shueisha estimated that the vast majority of ''Saikyō Jump'' readers are elementary school aged children; 58.5% being upper elementary school aged, and 28% being lower elementary school aged. Features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragon Ball Super
is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou. A sequel to Toriyama's original Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dragon Ball'' manga, it follows the adventures of Goku and friends during the ten-year timeskip after the defeat of Majin Buu. It began serialization in Shueisha's monthly Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''V Jump'' in June 2015. The manga is simulpublished in English by Viz Media and by Shueisha on their ''Manga Plus'' platform. A 131-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Toei Animation aired in Japan from July 2015 to March 2018. A sequel film, ''Dragon Ball Super: Broly'', was released in December 2018 and became the highest-grossing anime film of the franchise. A second film, ''Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Super Hero'', was released on June 11, 2022. Plot Four years after the defeat of Majin Buu, Goku is seen working as a farmer, and List of Dragon Ball characters, his family and friends live peacefully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V Jump
is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine, focusing on new manga as well as video games based on popular manga. The magazine's debut was in 1993 by Shueisha under the ''Jump'' line of magazines. History A prototype magazine called '' Hobby's Jump'' was launched in the 80s as a spin-off issue of ''Monthly Shōnen Jump''. ''Hobby's Jump'' was announced discontinued, and a new magazine called ''V Jump'' arrived. ''V Jump'' is a video game magazine, namely for the ''Dragon Quest'' and ''Final Fantasy'' series, as well as many shōnen manga. Akira Toriyama designed the magazine's mascot character , who was named via a reader poll. ''V Jump'' has also taken many series from ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', such as ''Shadow Lady'' created by Masakazu Katsura, which has had more success than ever in ''V Jump''. Later on, the magazine published a sequel to the classic ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' series '' Dr. Slump'', characters from which appeared on the cover of the first issue of ''V Jump'', title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyotarou
is a Japanese manga artist. He has drawn several ''Dragon Ball''-related manga and is best known for illustrating ''Dragon Ball Super'' (2015–present), which is written by series creator Akira Toriyama. Early life and work Toyotarou first came across Akira Toriyama's work in grade school with '' Dr. Slump'', then the ''Dragon Ball'' anime, and finally the ''Dragon Ball'' manga. With his school notebooks covered in its characters, he was already making up story arcs for ''Dragon Ball'' chapters in his head. To this day he has never drawn any original work of his own, it has all been ''Dragon Ball''-related. Previously a television director, Toyotarou never desired to be a career manga artist. "I figured it would be impossible to do it officially, so I resigned myself to doing it as a hobby." In 2012, he brought artwork to Shueisha, and six months later he debuted with the first two-page chapter of '' Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission''. There is speculation that Toyotaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
