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SoraNews24
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- SoraNews24
World's first Dragon Ball Store announced, opens before end of year
Dragon Ball celebrates a milestone anniversary with its first ever dedicated shop stocked with items you can't get anywhere else in the world. Dragon Ball is a big franchise. Though it started as a manga, the anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama's sprawling intergalactic martial arts epic started airing less than two years after the first chapter was published, and there have now been more than 20 Dragon Ball theatrical anime, dozens of video games, and one live-action Hollywood version that many fans of the source material are still trying to scrub from their memories. One thing there hasn't been, though, is an entire shop just for Dragon Ball merch. That's going to be changing, though, as the franchise's official website has announced that the first-ever Dragon Ball Store will be opening in Japan soon. As one of the most continually popular anime franchises of the past four decades, Dragon Ball merch, in and of itself, isn't all that hard to find in Japan. Between the series' long history, fanbase that stretches from little kids all the way up to adults, and the fact that new Dragon Ball anime and manga are still being made, though, there are far too many cool Dragon Ball items to fit into a sub-section of a general anime specialty shop, so the Dragon Ball Store should boast an especially wide selection. The announcement also promises that the shop will have limited-edition merch that won't be available anywhere else in the world. ▼ So far, the closest thing there's been to a Dragon Ball store is the Jump Shop, where it shares space with the other titles from manga publisher Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump anthology. With Japan's passionate fan communities, plus a large number of visiting foreign travelers being fans of the otaku arts, there are shops for some of the most prominent publishers and production houses, such as Nintendo and Studio Ghibli. Dedicated shops for individual series, though, are less common, and are often popup affairs. The Dragon Ball Store's announcement makes no mention of it being a limited-time event, however, so it looks like it'll be joining the Pokémon Center as one of the few individual series with its own permanent store. Currently, the only opening date/location information that's been revealed is that the Dragon Ball Store will be open this coming fall and be located somewhere within Tokyo, though the city's high-tourism neighborhoods of Shibuya, Akihabara, Shinjuku, and Ikebukuro seem the most likely. Source: Dragon Ball official website via Hachima Kiko Top image: Dragon Ball official website Insert image ©SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Geek Culture
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Culture
World's First Official 'Dragon Ball' Store Goes Over 9,000 In Tokyo This Fall
Kamehameha! It's a wonder how Dragon Ball, one of the most beloved names in pop culture, hasn't gotten an official store after all this time, but things will soon change. In celebration of the franchise's 40th anniversary, Shueisha and Toei Animation have announced the opening of the first Dragon Ball store in the world later this year. In celebration of the DRAGON BALL 40th AnniversaryAnnouncing the world's first "DRAGON BALL STORE"! To open in Tokyo, fall of 2025https:// #DragonBall40th #dragonball #ドラゴンボール — DRAGON BALL OFFICIAL (@DB_official_en) July 13, 2025 The aptly-titled Dragon Ball Store is scheduled to launch in Tokyo, Japan, in the fall of 2025, featuring 'must-buy' items for fans that include limited-edition goods available nowhere else. Other information, such as the merchandise lineup and its exact location, will be unveiled 'shortly'. The well-loved franchise joins JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in welcoming a world's first store, with the latter coming to the sixth floor of Shibuya PARCO in Tokyo later this month. Created by the late Akira Toriyama, the Dragon Ball manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984 to 1992 across 42 volumes. The first half was adapted into a 153-episode anime in 1986, while Dragon Ball Z continued the story from 1989 to 1996. The series is considered to be the most iconic part of the franchise, bringing memorable arcs focusing on Saiyan, Frieza, Majin Buu, and more to life. To date, it has sold over 160 million copies in Japan and 260 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series to date. Prior to Toriyama's unfortunate passing, the industry legend was reported to be working on the Dragon Ball Super manga, which went on a semi-hiatus, and the Dragon Ball: Daima anime that aired last October. Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth's theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia's greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really. akira toriyama Dragon Ball Store dragon ball z Japan
