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From the original Dragon Ball manga, to Dragon Ball Daima, everything in-between and beyond, join cohosts Jelli and Bekinney as they delve into the world of Akira Toriyama, and discuss lesser-known facts about the worldwide manga and anime phenomenon that is one of the most well-known and popular Japanese pop culture exports of all-time. Want to learn about the cultural importance of moments, literary inspirations behind scenes and characters, production facts, and more? Whether you‘re a fan of Goku, Vegeta, or any of the cast of characters including Piccolo, Krillin, Gohan, Frieza, or even Broly, there should be something for you to enjoy. We are two life-long fans of the franchise and wanted to transform our fan status from low level warrior to Super Saiyan, so join us as we delve into the world of Dragon Ball and not only meet our fictional characters, but also discuss the creative minds behind them such as composers Shinsuke Kikuchi and Bruce Faulconer, directors like Daisuke Nishio and Tatsuya Nagamine, editors/writers Kazuhiko Torishima and Toyotarou, voice actors like Masako Nozawa, Sean Schemmel, and Chris Sabat, and of course, Akira Toriyama himself. We release every other week with discussions lasting about 40-60 minutes. We‘ll have discussions, guests, interviews, reviews, and commentaries so grab a senzu bean, channel your ki, and get ready to learn about Kakarot and his friends, and of course, thank you for helping us achieve our FINAL FORUM...We hear it‘s over 9000.
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Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon by breaking down episodes 42 and 43, "The Secret of Dr. Flappe," and "A Trip to the City." We dig further into the Red Ribbon Army, break down some trivia on a few filler episodes, and compare the Muscle Tower manga chapters to the episodes of the anime.
In this episode:
- The battle rages on...and a new fighter emerges!
- We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
- We talk about the inspiration points for Dr. Flappe, as best we can guess them, comparing him to Leon Trotsky, and mildly infamous Soviet scientist Ivanovich Ivanov
- We discuss how the character of Dr. Flappe contradicts statements made later in the show by Dr. Gero about the creation of the androids
- We talk about inter-species hybridization (yes, really)
- We get into a few design elements from the Trip to the City episode, including the Bruce Lee lookalike character, and a re-use of the General White character model
- We discuss whether the show Dragon Ball exists in this universe, and we do a brief detour into The Seven Year Itch
- We talk about the decision to do a wrap-up episode here, vs a few episodes of anime later
- And then we get into comparing the anime to the manga, including the differences between Major Metallitron and Full Metal Jacket, Buyon and The Jiggler, Ninja Murasaki and Sergeant Major Purple, and the destruction or non-destruction of Muscle Tower
- and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual
Join us as we continue to uncover the cultural meanings, publication facts, inspirations and more behind the wildly popular Dragon Ball franchise.
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