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Dragon Ball has a wealth of cultural context and inspiration that’s often overlooked because the fights are cool. Though not averse to fawning over animation and allowing for the Rule of Cool, Jelli and Bekinney 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, Gohan, Frieza, or even Broly, there should be something for you to enjoy as we cover all things Dragon Ball, including DBZ, GT, Super, Daima, and more! We‘ll have discussions, guests, interviews, reviews, and commentaries so grab a senzu bean, power up your fan level to Super Saiyan, 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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Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon by breaking down episodes 78, 79, 80, 81 and 82, "The Eternal Dragon Rises," "Terror and Plague," "Goku vs Sky Dragon," "Goku Goes to Demon Land," and "The Terror of InoShikaCho." We continue discussing the Fortune Teller Baba mini tournament and a few unexpectedly interesting filler episodes, as well as round up with a discussion of the Baba arc in the manga.
In this episode:
- Jelli is on an ant-hunt
- We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
- The hidden meaning behind Baba's chanting as she intones the final dragon ball's location
- Kazuhiko Torishima's take on Goku's pants being burned
- Some Voltron and Power Rangers comparisons
- Terror and Plague's similarities to both Journey to the West and Seven Samurai
- Jelli and Bekinney discuss Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, and....A Bug's Life? Also The Three Amigos.
- The similarities between Goku's clash with Sky Dragon and the films Tiger and Crane Fists and Fist of Fury
- The movies being borrowed from for Goku's trip into Demon Land
- How Shura looks like the destroyer Shiva, and how Shiva may be repurposed in Super later on
- InoShikaCho's inspirations from a popular card game and the influence of said game on anime, including Naruto
- And we round it all out with a discussion of the manga and do our usual comparison to the anime
- 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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