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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 Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 96, 97 ,98, 99 and 100, "Tail's Tale," "Final Match: Goku vs. Tien," "Victory's Edge," "Tien's Insurrection," and "The Spirit Cannon." We continue discussing the 22nd Budokai Tenkaichi, and delve into the topic of Tien and his third eye.
In this episode:
- Jelli and Bekinney split up. That will end well.
- We recap the episodes and discuss our favorite moments
- Some notes on Toriyama's claims of making it all up as he goes along
- Parallels in the fighting to Daoist concepts about levels of refinement and control
- Breaking down the Taiyo Ken, or Solar Flare, and its relationship to ying and yang energy
- Where the volley ball attack came from, and a brief note about shojo manga being essentially created by the manga Attack No. 1
- Breaking down the Shiyo-ken or Four Supernatural Fists Technique
- How Shiyo-ken ties Tien to Hindu deities such as Ganesh
- Breaking down Tien, Tien Shinhan, Tenshinhan, Ten, and which is the "correct" pronunciation
- Tien's ties to the Qing Dynasty
- Tien's all-important tenme, or third-eye and its metaphysical importance
- How a tenme is inspired by humanity's pineal gland
- A brief note on the movie From Beyond, which features the pineal gland as a plot point
- How Daoists believe it is possible to utilize your pineal gland and open a third eye
- A note about Tien and his retroactive explanation of being an alien from the Mistume-jin (three-eyed people)
- Toriyama's possible inspiration from Osamu Tezuka's manga, The Three-Eyed One, and Journey to the West, and the character Erlangshen
- Comparisons between Erlangshen and Tien Shinhan including uses of a third eye, fighting a monkey child, being able to defeat Sun Wukong (Goku), and more
- 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, and unspool what we all love so much about Goku, the Dragon Ball franchise, the Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball manga, and more.
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