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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 Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
It's time for Final Forum's Dragon Ball-oween Spooktacular!
In this episode, Jelli and Bekinney break down Akira Toriyama's manga, anime, and video game Sand Land. It's part of our October/Halloween Festivities where we're taking a break from breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon and delving into times our franchise's creators have "put on a costume" and worked on other shows and movies.
In this episode:
- Jelli and Bekinney get right into it, with no time for frivolousness. We have a manga, a movie, a tv series, and a game to talk about here, people.
- Contextualizing Sand Land and the later years of Akira Toriyama's career
- Talking about his mindset in creating Sand Land, Beelzebub, and the tank which features in much of the story
- Breaking down some Toriyama inversions and plays on culture including:
- Beelzebub - the role of the Lord of the Flies, or Lord of All That Flies as in Judeo-Christian mythology and the origins coming from Baal and the Philistines
- Rao - Where Toriyama may have taken inspiration from, either Dungeons and Dragons or Fist of the North Star
- Another meaning for Rao, coming from Indian culture and how that might tie into the character's other name: Shiva
- Shifu or Thief and that character's name and role
- Where the names Zeu, Apo, and Are come from (Zeus, Apollo and Ares)
- Talking about the production of the anime and its release as well as the voice cast behind it
- Briefly discussing the video game
- Breaking down the story and our thoughts on the Sand Land franchise
- ...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....or in this case, the Sand Land trans-media franchise....for our special Dragon Ball-o-Ween event!
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