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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 Apr 07, 2026
Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
False Super Saiyan?!?! What could it mean???
The answers are within as Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon by tackling the 1991 movie, Lord Slug.
In this episode:
- Jelli and Bekinney are ...doing something...
- We introduce special guests for this episode, the cohosts of the podcast Kaiju vs. History, Patrick and Myles
- We sync up our audio commentary for the listeners
- We discuss some of the production facts about the film Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug such as its 1991 release at the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival, the film's box office, and the production team working on the film
- We talk about the other film released alongside the movie, Magical Taruruto a
- A brief foray into the world of Ultraman
- The moment that Dragon Ball Z has become an absolute powerhouse phenomenon is here, as the box office has increased by 62% between movies
- Yamato, the Black Cat (or Kuroneko) delivery company in Japan and how they allowed the Ghibli movie Kiki's Delivery Service to use their trademarks
- The film's villains
- Wings or Doradabo and his resemblance to Dodoria
- Angila or Angira and his resemblance to Zarbon
- Zeeun, whose name means seiun or nebula
- Madamatcha, whose name is a space-related pun
- A brief discussion of the Andromeda Galaxy, where all this film's minor villains take their names
- Clash of the Titans 1981
- Comparisons between Slug and Turles, the villain of the film Tree of Might
- A discussion of False Super Saiyan and Toriyama's intentions
- and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual as we react to this movie and re-evaluate our thoughts on it
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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