The tale of Goku, the world's strongest and yet most strangely underdeveloped fourteen-year-old, begins here, in a world where almost everyone of any importance is incompetent, a pervert, or both. Akira Toriyama was in what I like to refer to as his "white hot" phase, …Read more »
I've written about a handful of the Dragon Ball Z movies in the traditional way, and that certainly has its merits. But when it comes to the following piece of candy, I like to indulge individually and savor the flavor. For completion's sake, I'll just …Read more »
Yes, I just watched every Dragonball clip on that page, and so should you. The jury's still out on why in the world they would want to release clips without music or sound effects, I guess you have to pay for those! Maybe the bigger …Read more »
Super Android 13 ( Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans ), the seventh theatrical Dragon Ball Z movie, pulls its curtains back to reveal one of my favorite moments: Android no. 17 knocking Dr. Gero's head clean off his body with the swiftness of …Read more »
Diligent readers that have already breezed through the latest issue of Otaku USA (it's the one with those tough guys you may have heard of on the cover) are probably as well versed on the story of Dragon Ball GT as anyone at this point. …Read more »
In the mid 1990s at the height of Street Fighter II mania, I imported a few Japanese Super Nintendo games. Before I even saw a single episode of Ranma ½ or Dragon Ball Z , I had the fighting games for them. Like most anime …Read more »
Here's an Otaku Confession of the Past: Dead Zone was my first introduction to anything remotely related to Akira Toriyama's sprawling world of superhuman fisticuffs. There I was at a Kentucky flea market when I saw illicit VHS tapes of what would, in a year …Read more »
As strange as it is to get into talking about Dragon Ball Z in "seasons•bCrLf rather than arcs, it's exciting enough for me to see that FUNimation's release of Season Four contains two of my favorite arcs in the series, so I guess it's a …Read more »
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