How do you pad for time between arcs? Are those Crows? What awaits us as we begin a new story arc?
Join Jelli and Bekinney as they continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball Z by looking at episodes 41 through 45: "Look Out Below," "The Search Continues," "A Friendly Surprise," "Brood of Evil," and "Frieza Strikes." We begin discussing the Namek Saga and attempt to break down some filler episodes and preview this new arc.
Jelli and Bekinney try to plot their next moveThe run of great episodes is over, but let's not lose hope.Breaking down the names for Raiti and Zaacro, as well as CuiAttempting to evaluate the Treedon birds through the lens that they might be crows and looking at how crows are viewed in JapanCannibalism? One of us totally would. Which one will (not) shock youJack and the Beanstalk and its origins as a very different story from the one we knowA little bit about Group TAC, which allows us to talk about the voice talents behind Pokemon's Mewtwo, and get tangentially into a wild tokusatsu movie......Rex: A Dinosaur's Story, the tale of how a baby tyrannosaurus rex is raised by a little girl, gets in a food fight, escapes marketing executives on a snowmobile after stealing a Christmas cloak from Colonel Sanders and the story of how the movie's production led to the arrest of the head of Kadokawa for smuggling drugsA bit about Japan's Sesssho-seki, or Killing Stone famous in Tochigi PrefectureNautilus, their shells, the Golden Ratio, the Fibonacci Sequence, and illusionsWe're not grasping at straws AT ALLSetting the stage using examples from X-Men, DCEU and Journey to the WestVegeta's history as the heir to the throne, and his early lifeSome of Toriyama's thoughts on Vegeta, at least early in the storyVegeta and Goku: Opposite sides of the same coinHow Vegeta so internalizes the lessons he learns as a child that it shapes his entire worldview, and how the very existence of Goku flies in the face of said worldviewThe Six-Eared Macaque from Journey to the West, one of Sun Wukong's most formidable foesSome researched theories about the relationship between Wukong and Six-Ears and how that is mirrored by the relationship between Goku and VegetaThe Lego series Lego Monkie Kid and its portrayal of Six EarsWhy Vegeta is always invoking his prince status as if it is a boast, despite there being only a handful of Saiyans leftWhy Vegeta is so relatableand 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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