Mike joins Baloo to discuss running Kanzenshuu as well as Dragon Ball's early ties to Journey to the West, accompanied by a chat about the novel's various translations and its poetry.

Episode #0426! Mike and Jake discuss surnames in the Dragon World. In a series where most characters do not actually have family names, how can you tell for sure when someone might actually have one? What examples tend to confuse fans, and which names might be hiding a secret surname away?! A bit of news recap and a related "Journey to the West" excerpt round out the episode!

Episode #0425! Mike, Ryan, and Josh preview "Dragon Ball FighterZ", the new fighting game coming in 2018 from Arc System Works. Based on the E3 demo, how is the game feeling so far, and what is it doing to separate itself from previous franchise entries? A tease of new and forthcoming website content rounds out the episode!

Episode #0424! Mike and Jake review the latest "Dragon Ball Super" character name developments alongside a quick look back at various production slip-ups and changes. Julian joins for a little inside-baseball chat about translation using Viz's "Dragon Ball Super" Volume 1 interview as a base. Tune in for all this and a little bit of news recap from the last week!

Episode #0423! Mike and Ajay check in on the updated visual style and effects on display in the "Universe Survival arc" of "Dragon Ball Super". Have the filters been toned down in any way, or is that perception just a side effect of the story's various locales? Has pre-production evened out to acceptable levels, and what kinds of tidbits are out there on social media telling the behind-the-scenes story?

Mike and Meri share more articles from old magazines making their way to the "Press Archive" on Kanzenshuu and then take questions from a live stream audience

Mike and Meri share articles from old magazines making their way to the "Press Archive" on Kanzenshuu and then take questions from a live stream audience

Episode #0422! Mike and Julian dissect the names of all twelve God of Destruction characters revealed for the "Dragon Ball Super" TV series' "Universe Survival arc". Each appears to be alcohol-based, so what are the best spelling adaptations in our alphabet? Marc then joins to discuss digital manga storefronts and the varying degrees of image quality out there. One might think the actual publisher is the best source, but are there better options out there?

Episode #0421! Mike and Jake check in on the translations for both the "Dragon Ball Super" anime simulcast and the Viz digital manga publication. With each version moving along at their own pace, how do the translation styles stack up against each other, and have there been any noticeable errors? Ajay later joins to discuss the new visual direction for the "Universe Survival arc" of the "Dragon Ball Super" anime with its saturated colors and new line art techniques.

Episode #0420! Mike and Heath check in on last year's predictions and make new ones for 2017. With "Dragon Ball Super" entering its next major story arc, and 2016 having already dropped so many surprise bombs on us, what could 2017 possibly have in store for fans? Tune in for our reflection, predictions, and a few hot takes from the listeners!