October 08, 2024

Sand Land (S3E20)

1 hour 2 minutes

George Miller recently imagined a world where water is a scarcity in Mad Max: Fury Road (and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga). What happens when Toriyama does the same? AND adds in DEMONS?!?

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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