July 01, 2025

The Magic Begins Commentary (100th Episode! ft. Eric Hates Dragon Ball Z)

1 hour 50 minutes

It's our 100th Episode! And we didn't want to celebrate on our own, so we brought in some new friends, Spencer and John from the show Eric Hates Dragon Ball Z to do a commentary-slash-reaction to the second live-action bootleg movie, Taiwan's Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins.

In this episode:

Jelli and Bekinney are celebrating 100 episodes

We reveal our title and instruct listeners where to find this one

We discuss some of the production facts about the film, its 1991 release, and the production team working on the film

Discussing the history of Taiwanese cinema

Why this movie is on Tubi, Amazon Prime, and official YouTube channels

A theory about why this movie looks like it has a budget

Forays into the history of China and Taiwan

A wild combination of everything being absolutely right and ABSOLUTELY wrong

and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual as we react to this insane fever dream of a film

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https://www.instagram.com/erichatesdragonballz/?hl=en

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Join us as we continue to uncover the cultural meanings, publication facts, inspirations and more behind the wildly popular Dragon Ball franchise, and unspool what we all love so much about Goku, the Dragon Ball franchise, the Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball manga, and more.

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