From the original Dragon Ball manga, to Dragon Ball Daima, everything in-between and beyond, join cohosts Jelli and Bekinney as they delve into the world of Aki...
Was the original voice of Dragon Ball Z's narrator almost arrested before he ever got a chance to work on the show? To paraphrase his most famous saying: Find out [THIS] Time, on [Final Forum]!
Jelli and Bekinney are still on a break from format and Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball, and are interviewing one of the voices of our childhood, Dale D. Kelly, the original voice of The Narrator and Captain Ginyu, as well as Porunga.
In this episode:
We dive into Dale's career, beginning with his time in radio and his early years in entertainment.
Dale tells us how he almost got arrested on his first night on the job
Why he chose to answer an ad in a Dallas newspaper
What made him initially turn down the opportunity
His philosophy behind voice acting as well as music, as he became the composer for Episode of Bardock and The History of Trunks
What led to his leaving Funimation
His time after Funimation, including working with Rich Little and Tommy Lasorda, as well as a story about Johnny Carson
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, 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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1:24:24
Dragon Ball Video Games Part 2 (S3E25)
Jelli and Bekinney take a break from Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon (because we don't do enough of that, right?) by breaking down some early video games. We're talking about Dragon Ball 3: Goku Den, aka Dragon Ball: Goku's Story from the Famicom; Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure for the Gameboy Advance; Dragon Ball: Origins and Dragon Ball: Origins 2, for the Nintendo DS
In this episode:
Bekinney is checking the ship for abnormalities
Cleaning up some items about pre-console video games and talking briefly about Tiger Electronics handhelds
A reminder about TOSE Software, the programming company behind Dragon Ball 3: Goku Den
TOSE's credits, including Bases Loaded, Mappy-Land, Toxic Crusaders, Tetris 2, Yoshi's Cookie, Resident Evil Survivor, Resident Evil Zero, Scarlet Nexus, Dragon Quest, WWE and Metal Gear Solid
Dragon Ball 3 Goku Den story recaps and how it goes through the end of Dragon Ball
We discuss early Nintendo RTS (real time strategy) games
The port of Goku Den to the Wonderswan color, and a brief discussion about that system, including a reference to the Nintendo Virtual Boy and Gunpei Yokoi
Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure story elements and how the game goes from the beginning of the story through the Demon King Piccolo arc
How Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure's gameplay works and the mind behind its creation
A brief summary of the company Banpresto
Getting into Dragon Ball Origins and Yoshiki Okamoto, best known for creating Gyruss, 1942, and Street Fighter II. He also helped created Rockstar’s Red Dead franchise, and was a supervisor on Resident Evil 2 and Dino Crisis
Discussing the use of the stylus on the Nintendo DS
How Origins 2 functioned as a last-time-out for Stephanie Nadolny as Kid Goku and Tiffany Volmer as Bulma
SURPRISE! We mention the game Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo for the Nintendo Wii
and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual
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1:00:37
Masako Nozawa (S3E24)
What does it take to be one of the most well-respected voice actors of all-time? Jelli and Bekinney have finished the "Dragon Ball" portion of Dragon Ball. That means it's time for Dragon Ball Z, right? Welllll....let's take a break from format and Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by pivoting and talking about the life and personality and career of one of the most important figures in Dragon Ball, the voice of Goku himself: Masako Nozawa.
In this episode:
Jelli has Bekinney prep for a spacewalk.
We have already discussed the life and career of Akira Toriyama, Daisuke Nishio, Toshiki Inoue, Takao Koyama, Chiaki Imada, Jackie Chan, and Kazuhiko Torishima. Slowly chewing up "behind the camera" talents to discuss, we talk about one of the "faces" of Dragon Ball, Masako Nozawa.
Nozawa's birth in Nippori Town and childhood in Numata, in Gunma Prefecture
Her early career in child acting and theater acting
Her father Ryoshu Nozawa, a moderately well-known painter, and her unique parentage
Why Nozawa moved from Tokyo to Numata as a child (hint: in 1944)
Her initial intentions to pursue stage acting and her first forays into voice acting, doing dubbing for Western films
Her "big break" in anime voice acting, in an episode of Astroboy, considered by many to be the "first" anime series
An interesting synergy with her husband, voice actor Masaaki Tsukada, and how they both have a character voiced in English by Sean Schemmel
Her career with various talent agencies and her foray into establishing her own
How missing out on a return to Gegege no Kitaro led to her landing the Dragon Ball gig
Her philosophy when it comes to voice acting and her work process
What Akira Toriyama said to her that makes her continue to portray Goku, even as she nears her 90s
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, 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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53:43
Daima Discussion (Eps 1-5) - BONUS EPISODE
The world of Dragon Ball is all abuzz so we felt we needed to put together a special BONUS episode for everyone. There is new Dragon Ball for the first time in years and we felt it was important to share our thoughts and opinions.
Join Jelli and Bekinney as we continue looking at Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise by tackling a discussion of Dragon Ball Daima, and its first five episodes: "Conspiracy," "Glorio," Daima," "Chatty," and "Panzy".
Who is Glorio, and what are his motives?
What will the recently-introduced Panzy bring to the table?
What interesting cultural concepts are behind the likes of Warp Sama and the Evil Third Eye?
What of the rest of the cast? Where do Bulma, Piccolo, Vegeta, Gohan and others fit in?
What's the potential significance of a three-person fusion?
Did Jelli and Bekinney have a good Halloween?
How many trick-or-treaters did they get?
Wait, what?
What's happening in now in Jelli's household?
Are we okay?
Join us for this more casual conversation as we dig through the world of Daima and continue to uncover the cultural meanings, publication facts, inspirations and more behind the wildly popular Dragon Ball franchise.
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58:01
Dragon Ball Wrap-Up ft. Kame House Party and We Gotta Podcast (S3E23)
We couldn't do this one alone, so we reached out to some new friends. Joining us on Final Forum this week, we have Vince and Aaron of Kame House Party and Randy of We Gotta Podcast as we tear into the original Dragon Ball one more time and wrap up the first 153 episodes (194 manga chapters).
We run through the arcs, talk about favorite moments, funniest bits, best animation and give our rankings along the way. Who's got the hot takes? What's a show like with five voices on it? Tune in and find out!
We also discuss Dragon Ball Daima and Dragon Ball Sparking Zero at the end, so make sure to listen all the way through!
Kame House Party Links:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRm6TPfFd6lnfA_JWz0SOQ
https://moonshotpods.com/kame-house-party/
https://www.instagram.com/kamehouseparty/
We Gotta Podcast Links:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCitidhDC9ExX7sVtytQc9Lg
https://x.com/wegottapod
https://open.spotify.com/show/6CIbbgkAwkma5nR7sramSt
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-gotta-podcast-dragon-ball-from-a-to-z/id1554086515
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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From the original Dragon Ball manga, to Dragon Ball Daima, everything in-between and beyond, join cohosts Jelli and Bekinney as they delve into the world of Akira Toriyama, and discuss lesser-known facts about the worldwide manga and anime phenomenon that is one of the most well-known and popular Japanese pop culture exports of all-time. Want to learn about the cultural importance of moments, literary inspirations behind scenes and characters, production facts, and more? Whether you‘re a fan of Goku, Vegeta, or any of the cast of characters including Piccolo, Krillin, Gohan, Frieza, or even Broly, there should be something for you to enjoy.
We are two life-long fans of the franchise and wanted to transform our fan status from low level warrior to Super Saiyan, so join us as we delve into the world of Dragon Ball and not only meet our fictional characters, but also discuss the creative minds behind them such as composers Shinsuke Kikuchi and Bruce Faulconer, directors like Daisuke Nishio and Tatsuya Nagamine, editors/writers Kazuhiko Torishima and Toyotarou, voice actors like Masako Nozawa, Sean Schemmel, and Chris Sabat, and of course, Akira Toriyama himself.
We release every other week with discussions lasting about 40-60 minutes. We‘ll have discussions, guests, interviews, reviews, and commentaries so grab a senzu bean, channel your ki, and get ready to learn about Kakarot and his friends, and of course, thank you for helping us achieve our FINAL FORUM...We hear it‘s over 9000.
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