It's FINALLY time for Dragon Ball Z! Kind of! Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon by ...getting into our first DBZ discussion by tackling the 1989 movie, Dead Zone.
In this episode:
- Jelli and Bekinney recuperate from their hard-fought battle
- We sync up our audio commentary for the listeners
- We discuss some of the production facts about the film Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone such as its 1989 release at the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival, the film's box office, and the production team working on the film
- We talk about the other films released alongside the movie: Akuma-kun: The Movie, Mobile Cop Jiban, the Movie, and Himitsu no Akko-Chan's first movie
- We delve into the background behind the Toei Manga Matsuri – Toei Cartoon Festival and its inception in 1969 and other such festivals around the country such as Toho's Champion Festival
- Contextualizing the box office of the film
- Shedding light on Yuji Ikdeda, art director for Dr Slump and Dragon Ball
- Delving into Kozo Morishita, a producer for Dragon Ball GT and important figure in Dragon Ball history
- Morishita's work on Transformers The Movie (1986), as well as Tiger Mask and UFO Robot Grendizer, Fist of the North Star, Devilman, Mazinger Z, Cutey Honey, and Wolf Boy Ken
- Morishita's fame for Transformers and subsequent changes to Saint Seiya
- Mark Menza and Nathan Johnson, composers for the American music to these movies, working with the Bruce Faulconer team
- We discuss the different dubs created for the film by studios such as Creative Products, Speedy, and Funimation
- Breaking down the movie's characters and their inspirations, Garlic Jr, Sansho, Nicky, and the crystal used to seal away Garlic
- Comparisons between the Dead Zone and Superman's Phantom Zone
- and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual as we react to this wickedly fast-paced film
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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