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A podcast for the discussion of all things Dragon Ball! Uncovering the culture and hidden history behind Akira Toriyama's seminal franchise.
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Let's give it a go:
Looking for your next favorite podcast? Interested in Dragon Ball or learning about East Asian Culture? Want to join a growing (🤞) community of like-minded fans?

Subscribe to the show:
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And join our Discord Server:
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The logo for Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast Dragon Ball has a wealth of cultural context and inspiration that’s often overlooked because the fights are cool. Though not averse to fawning over animation and allowing for the Rule of Cool, Jelli and Bekinney 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, Gohan, Frieza, or even Broly, there should be something for you to enjoy as we cover all things Dragon Ball, including DBZ, GT, Super, Daima, and more! We‘ll have discussions, guests, interviews, reviews, and commentaries so grab a senzu bean, power up your fan level to Super Saiyan, 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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Screenshot Saturday
A screenshot from Dragon Ball Z with interesting timing of Vegeta fighting Zarbon…but it’s Bill Clinton and Donald Trump’s recent scandal.
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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What a time to be alive…
A meme depicting an edited-to-remove-blood moment from Dragon Ball Z where Frieza is pummeling Vegeta, and it looks suggestive, with captions added to reflect the latest news about Donald Trump having performed…certain acts on Bill Clinton
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Friday Fun
Fan art of Dragon Ball if it were Donkey Kong with Goku as Donkey Kong, Bulma as Pauline....and Mario....and Oolong...and Yamcha and Puar....listen, it's far from perfect (could have made Yamcha be Mario) but it's fun and cool and credit to the artist.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Tatsuya Nagamine, director of Dragon Ball Super episodes 77-131, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, One Piece, animation for Power Puff Girls, and more, passed away at the age of 53. No cause of death has been reported at this time.
One Piece, Dragon Ball Super Series Director Tatsuya Nagamine Dies
Nagamine directed One Piece's Wano Kuni, Egghead Island arcs; One Piece Film Z, Dragon Ball Super: Broly movies
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Toriyama was a master at examining the psychology of his main villains via their underlings.
Let's look at that a little deeper with Muscle Tower and General White in today's Thursday Thread 🧵
Fan Artwork from the Muscle Tower arc of Dragon Ball, featuring Goku taking on the Red Ribbon Army, Major Metallitron, Ninja Murasaki, Android 8, and General White
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The New York Times Reporting if it were in the Dragon Ball Universe:
"Zarbon Alleges in Possible E-Mails that Frieza Knew of Saiyan Alleged Crimes. Allegedly."
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Day 14: Our last day in Japan 😭 Ramen at Ichiran traditional-style ramen shop, & went up Tokyo Skytree to get a feel for how sprawling & impressive Tokyo is as a city.
We also had a Dragon Ball merch sighting!
This was the trip of a lifetime & I loved sharing & reliving it these past several weeks.
Ichiran ramen shop features private booths where you order and eat without really interacting with the staff. It's a unique experience. A view of Tokyo (I believe the Asakusa area) from atop the Tokyo Skytree Towards the right on this picture, is the Tokyo Metropolitan complex, where Tokyo Night and Light is projected...it's also the location for the climax of Godzilla vs King Ghidorah Various manga being sold in the Tokyo Skytree included Akira, One Piece, and Dragon Ball, including the Visual History book. I would have bought that if I didn't already own it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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12...40.
How Old were you when you first started watching Dragon Ball Z and how old are you now?
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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This is the best thing I’ve seen I’m days. Of course, as a Buffalo Bills fan, I saw nothing but misery and garbage all day yesterday…but this still is AWESOME and made my day.
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One of the things that gets lost in translation is how rhythmic & fun to read the prose of the original Journey to the West is.
Best way I can describe it is "Imagine if Dragonball was Written instead of Drawn"

Esp. when for most of its existence, this is how story would've actually been read:
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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One of my favorite things about looking into Dragon Ball filler, and seeing if there's anything interesting, is that I wind up coming across WILD real-life stories that, whether they had ANY influence on Dragon Ball, remain cool things I can tell people about when occasion arises...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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I run emotional during Bills games but never quit on them so I hope it sounds like the indictment of the state of the franchise it is when I say I quit before halftime today and went from being HOT to get a ticket for the upcoming game in Houston to wondering if I even want to deal with the hassle.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Bananas or apples?
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Halloween is entirely taken down and the home feels a little sadder.

But the 12 foot skeleton’s Christmas clothes arrive tomorrow.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Screenshot Saturday.
Zarbon could totally be a punk frog.
Zarbon from Dragon Ball Z in his transformed state The punk frogs from teenage mutant ninja turtles
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Let's give it a go:
Looking for your next favorite podcast? Interested in Dragon Ball or learning about East Asian Culture? Want to join a growing (🤞) community of like-minded fans?

Subscribe to the show:
www.podbean.com/site/podcatc...

And join our Discord Server:
discord.gg/KGGeyt2jWD
The logo for Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast Dragon Ball has a wealth of cultural context and inspiration that’s often overlooked because the fights are cool. Though not averse to fawning over animation and allowing for the Rule of Cool, Jelli and Bekinney 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, Gohan, Frieza, or even Broly, there should be something for you to enjoy as we cover all things Dragon Ball, including DBZ, GT, Super, Daima, and more! We‘ll have discussions, guests, interviews, reviews, and commentaries so grab a senzu bean, power up your fan level to Super Saiyan, 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.
November 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Friday Funny
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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When you see this posted as SUPER BIG NEWS, remember: this is the tankoban/trade paperback. The chapters it’s collecting will be 2+ years old by the time the volume is released.

OR: ZOMG SUPER BIG NEWS WHOA NEW DRAGON BALL SO AMAZING!!! SHARE FOR CLICKS AND ENGAGEMENT!!!!
Dragon Ball Super Volume 24 is officially set to release on March 3, 2026.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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What Up Wednesday?
Day 13 in Japan: Seibuen Park outside Tokyo for the Ultraman & Godzilla rides. A SMALL theme park mostly enjoyed as a waterpark but has a quaint charm, especially in its main street entrance area where you can see Kamishibai stories (I saw Momotaro) & other fun street performances
Signs for the Godzilla and Ultraman rides at Seibuen Park The rides are in the same building and use the same equipment, which is a flight motion simulator, with a concave dome screen and artificial wind and water sprays to make it feel like you are flying around a scene featuring either Godzilla or Ultraman. For the Ultraman ride, you are recruited by the SSSP to help Ultraman fight Zetton and you're flying around in a jet pack. For the Godzilla ride, you're attempting to evacuate a building, while Godzilla attacks and then you get trapped in a fight between Godzilla and King Ghidorah. The Godzilla ride experience has been changed since my visit in July and now features Godzilla battling Mechagodzilla. As part of the Godzilla/Ultraman ride experience, you can utilize an AR filter on your phone to make it appear as if you are part of the battle between Ultraman and Zeton As part of the Godzilla/Ultraman ride experience, there is a QR Code that allows you to put yourself face to face with Godzilla himself via AR on your phone's camera A kamishibai street performer in Seibuen Park, telling the story of Momotaro to a group of young children. This was a fun part of the park, and the performer even went out of his way to involve me (an English speaker) into the performance. It was really cool, honestly.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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An all-new Final Forum Podcast sees us talking about the dynamic duo of Zarbon and Dodoria. We talk about WWE, punk, a possible reference to a Studio Ghibli voice actor, and delve in Daivd Bowie as well. Check it out NOW wherever you get your podcasts!

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Zarbon and Dodoria from Dragon Ball Z (although this shot seems to be from Dragon Ball Super, based on the shading), Frieza's right hand men and the topic of discussion for the Final Forum Podcast episode available at this link: https://finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/zarbon-and-dodoria-s4e15/ In this episode: Notes on Dodoria's name pun, and physical appearance, including whether he was originally intended to be yellow rather than pink Confusion about the appearances of a durian fruit, horned melon, jackfruit and pineapple The differences between a tankoban and kanzenban and attempting to equate it to American comics with trade paperbacks and omnibuses King Kong Bundy, his life and career including his run at the top of WWF alongside Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant, and his appearances on Married with Children Mentions of Bambam Bigelow and Junkyard Dog Musing about whether Dodoria's design was influenced by punk culture Brief notes on Japan's punk scene in the 80s Sliding over to Zarbon Notes about his name pun and appearance The cultural importance of the zabon fruit (aka the shaddock) in Southeast Asian festivals Whether Zarbon is at all influenced by voice actress Sumi Shimamoto from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind David Bowie and his obsession with Japanese culture Musing on Zarbon's transformation and whether it's a nod to reptiles, or possibly frogs, and then a detour into the realm of TMNT and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Thinking of setting up a Discord server to talk about the Podcast, upcoming stuff, maybe stream casual movie/episode watchalongs, but unsure of interest...

Would anyone wanna have a Final Forum Dragon Ball hangout on Discord or is everyone good with the current level of me/us that y'all get?
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Manga Monday. Especially after a weekend of partying for Halloween.
A panel from Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga, made into a meme featuring Vegeta, after being resurrected wondering “How am I alive right now?” With the caption “Me every morning”
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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New #promosky
We are a podcast that talks about Dragon Ball, Asian history, and culture/folklore. 90% of the time.

We also have been known to foray into
Godzilla
Ultraman
Tokusatsu
Halo
D&D
Video games
Manga
Anime
Horror
Jackie Chan
Journey to the West
Gamera
Superheroes
Stephen King
MCU
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Some Halloween pics
Goku, Chichi, a witch, and a grim reaper Dragon Ball pumpkins, Goku, Vegeta, and Dragon Ball playing on the garage A drunk pumpkin Twelve foot skeleton
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Life hacks to getting candy from me:

Show up after 9. “Oh you’re probably my last one tonight. Have a handful.” Has been said 8 times.

Flattery. “Oh my GOD. You look Sooo good! How’d you do that?!?” Gets you a handful.
Super Saiyan 3 Goku. From Dragon Ball Z. In Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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From our Dragon Ball Family to yours, Happy Halloween!
An ad for Final Forum: A Dragon Ball podcast featuring dragon ball jack o lanterns
October 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM