What was Toriyama's manga like before he made the big time? What was bubbling in his brain even while he was working on Dragon Ball?
Jelli and Bekinney take a break from Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon (are we ever getting back to that?) by breaking down some early manga from the man himself. We're talking about Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater....welll...most of it
In this episode:
- Jelli and Bekinney have landed
- A note on some very different formatting because notes were hard to come by
- Contextualizing these stories and their reasons for existence, as best we can
- Digging into the likes of Wonder Island, Wonder Island 2, Cutesy Tomato Gumshoe (aka Tomato Girl Detective), Pola & Roid, Mad Matic, Chobit, Chobit 2, Today's Highlight Island, Escape, Pink the Rain Jack, Dragon Boy, The Adventure of Tongpoo, Mr. Ho, The Elder (aka Sanchoh), Little Mamejiro, and Karamaru and the Perfect Day
- We have notes about Godzilla, Ultraman, name puns, Mad Max, Dragon Ball, and more and a heap of confusion around opaque humor and social commentary
- 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.
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