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Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast

Final Forum 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

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01:15:06

March Madness 2025 Tenkaichi Tournament Pt 1 (S4E1)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2025/03/11

Jelli and Bekinney take a break from breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon, and pivot away from tearing into the manga and anime that are the most crucial parts of the Dragon Ball franchise to have a little themed fun! In this episode: It's TOURNAMENT SEASON! Kick off your shoes, relax, and listen as we break down 64 of Dragon Ball's most popular (?) characters and discuss who would win in a theoretical episode of Win Ben Stein's Money with a Jeopardy kicker. We

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48:59

Akira Toriyama Revisited (Summer Convention Series)...

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2025/02/25

It's Summer Convention Season! You think it's not, just because it's winter? Well, tune in to find out why it is! Jelli takes you into the world of our summer conventions by presenting one of the panels we held this year, at Colossalcon Texas in Austin, TX (well, technically Round Rock, TX) from Colossalcon. This panel was also presented at Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA) in (obviously) Atlanta, GA and the Q&A portion of that event is retained here. In this episode: Jelli is on his own. We talk

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57:01

Daima Discussion 3 Episodes 11-15

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2025/02/18

What happens when Vegeta goes even further beyond? When will we find out why Piccolo is here? What's Daima's terrible behind-the-scenes secret? 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 next five episodes: "Legend," "True Strength," "Surprise," "Taboo," and "Third Eye". Why is Majin Kuu best boi? Is his brother, Majin Duu also best boi? Piccolo forgot how to speak Namekian? What is he DOING

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38:33

Season Three Finale - Final Forum vs A Planet (S3E30)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2025/02/11

Jelli and Bekinney have no time to continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime Dragon Ball.In this episode: The climactic battle! Join us and find out if we will ever 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

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01:58:16

Super Secret Movie Commentary (S3E29)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2025/01/28

Jelli and Bekinney are still on a break from Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon (don't worry, it's still Dragon Ball related this time) by pivoting slightly and taking a look at the 1990 film: Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku, aka Dragon Ball: Zero.In this episode: Jelli and Bekinney are closing in on the power reading We reveal our title and instruct listeners where to find this one We discuss some of the production facts about the film, its 1990 release, and the

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01:05:45

Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater (S3E28)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2025/01/14

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 itIn 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,

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01:03:04

Dragon Ball Movies: Good, Bad, or Ugly? (Summer...

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/12/31

It's Summer Convention Season! You think it's not, just because it's winter? Well, tune in to find out why it is! Jelli takes you into the world of our summer conventions by presenting one of the panels we held this year, at Anime Texas 2024, in Spring, TX from Fandom Events. This panel was also presented at San Japan in San Antonio, TX but the audio got too blown-out sounding to put out the full episode...but the Q&A portion of that event is retained here. The panel was also presented at Fan

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43:27

Daima Discussion Pt 2 (Eps 6-10) - BONUS EPISODE

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/12/24

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 next five episodes: "Lightning," "Collar," "Tamagami," "Thieves," and "Ocean". Who is Glorio, and what are his motives? Have we learned anything new? What does the recently-introduced Panzy bring to the table? What of the minotaur who wants

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01:24:24

Dale D. Kelly Interview [Ginyu, Narrator] (S3E26)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/12/17

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

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01:00:37

Dragon Ball Video Games Part 2 (S3E25)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/12/03

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 DSIn this episode: Bekinney is checking the ship for abnormalities Cleaning up some items about pre-console

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53:43

Masako Nozawa (S3E24)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/11/19

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

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58:01

Daima Discussion (Eps 1-5) - BONUS EPISODE

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/11/12

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

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02:01:33

Dragon Ball Wrap-Up ft. Kame House Party and We Gotta...

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/11/05

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

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12:58

Dragon Ball-oween MINISODE - Jelli's Top Ten Dragon...

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/10/29

Welcome to Final Forum's Dragon Ball-oween Spooktacular!In this special Jelli-only mini-sode we take a complete break from format, and from breaking down Akira Toriyama's manga and anime smash success to continue our October/Halloween Festivities and on this episode, it's all about villainy. Because dastardly evildoers are a big part of Halloween. That makes sense right? Right? Sure. So, who will make Jelli's Top Ten Dragon Ball Villains? The pool to choose from is ENORMOUS: Vegeta, Tien Shienhan,

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02:15:40

Castle in the Sky: Commentary (S3E22)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/10/22

Why are we talking about Castle in the Sky and Studio Ghibli on our Dragon Ball show? Tune in to this episode to find out! It's time for Final Forum's Dragon Ball-oween Spooktacular! In this episode, Jelli and Bekinney break down the 1986 movie, Castle in the Sky directed by Hayao Miyazaki and released by Studio Ghibli via a watch-along commentary. It's part of our October/Halloween Festivities where we're taking a break from breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon and

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10:32

Dragon Ball-oween MINISODE - Bekinney's Top Ten...

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/10/15

Welcome to Final Forum's Dragon Ball-oween Spooktacular! In this special Bekinney-only mini-sode we take a complete break from format, and from breaking down Akira Toriyama's manga and anime smash success to continue our October/Halloween Festivities and on this episode, it's all about villainy. Because dastardly evildoers are a big part of Halloween. That makes sense right? Right? Sure. So, who will make Bekinney's Top Ten Dragon Ball Villains? The pool to choose from is ENORMOUS: Vegeta, Tien

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01:02:05

Sand Land (S3E20)

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/10/08

It's time for Final Forum's Dragon Ball-oween Spooktacular! In this episode, Jelli and Bekinney break down Akira Toriyama's manga, anime, and video game Sand Land. It's part of our October/Halloween Festivities where we're taking a break from breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon and delving into times our franchise's creators have "put on a costume" and worked on other shows and movies. In this episode: Jelli and Bekinney get right into it, with no time for

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55:01

Episode 74 (S3E19) - Piccolo Jr Manga Review

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/09/24

Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by jumping into comparing the Dragon Ball anime to the Dragon Ball manga. We continue discussing Piccolo Jr arc, and talk about Goku's character growth.In this episode: Jelli and Bekinney are almost back to their ship We recap the story a little bit Goku's character growth from being overly impetuous and rash to a little more measured and intentional with his fights and how this is doled out

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01:01:15

Episode 73 (S3E18) - Bansho Fan Filler

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/09/10

Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 149, 150, 151, 152, and 153: "Dress in Flames," "The Fire-Eater," "Outrageous Octagon," "Mystery of the Dark World," and "The End, The Beginning." We continue discussing the Piccolo Jr. Saga, and talk about the filler that ends the original Dragon Ball series. In this episode: Jelli and Bekinney are trying to get back to their ship and escape We recap the episodes and

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53:30

Episode 72 (S3E17) - 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai Finals

Final Forum: A Dragon Ball Podcast ·

2024/08/27

Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon Dragon Ball by breaking down episodes 144, 145, 146, 147, and 148: "Super Kamehameha," "Junior No More," "Goku's Trap," "Goku Hangs On," and "The Victor." We continue discussing the Piccolo Jr. Saga, and talk about the ending of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai. We wrap up our last mystery reveals, and spend some time talking about Piccolo's regeneration ability.In this episode: Jelli and Bekinney are trying

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