More controversy?!?! We've recently tackled Dragon Ball's depiction of LGBTQIA+ peoples (General Blue), so why not keep the controversy ball rolling and take a look at its depiction of a minority group? Today, we'll be talking about Bora and Upa in our Thursday Thread 🧵

Wednesday Wares I kinda want it.

Have you listened to our Cooler's Revenge commentary yet? If not, here's the kind of stuff you're missing #DragonBall

Okay, it's not manga but for "Manga" Monday, as we're still promoting our Cooler's Revenge commentary here's Toriyama's original design sketches for Cooler.

Friday Funny Check out our commentary track for Dragon Ball Z: Revenge of Cooler, live wherever you get your podcasts NOW! finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/coolers-re...

A LITERAL Journey to the West. Let's talk a bit today about some of the locations featured within Dragon Ball in our Thursday Thread 🧵

Wednesday Wares. ....maybe they mean it's the perfect costume FOR Cell....?

Can Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge overcome what is no doubt the WORST Super Saiyan transformation sequence in all of Dragon Ball to become an entertaining movie, or does its threadbare plot crumble under the lack of aura farming? Find out RIGHT NOW! finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/coolers-re...

In an upcoming BRAND-NEW EPISODE (tomorrow: 4/21!) we'll be taking a look at Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, and of course making sure to talk about the Cooler Armored Squadron! Here's a sneak peak:

What. A. Game. #Sabres #Buffalo

Friday Funny

Dragon Ball's MOST controversial character? Let's talk about General Blue in today's Thursday Thread 🧵

Whistlin' Wednesday!

Dragon Ball kitties!

No new episode today. Why not listen to an older one? [You'd think when choosing an episode, we wouldn't pick one of our least popular, but you know what? We feel kinda bad for Bora and Upa. They should get more love. Why not check out this episode?] finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-38...

If you’d told ANY Sabres fan this team would be here in November, they’d have laughed and assumed maybe you meant NEXT season. I know from my Bills fandom how fast “Oh how fun! They’re finally winning again,” becomes “WIN IT ALL OR IT’S ALL FOR NOTHING!” so I’m just enjoying however long it lasts.

Ever hit the snooze button so hard you accidentally just turned the whole alarm off and then overslept? Anyway, enjoy a Manga Monday

Screenshot Saturday to celebrate our Lord Slug commentary, available on all your favorite podcast listening apps NOW.

Friday Funny. Don't forget to file your taxes. You're not a cannibalistic billionaire pedophile so you can't just skip out on it. Unless you are, in which case, why are you following us? Get away from us.

Wiki Wednesday. The Kanzenshuu Dragon Ball Wiki is FINALLY open after over a decade of being teased and discussed. The latest episode of Kanzenshuu the Podcast discusses pretty much everything you could want to know about the Wiki, and is highly recommended listening. www.kanzenshuu.com/podcast/

Toyotaro does a monthly Dragon Ball tribute drawing. This month is Dr. Gero. Trans: "This is what he looked like before he became an Artificial Human. Even Bulma approved [his talent]. He was a genius scientist. So, it's like, was he evil from the beginning? Did he fall into evil? I'm curious."

False Super Saiyan? What's that? And who is @kaijuvshistory.bsky.social? (special thanks to these guy for joining us!) Find out the answers to these, and similar questions in our all-new episode that's available NOW wherever you get your podcasts! finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/lord-slug-...

Meant to post this little teaser for our upcoming (4/7) episode focusing on the movie Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug yesterday, but the holiday got the better of me. It's less of a teaser and more of a silly rage bait meme anyway. youtube.com/shorts/4ojMp...

Screenshot Saturday. Change!

Went and saw Thrash of the Titans (Destruction, Overkill, Testament). Destruction had a tough set with technical issues, but Overkill ripped and Testament kicked ass. Kid got a setlist and wants to see Iron Maiden this fall. A good day.

Lotsa people doing "5 Shows to Get to Know Me": A) Dragon Ball (OG, Z, GT, Super, Daima. All of it) Simpsons (S1-11) I Think You Should Leave (...& Detroiters & The Chair Company; Tim Robinson!) Breaking Bad Ultraman B) If you're saying Dragon Ball, you should follow us and check out our show!

Friday Funny, Good Friday-style

It's likely remembered for some of its more problematic elements, but today, let's take a quick peak at some of the cinematic inspirations behind the General Blue saga of the original Dragon Ball in our Thursday Thread 🧵

It's April 1, but this is no joke. THE premier Dragon Ball fan site finally made their Wiki live. If you've ever tried using other DB wikis and found them full of inaccuracies and/or difficult to navigate and/or slow to load, the solution has finally arrived (bit of a WIP, but overall great)

What if Wednesday? What if Bardock, Father of Goku were a 50s-era pulp story (or perhaps an Edgar Rice Burroughs series)? Note: These works are from artist Astor Alexander, from 2018, and therefore are actual, human-made art.

No new episode today, but back in our first episode, we did a bit of "this or that" preference discussion, and briefly went down the road of "Goku or Vegeta" and "Goku compared to Superman" Check it out, and subscribe, rate, review, and all the good algorithm stuff! finalforumpodcast.podbean.com

Manga Monday. I should check out some full color Dragon Ball manga for fun/research purposes

Self-Promotion Sunday If you like Dragon Ball and want to learn about its cultural influences and historical references, check us out. We also discuss Godzilla, Ghibli, Halo, Jackie Chan, Ultraman, Sand Land, Gamera, Journey to the West, Stephen King, D&D, when appropriate (and sometimes when not).

Screenshot Saturday I miss hand-drawn-and-painted animation

Friday Funny Piccolo at Goku's eulogy

What happens when the marketing and merchandising monstrosity that is innate to modern-day transmedia franchises crosses over a fantasy battle manga with the classic whodunnit game? Let's talk a bit about Dragon Ball Z Clue in today's Thursday Thread 🧵

Weird Wednesday Back in the days when fan subbers were the only way to see things, they got very weird, cliquey, and nasty. Here's one such example. There are things about those days I do miss (the thrill of discovery being number one), but I'm glad it's much easier to get around gatekeepers now.

Which Dragon Ball character would win an episode of The Dating Game? The answer WILL surprise you! The NCAA Tournament is underway as our own March Madness Tournament reaches its conclusion. Ft: An introduction from DBZ's OG narrator Dale Kelly! finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/march-madn...

Manga Monday Fun Fact: Toriyama hated drawing the intricate space of the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament grounds. Probably at least part of the reason why the 25th was interrupted and abandoned. Other fun fact: Tomorrow (3/24), we drop our second (and final) episode of our DBZ Dating Game tournament!

Friday Funny Poor Vegeta...

[March 19th, 1986] Dragon Ball airs the episode "Oolong the Terrible"

Not sure I fully agree on "most of the best fights," though you definitely miss some GOOD ones, and a LOT of fun, and also this image is sadly WAY too accurate. Imagine how much louder and worse the fandom would be about that last part if DBZ went with the original title "Gohan's Great Adventure"

The account that posted this has more followers than us…

@jaydradawn.bsky.social as a Sabres fan, I felt it was my responsibility to make sure you saw this

Friday Funny

It's time for March Madness! The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament won't start for another week, but Final Forum's Dragon Ball Tournament starts NOW. Check out our latest episode, where we debate which characters would win an episode of The Dating Game finalforumpodcast.podbean.com/e/march-madn...

Friday Funny, nipple-style

Fill a bracket! Send an e-mail! Win a prize! Share with friends, family, coworkers, etc It's our annual March Madness Tenkaichi Tournament! (Instructions in video, blank bracket in last post)

Manga Monday. Not Vegeta being the bigger man...

Wanted to do a Wednesday Wares and a Thursday Thread and a Friday Funny, but got overly busy, so why not cram ALL THREE INTO ONE with a brief discussion about Amana Water Park in The Philippines, which features a Dragon Ball themed area?!?!