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Check out this awesome Dragon Ball alarm clock of olden days, preserved in all its ’90s glory
Who wouldn’t want to wake up to Goku’s voice every day?
- Japan
- (alarm clock • anime • cool • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • Goku • Son Goku • toys)
Japanese girl says she won’t get married because she loves Frieza too much, mom has epic response
- Dale Roll
Nov 23, 2018
This mom knows what’s up.
Trailer for “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” promises a show filled with unforgettable turbocharged battles
- Koh Ruide
Nov 12, 2018
Featuring the universe’s most powerful and fearsome Super Saiyan to date.
Dragon Ball Super fan unleashes tirade of criticism against the series in viral video
- Koh Ruide
Oct 29, 2018
These plot holes are so big it’s as if they were blasted open by a Kamehameha Wave!
- Japan
- (anime • complaint • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • fan • video • YouTube)
Jaden Smith’s new song is about how he feels like Dragon Ball’s anime hero Goku
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2018
Apparently nothing makes Will Smith’ son feels like a martial arts hero like getting his credit card rejected.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • celebrities • Dragon Ball • Goku • Jaden Smith • music • video • Will Smith)
DBZ in the NFL: Professional football players celebrate touchdown with Dragon Ball dance【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2018
Football is a team sport, so what better way to celebrate a score than with an anime technique to combine two heroes?
Our Japanese reporter rewatches first episode of Dragon Ball, concludes Bulma’s a psychopath
- Krista Rogers
Sep 17, 2018
Seiji’s warm and fuzzy childhood memories are dampened by the sudden realization that Bulma’s actually more than a little bit crazy.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • Bulma • Dragon Ball • Seiji Nakazawa • Weekly Shonen Jump)
Dragon Ball’s Lord Beerus shows up at mortal’s house, lowly humans beware!【Cat cosplay】
- Krista Rogers
Aug 17, 2018
If there’s one lesson that the Dragon Ball anime has taught us in recent years, it’s that you should never cross a God of Destruction (without cup noodles).
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • Beerus • cats • cosplay • cute • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • pet)
Effect of Dragon Ball-style Gravity Chamber on training studied at Chubu University
- Master Blaster
Aug 9, 2018
An answer to the age-old question: “Would training in a Gravity Chamber really work?”
- Japan
- (Chubu University • coordination • Dragon Ball • exercise • gravity • Gravity Chamber • Gravity Room • science • training)
Why does Dragon Ball’s Goku look so freaky when drawn by One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2018
Special cover illustration for 50th anniversary issue of Weekly Shonen Jump terrifies fans of anime/manga martial arts saga.
- Japan
- (anime • Dragon Ball • Eiichiro Oda • Luffy • manga • One Piece • Son Goku • Weekly Shonen Jump)
It’s confirmed! New Dragon Ball Super movie will bring back Broly, the legendary Super Saiyan
- Kay
Jul 10, 2018
The official title of the new Dragon Ball Super movie has been announced, and it confirms that a familiar and fearsome foe will be returning, to many fans’ delight!
- Japan
- (anime • Broly • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • Goku • movie)
Fighting game Jump Force pits heroes from Shonen Jump in a crossover brawl of epic proportions
- Koh Ruide
Jun 18, 2018
The fighting game of dreams is here with an all-star roster featuring iconic characters from Naruto, One Piece and Dragon Ball.
- Japan
- (Bandai Namco • crossover • Dragon Ball • Jump Force • Naruto • One Piece • Shonen Jump)
Dragon Ball artist accused of plagiarism by tracing action scene from Marvel comic
- Koh Ruide
Jun 3, 2018
Original artist takes it with surprising grace, doesn’t seem to mind the transgression.
- Japan
- (Captain America • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • manga • Marvel • plagiarism • twitter)
Action figure stop-motion clip pits Goku against Vegeta in fight of Saiyan proportions【Video】
- Koh Ruide
May 7, 2018
Forget the times when extended battles in the anime took up 10 episodes. This is where the fun’s at.
- Japan
- (action figures • Dragon Ball • Goku • stop motion • Vegeta • video • YouTube)
Dragon Ball’s Frieza discovered conducting train in Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture
- Master Blaster
May 5, 2018
Maybe someone told him to “go train,” and he misunderstood.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Dragon Ball • Frieza • Ryusei Nakao • Tokushima • train conductor • trains • video • voice actors)
Dragon Ball Super finally ends after three years, voice actress of Goku says she’s not done
- Koh Ruide
Mar 28, 2018
The battle to save the world may be over, but this 81-year-old voice acting veteran still has plenty of fight left in her.
- Japan
- (anime • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • Goku • Masako Nozawa • voice actors • voice actresses)
Dragon Ball Super movie’s first preview appears, producer promises simultaneous worldwide release
- Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2018
Strongest fighters in the universe set to appear everywhere on earth on the same day.
- Global, Japan
- (anime • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • movies • Son Goku • video)
Why does Dragon Ball’s Goku get blond hair when he powers up? Editor reveals the secret
- Casey Baseel
Mar 21, 2018
The anime/manga hero goes blond when he goes Super Saiyajin, but not for fashion reasons.
- Japan
- (Akira Toriyama • anime • Dragon Ball • manga • Son Goku)
Thousands of anime fans gather for public screenings of new Dragon Ball episode in Latin America
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2018
Fans in North, Central, and South America cheer on Goku in his latest fight, but rights holder Toei isn’t nearly as happy.
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- Mexico, S America
- (anime • awesome • cool • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • piracy • video)
Japanese teen finds awesome surprise hidden inside good-luck pencil his cram school gave him
- Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2018
Just below the surface, a mighty anime ally was waiting.
- Japan
- (anime • cram schools • Dragon Ball • education • funny • weird)
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