Tree of Might gave us all plot and little action, but what happens when we have all action and little plot? Can we sustain a commentary for a film as threadbare as this?
The answers are within as Jelli and Bekinney continue breaking down Akira Toriyama's worldwide manga and anime phenomenon by tackling the 1991 movie, Cooler's Revenge.
In this episode:
Jelli and Bekinney are chilln
We sync up our audio commentary for the listeners
We discuss Piccolo's eating habits, if any, and whether Namekians operate on zombie rules or vampire rules when it comes to eating human food
We discuss some of the production facts about the film Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge such as its 1991 release at the Toei Manga Matsuri film festival, the film's box office, and the production team working on the film
We talk about the other films released alongside the movie, Magical Taruruto: Magical Battle of Friendship and Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai 1
A little bit about Tetsuya Egawa, who also created Golden Boy, and some connections between Magical Taruruto and Dragon Ball including voice work by Megumi Urawa (Uub and Universe 5's Supreme Kai in Dragon Ball Super), and production by Chiaki Imada
Riku Sanjo, who wrote The Adventure of Dai and also worked on Guyver: Bio Booster Armor, as well as several Kamen Rider entries including W, Zero One, and Eternal
Akia Katada, key animator, also from World's Strongest and Wrath of the Dragon
Yutaka Nakamura, future Bones animator, with Bones being notable for having gorgeous work in their contemporary anime such as My Hero Academia and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, will this movie hold up?
The Cooler Armored Squadron
Neiz, whose name is based on mayonnaise
Dore, whose name is a pun on Salad Dressing and breaking down some of the confusion around this pun
Salza, whose name is NOT a pun on Salsa, but rather Thousand Island Dressing, and whose design is clearly influenced by Jeice
The Cooler Armored Squadron as the we have the Ginyu Force at home squad
Cooler, his appearance, his name and his personality
Predator, or Yautja, and how Alien vs Predator was being teased from almost the moment there were Alien and Predator movies both in existence
Toriyama's contributions to this movie being a bit more than usual.
Dub peculiarities, and discussing Creative Products Corporation and their history with the franchise
How Funimation both kept and altered the numetal soundtrack here, and tweaked the use of Disturbed in the film
What Shenron and Bulma might be up to at this time
A checklist of how this movie pairs with the Frieza arc
and more, including some general pop culture, trivia, and editorializing, as usual as we react to this movie and re-evaluate our thoughts on it
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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