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Episode #0543! Per one of our charity fundraiser stream donation requests, Mike and Jake discuss everything from the syndication era, to the different phases of Daizenshuu EX, inspirations and obsessions, and so much more.

Episode #0542! Per one of our charity fundraiser stream donation requests, Mike and Albert discuss a wealth of old (and some new!) merchandise and collaborations from the American side of the Dragon Ball empire.

Episode #0541! Per one of our charity fundraiser stream donation requests, Mike and Meri scientifically determine the Top 10 Dragon Ball Video Game Openings!

Episode #0540! Mike chats with Vincent Haddad, author of the new book "Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise" out now from University of Minnesota Press.

Episode #0539! Mike dives back to 1998 to track the full history of the great FUNimation voice shift, which begins with Saban exiting the syndication business, leading to "Dragon Ball Z" shifting networks and FUNimation briefly stepping back to the original "Dragon Ball" before things ramp up in 1999.

Five years ago, Randy and Doug reviewed Dragon Ball Z movie 6 — "Cooler's Revenge" (or 10,000,000,000 Powerful Warriors) — and, well, we all know how that turned out. With Ken now a part of the show, and bringing in THE Mike LaBrie AKA VegettoEX for back-up, Randy and Doug (and YOU, dear listener) will finally learn what makes the Metal Coola movie stand out.

For almost as long as Dragon Ball has been around in North America, Mike LaBrie has been dedicating his life to it. For three decades, he's been archiving, analyzing, and sometimes arguing about Akira Toriyama's work. He's one of the brains behind Kanzenshuu, as well as the host of the spin-off podcast. Both vital resources for Dragon Ball fans the world over. This episode, Russ dives into Mike's history with Dragon Ball, and we learn all about his favorite aspects of the franchise.

NerdyNorwegian and VegettoEX from Kanzenshuu discuss fandom-projects!

Episode #0538! Mike shares all the details on a new feature article with a live stream audience, along with stories about the latest archive acquisitions and upcoming charity stream plans!

Live stream from April 3, 2026 touring the newly-released Kanzenshuu wiki, with additional audience questions and answers. Your best Dragon Ball and Akira Toriyama wiki is finally open!

Episode #0537! The Kanzenshuu wiki is open! From Dr. Slump to Dragon Ball and everything beyond, your comprehensive Akira Toriyama database is finally here, and from the people you trust the most. Load up a browser, start clicking around, and join us for a few hours of chatting with some of our editors.

Episode #0536! Mike, Doug, and Jake brave the weather to attend the Dragon Ball POP-UP TOUR USA 2026 in New Jersey. Did we get the Genkidamatsuri S.H. Figuarts release? No. Did we have a good time otherwise? Sure! Tune in for a complete pre- and post-event debrief filled with lots of fun stories.

Episode #0535! Mike and Ajay discuss the "Dragon Ball Super: Beerus" and "Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol" anime announcements from the Genkidamatsuri event held this month, while Mike and Ken then chat live with the Kanzenshuu Patreon community about video game updates, including the "Sparking! ZERO" and "AGE 1000" announcements.

Episode #0534! Mike, Ken, and Randy return once again to "Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot" to review its eighth paid downloadable content pack, this time covering the second part of the "Dragon Ball Daima" series! After coming in so high from the first half, we wonder what the heck happened this time around, and what some of the underlying issues could have been either from the source material or the game development itself.

Mike chats with JP from The Space Above Us for another round of space talk! In Dragon Ball Z episode 50 filler, we see Goku do some repairs on his spaceship and need to correct course due to Dr. Brief's coordinates tracking -- is any of this realistic? Questions from the community dive deeper into the spaceship from Dragon Ball GT, destroying planets, and more... and we also take a look at an article from the Dragon Ball Official site about humans potentially surviving on Namek!