The Anime That Didn’t Make Us #8 – Dragon Ball, Those Who Hunt Elves, GaoGaiGar

Ace Comical’s very own Greg Driver is here to clamber into the DITB time machine and send cartoons back to our childhood selves that they never got to see. This week we have Toriyama’s all-time classic, the show that marked dawn of modern anime, and the finale of Takara’s Brave series.

Famous Anime Podcast – Shonen Jump: The Dragon Ball Years

After a few tweaks to the format following our pilot episode, here’s the first episode of the Famous Anime Podcast, the podcast all about Famous Anime. Elliot Page of UK Anime Network and Lewis Smith of Car and Mechanical are here to help us decide which of the anime based on Shonen Jump properties launched between the start of Dragon Ball and the start of Slam Dunk can enter the Famous Anime Podcast’s Hall of Anime Fame.

Other podcasts might tell you about unknown shows that you need to check out, but the Famous Anime Podcast is here to confirm that other people have heard about the anime you already know about!

Episode 241 – Broly, The Legendary Super Saiyan

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Elliot and Lewis are here to discuss the most popular non-canon Dragon Ball character of them all, BROLY~! We review his first appearance in the film Broly, The Legendary Super Saiyan AKA Dragon Ball Z: Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Fierce Battle. And then we find out just how popular the man is as we delve into the world of Broly-based AMVs.

Episode 214 – The Best Anime of 1986

Greg Driver joins us to run down the best anime from 1986. And what a collection of classics we have to discuss. One of the biggest Shonen Jump properties of all time, a Canadian dub, a movie that only one of us is sure he’s seen all of, vicious animals and Greg’s favourite toyline all feature in another rip-roaring episode of Dynamite in the Brain.

Let’s Go! Episode 19 – Never Trust Friezas

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Hey, hey, the gangs all here, as we discuss a whole lot of betrayal. Aliens, Teachers and Gypsum Busts all show their true colours this week. Plus: blocks of stone, blocks of dry ice, blockheaded martial arts, an event filled trip to the amusement park, and the original steampunk wanker – Leonardo Da Vinci!

This week:

  • One Piece Chapter 818
  • Lupin #17 & #18
  • Ojisan & Marshmallow #10
  • Sekko Boys #10
  • Mr Osomatsu #22
  • Lovely Muco #22
  • Erased #10
  • Dragon Ball Super #34

Episode 209 – Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’

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Elliot Page & Greg Driver join us today to discuss the 2015 hit anime film, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F. Frieza is back! Jaco arrives in animated form! A sorta koala looking guy called Sorbet also appears!

NB: There was a long-winded, confusing game with wrong answers edited from this podcast, which is what the timeline mentions at the end of the podcast are referring to. Trust me, you are better off without it.