Adapting Saint Seiya: Volume 2

Welcome back to this series on the adaptational choices made by the Saint Seiya anime! Saint Seiya volume 2 consists of four chapters: One introducing the Cygnus Saint, Hyoga; two covering the meat of this section, Seiya's match with Dragon Shiryu; and one that ends with the arrival of the main villain of this first …

Adapting Saint Seiya: Volume 1

Welcome to the first regular instalment of my series of articles examining the choices made in adapting the Saint Seiya manga into its anime! In the introduction I looked at the basic character design philosophy, and now I'm going through the first part of the story. Volume 1 of Saint Seiya consists of chapters 1 …

Adapting Saint Seiya: Introduction

(Yeah, despite this blog's name, I've watched shows that aren't Dragon Ball.) This is the first in a series of articles I'm planning to write about an 80s manga and anime that's very dear to me, Saint Seiya, and specifically going over the choices and changes made by the anime in adapting the manga. I …

An article in which I lose my mind trying to figure out saiyan society

Okay, so, recently I watched Dragon Ball Super: Broly for like, the ninth time. I went, damn, that's still a good movie. The last few times I'd watched it in Japanese, so I watched it in English this time. Then the next day, I watched it for the tenth time, in Japanese again, basically because …

The Buu Arc was Impossible to Get Right

The Majin Buu arc basically invented modern Dragon Ball. Vegeta goes from a free-moving spanner in the works of the story to a grumpy deuteragonist. Now there are different Super Saiyan forms, and unlike in the Cell arc where that just meant your thinking was limited, now it means you’re really cool and they have …

A Kinda Slapdash Media Analysis of Dragon Ball GT

Because if I don’t, who will? Notes: Among Dragon Ball fans, GT has a fairly negative reputation. I am not writing to directly respond to this. This is an in-depth look at a show I feel to be sorely underrated and enjoy greatly, and done in the hope of providing some variety to the overall …