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Youmacon 2015 – Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who came to visit me at Youmacon 2015! You made the convention so memorable!

I was there with Malik, the creator of Dragon Ball New Age. You can read my review of Dragon Ball New Age Volume 1 for my opinion of his work. It’s incredible.

Malik and I make for a good team at a booth, because he gives you the ‘punching and screaming,’ while I give you the ‘heart and soul.’ One’s fiction and fun, while the other is non-fiction and enlightening.

On Saturday night we were both...

Dragon Ball Runaways Returns!

Dragon Ball Runaways returns on November 25 with a 4-part live-action web series!

Ray Savaya, creator and director of Dragon Ball Runaways, released his first short film in March, 2013, and fans have been asking for more ever since.

You can watch the original film and read my exlusive interview with Ray Savaya where we discuss the making of the series.

Now, 2 years later, he has returned with Dragon Ball Runaways.

What can fans expect to see?

Some fans have referred to Runaways as the “Chr...

Dragon Ball Culture Volume 1 Available in Print!

Dragon Ball Culture Volume 1: Origin is now available in print!

You can buy it on Amazon for only $14.99.

See Dragon Ball with new eyes. This book is your cultural tour guide to Dragon Ball, the world’s most recognized anime and manga series.

Volume 1 provides the world’s first English biography of Dragon Ball’s creator, Akira Toriyama, and reveals the true origin of the Dragon Ball series.

How does Akira Toriyama become a manga author? Why does he make Dragon Ball? Where does Dragon Ball’s...

Hosting Dragon Ball Fan Manga

The Dao of Dragon Ball is now hosting Dragon Ball fan manga.

The first series is titled Dragon Ball Zeroverse, and is a long lost and unnofficial series published in Tibet in 1996.

Dragon Ball Zeroverse has only been recently rediscovered and cleaned up by Marb, former owner of the DragonNews site, aka Dragon Ball Benelux.

Marb has translated each of the hundreds of pages from Chinese into English, and is cleaning up each page by hand.

He asked for a place to host the content; so I figured...

Leaving Light of Hope

I am no longer the writer of Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope. I have been replaced by another writer who will modify my scripts and prepare them for production according to Robot Underdog’s preferences.

Why have I been replaced?

The director and producer of the series have a different idea of what constitutes a good script, a good story, and a good adaptation of live-action Dragon Ball Z.

Despite being The Dao of Dragon Ball, they don’t want my scripts.

Explanation

I think my readers deserve an...

Review of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ is everything Dragon Ball Z fans love about the series.

This movie has more action, more humor, and a more well-developed story than Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.

If you liked Battle of Gods, you’ll love ‘F’, and if you were looking for more fights, then ‘F’ has got you covered. The intensity of the hand-to-hand combat and the fluidity of the animation is something fans haven’t seen since the original DBZ.

Akira Toriyama manages to ‘up’ himself and the cas...

Win Tickets to DBZ Resurrection ‘F’ Premiere!

Want to attend the world premiere of the English dub of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ in Los Angeles?

FUNimation is partnering with The Dao of Dragon Ball and Robot Underdog, creators of Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope, to give away 3 free tickets to the premiere!

Actors Seán Schemmel (Goku), Christopher Sabat (Vegeta), and Chris Ayres (Freeza) will attend the premiere and the red carpet event prior to the screening!

How do you win?

Simple.

1) Like The Dao of Dragon Ball on Facebook

2) Then...

Dragon Soul ebook Now Available!

Free your Dragon Soul! My latest ebook, Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom, is now available!

With a foreword from Christopher Sabat and Sean Schemmel, Dragon Soul: 30 Years of Dragon Ball Fandom is a grand celebration of the world’s greatest anime and manga and it’s momentous 30th Anniversary.

The book can be purchased on The Dao of Dragon Ball website, Amazon, Apple iBooks, Google Play, B & N Nook, and Kobo for $7.99.

Join me on a global adventure in search of the 7 dragon balls,...

Happy Goku Day!

Happy Goku Day! May 9, 2015 is now officially recognized by the Japan Anniversary Association as “Goku Day”!

Why May 9? Because in Japanese the number 5 is pronounced go (五) and the number 9 is pronounced kyū (九), or lazily, ku. Thus, Goku.

Goku’s Japanese voice actress, Masako Nozawa, attended an event after a screening of Resurrection of ‘F’ on Saturday in Shinjuku to commemorate the new day.

Sunday is Mother’s Day, so a ‘Goku’ actor surprised Nozawa-san on stage with a bouquet of 59 carn...

Pledge of “Z” Music Video

The official music video for the theme song of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of ‘F’ has arrived, titled Pledge of “Z”, and it’s overflowing with DBZ fandom.

It’s sung by pop idol group Momoiro Clover Z, consisting of 5 girls who dress up in color-coordinated and themed costumes for each of their songs.

Momoiro Clover Z are big fans of Dragon Ball, as as evident by the Z in their name, and they were excited to be a part of the latest movie.

According to a translation by Kanzenshuu, they said...