The Dao of Dragonball Blog

Dragon Ball Z.  How is it pronounced?  Perhaps you never asked yourself the question, but it turns out there are a few different ways to say it.  All because of the Z.

For example, is it pronounced Dragon Ball Zee, Dragon Ball Zed or something else entirely?  The title of the show represents a linguistic problem with various answers that depend on where you live and what language you speak.

Why does it matter?  Because the show is an international phenomenon with no agreed upon standard for how to pronounce its name.  And the differences stand as another example of diversity seen within the localized versions of the Dragon Ball series.

To really understand why this is the case we have to learn a little about languages and world history from within the Dragon Ball perspective.

Read more…

Son Goku as a Child (Courtesty of NAMCO BANDAI Games America, Inc.)

A Dragon Ball Museum currently seeks funding for a tour around North America, and eventually the world.

I discovered the Dragon Ball museum while doing research for The Dao of Dragon Ball book and asked the owner if I could interview him for my Dragon Ball blog.

Luckily I also work part time for the Epoch Times Newspaper and decided it would make a great article.

I recently finished the article about a man named Mike Nilsen who holds the Guinness World Record for the “largest collection of Dragonball memorabilia” in the world.  He plans to tour it around the globe in the form of a Dragon Ball Museum.  You can read the full article here:

• The complete Dragon Ball Museum article.

The printed article was published in the New York edition of the Epoch Times newspaper on October 15th.  A scan of the publication is available here:

• Publication of Epoch Times Newspaper Dragon Ball Museum (PDF)

I asked a lot of questions during the interview and received some great answers.  Unfortunately I could not include all of them in the article because of length requirements, so with Mike’s permission I have posted the full interview here on my blog:

• Full Dragon Ball Museum Interview (PDF)

More information about Mike and his museum can be found at the Dragon Ball Museum website.