FREE Dragon Ball Wii Game Contest Winner Announced!
Goku Wins!
Our contest for the Nintendo Wii game, Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo has just concluded. Thank you to all the contestants that added a comment to the blog before the end of December 15th.
I chose to let the hand of fate pick the winner. So I wrote down all of your names on slips of paper, placed them inside a tupperware dish and had one of my friends pick a slip of paper at random. Yes, it was a very scientific method.
So, without further ado…
The winner IS…
CONTEST – Win Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo for Wii
Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo, courtesty of NAMCO-BANDAI
Now is your chance to win a FREE copy of Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo for the Nintendo Wii!
The game comes courtesy of NAMCO-BANDAI as part of their promotional campaign for the new Dragon Ball games.
How do you win?
All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post! And on December 15th I will pick a random entry from the comments list and contact you by the e-mail provided.
*Only one entry per person please. And use a valid e-mail because that’s how I’ll request your address.
Good luck!
A Dragon Ball Z Museum Powers Up!
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:
More information about Mike and his museum can be found at the Dragon Ball Museum website.
Dragon Ball’s Bloody Pond of Hell
Welcome to the "Bloody Pond" from DBZ's Hell
Have you been to the Bloody Pond of Hell? It’s a great place to visit… They have row boats.
Many fans of Dragon Ball may be aware of the Bloody Pond in Dragon Ball’s Hell, but how many of them know that you can actually visit it?
It turns out that there is a real Bloody Pond in a city of Japan, and that it was the most likely source for Dragon Ball’s version.
This Bloody Pond also has an interesting part to play in traditional Japanese culture and society.
What is the Bloody Pond and why does this matter in Dragon Ball? And where exactly did Toriyama receive the inspiration for his Bloody Pond?
5 Communist and Socialist Elements in Dragon Ball
Hitler Heil's Hello in DBZ Movie 12
There are many unique aspects to the Dragon Ball series and several may contain socialist and communist elements. In this article I will introduce 5 of them.
They are the following:
- Red Army
- Stars
- Hitler
- Hooked Cross Z
- One World Government
The elements on this list are the results of watching the Dragon Ball series and seeing what is already there. I am not making any of these up.
This article is not only here to reveal what was in front of us all along, but to also help explain how and why.
Red Star Hammer and Sickle
Please keep in mind that Dragon Ball is above all else a fun and lighthearted show with a heavy dose of silliness and martial arts antics. These socialist and communist elements do not detract from the Dragon Ball experience in any way.
It’s possible you may disagree with some of the inherent meaning behind these elements within the series, and a lot has been said about one of them in particular, but that does not take away from the fact that they are there to begin with and left for us to explore and understand.
If you have any thoughts on their meaning and why the creator’s put them in, then please state your thoughts in the comments below.
Now let’s begin our adventure. continue …
Hammer of the Gods – Dragon Ball Martial Arts and the Double Axe Handle
Vegetto Smashes Majin Buu with a Double Axe Handle
In this Dragon Ball explorative essay we’re going to focus on the martial arts technique known as the double axe handle. This iconic technique is found throughout the Dragon Ball series and has both a rich history and symbolism.
Dragon Ball is a comic book and anime filled with fighting and all kinds of different martial arts styles. Yet many of them share similar techniques, and the double axe handle is one of the most identifiable.
These are the questions we will answer in this article:
- What is the double axe handle?
- What are its origins and history, and how does it relate to Dragon Ball?
- What are the histories of East Asian martial arts, Buddhism, and the Lightning Bolt Clasped Hands style of combat?
- How do eastern philosophies and this technique fit into the fights of DBZ?
- Why is the double axe handle used so often in Dragon Ball?
- Outside of Dragon Ball, where else can the double axe handle be seen?
Read on to find out! continue …
Over 9,000! Bonus Item Just Added to DBZ Book
Nope. It really is Over 8,000 in the original comic. Read the report to find out more.
I’ve put together a brand new special report that will help you learn all the details on the Dragon Ball internet phenomenon “Over 9,000!” that is found all over the web, and I’m giving it away for free with The Dao of Dragon Ball book.
Included in this over 9 page bonus item is an in-depth analysis of the pop cultural history of “Over 9,000!” and it’s connection to the Japanese DBZ source material as well as its connection to ancient Chinese, Indian, and Japanese cultures.
The report cannot be found elsewhere and is yours free just by giving The Dao of Dragon Ball a shot. If you decide the book isn’t for you, then you still get to keep your bonus item.
You can pick up a copy of the report at the main DBZ Book website.
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