Episode #0534! Mike, Ken, and Randy return once again to “Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot” to review its eighth paid downloadable content pack, this time covering the second part of the “Dragon Ball Daima” series! After coming in so high from the first half, we wonder what the heck happened this time around, and what some of the underlying issues could have been either from the source material or the game development itself.
Bandai Namco has announced that the 2020 video game Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has now sold 10 million copies:
As part of the same trailer, following up on the previously-known “Q1 2026” timeframe, Bandai Namco has announced that the second half of the two-part Dragon Ball Daima DLC expansion for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will hit 15 January 2026 — the release date applies to all major territories, including North America and Japan.
Developed by CyberConnect2 for Bandai Namco, the action role-playing game released16 January 2020 in Japan and 17 January 2020 internationally on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam). A Nintendo Switch edition came later in September 2021.
Two complete season passes worth of content — with six individual packs in total — have come out since the game’s release. In the first season pass, the Battle of Gods and Resurrection ‘F’ DLC entries were much shorter with a focus on boss fights and level increases, while the third entry — that of Trunks’ future timeline — told a comprehensive, multi-part story. The second season pass includes entries for the original 1990 Bardock television special, the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai, and the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai.
This third season pass — “Daima: Adventure Through the Demon Realm” — consists of “Part 1” (originally released back in July 2025, and roughly covering the first eight episodes of the respective series), and now this “Part 2” wrapping up the series’ content.
Reviews of the base game, Trunks DLC, Bardock DLC, 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC, 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC, and first Daima DLC can be found on episodes #0481, #0490, #0497, #0505, #0509, and #0527, respectively, of our podcast.
Dragon Ball Daima — whose broadcast concluded back in February 2025 with 20 total episodes — was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series debuted 11 October 2024on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.
Episode #0533! Mike chats with JP from The Space Above Us for another round of space talk! In Dragon Ball Z episode 50 filler, we see Goku do some repairs on his spaceship and need to correct course due to Dr. Brief’s coordinates tracking — is any of this realistic? Questions from the community dive deeper into the spaceship from Dragon Ball GT, destroying planets, and more… and we also take a look at an article from the Dragon Ball Official site about humans potentially surviving on Namek!
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his December 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn the Fortuneteller Crone:
Fortuneteller Crone
She apparently started fortunetelling around 180 years before her younger brother, the Turtle Hermit, was born, meaning they’re more than 180 years apart in age… truly mysterious. Maybe I shouldn’t think that hard about it…
MSRP $69.98 — a standard edition on Blu-ray with the 20 episodes spanning four discs, including textless opening and ending themes as extras
MSRP $94.98 — a “Limited Edition” version with the same content plus “7 silver foil art cards”, “Goku x Vegeta x Piccolo sticker,” and a “silver foil rigid box with exclusive art by the character designer” (Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru)
Goku and company are living peaceful lives until they suddenly turn small due to a conspiracy! When they discover that the reason for this may lie in a world known as the Demon Realm, a mysterious young Majin named Glorio appears before them.
The American release from Crunchyroll will hit nearly a full year after the series ended its broadcast last February, and about eight months after its home video release in Japan back in July.
In addition to the Crunchyroll Store, both the the standard edition and limited edition are available for pre-order on Amazon.
Dragon Ball Daima was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series — which ran for 20 total episodes — debuted 11 October 2024on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.
Episode #0532! Mike chats with Von about Manga Barcelona 2025, held earlier this month in Spain, where the guest list included Takashi Matsuyama (Akira Toriyama’s second assistant, and legend in his own right). Tune in for some of the best stories and tidbits to come out of the event… including what may be an unknown production tidbit?!
Episode #0531! Mike and Jay chat about the pre-smartphone world of Dragon Ball mobile gaming, and in particular, Jay’s work on digging into and porting the “Dragon Ball Racing” mobile game to the PlayStation 2! Tune in for a whirlwind tour through this oft-forgotten side-niche of games and learn what’s on the horizon for those looking to learn more.
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his November 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn Tao Pai-pai:
Tao Pai-pai
On this installment of the “old man character series,” it’s everyone’s favorite, Tao Pai-pai! He doesn’t actually look that old, but according to the guidebooks, by the time he appeared in the story, he was supposedly already 291 years old… Will we ever know the truth behind the Turtle siblings’ and the Crane brothers’ long lives?
An age of 291 for Tao Pai-pai (at the time of his first appearance in the series) is initially given in the franchise’s first guide book, the Dragon Ball: Adventure Special from 1987. Working the math backward knowing what we know about the calendar system from later in the series, this would place his birth year as circa Age 459. Years later, Tao Pai-pai’s character biography in Daizenshuu #7 goes with this same math, concretely placing his birth year as Age 459.
Episode #0530! For our 20th podcast-iversary, Mike dives back into what we covered on the show all the way back in November 2005. A three-disc movie boxset from FUNimation was on the horizon (finally bringing DB movie 2 out of VHS-Hell), while Dragon Box: The Movies was on its way in Japan. Randy joins for a look back at the original “Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!” on the PS2, which we also covered back on the first episode of the podcast. Heath then pops in for a little self-indulgent retrospective about the show and what we envision for the future. Here’s to another 20 years of the podcast!
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his October 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn the Ox Demon King:
Ox Demon King
He may look young, but from Pan’s perspective, he’s already a great-grandfather! Even though he’s the Turtle Hermit’s #2 disciple, we never actually see his real power in the series proper. I really want to see him fight someday!
