Kanzenshuu – The Podcast

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by Mike (VegettoEX), one of the founders of the biggest Dragon Ball fansite on the internet, Kanzenshuu, as well as Darren Vogt, artist extraordinaire and one of the hosts of the Comics on the Spot podcast, to discuss Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater! A collection of comics from Akira Toriyama spanning across multiple decades of his career from before the start of Dr Slump to near the end of Dragon Ball! Toriyama is one of our favorite manga artists of all time, so there was no way we wouldn’t cover more of his comics at some point, especially with a new collection of his stories that have never been released before officially in English until recently! We cover this collection of over 20 stories as exhaustively as possible, as Mike provides a lot of much needed context for the publication of a lot of them and pinpoint where Toriyama was in his career at the time of each of them, while Darren provides his perspective as a fellow artist and what makes Toriyama’s comics craft so interesting even as far back as his pre-Dr Slump days! Join us as we rediscover our love of Toriyama’s works and reevaluate why he’s simply one of the best at what he does!

You ever heard of the lost OVA of the Dragon Ball Z series? Well, there’s a lot more to it than that, so Randy and Doug brought on Mike, VegettoEX, to teach us a thing or two about an NES game, VHS tapes, a 1990’s Bandai CDROM console, and a PS3/Xbox360 game to give us the whole story!

Mike joins Baloo to discuss running Kanzenshuu as well as Dragon Ball‘s early ties to Journey to the West, accompanied by a chat about the novel’s various translations and its poetry.

Mike narrates a “Did You Know Gaming?” video focusing on Dragon Ball Online, cut content from the Xenoverse and Budokai games, special nods and homages, and more.

In this reboot version of a 2015 interview, Mike joins Dustin to provide a brief history of his Dragon Ball fandom leading up to Kanzenshuu, moderating a community, and maintaining interest in a podcast after a decade.

Mike joins Dustin to provide a history of Kanzenshuu (and all of the sites that led to its creation), dealing with Internet popularity and armchair commentators, podcasting to an ever-growing audience, and maintaining that sense of still being a human being at the end of the day.

Mike and Jake join Anime3000’s host Sean Russell and guest “Otaku Dan” to discuss the history of, marketing, and fandom’s response to the newly “refreshed” version of the Dragon Ball Z TV series — “Dragon Ball Z Kai” — produced in Japan for its twentieth anniversary and brought over by FUNimation for a new English dub.

Mike and Heath review Kintoki, a special one-shot manga by Akira Toriyama published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The discussion includes comparisons with Dragon Ball and other works by Akira Toriyama, a breakdown of all the new name puns introduced, and much more!

Heath, Corey, and Ryan detail the history behind the infamous “Big Green Dub” of Dragon Ball Z, and discuss the dubs of the first three movies (complete with sound samples).

Mike and Julian join up with the crew from The One Piece Podcast to discuss the similarities between One Piece and Dragon Ball, experiences with both series, and some of the featured works between the them (such as the Toriyama + Oda collaboration, Cross Epoch).

Mike and Meri join R5 Central host Mike Dent to discuss the live-action movie Dragon Ball Evolution, the rise of Dragon Ball Kai, and a top five list of Dragon Ball moves that DON’T suck!

Desire, Heath, and Jake pull together a heart-warming episode (with plenty of contributions from the community) in celebration of Daizenshuu EX as Mike and Meri take some time off to get married!

Mike and Meri join the crew from Otaku Generation to talk about all things Dragon Ball as well as anime music videos and providing voice acting work on the fan parody “S.T.E.A.M. The Movie” by NoN.D.E. Fanfilms.