Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT take place in an imaginary world but it’s still more or less influenced by Japanese Culture. Therefore if you watch the episodes and movies closely sometimes you can see references to typical Japanese Public Holidays, Festivals or Celebrations. For example in the Eighth Dragon Ball Z movie “The Legendary Super Saiyan” (1993) you can see in the beginning (just before the spaceship landed) that Mirai Trunks, Gohan, Master Roshi, Krillin, Vegeta and Bulma were celebrating Hanami.
The goal of this small article is to enlighten the occidental viewers, so they can spot and understand the references made to those holidays in Japanese anime. To make it easier to peruse, we sorted them out by months.
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I’ve often noticed people don’t know exactly how old are the characters during the sagas and that they’ve troubles evaluating the duration between events like the death of Freeza and the appearance of the androids.
The age topic gets even more complicated when Mirai Trunks is concerned since it involves an alternate timeline with a different chronology from the regular Dragon Ball universe.
Therefore I calculated Gohan, Mirai Gohan, Trunks and Mirai Trunks ages at various key points of the Dragon Ball chronology. The calculus are accurate and based on exact dates given in the very official “Dragon Ball’s dictionary” which has been approved by Akira Toriyama himself. And after telling you how old they are, I’ll share with you a detailed chronology of the Dragon Ball key events.
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OCTOBER 25TH, 2007
By Jojo
There’s 3 types of Sword used by Gohan and Mirai Trunks in the Dragon Ball Z Universe. Despite popular beliefs Mirai Trunks sword isn’t the exact replica Gohan received from Piccolo during his training, the same goes for the Zeta sword.
Illustration 1 : Gohan’s Sword
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OCTOBER 24TH, 2007
By Alima
Physiology:
A Saiyan could be considered a cross between man and ape, or the so-called “Missing Link.” They have all the intelligence, and most of the traits of a human, but with a monkey-like tail, which protrudes from right below the small of the back, as well as the more feral and primitive behaviors of the apes. Saiyans are generally well built, as a race as a whole, because of their harsh environment. Their bone structure is far denser than a human’s because of the greater gravity of their homeworld, which is ten times the normal gravity of Earth. Due to the heavy gravity and brutal living conditions, Saiyans have an increased metabolic rate which requires them to consume great amounts of energy for sustenance. Their high metabolism fuels their Saiyan physiology and endows them with a unique healing power. It also gives them the ability to manipulate ki at an increased level with respect to other races, and undergo their various transformations. This also explains why Saiyans have voracious appetites.
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