That's Dope! Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Dragon Ball Z”

Sitting down with the FATHER of WESTERN anime (ft. @Gen Fukunaga ) | That's Dope! Episode 134

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Join us as we sit down with the legendary Gen Fukunaga! We dive into the world of Funimation, the impact of anime in North America, and discuss his vision for the industry’s futureand much more! 🔥

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00:00
Introduction to Gen Fukunaga
02:12
Investments and New Ventures
05:15
Toon Sutra and the Indian Market
11:40
The Birth of Funimation
20:05
Achievements and Industry Impact
24:16
The Evolution of Anime Industry Relationships
25:22
Market Dynamics: The Rise of Crunchyroll and Funimation
28:11
The Streaming Wars: Crunchyroll vs. Netflix
31:42
Navigating Licensing and Rights in Anime
34:39
The Influence of Manga Authors on Anime Production
36:35
Mount Rushmore of Anime Titles and Industry Figures
39:44
Memorable Anime Merchandise and Collectibles
42:53
Entrepreneurial Insights for Startups

Special Guest: Gen Fukunaga.

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Remaking Final Fantasy

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0500

We brought back the Final Fantasy guru, The Night Sky Prince, to talk about the new game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and to catch up in so much of the Final Fantasy franchise. If you're a fan of Final Fantasy, you'll definitely want to check this episode out!

00:30- Akira Toriyama rememberance
06:30- Final Fantasy 7 on PC
13:10- representing Barret as a human in the new game
19:14- starting at Rebirth or the OG
20:43- Being a game review journalist
30:27- Remake a cash grab?
33:48- Crisis Core prequel
39:28- Advent Children movie
43:31- New graphics in FF games
47:46- FF16 and side quests
01:03:48- FF movies and adaptations
01:17:12- FF13 Versus and Kingsglaive
01:23:22- faith in the FF franchise
01:35:53- Should I start Intergrade

Special Guest: Night Sky Prince.

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COUNTER!!

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0600

We had a blast with the bombastic Inevitably Dope on this episode! From learning about how he quit his job to pursue content creation full time; how Tekken, Street Fighter, and Dragon Ball Z inspired him; and so much more.

00:58 - Meeting ID at DreamCon and ShotCall
03:03 - Quitting his trucking job
06:37 - getting into anime reviews
11:17 - favorite quip
14:22 - main avenues of posting
20:34 - FGC (SF2, Smash, and Tekken)
34:12 - Interesting anime villains (Cell, Hisoka)
37:54 - Dragon Ball Super Super Hero and Broly
52:13 - Tree of Might & Garlic Jr
01:06:47 - Avatar Live Action
01:15:42 - Dark Knight slander
01:19:28 - Cosplaying
01:24:56 - One Piece moments
01:34:44 - Conclusion

Special Guest: Inevitably Dope.

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Fighting Games Should Get Modern

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0600

Our special guest Kizzie Kay is a storied FGC legend who is trying to get new people into the fighting games community including Godswill! Everyone from people who don't play games to international champions are gonna want to check out this episode because there's a ton of wisdom packed in.

0:50 - Start with FGC in 2013 w/ BlazBlue
3:20 - Why people hated SF5 vs SF4 and SF6
10:00 - Super Smash Bros vs Street Fighter
16:40 - Modern controls and Project L
30:00 - Dragon Ball FighterZ & GranBlue as casual friendly
32:00 - from loser mentality to winning
38:54 - Single player modes in fighting games
41:30 - TMNT resurgence and 90s nostalgia
51:22 - The N-word
1:02:17- transitioning with LGBT acceptance
1:17:46 - religion in the modern era
1:35:34 - diversity forced into media
1:51:46 - PandaGlobal

Special Guest: Kizzie Kay.

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The Dancing Warrior w/ Fik-Shun

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 08:00:00 -0500

Fik-Shun is straight up a legend that we got to bring on the podcast! A winner of So You Think You Can Dance, a katana-wielding warrior that can cut bullets in mid-air, and one of the strongest dudes out there that does 500 pushups daily, Fik-Shun also watches One Piece! This episode will get you inspired to make your dreams come true and should get you into One Piece.

1- intro
2- how Fik-Shun got into dancing (Power Rangers, martial arts background
4- training regimen (Super Trunks, calisthenics)
12- favorite anime characters (Asta, Zoro, Rock Lee)
21- learning how to use a sword
29- almost stopping swordsmanship thanks to anime
36- type of anime protagonist
38- Avatar tribe/Book of Five Rings
43- One Piece
1:25- Ending quote

Special Guest: Fik-Shun Stegall.

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ON BUMPERS! w/ Mo Lowery

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Fri, 07 May 2021 07:00:00 -0500

Comedian Mo Lowery joins Godswill for the first in-person conversation of the season to talk about starting an online comedian career with anime & comic books and how he was able to thrive after losing his Facebook page multiple times and through COVID-19. It's a hilarious and heartwarming chat that you won't want to miss!

Music by KarpaBeats

1 - Way we met (Funimation Last Universe Standing Dragon Ball Super)
3 - LA vs Dallas
4 - Fighting Video Games (Jump Force, Mortal Kombat, Brawlhalla, Smash)
6 - Comedian start in high school
10 - live comedian stand up
13 - Dragon Ball Z as King
16 - Toonami Days and lunch table talk
18 - Black History Month videos
19 - Process in making videos
25 - Social media pages gone
33 - Comics - Mo Heroes Mo Problems/The Above
45 - Switch video games (Mario 3D All Stars & Pokemon Sword and Shield)
47 - anime (Jojo's, FMA, One Piece)
55 - Mount Rushmore of anime
1:01 - Favorite catchphrase

Special Guest: Mo Lowery.

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Blessing the Bass w/ Bubby

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Fri, 15 May 2020 10:00:00 -0500

Bubby Lewis is a legendary bassist who has toured with Snoop Dogg, Jhene Aiko, and many others as well as his own solo tours throughout the world. He has his own studio album and continues to play worldwide with many greats. And we got him on the podcast to talk about anime! Join this fun episode where Godswill learns about his history, talks about his anime inspirations, and much more for a good hour.

Check out his studio album here: https://fanlink.to/HeroDynasty
Check out his masks here: https://www.bubbylewis.com/shop

Music by KarpaBeats

Special Guest: Bubby Lewis.

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All Grown Up w/ Bardock Obama & Daquan Wiltshire

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:45:00 -0500

We did a lot of big things this episode: we made it to 20 episodes, we had two guests on at the same time, and we had the biggest guests so far on our podcast at the same time. It's an explicit and hilarious episode with two huge social media comedians, Bardock Obama aka MrGiveYourGirlBack aka SavinTheBees & Daquan Wiltshire. You definitely will want to stick around for it all!

welcome (1), livin in new york (4), internet starts (6), Bardock bein tall (7), Daquan personality (9), SPICY shit (11), Last Universe (13), Daq Fight Rumor (15), favorite anime (18), why anime (24), One Piece (27), DBS characters (32), Immortality and SDS (39), roasting people (41), social media (43), responding to trolls (59), old tweets (1:02), follows and clout (1:07), BBW love (1:10), fighting (1:15), going to jail (1:25), hood/street life (1:40), joining the military (2:02), One Piece girls (2:10)

Music by KarpaBeats

Special Guests: Bardock Obama and Daquan Wiltshire.

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We Are The Champions

Godswill Ugwa Jr — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:00:00 -0600

Josh's fight (3), Switch (12), Stan Lee (23), Golden Kamuy (26), Yu Yu Hakusho (31), Broly (34)), being a nerd (37), gatekeeping & cosplaying (42), Castlevania (45), anime music (48), nerd lingo (50), Gundam (53), Gundam Versus (1:02), Why Gundam (1:05), Boruto (1:18)

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