How did Dragon Ball Z become so popular with black folk

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

Goku might as well be a community hero on the level that Bugs Bunny was for previous generations

but the question is...how and why

especially considering how Anime and Japanese culture can be.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[Seoul Gleou]

what isnt appealing about watching people struggle through obstacles and succeed?

real question is why do black folks like gok00n over brehgeta

 

[jdubnyce]

That Gohan/Cell saga though

 

[Kenyan West]

all you young nikkas might not know but when we got off school everyday in the 90s, we all watched Toonami, which of course included DBZ

wasnt shyt else on with those kind of action sequences

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Goku might as well be a community hero on the level that Bugs Bunny was for previous generations

but the question is...how and why

especially considering how Anime and Japanese culture can be.

DBZ was my shyt, but Naruto portrayed black people wayyyy better.

 

[Wild self]

Cause this was the one of the only animated/anime shows back in the 90s where people died on screen, fresh off a battle.

It had hood barbershops playing this on those small ass TVs

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

how they drew buddy ass in Slamdunk....

Mr popo

 

[Unolove]

nikkas always loved karate

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Black people can identify with people struggling against impossible odds. Shonen battle anime like dragon ball, naruto, baki and to some extent even yu gi oh are stories about not giving up and trying again until you get that win.

The question isn't why so many black people like dragon ball, but why there aren't more open fans of anime. You usually see them on social media but in person you won't know a person watched all of attack on titan until you casually mention it.

 

[MMS]

Goku might as well be a community hero on the level that Bugs Bunny was for previous generations

but the question is...how and why

especially considering how Anime and Japanese culture can be.

its based on Journey to the West

and the themes are spiritual/shamanistic

all the villains represent veiled spiritual threats

 

[CHICAGO]

THE SAME REASON KUNG FU
FLICKS WERE HUGE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.



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[bnew]

all you young nikkas might not know but when we got off school everyday in the 90s, we all watched Toonami, which of course included DBZ

wasnt shyt else on with those kind of action sequences

I didn't have cable, watched it at 6:30am on saturdays.

discovered the show by accident too, we came back from vacation early one saturday morning and I turned on the TV and was like

 

[Take It In Blood]

 

[MMS]

what isnt appealing about watching people struggle through obstacles and succeed?

real question is why do black folks like gok00n over brehgeta

what if Goku represents a literal black person

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