Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. “So I challenged Toriyama to make one special issue with a girl as ...

People who know Naledi are perpetually aware of two things: he is a talented visual artist, and he has seen copious amounts of anime. Since the emergence of the One-Punch Man anime in 2015, Saitama's ...

With the Future Trunks arc definitively concluded, Dragon Ball Super is set to begin its next big arc. While there has been no confirmation about the plot of the next saga would be, most speculations ...

Many people don't know that Toriyama was already a successful mangaka in the 80s before he started publishing Dragon Ball in Shonen Jump and that was thanks to Arale in the Dr. Slump series. While a ...

“That girl’s way too strong! Only a character from an early ‘80s gag manga could have so much power!” There’s an episode from The X-Files seventh season that’s a crossover with Chris Carter’s other ...

More than 40 years ago, Arale-chan was the nickname of my classmate with round glasses, while another pupil who loved to eat was called Gatchan. Both were the names of characters in “Dr. Slump,” a ...

Warning: The following contains spoilers about the episode. One of the stranger episodes in Dragon Ball Super’s history, "Goku vs Arale! A Ridiculous Battle Will End The Earth?!" is lighthearted ...