I noticed some people pointing out Goku was ALSO based on Jacki Chan/Bruce Lee and I wanted to point out the GENIUS way Toriyama implemented them. In JTTW and in Dragon Ball, Goku and Wukong both have “dual” personalities Akira Toriyama uses Jacki Chan and Bruce Lee as the basis… https://t.co/ah5IRST5Ei
Toriyama stated when dragon ball started that Bulma was based on the main character of JTTW Tripitaka. Although this is the case he also “switched things around” by having Bulma have impure intentions. Bulma wanting a boyfriend parallels Tripitaka’s devotion to virginity, her… https://t.co/E8v1Xa4vMS
Someone asked me about the pose/words Goku is using here “namu amida butsu” so I thought I would post what it actually means here but it’s essentially a Buddhist prayer. Grandpa Gohan imprinted Goku with a Buddha Nature, because the entire idea of Buddhism is taming the monkey… https://t.co/x5W5efgeNE
Seeing as how Toriyama had something like this in mind originally for beast and he made sure to have him represent the demon clan in the film, Gohan beast is very clearly Demon/Oni inspired which again feeds into the narrative within the framework of martial arts due to the fact… https://t.co/EddyKFIRbU
Namekian culture is nearly identical to the Culture of Buddhist monks who implemented the Chintamani stone, a wish fulfilling jewel on their pilgrimages to suffering villages. They had 2 clans of martial and religious monks, the martial monks were in charge of protecting the holy… https://t.co/Rcsb7096Ub
One really cool thing I noticed about the Piccolo Daimao arc is that Kami’s evil half is essentially what would have prevented him if he lived on namek, from being able to use the dragon balls due to the rules of the namekians and Goku ended up being the shining example of what… https://t.co/tGvK2MV5jf
The Daizenshuu suggests that Grandpa Gohan is responsible for Goku’s personality. The actual narrative reason for this is of course his “Buddha Nature” which Goku reaps the awards of through out the entire series as a being who can manipulate karma in their favor naturally with… https://t.co/O2igC8w4kw