Didn't think you'd see this again, huh? Mighty Morphin Zyurangers is back one more time. MMPR's second pilot was just released, so while I may be done comparing Power Rangers to Super Sentai, I've only just begun comparing Power Rangers... to itself! How did the concept and characters evolve over...
2024-07-29 15:28:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for another new story arc, the final one of Dragon Ball GT! The story has twisted the once-benevolent Dragon Balls into our new villains. Goku, Pan, and Giru head off on a new quest. Is a boss rush mode what Dragon Ball needs? I guess we'll find out! See it now, a week early and ad-free. Tha...
2024-07-15 14:17:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Our 20th anniversary celebration of live-action Sailor Moon draws to a close, but there's a lot to go out on. It's time to explore the live-action Sailor Moon expanded mooniverse! Outside of the main series, Usagi and the gang get into all kinds of mischief as they age up, age down, age up 20 yea...
2024-07-01 13:46:56 +0000 UTC View Post
A story arc finished in five parts? What a blast from the past! Yes, it's time to wrap up Super #17 already with a fight sequence that makes Goku look really, really dumb. It's rather par for the course here. But what about Super #17's context in the grander GT story? Should this even be consider...
2024-06-17 15:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Pride Month, everybody! Seems like a perfect time for more Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon! Our celebration of live-action Sailor Moon continues, but it can't be all celebration. Today it's time to explore those few aspects of the series that just don't measure up. And unfortunately, that inclu...
2024-06-03 13:33:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball Dissection returns with a little less histrionic ranting but no less confusion about the nonsensical plot. #18, the character with the closest personal connection to the villain, gets but a token appearance. Piccolo has to make a noble sacrifice... again... even though he doesn't have...
2024-05-20 12:44:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm so happy with this video. It's almost certainly going in the Best of the Best Playlist! The 20th anniversary celebration of live-action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon continues! This time we dig deep into the original Sailor Senshi, Sailor Venus. She's a character I've always felt gets the short...
2024-05-06 14:05:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Remember Freeza and Cell? Remember when you were a child? Remember when you were happy? Me neither. This is hot garbage. It's hot garbage strung together by logic so flimsy it makes Tullece seem as credible as #16. What does that mean? I don't know! I've lost my mind! But I hope you enjoy my pain...
2024-04-22 15:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post
My celebration of PGSM's 20th anniversary continues! Today we look at how the series handles some of Sailor Moon's friends: Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and... Luna? Say farewell to episodic conflicts resolved in 20 minutes. These girls have twists and turns, ups and downs. They have, what do ...
2024-04-08 15:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo here's the deal. I'm working on the next Dragon Ball Dissection right now. Covering Dragon Ball GT has been more stressful for me than original Dragon Ball simply because I don't have the ridiculously encyclopedic knowledge of it to recall almost every moment in order. I keep a 100+ document o...
2024-04-04 16:27:51 +0000 UTC View Post
After a brief tournament interlude, Dragon Ball Dissection digs into the storyline proper of Super #17. It's, uh, it sure is a thing that happened. Ever wondered how building a copy of #17 can link Earth and Hell? Well, so do I! It's nonsense turned all the way up to 17, and I'm unapologetically ...
2024-03-25 15:19:58 +0000 UTC View PostIt's another look at the live-action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon! This time it's an in-depth exploration of the series heroine, Tsukino Usagi. What makes her stand out from her other incarnations? What makes her my absolute favorite version of this character? How do they make Tuxedo Mask a more i...
2024-03-11 15:09:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the GT special! No, it's not the GT movie. There is no GT movie. But there is this. Set well into the future, Goku Jr. is a wuss who embarrasses his grandmother, Pan. But it's okay because all it takes is one coming-of-age journey to turn him into a Super Saiyan. Conform! Conform to...
2024-02-26 14:59:05 +0000 UTC View Post
What happens when you put Power Rangers, Twin Peaks, Batman Returns, and The Monkees into a blender? Why, it's the 2003-2004 live-action Sailor Moon series! Hidden away in Japan, the series has flown under the radar. As such, it's easy to miss the inescapable truth: that it's the best version of ...
2024-02-12 15:22:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Earth is back, Planet Tsufru is conveniently not mentioned, and everyone is at peace. That means it's time for a tournament! It's a standalone episode in a serialized series, but does that automatically mean it's not important? Is this filler in a series without filler? Let's find out! Dragon...
2024-01-29 15:48:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Shaking off the beginning of the year doldrums is no easy task. Thankfully I have all of these great questions from my patrons to ease me back into work! Unfortunately, in true MistakeFusion fashion, absolutely everything goes wrong. Unlike other videos, where I meticulously try to edit out every...
2024-01-15 16:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball Dissection December concludes, as does our look at GT's first story arc. The heroes actually act heroically for once, combining all their powers and resources to save every living being on Earth before it explodes. But that's not very dramatic, so Piccolo, a character who's only been ...
2023-12-25 03:46:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! I've more or less finished up DBD December, and I'm so excited. I'm about to go into hibernation for the holidays, but before I do, I want to make sure I don't find myself caught flat-footed in the new year. I haven't done this in... it will have been three years? Wow. But why do...
2023-12-23 19:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas! Dragon Ball Dissection December concludes its look at the fight with Baby. It can be an emotionally-satisfying payoff, but... Oob never actually turned into chocolate, Bruits Waves can heal Baby, and Baby can't stay in a regular-sized Vegeta anymore. Why? Well, all of these thing...
2023-12-18 13:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball Dissection December returns with Super Saiyan 4! Need any more be said than that? It's the transformation even people who hate GT love. But there's still a lot to discuss in regards to its meaning, its design, and whether or not it's the so-called "Super Saiyan of Legend." Ooh, fun st...
2023-12-11 14:27:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball Dissection December returns... and I'm sick. I find a way to muddle through, though. You gotta let me know if my sick voice is so fetch or so retch! But enough about that. Oob is here to save the day. Does he? Is it a spoiler if I say "no"? Yeah, well, forget about that. Goku is back,...
2023-12-04 13:22:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball Dissection December begins with Sugoroku Space! Goku has to roll the dice to get out of this weird purgatory dimension that even the gods can't help with. It's randomness all around as he deals with chestnut puns, naughty nurses, and, worst of all... SPACE TANUKI! Also, Pan gets it in...
2023-11-27 16:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post
So I'm hard at work with Dragon Ball Dissection December. Things worked out in a weird way where I had too big of a gap to not do a video in between MMZyu and DBD December, but I really didn't have a regular release window either. So rather than make things easy for myself for once, I just did an...
2023-11-17 17:37:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Both teams struggle through their own "Doomsday." The Zyurangers lose their powers and have to jump between dimensions to get them back. The Power Rangers have to fix a radio and wait for an automatic computer update to give them the solution to their problems. Clearly, it's going to be a tight c...
2023-11-06 13:58:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Goku, Trunks, Pan, and Giru return to Earth to find it taken over by Baby and its populace totally under its sway. It's our four heroes against the world. I mean, it's our three heroes... Two heroes? Who am I kidding? It's just Goku. There are a lot of topics to explore, from Baby eggs to dumping...
2023-10-23 15:13:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Mighty Morphin Zyurangers has come to the finale storyline! Bandora pulls out all the stops to take over the world just in time for her long-forgotten backstory to resurface. Can Power Rangers also convince us that things are at stake? Also, there's a surprise little bonus review! Sorry for the d...
2023-10-09 16:19:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball GT hits its breakthrough episode. Everything changes. Baby reveals his backstory. Vegeta falls to the brainwashing. Even the opening and ending sequences are given a refreshed treatment. But who are these mysterious Tsufruians? When have we encountered them before, and how has their s...
2023-09-25 15:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Scott Frerichs, aka KaiserNeko, joins me today for a chat! We're both weirdos who enjoy Dragon Ball in its original Japanese. We discuss how that has affected our fandom, as well as our YouTube content. We debate Dragon Ball names in the nerdiest of fashions! How did I decide what terminology I w...
2023-09-11 15:07:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Dragon Ball GT escalates its Baby problem. The series returns to Earth to present its most important moment: Vegeta shaving off his mustache. As Baby slowly takes control of all the good guys, Goku, Pan, Trunks, and Giru are demoted to B-plots in their own show! Also, it's time for the 1996 Drago...
2023-08-28 15:28:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry I'm late! But I'm hoping an hour long video will be worth the wait. First Anne Frank and now this. I have to stop doing this to myself! Donkey Kong Dissection returns with the final installment of the original DKC trilogy. Dixie nabs the starring role this time, but is that enough of a shak...
2023-08-14 22:28:28 +0000 UTC View Post