DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2026 – Celebrating All Things Dragon Ball
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This past weekend, fans of all ages gathered to celebrate the legacy of the late Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga series at DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2026. The event took place from April 18th to April 19th at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. It was my first time attending a DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour event, so I wasn’t sure what to expect — aside from thousands of people I knew would show up. DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour Is For The Fans Hosted by Bandai Namco, DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2026 mainly focused on the franchise’s games, but the event also featured the anime and manga series. DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour was designed to cater to fans and celebrate the franchise as a whole, so the event was planned with them in mind. Unless you were competing in a tournament, tickets were free for attendees, as fans only needed to register in advance, making the event accessible to fans who wanted to attend. I heard a lot of excitement from attendees and was told that Battle Hour has only grown bigger since it started in 2021. In fact, on the first day of the event, so many people showed up that the venue had to temporarily stop people from entering or restrict access because of the sheer volume of attendees. At first, I was really surprised, but after seeing how packed the space was, I thought it made sense. The event was filled with activities. There were tournaments where players could…
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A Conversation With The Apothecary Diaries Author Hyūganatsu
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Interview Date: 4/4/2026 Interview Location: Anime Boston 2026 Interview Format: In-Person, Round Robin Dead Rhetoric: For The Apothecary Diaries, what are some of the challenges in keeping the mysteries grounded, but still having creative and believable solutions? Hyūganatsu: The story itself is historical. We want to avoid using anything modern in it. Having said that, we want to make sure it is realistic, so we’ll use modern techniques. For example, when cleaning a cut, we’ll use alcohol. That was a technique developed in the second century, so it becomes realistic to use it in this story. Anime Herald: Can you share some of your knowledge of Empress Wu Zetian? Hyūganatsu: As you said, she was an actual historical person who existed. The version of her that’s in the story is a little different, but we did use her as a base. In the real historical records, she’s seen as not a very good emperor. She’s also the one and only female emperor of China. Some of that is probably due to inaccuracies in historical recordkeeping, as well as possible misogyny and sexism in the records that were kept about her. She actually did a lot of good for her people in that time period. Looking back at the way the records were kept, they might have changed or fudged the story a little bit. We still thought she was a compelling and interesting character. That’s why we wanted to use her. A-to-J Connections: What inspired you to write what are essentially a series of medical mystery novels set in imperial…
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