Toei Animation had to warn the Mexican government not to air the last episode of Dragon Ball Super in plazas across Mexico’s cities (which was promptly ignored) and was a huge event across the country at the time. Bars had watch parties and there was a flyer that got popular which read “free dances for everyone if Goku wins this epic battle.”
I got that T-Shirt reference
Also my favorite tidbit from the comments there:
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Toei Animation had to warn the Mexican government not to air the last episode of Dragon Ball Super in plazas across Mexico’s cities (which was promptly ignored) and was a huge event across the country at the time. Bars had watch parties and there was a flyer that got popular which read “free dances for everyone if Goku wins this epic battle.”
Dragon Ball is a second religion.