Comment by ionwake

18 hours ago

fantastic post , I recently just stated on HN that DragonBall really was part of Spanish culture in the early nineties.

I still remember as a child wandering into a bar on an afternoon, in a lost rural village in the middle of nowhere near the mountainous region in southern spain, now nearly 40 years ago. 2 old farmers were having a beer, the whole bar was totally silent, everyone watching the Dragon Ball episode on the tv. It was intense, the saiyans had just arrived.

It really surprised me ( as I did not realise adults watched it) and also because I thought on this trip to the countryside I would miss the episodes ( never to be able to be seen again). No internet back in the day.