A large banner of Dragon Ball’s Gogeta flew during the Major League Soccer Cup Finals at the Banc of California Stadium.
The Gogeta banner flew during a soccer match between Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) and Philadelphia Union. Videos of the moment the banner unfurled were all over Twitter, uploaded by dedicated fans and even the official Major League Soccer accounts. One fan, SLO (@SLOplays), wrote, “BRO THIS IS SICK THEY GOT GOGETA AT A SOCCER GAME.” The English Twitter account for Major League Soccer wrote, “Incredible #MLSCup” and its Spanish-language account commented, “We now know where #LAFC’s supernatural strength comes from.” Whether Gogeta lent his strength to LAFC, the team won over Philadelphia Union with penalty kicks after a 3-3 stalemate.
Despite the excitement over seeing the Gogeta banner, fans had mixed feelings over the perceived hypocrisy of the MLS allowing LAFC fans to light flares behind the tifo banner. One fan (@FloridaisPurple) asked, “We in Orlando do this and we get hit with 2 year bans and fines. Will LAFC get fined and hit with 2 year bans for this? Probably not.” Another Twitter user (@randywilson) wondered, “You gonna use this for marketing and the ban people for the flares?”
Gogeta Is a Fusion of Goku and Vegeta
For those who aren’t familiar with Gogeta, he is a fusion of Goku and Vegeta after they properly perform the fusion dance. Considered one of the most powerful characters in the Dragon Ball franchise, Gogeta combines the powers of two of the series’ most popular characters. Having first debuted in Dragon Ball Z’s “Fusion Reborn” episode, he later appeared in Dragon Ball GT in Super Saiyan 4 form to fight Omega Shenron. Most recently, Gogeta appeared in Dragon Ball Super: Broly as the final protagonist.
Dragon Ball is a franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. It began as a manga serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 through 1995. Inspired by the 16th-century Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” the story contained visual elements inspired by Hong Kong martial arts films. The manga received an anime adaptation split into two series: Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, both of which Toei Animation produced. The series also received a spinoff anime called Dragon Ball GT, which didn’t follow the manga by Toriyama. The franchise has 21 animated feature films, three television specials, and almost 100 cumulative tankōbon volumes (counting Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super.) Dragon Ball’s 42 tankōbon books sold over 300 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga series ever.
Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super are all available to read on the VIZ manga app.
Source: Twitter, Anime News Network
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