Daniel Kurland

New York

Entertainment journalist, critic, and contributor for @DenofGeekUS, @BDisgusting, @Vulture, and @CBR; Host of Den of Otaku; Neurotic for everyone

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Articles

Would Dragon Ball GT's Characters Win the Tournament of Power?

5 days ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super are both Dragon Ball Z successors that take very different approaches to their storytelling, character development, and transformations. Fans of Akira Toriyama's franchise consider Dragon Ball Super to be the canonical follow-up to Dragon Ball Z, while Dragon Ball GT is an interesting “What If?...” alternate timeline. That being said, Dragon Ball DAIMA recently connected some of its dots to Dragon Ball...
This DBZ Fight Will Always Be Goku's Greatest Failure

6 days ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account The Cell Saga is an important period of change for Dragon Ball Z. Trunks travels back in time to reveal his future has been destroyed, Piccolo finally fuses with Kami, and Goku passes the torch to Gohan as his son becomes Earth's greatest hero. Albeit not by choice, and not without some major casualties. Goku takes some tremendous risks during the Cell Games’ climax, the likes of which cost him his life and temporarily leaves his family and...
10 Best-Designed Dragon Ball Super Characters Who Look Like Animals, Ranked

6 days ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ballis a shonen anime hit that’s in no danger of losing its massive fan-base anytime soon. Dragon Ball Super elevated the series’ signature action-packed storytelling to unprecedented places. Dragon Ball's sequel series continues to expand the franchise’s scope and introduce new transformations for its core cast of characters. That being said, Dragon Ball Super also introduces more than 100 new characters into its already-crowded universe.
5 Dragon Ball DAIMA Storylines That Went Absolutely Nowhere

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

The franchise’s newest entry, Dragon Ball DAIMA, prides itself on this philosophy with a brand-new story that sends Goku and company to the cryptic Demon Realm in order to save a friend and reverse the effects of Gomah’s Dragon Ball wish. Dragon Ball DAIMA is easily the shortest Dragon Ball series, and it chooses quality over quantity with this economical story that’s relatively focused as far as Dragon Ball is concerned.
10 Coolest Villain Designs, Ranked

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Dragon Ball GTremains a controversial entry in Akira Toriyama’s signature shonen series, but it’s become a fascinating counterpoint to the direction of Dragon Ball Super’s storytelling. Dragon Ball GT is imperfect, and it takes some time to find its identity. That being said, the anime is still full of many triumphant milestones, memorable moments, and daring developments.
The 5 Best-Designed DBZ & Dragon Ball Super Fusions, Ranked

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Part of what makes Dragon Ballsuch an enjoyable franchise is that it’s able to gradually evolve over time. With each installment, Dragon Ball's characters continue to grow stronger; a noteworthy addition in Dragon Ball Z's Buu Saga is an epic new fighting style that changes the fate of the battles to come. Fusion is a powerful process that allows two or more characters to pool together their strength and skills in order to become a superior fighter.
5 Dragon Ball Super Storylines That Went Absolutely Nowhere

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Dragon Ball Superhelped usher the franchise into a modern era with new stories that have kept it relevant as shonen anime series become increasingly exaggerated. The Dragon Ball sequelbrings forward the concept of a multiverse, godly new transformations, and the return of some of Dragon Ball’s most evil antagonists. Dragon Ball Super certainly succeeds with its attempts to heighten the series’ action and the sense of danger that surrounds everything.
David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Is An Elegiac Deconstruction Of Grief That Lacks A Pulse

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

The Shrouds’ David Cronenberg, for over fifty years, has been a master of uncomfortable cinema that brazenly turns humans into frantic fuel for dark ideas, terrifying technology, and a sci-fi-centric society. Few filmmakers are better cultivators of "body horror" and capable of creating a seamless shadow society that's on the precipice of breaking through.
5 Dragon Ball GT Storylines That Went Absolutely Nowhere

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

Dragon Ball GT is a mixed bag of ideas. The anime was ultimately an important lesson for Dragon Ball to figure out how to tell a story without Akira Toriyama's writing. Dragon Ball GT fans are quick to say the series has good concepts with poor execution, but sometimes, there's no execution. Dragon Ball GT is a polarizing anime filled with storylines that end up going nowhere thanks to the series' short length and awkward tonal shift after the Hunt for the Black Star Dragon Balls Saga.
10 Ways Frasier Was Better Than Cheers

1 week ago | cbr.com | Daniel Kurland

A lot of groundbreaking sitcoms have come along and irrevocably changed the television industry, yet the accomplishments of Frasierand Cheers are on a whole other level. Many were skeptical that a spin-off that follows Kelsey Grammer's Frasier Crane would live up to Cheers' 11-season run. Remarkably, Frasier would last nearly as long with 264 episodes produced across 11 seasons. Frasier Crane has been on television for over two decades, including the Frasier sequel series on Paramount+.