>>263867833Telenovelas/Soap Operas have the same structure as your average melodramatic anime dialogue
Dragon Ball and consequently, every other anime had more or less a similar structure.
Anime ends up being "Telenovelas for kids" despite no one noticing, there's even death, sorrow and whatnot followed by lengthy exaggerated reactions, the kind of stuff you see in Soap Operas with music included and whatnot
Mexico and LATAM keeps buying anime licenses because it can up to 10x cheaper than american cartoon licenses.
Dragon Ball ends up having an S-tier dub with the original music, ZERO CENSORSHIP and a completely faithful script, no weird cuts, no faulconer score, no weird retcons, no cut episodes.
Mexico takes it extra well because before DB arriving there were movies and stuff about Professional Wrestling, El Santo, Blue Demon and whatnot, they had similarly melodramatic and long and convoluted stories with fantasy, monsters and whatnot.
DB practically feels like a nonstop Professional Wrestling cartoon with martial arts included and monsters and sci fi shit you also saw in Profession Wrestling movies.
Because it is animated, they don't have the constrains of live action and can do even more flashy stuff like long range techniques and practically teleportation because of speed and other stuff like blowing up cities and planets.
Massive success, everyone wants to be Goku.
From the girl's side, stuff like Sailor Moon hit them like a truck and up to this day I still see women, younger and old who identify with Usagi just like your mexican uncle would say Goku is his idol.
Goku and Vegeta are Batman and Superman tier of common knowledge here in Mexico.
Nonstop work culture, people idealize their commitment and their no giving up until we die. Role models even if retarded.
For reference, bars made posters like these when chapter 130 and 131 were close to be aired. People unironically saw it like a boxing championship. The hype for the entire Tournament was insane.
