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2024-05-09 22:24:31
This May 9th is celebrated worldwide Goku Day or Goku Day. This date is used by millions of people around the world to commemorate the famous Dragon Ball character.
It was celebrated for the first time in 2015 when the Japan Anniversary Association officially recognized it following receiving various requests from fans of the series and from TOEI Animation, the animation studio responsible for the production of Dragon Ball.
Why is Goku Day celebrated on May 9?
For a date to be recognized, there must be at least one symbolic element that allows us to determine that there is a special reason to commemorate a series or character.
In the case of Goku Day, the explanation is quite simple, to do this we must understand that the Japanese read the calendar in an inverted way to us, Westerners, that is, they first place the month and then the day.
In this way, for them, May 9 is written as 5/9. The striking thing regarding this is that the Kanji of both numbers are pronounced very similar to “Go” and “Ku”, respectively, which is why Goku Day is celebrated on 9/5.
What other Dragon Ball character has his day?
Goku is not the only Dragon Ball character that has a special date on the calendar since there is also a Piccolo Day, which will depend on the country.
Some people celebrate this day on May 9 because it was the date on which King Piccolo proclaimed his sovereignty on Earth, however, due to dubbing, this date was changed to May 13, creating some conflict in its celebration.
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