Hey, your favourite podcast is back but this time our "intro" counts for so much of the actual episode we decided it would be a double bill since we could not mention how much Akira Toriyama, the genius and legendary mangaka [who passed away earlier this month](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68444060), influenced us. So, to start of the episode, we talk for an hour about what Dragon Ball, Dr Slump, Dragon Quest and his influences did to us, and we hope you'll forgive this disruption to our usual conversation about Hong Kong cinema as it felt important to us to remember such an important part of our childhood. Following our tribute, we are talking about the movie Magic Crystal, an action/scifi/comedy by none other than Wong Jing (God of Gamblers) featuring Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock and many more. This adventure takes from many sources as you will hear but end up an interesting ride and a good excuse to talk about this director's output and a more commercial side of Hong Kong cinema . As always, thank you for listening and let us know via our various pages what you thought of the episode. Additional resources: [Magic Crystal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091532/) on imdb This episode features in the background the song [Pour le plaisir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fy-h6QcfkE) by Herbert Leonard and the theme from Stephen Chow's [Shaolin Soccer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1F8fJrwDwo) by Andy Lau. We also want to point you to the amazing performance by Andy Lau, surrounded by a group of Ultraman, performing [the cantonese theme song for City Hunter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkEKMvO3Jzk). We hope you enjoy! Find us on social media Hong Kong Gor on Instagram at hongkongor.podcast (all the news about the podcast and any Hong Kong action related information we can share) Mathieu/Hororo on [Bluesky](hororo.bsky.social) (he/him) Wing on [Bluesky](bronzelan.bsky.social) (he/him) Come tell us what you thought about the episode, what movies you would like us to cover and tell your friends, family, relatives, and cats about us.