Anime continues its global takeover, and Dragon Ball Z's English Dub Composer Elected as Texas Attorney General is the latest title making waves. Whether you follow the manga, the anime, or both, this news changes the picture in a big way.
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Nathan Johnson, a musical music filmmaker on the Dragon Ball Z anime's English dub, declared on Tuesday that he won his bid to become the next Attorney General of Texas in the 2026 United States midterm elections. He pointed out, βThis is a tremendous honor, and a tremendous responsibility.β Johnson, a Democratic Party member, beat opponents Mayes Middleton (Republican) and Tom Oxford (Libertarian).
With an estimated 99% or 9.8 million of the votes counted, Johnson took home 5,133,762 votes (52.4%), Middleton received 4,502,859 votes (45.9%), and Oxford 165,574 votes (1.7%). Johnson has also served as a Texas state senator in District 16. The music filmmaker-turned-politician won his seat in the November 2018 midterm election.
The current attorney general, Ken Paxton (R), ran for a U.S. Senate seat, but conceded the race to James Talarico (D) on Tuesday. In Canadian election news, Terri Hawkes, one of the lead voice actors for Sailor Moon's first English dub, was unsuccessful for her bid for the Toronto City Council.
Hawkes was running to represent University-Rosedale (Ward 11). According to the October 26 declaration of results by the Toronto City Clerk's Office, Hawkes received 3,782 votes (11.1%) out of the 41,944 votes cast. Hawkes disclosed she was running for the position in May.
On the evening before Election Day, the White House's X (formerly Twitter) account posted a generative AI image of the current U.S. administration in the style of massively popular anime series One Piece. The image headlines President Donald Trump and several key members of his administration on the likeness of One Piece's Going Merry ship.
The posts caption reads, βThe Mark of a Good Crew.β The Mark of a Good Crew πΊπΈ https://t.co/d5yLOOe9x1 As of press time series creator Eiichiro Oda, publisher Shueisha and Weekly Shonen Jump, and Toei Animation have not commented on the White House's post. Trump and his administration are no strangers to using generative AI anime imagery in social media posts.
In June, Trump posted a generative AI video with one sequence featuring him in clothing reminiscent of Naruto's title protagonist. In September 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a video of DHS officers detaining people set to the tune of PokΓ©mon's American theme track.
This past March, the White House's social media account posted a version of the PokΓ©mon Pokepia's box art, modified with the administration's slogan, "Make America Great Again." Following the latter two incidents, The PokΓ©mon Company said it was not involved with the creation of the video and image and had not given the Trump administration permission to use its intellectual property.
The White House's social media account also posted several videos which edited imagery of this year's Iran War with clips from Dragon Ball Super, Yu Gi Oh!, and other TV series, captures, and video games in March. universe's staff then said that they and the estate of series creator Kaβ¦
Whether this marks the beginning of something bigger or a standalone moment remains to be seen. What is clear is that the entertainment world is watching closely β and so are we. Follow TeraMovies for complete coverage.
