Assertion: dragon ball | /r/HasProperty | the closest thing
Facets:
value: on american television
type: LOCATION
value: to an animated soap opera
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In 2005, media historian Hal Erickson wrote that "Dragon Ball may be the closest thing on American television to an animated soap opera — though this particular genre is an old, established and venerated one in Japan, the series' country of origin.