Dragon Ball Super: Broly

i have written this review after watching the movie unlike the many reviews written by wannabe anime fans who even never watched it.Sadly this is a more common thing happening between weebs. now, STORY: I am not going to explain the story because the internet is flooded with it. What i do can say is that the story used for the movie is built up better than most popular series movies in the last 3-4 years.To be honest i did not expect that because most of the past movies are not that big story based in the DB universe. however i do feel that they could've exploit some topics broader.ART: Ladies and gentlemen you need to see this movie just for the artwork/animation alone. While every other series are fully going for the digital animation/modern look,the director of the DB Broly movie MADE a STATEMENT by making the movie in Old School manga/anime colours and pencil strokes.They do have some use in the movie of modern techniques but it does the movie justice. I watch anime for over 25+years and my god this movie gave me back those Old School nostalgia. no other series can top this up for the moment. But i must confess i did not like some of the character designs because it did not match the Old School touch. SOUND: soundtrack and movie effects are on point and were blasted off on the right moment. CHARACTER: I felt that some characters did not match the whole concept of the movie.Probably they did this to make the movie more open for NON-DB viewers. The new Broly design is superb!It truly screams the savage saiyan look.The old broly personage of the previous movies is blown by bits from the new broly. To bad some characters had not to much screentime. ENJOYMENT: How can you not enjoy this movie?This movie is packed with action. There is nothing wrong watching some old school typical DB fighting. OVERALL: This movie will dominate box offices. The amount of effort and work into it is insane,if you can not acknowledge that then i suggest you stop watching J-animation in it's whole. This movie made a statement by using the Old School look and re-vamping 2 popular characters and that takes balls to do it since we live in an era flooded with oversensitive fanservice fans and keyboardgangsters that like to bash because they cannot accept change or cannot accept good work. I salute the whole crew who made this movie!It has been a while that i really enjoyed a good J-animation movie since kimi no wa and wolf children

"I smell death in the air." -Goku who has a scar in his face "I smell obligatory money grab in the air." -Me, and about half of the DB fandom Let's face it, Dragon Ball Super is just fanfiction written by the original Dragon Ball creator. First the amazing Dragon Ball manga was ruined by the Z route with its fillers and godawful pacing, and then the franchise got extended with million different side/backstories/sequels over decades and they are shamelessly even called "canon" because that's the best insult anyone could ever come up with when trying to mock DB. I wish this would stop because nothing wasneeded after Kai. Nothing. In this movie, Goku and Vegeta have an obligatory fist fight, Bulma tried to be sexy. Beerus and his buddy eat some cake and every main character acts like a clown to add some comedy. Rest of the story focuses around 2 things: recycling the same shit in the exact same manner as DB Super did, and adding new story elements and characters in the mix in purpose of rewriting the true canon story. It's truly amazing how mere 20 minutes of the movie's air time is put in something that quite literally just rapes the history of Saiyan race once again. "There was this guy and that guy and then this happened oh and that, and yes, it totally existed always now I am just confirming this shit, I swear." What a joke. At the very least, separate, 2-hour long movie about this subject would have been needed, but I guess that's fine, it's not like this franchise is supposed to be taken seriously anymore. I actually read that the original script was 3 hours long, but the storyboard was changed by the director and the outcome is now this 1 hour 35 minutes of messiness that doesn't give a shit about Dragon Ball. Quality level: shonen. Character-wise, at least the main cast's personalities aren't as heavily altered as in the later DBS arcs, so I guess that's an achievement of some sort. Broly himself is basically acting like a mentally handicapped dog. I am sure he couldn't even fetch a stick, etc. ETC standing for Electrical Training Collar. Seriously, this version of his character is pretty much just a ripoff of Danny the Dog. Frezzamocca (Freeza) also talks about planet Vegeta's destruction for the 90.000th time here as well because no one has yet grown tired of hearing about that shit. Such a fresh experience this one. It's truly great to see the fans getting respected this way, love letter to the fandom, no less. //sarcasm. Art and sounds are pretty much the same as earlier, tho the last fight scenes are quite spectacular especially considering it's the work of 2018's Toei. If we talk about the event that lead to the fight, the pacing, the fusion training, the powerlevel asspullery... well, maybe they pass as a comedy. Lots of lung work is put in the yelling sequences and the hair designs are matching all colors of rainbow. The 3 seconds long OP doesn't really make any sense, but who cares really. Broly's own song is cringe as duck, tho. "Go Broly, go go" and I hate myself for letting it get stuck in my head. Because I considered myself a fan of Dragon Ball, I can only call this movie trash. I give a 2 instead of a 1 because Piccolo.

With Dragon Ball surging back in a big way with Dragon Ball Super and it's "conclusion" , along with the news of this film focusing on fan favorite Broly and showcasing some great animation in the trailers, this film is likely the most anticipated Dragon Ball film yet. While Battle of Gods had some great character and comedy standouts and Resurrection F upped the action and brought back the series greatest villian, Broly ramps up the action to the series heights while also providing some solid character work. Story/Character: The first third of the film deals with Broly's backstory as wellas an abridged and slightly rewritten backstory for the Saiyans and their conquering by King Cold and Frieza. It's great to see so many classic characters like Goku's parents and King Vegeta as well as younger versions of a few others. All the character cameos are great and Broly's new backstory makes sense but this backstory is also where I found myself scratching my head the hardest. In this backstory, Goku's parents save Goku by sending him into space in a Saiyan pod, though they do this while he is clearly a small child, not a baby like when we originally see him in Dragon Ball. This detail really sat with me, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why they couldn't have written this backstory in a way which lined up with the original source material. Besides this major complaint, Broly is shown as a sympathetic character with a fleshed out backstory in comparison to the minimal explanation we got with the original movies. He is shown to have an immeasurable power level at birth and his father Paragus sees this as proof that his son has the potential to be the most powerful of all the Saiyans (mainly above King Vegeta's son). He controls him with a shock collar device and you definitely feel sorry for the poor guy...never getting a chance to live normally and abused both physically and mentally by his father while surviving on a far off planet. My one last point concerning the characters in this film is the inclusion of two new characters that work for Frieza's army. As far as I can remember, these guys are the first "good" characters we've ever been seen to work under Frieza, showing kindness to Broly and becoming his first friends. These two are really cool and I really liked their inclusion. Art/Animation/Sound: Being the action spectacle that it is, this film features some of the best animation the series has seen to date. However, with the sheer volume of action sequences featured , the CG of Resurrection F rears it's ugly head yet again. With trying to avoid some pacing spoilers of the film, the major fight against Broly which takes up about the latter 2 thirds of the film begins with 2D animation and after about a quarter of the fight switches to a CG/2D style blend and ends on a high note with more 2D sequences. While the CG is certainly noticeable, it's directed so well during the more bombastic action sequences that it covers the lower quality visuals. The only times it really hurts is during some of the sequences that really slow down and draw attention to the visuals, but as along as characters are whizzing around beating each other up the CG doesn't hurt it too much. To drive this point of the directing outwaying what the CG lacks, one of my favorite sequences of the film takes place with almost entirely CG backgrounds and characters but is so over-the-top, colourful and well directed that it entirely makes up for it. As far as the music is concerned, there isn't much to be said besides a few highlight that got me extremely excited. There are two battles in the film with musical accompaniments that chant the characters names that got me so excited, they were definitely a highlight of the film. During Broly's initial fight with Goku a song plays, where once the fight really starts kicking in, begins to chant "GO BROLY GO GO! GO BROLY GO GO!". In moments like this, I couldn't help much smile ear to ear and feel like a kid again. Even though this is the "first" appearance of Broly in the canon of this series, the song really expresses to the viewers a knowing of and excitement for the character. Overall: This is definitely the most entertaining and action packed Dragon Ball film to date. I can't think about much to sum this up as other than saying it's an absolute crowd-pleaser. Besides some issues with the rewriting of some major character/plot details and a few unfortunate CG moments this film delivers in spades as being an ultimate showcase of everything that makes Dragon Ball great.

Overview: Firstly, I would like to thank the random Japanese guy who recorded this in the theater and uploaded it to Kissanime with subtitles. You're doing the lord's work! If Toriyama wanted our money, he wouldn't have made the events of Dragonball Minus canon. This movie has some awesome action and animation, but the writing is just...ugh. The best part is that it was written by Toriyama himself and this movie is now officially canon. I had some minor gripes and issues with Resurrection F that I brought up in my review of that film, but this was just awful! Background: "If you listen to the fans, you'll besitting up there with them." - NFL coach Buddy Ryan This movie was made solely because Broly fanboys wouldn't SHUT THE FUCK UP! They just kept demanding over and over that Broly be added into DB Super because he's just SOOO cool. Despite the fact that his character gets boring really fast, has no depth, and he has the single stupidest character motivation of any villain ever. He hates Goku because he cried a lot as a baby and it disturbed Broly's nap time. I'm dead serious. DB Super eventually relented and created a female Saiyan character named Kale, who would have all the same powers as Broly while still having a personality. It was supposed to be a win/win scenario that would appease both the Broly fans and Broly haters. I personally thought Kale was fine, but the plan didn't work. The Broly fanboys considered Kale to be a blasphemy against their lord and savior Broly, who is the greatest character ever written! They absolutely demanded that Broly in his original form be added into Super. I ultimately blame Toriyama for making this movie, but I also blame the Broly fandom. You guys are responsible for this mess! Plot: (Spoilers if you care!!!) We flashback to Planet Vegeta 40 years ago and see a retelling of the events from DBZ Movie 8. Broly is born with a super high power level and King Vegeta is upset because Broly's potential is higher than his son Prince Vegeta. Instead of stabbing Broly like in the 8th movie, the king sends Broly into exile on a deserted planet in the middle of nowhere. Broly's father Paragus goes into space to rescue his young son, but the ship crashes and they end up stranded together. We then go to 35 years before the series starts and we see the events of a doujin that Toriyama wrote called Dragonball Minus. Goku's father Bardock existed, but the awesome TV special that everyone loved never happened. Also Goku was actually around 7 years old when he was sent to Earth, not a newborn like in the original manga or anime. Toriyama just retconned 33 years of Dragonball continuity for absolutely no reason. Bardock never had psychic powers, but he was the only Saiyan smart enough to realize Freeza's genocidal ambitions towards the Saiyans. Bardock sent Goku away towards Earth and then promptly died along with the rest of the Saiyans. Oh and Vegeta's little brother Tarble is now officially canon. Thanks Toriyama! Super explicitly went out of its way to not mention Tarble and say that he wasn't canon, but now he exists and it creates a plothole for Super. Now we must wonder why they invited fucking Roshi and not him to join the Tournament of Power. He's the last Saiyan who can use the Great Ape transformation and that obviously would have been a MUCH bigger help than Roshi, Krillin, or Tien. I now officially prefer the Ocean Dub where Bardock was "a brilliant scientist". We flashforward back to the present and Broly's father has been sending out a distress signal for 40 years. This signal was never noticed during the time when Freeza's Empire was massive, but now the new Freeza Empire that has existed for the 5 months since the Tournament of Power manage to see it. We are introduced to some comical good guys that work for Freeza and...this is dumb. I have a hard enough time accepting that lots of good people would fight for Zeon in the Gundam franchise, but Freeza?!! He's one of the most over the top, evil bastards in anime! He makes Gihren Zabi look subtle! The good guy Freeza soldiers meet Paragus and Broly and discover that Broly is absurdly strong, despite the fact he's never trained and has never fought anyone besides his weakling father. Freeza is overjoyed that another Saiyan exists that is stronger than him. Toriyama...did you forget which character you were writing?! Freeza believes he can manipulate Broly into killing Goku and Vegeta because King Vegeta was the one who exiled him. It actually works and they head for Earth. Goku and Vegeta have an argument and Goku believes that Freeza has reformed his ways and doesn't need to be killed. Goku, you're a fucking idiot! This is dumb even for you! The bad guys arrive and Broly starts fighting Vegeta. Throughout Super, Vegeta actually has some character growth and becomes less of a massive dick. It's one of the only positive things I can say about Super. Here he throws that away and tries to kill this random Saiyan he's never met. Broly fights back and soon Goku and Vegeta are on their back feet. Freeza kills Paragus to enrage Broly and we get the climactic fight of the movie. Toriyama rips off the fusion dance gag from DBZ movie 12 and they form Gogeta to make quick work of Broly. Oh and Freeza gets injured by Broly, but Freeza's "good guy" henchmen bring him back to health. Seriously, do they not comprehend how many hundreds of billions of people Freeza has killed? Anyways, Gogeta allows Freeza to live for...reasons and Freeza and Broly both retreat. We end the movie with Freeza's henchmen continuing to befriend Broly and Freeza hoping that the rematch will go better. Art: Here is the entire reason this movie gets a 5 from me. The fight has some very creative shots and camera angles we haven't really seen in DB. The animation is fluid, the CGI is actually used well, and the whole fight is gorgeous. I have no real complaints here. This was Toei doing the absolute best they can do. Overall: We expect DBZ movies to have awesome action and stupid plots. It's ok if the stories and villains are dumb because it isn't canon. It's like an "elseworld" in Western comics. The problem with this movie is that it IS canon. It creates plotholes, derails characters, and retcons longstanding continuity for no reason! If Toyiyama gave a flying fuck about his millions of fans around the world, he would check with an editor and we wouldn't end up in a mess like this. He doesn't. Even Vince McMahon doesn't have the sheer level of disdain for his own fans and his own product that Toriyama seems to. The Star Wars fans think THEY have a right to complain? Look guys! George Lucas is an idiot when it comes to science. He thinks a parsec is a unit of time and that light speed is fast enough to traverse the whole galaxy in minutes. You want to know why Lucas never thought of using a relativistic kill vehicle in the original trilogy? It isn't because the ships have special force fields preventing this. It's because Lucas is NOT a hard science fiction writer! Anyways, back to Dragonball. Fuck this movie. I would advise DB fans to wait until this gets uploaded to Youtube, watch the Broly fight for eye candy, and pretend the rest never happened.