With 48 days remaining until the film’s debut, the official blog to promote Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F” has updated with the first of what looks to be a two-part installment featuring comments from the five members of idol group Momoiro Clover Z, the very same group contributing a song to the upcoming movie and voicing the “Angels of Hell” who are the bane of Freeza’s afterlife:
こんにちは。ブルマよ。
公開まであと48日！
今日はなんと主題歌を担当して、ゲストとして声の出演も決まった、最強アイドルグループの週末ヒロイン「ももいろクローバーZ」さんからコメントをいただいたわ！高城）ドラゴンボールは、昔からあるアニメで伝統的というか……うちのお父さんが大好きなの！
毎週、ドラゴンボールのために起きて、また二度寝するということをやっていたから、主題歌を担当すると決まった時に報告したらすごい喜んでて、この上さらに、自分たちがキャラで登場するって聞いたらすごいことになりそう(笑)佐々木）主題歌やらせていただけるというだけでびっくりだったのに、さらに、自分たちと同じ5色の天使の声ができるというのはびっくりしました。
一同）うん、びっくり
佐々木）出てくるんだよドラゴンボールに！
玉井）私たちのグループ名が“Z”になった時から「ドラゴンボールZ」みたいって思ってて、最初は受け入れがたかった(笑)ですけど、本当に色々なものにドラゴンボールZって出ているのを見て、とてもかっこいいって思ったし、すごく勝手に親近感がわきました。
けど、歴史あるアニメだから主題歌を担当できるなんておもってなかったので、こういう機会があって、新しい映画で主題歌をさせてもらえることになってすごく嬉しいですし、声の出演は全くの予想外で、ずっと残るものなので、宝物になるんじゃないかなって思ってます。有安）私たちよりも上の世代の方々の方がドラゴンボールのファンが多いと思うのですが、その方々にこれをきっかけに私たちの声や存在を知ってもらえるのがすごく嬉しいので、ドラゴンボールファンのみなさんにうなずいてもらえるような作品をとどけられたらな、と思います！
百田）私 たちとは世代が全然違って、お父さん世代の方々の作品なので、そんなにドラゴンボールのことは詳しくないんですけど、スタッフさんとかその世代の方々が興 奮して語ってくれるんです。それが子供をみてるみたいで、私たちも嬉しいけど、周りの方もそうやって喜んでくれているのがすごく嬉しいです！
Hey there, Bulma here!
48 days until the premiere!Today we’ve got a comment from the greatest of idol groups, the weekend heroines “Momoiro Clover Z”! Not only are they handling the theme song for the movie, but they’re also set to provide the voices for some guest characters.
Takagi: Dragon Ball’s this legendary anime that’s been around forever…I mean, even my dad loves it!
He used to wake up every week just to watch it and then go right back to sleep, so when he found out we were getting to do the theme song he was ecstatic. I bet he’ll be in seventh heaven when he hears we’re also going to be appearing as characters in the film (laughs).
Sasaki: Just getting to do the main theme was a big surprise, so voicing angels with the same 5 colors as us was an even bigger shock.
Everyone: Yeah, it was shocking.
Sasaki: We’re gonna be in Dragon Ball!
Tamai: When our group name got the “Z” added on, I thought “oh, like Dragon Ball Z”, and I wasn’t too fond of it at first (laughs). But seeing how Dragon Ball Z pops up in so many different places, I started thinking it was actually pretty cool. Now I feel closely connected to it, in a rather self-centered sort of way.
Still, it’s such a historic anime, I never dreamed we’d get to handle the theme song. I’m incredibly thrilled to have this opportunity to do the theme song for a brand-new movie, and getting to voice a character was beyond anything I expected. I’m sure it will be a memory I’ll treasure for the rest of my life.
Ariyasu: While there are probably more Dragon Ball fans in the older generation, it’ll really make me happy for those people to find out about us thanks to this. So here’s hoping we can deliver a product all the Dragon Ball fans will approve of!
Momota: Dragon Ball is a series from our fathers’ generation, so we didn’t know too much about it. But our staff and people like that got real excited and told us all about it. It’s like watching a child: we were happy, but seeing everyone around us so happy too made us even happier!
The story for Revival of “F”, opening nationwide in Japan 18 April 2015 in 2D and IMAX 3D, is being crafted by original manga author Akira Toriyama, who stated he is writing it, “…as though it were a continuation of the manga when it was in serialization,” and that while it will, “…of course be a continuation of the previous Battle of Gods,” he has also, “…deliberately increased the amount of action scenes by a good deal.” Tadayoshi Yamamuro, who worked for many years as character designer and animation supervisor on the Dragon Ball franchise, will serve as the film’s director and animation supervisor. Norihito Sumitomo will return from Battle of Gods and the Majin Boo arc of Dragon Ball Kai for musical composition duties. Momoiro Clover Z will contribute a song alongside Maximum the Hormone, whose “F” will be used as a “battle song” during the film. Revival of “F” is set to bring back Freeza and will also include two new characters (Sorbet and Tagoma), feature Beerus and Whis again from Battle of Gods, and much more.
We will continue to keep tabs on this blog and translate whatever news it reveals, so stay tuned…!