Official On-Going DBZ 2013 Movie Thread: "Battle of Gods"

[kei17]

...aren't pre-Cell and post-Freeza the same era?

Ah, I mean pre-Android arc. Aren't there any terms that can describe them easier?

[Makaioshin]

Goku with Roshi or Kaio's symbol?

It looks more like the Go symbol to me.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

Yeah, I know I'm nitpicky..

Speaking of nitpicky...

Why is the symbol on Goku's dougi on his stomach? Shouldn't it be like...

[AnimeMaakuo]

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[Tanooki Kuribo]

Yeah, I know I'm nitpicky..

Speaking of nitpicky...

Why is the symbol on Goku's dougi on his stomach? Shouldn't it be like...

Nothing is certain until we see the movie.

I'm not saying it's gonna be like that in the movie, I know it's just how this particular drawing is, I was just being nitpicky.

[JulieYBM]

I took a closer at the article, so Tadayoshi Yamamuro is the one in charge of the animation , that means he is also art director, right?
Well, you can't have it all.....I'm not really a fan of how the characters look now, but maybe I'll change my mind once I see a trailer or something. I mean, this is movie quality afterall.

Yamamuro is the animation supervisor and character designer. Art director would involve backgrounds and other art related things.

[Attitudefan]

Toei is right to where the symbol goes fellow forum members. The edited pic has the symbol too high. Usually the symbol is a lot larger appearing that it is higher up on the dogi.

[PhoenixEX]

That's too high. It'll probably end up being like it was in the 2008 OVA.

[hleV]

Regarding the shirt, this is how Goku looks in DBO (at a time of 23th TB and Raditz' arrival):

...aren't pre-Cell and post-Freeza the same era?

... No? Pre-Cell is whatever happened before Cell and post-Freeza is whatever happened after Freeza. I thought it was pretty obvious. I used it because I technically can't call it Freeza arc dogi and Cell arc dogi because Goku wore those during more than one arc.

[Saiga]

Well there's only one arc between the two so I don't see how they're different things.

[kei17]

I noticed that there're seven dashes written on the upcoming official site.

http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2013_dragonballz/

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Kinda suggestive, aren't they?

Well there's only one arc between the two so I don't see how they're different things.

He's referring to the whole Android/Cell arc as the Cell arc, so pre-Cell means the Saiyan and Freeza arcs.

[samuraix123]

Hey Guys I'm back online my power has been out all day! What did I miss? What have you guys been talking about? Umm Do you guys think they will pull the original Dub actors back or just use the Kai voice actors? Whenever Funimation gets this.

[goku the krump dancer]

Wow a full theatrical movie huh.. I cant fucking wait for this!!!

It just sucks that there wont be an online stream and we have to actually wait until it comes to the U.S.

[dbboxkaifan]

Although this is a Dragon Ball "Z" film will there be new characters (villains?) I think some of you said something about after Majin Buu's arc or so.

[Pokewhiz7]

Hey Guys I'm back online my power has been out all day! What did I miss? What have you guys been talking about? Umm Do you guys think they will pull the original Dub actors back or just use the Kai voice actors? Whenever Funimation gets this.

Can't see any reason why they wouldn't use the Kai cast.

[Li'l Lemmy]

Most of the characters whose voices were switched up in Kai (Bulma, young Gohan, Freeza, etc.) wouldn't play much role in a Boo-era setting. So I don't think it's really a question of "Kai cast" vs. "Z cast", since in this instance they're basically the same thing.


~Da Lemmy

[Gaffer Tape]

Well, I'd say "Kai" cast because, well, regardless of how you feel about it, it wasn't as if Kai was a sidestep in FUNimation's dubbing process. It was the next step forward. There wouldn't be any logical sense in going back to the old way when they've moved on.

[samuraix123]

Well, I'd say "Kai" cast because, well, regardless of how you feel about it, it wasn't as if Kai was a sidestep in FUNimation's dubbing process. It was the next step forward. There wouldn't be any logical sense in going back to the old way when they've moved on.

Yeah I guess you got a point....I am going to miss the old voice actors though

[Cipher]

Hm.

On the one hand, yay! It's exactly what we've been clamoring for for almost a decade: substantial new Dragon Ball footage (everything else being the 30 minute JUMP special and promotional video-game tie-ins).

On the other hand, meh. I'm feeling pretty passive about it. It's another just-post-Boo-arc tale, so I think we can all make a pretty safe bet about what it will be like: fun and pretty to look at, but really just a full-length version of the other 13 Z movies with some (or a lot) of the JUMP special's re-introductory humor thrown in. It's the kind of thing I'm happy to have, and I fully expect it to be objectively the best Dragon Ball movie, but it isn't the substantial addition to the franchise a new series or remake/reboot would be.

Enjoy it for what it is, but anyone hoping for new ground or even internal consistency (relative strength discussions already?) probably shouldn't hold their breath.

[mattymoron]

I also would be prepared for this hyping about Toriyama not being so true. Toriyama never came any close to any sort of supervision of any of the movies or specials before, except for characters design.

Er, that's probably because he was working on the manga like full-time while all the old movies were being made, man.