Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
First off does anyone know if the movie will get a nationwide release or a limited screening like BoG?
If so I think the movie will be a gigantic success considering BoG made 50 million worldwide imagine all the kids back then and the kids now who grew up with the dragon ball series come to watch the movie... I wouldn't be suprised if USA alone raked in more than twice that amount that BoG made worldwide. What do you guys think?
Nothing has been said yet of how the release will go. The only thing we know from FUNimation is that the movie will come out sometime in "Summer 2015." I hope it gets at least a larger release than Battle of Gods did, which it most likely will. I want more Dragon Ball Z and the only way to do that is to support these movie releases. Do I think it will get a standard nationwide release like most movies do? No. But I do think it will get a larger release than Battle of Gods did, similar to some indie movies that are release in theaters after an initial showing or so at film festivals.
I'm thinking it may get a release similar to The Perks of Being a Wallflower when it was initially announced to have a limited release. Maybe a few more than that since I forget how many theaters their initial announcement said it would be in.
I think I read somewhere that Toei is aiming for the movie to earn 4 billion yen.
Spoiler:
Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
