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

[kei17]

I forget but will it be animated by Shindo Productions? If so, I'm so watching it.

There is no indication they will. Yamamuro Tadayoshi is currently an in-house Toei Animation staffer, I believe. Shindou Productions does still exist, though.

Now Yamamuro has his own company named Yamamuro Sakuga Studio, so I'm not sure whether he is still a staffer of Toei Animation. Speaking of Shindou Produnctions, in DBZ, it's just that Yamamuro was too good and the other animators were so-so, so I guess their involvement does not directly contribute to animation quality.

[Gonstead]

I wonder if a parallel universe idea can work for this movie? Maybe have a evil doppelgänger of Goku that came from a evil universe that some how came into the DB world that we all know and love.

Parallel universe? Idea could work if the characters interact with it.

Doppelganger evil Goku? Nah.

[Chuquita]

Turles is kind of the "evil" Goku to me. Also, I can't picture the alternative without also picturing Evil Goku with that hilariously mismatched facial hair from the TFS Christmas Special. "So evil." X3

I know there's a new guy writing Movie 14, but I didn't realize--and this is if ANN's listing is correct--that Toei had just one person do the screenplay for all the previous Z movies plus the first "Plot to Destroy" and the 08 special: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... .php?id=93

Is that correct? I mean, it might just be because of the gradual animation change grabbing my attention, but I don't recall noticing a similar writing style across the board throughout the movies. If it is all one guy, I'm kind of shocked. I always thought each movie script was the result of at least 2 to 3 people working together.

[soulnova]

Is that correct? I mean, it might just be because of the gradual animation change grabbing my attention, but I don't recall noticing a similar writing style across the board throughout the movies. If it is all one guy, I'm kind of shocked. I always thought each movie script was the result of at least 2 to 3 people working together.

Me too. o_O That's a lot of work for only one writer and even 2 people working on a script without some peer supervision can lead to disastrous ending results. The good thing here is that Toriyama has been involved in the process so we can at least expect In-Character behavior from them.

Who wrote Movie 13? I loved the way it was written and developed. I actually felt like a mini arc over the spawn of several days. While I loved Movie 12 for the character interactions, the whole events felt too rushed to my taste.

[JulieYBM]

I forget but will it be animated by Shindo Productions? If so, I'm so watching it.

There is no indication they will. Yamamuro Tadayoshi is currently an in-house Toei Animation staffer, I believe. Shindou Productions does still exist, though.

Now Yamamuro has his own company named Yamamuro Sakuga Studio, so I'm not sure whether he is still a staffer of Toei Animation. Speaking of Shindou Produnctions, in DBZ, it's just that Yamamuro was too good and the other animators were so-so, so I guess their involvement does not directly contribute to animation quality.

Can't believe I forgot about that. It was even credited in Ultimate Blast's credits! ~_~

[dbzfan7]

How was Kai a disappointment. I'll admit on the Japanese side the voice acting didn't have the same spirit at times, but for the english side it was the best thing that could have happened. Even for the Japanese side I personally find watching full z episodes impossible. I can only watch youtube clips that cut out the filler.

I really hope the movie doesn't single out people. I want to see at least Piccolo do something. I really hope they don't screw Gohan over when he is the strongest either[or have him randomly have SSJ again(GT why)]. It would be great to see the humans to, but t this point in time it might be impossible. I still stand by my earlier post of wanting a tenkaichi budokai to return to relieve the dragon ball days.

[soulnova]

or have him randomly have SSJ again(GT why)

I don't know why, but I have the feeling that this will happen and Toriyama is not going to call them on that because he... forgot.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

or have him randomly have SSJ again(GT why)

I don't know why, but I have the feeling that this will happen and Toriyama is not going to call them on that because he... forgot.

Toriyama said that he will re-read the manga for the new movie (I think?) so I don't think we are going to have a problem there. Besides, Gohan seems to be in his Ultimate form in the poster.

[JulieYBM]

or have him randomly have SSJ again(GT why)

I don't know why, but I have the feeling that this will happen and Toriyama is not going to call them on that because he... forgot.

Toriyama said that he will re-read the manga for the new movie (I think?) so I don't think we are going to have a problem there. Besides, Gohan seems to be in his Ultimate form in the poster.

He read the comic for the first time when drawing the Kanzenban covers, but otherwise he described his preparation for this new movie as simply "getting back into the tempo" more or less.

[dbboxkaifan]

How was Kai a disappointment.

The PQ was a huge disappointment and the Japanese cast in a way did too, but it's obvious they've aged since the days of DBZ.

[Tanooki Kuribo]

How was Kai a disappointment.

The PQ was a huge disappointment and the Japanese cast in a way did too, but it's obvious they've aged since the days of DBZ.

What's PQ? Production quality?

[DragonBalllKaiHD]

How was Kai a disappointment.

The PQ was a huge disappointment and the Japanese cast in a way did too, but it's obvious they've aged since the days of DBZ.

What's PQ? Production quality?

Picture Quality.

[Chuquita]

Is that correct? I mean, it might just be because of the gradual animation change grabbing my attention, but I don't recall noticing a similar writing style across the board throughout the movies. If it is all one guy, I'm kind of shocked. I always thought each movie script was the result of at least 2 to 3 people working together.

Me too. o_O That's a lot of work for only one writer and even 2 people working on a script without some peer supervision can lead to disastrous ending results. The good thing here is that Toriyama has been involved in the process so we can at least expect In-Character behavior from them.

Who wrote Movie 13? I loved the way it was written and developed. I actually felt like a mini arc over the spawn of several days. While I loved Movie 12 for the character interactions, the whole events felt too rushed to my taste.

I just went through Kanzentai's old database for their movie guides (they got up to #9 of Z) and it looks like it's true. The director changes fairly often, but from 1-9 at least it's all the same writer. The only thing I can think of is I guess it shows how different directors affect things. ANN says the same writer did 1-13. 13 definitely had good pacing; everything flowed together well. Agreed about 12's pacing. ANN lists Mitsuo Hashimoto http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclo ... hp?id=9804 as the director for 13 (it says he also directed movies 4, and 5) .

[JulieYBM]

Kanzenshuu has all of the credits in the Production Guide.

脚本/Scenario:

井上敏樹/ Toshiki Inoue DB: 1
照井啓司/ Keiji Terui DB: 2
由木義文/ Yoshifumi Yuki DB: 3
小山高生/ Takao Koyama DBZ: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
松井亜弥/ Aya Matsui: Anniversary

監督/Director

西尾大介/ Daisuke Nishio DB: 1, 2; DBZ: 1, 2, 3, 6
竹之内和久/ Kazuhisa Takenōchi DB: 3
橋本光夫/ Mitsuo Hashimoto DBZ: 4, 5, 13
菊池一仁/ Kazuhito Kikuchi DBZ: 7
山内重保/ Shigeyasu Yamauchi DBZ: 8, 10, 12; Anniversary
上田芳裕/ Yoshihiro Ueda DBZ: 9, 11

[Chuquita]

Very much appreciated. It's both equally interesting to me how the directors seem to rotate while the writer remained the same for the Z movies. Also it's a surprise to me that Bojack and Bio-Brolli were directed by the same person.

[Hellspawn28]

How was Kai a disappointment.

Maybe that most fans that I've seen wanted something new, but we just got the same show from 20+ years ago but with less filler. Funi's dub was good since we finally got a DBZ dub that is good for once in my opinion, but I wish the show had brand new animation. The recent Guyver anime had brand new animation compare to the older OVA's from the 80's, I wish Kai was the same.

[Super Sayian Prime]

Kai is a disappointment because it failed to do what it set out to. It promised a manga accurate recut of Z, yet it missed a third of the series ...

[soulnova]

Ack... I just realized. I'll fly on the 21st... I don't know if I'll have Internet after that. Hopefully I will.

[Thanos]

One thing that I don't understand is why this is still the time-period of when Goten/Trunks are still kids. The promos seemed to indicate this was somewhere smack-dab on the middle of those two periods, rather than no more than a year or so after Buu. It seems like it's the timeframe of the Jump Super Anime Special...

[Thanos]

One thing that I don't understand is why this is still the time-period of when Goten/Trunks are still kids. The promos seemed to indicate this was somewhere smack-dab on the middle of those two periods, rather than no more than a year or so after Buu. It seems like it's the timeframe of the Jump Super Anime Special...