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

[Majin Steve]

Just saying, I trust his intuition as somebody who works in that environment, sees and hears this stuff happen, and has professed his dislike for stunt casting etcetera, more than comments from people on the internet with absolutely no experience.

[soulnova]

Calling it. Karin and Birusu are related.

[bleed0range]

I do kind of expect FUNi to announce a license for this fairly shortly after it comes out.

Their rights come to a end next year and yet they said nothing about the film. I'm hoping we will hear something later during the spring or summer.

Yeah, but let's face it, there's no way in HFIL (I had to ) that they're not gonna re-license the series. That's pretty much a given I feel, regardless of what happens in regards to this movie.

I didnt think about that. Perhaps he said what he said because he feels funi might drop the franchise... although I think theyd be dumb to let it go even at this point.

[MarcFBR]

Just saying, I trust his intuition as somebody who works in that environment, sees and hears this stuff happen, and has professed his dislike for stunt casting etcetera, more than comments from people on the internet with absolutely no experience.

Outside of Ghibli stuff, which gets limited runs... what was the last anime that had stunt casting?

Stunt casting is done when there is a belief it can add to the box office, or add prestige. Neither of which is likely to happen with DBZ.

And considering he's openly said he has NO info, that equates to a guess. A guess with no information is no more valid from him than anyone else with no information behind it.

The same guy has given info/guesses that haven't panned out (that Ocean Kai dub with all the crazy music changes sure has been long in coming.) If his prior guesses were right, then you could argue his quality of guesses is at least good, but his scorecard reads zero, 0, bagel...


For the record though, I'd pay good money for a dub that had Samuel L. Jackson as Piccolo, but my guess (based on nothing but years of being an anime pundit) is that whether it's Funimation, Fox, a company affiliated with Fox, or anyone else... I'd expect it'll be Chris Sabat.

(I would also pay good money for a dub of the film where everyone is voiced by Chris Sabat, but I'm not expecting that either.)

[Majin Steve]

Only if Christ Sabat sang the theme.

The Ocean Dub does seem to be in production tho.

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

Kaioshin has only been mentioned in this pre-movie build-up, right? And there's supposedly something to do with Makaioshin, or at least the World Tree (Is it spelled Kai-ju?) in the film. So you'd think he'd have a pretty important role here and if that's the case then Toei must be keeping his role under wraps.

I wonder...

I do hope Funimation is the one that will be dubbing Movie 14.

They already have...


If there ain't a DBZ in front of movie, I tend to lump them all together. I'm the only one that does that, so don't worry.

Hey guys, has anyone speculated that maybe they are not THE Pilaf gang but actually their own children? xD And they see the Z-gang as a bunch of scary powerful freaks that terrorized their parents in youth?

It's already been confirmed that they were turned to children.

How do you guys think the film's gonna end? Not talking about the climax, but rather the aftermath and how the film moves into the credits sequence. I get the feeling it's just gonna be the typical laughing, but something like a shot of Vegeta staring into space in complete silence as the camera slowly zooms out would be nice.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

Fan speculation from a professional in the industry of dubbing anime.

The movie isn't even out in Japan yet, and we were already told from Fox that the movie will probably come out in DVD in US and not in cinemas, so Schemmel shouldn't have any idea at this point.

Where did we hear that from?

Avenged confirmed this. He asked a guy from Fox, and that's what he said him.

[Herms]

And there's supposedly something to do with Makaioshin, or at least the World Tree (Is it spelled Kai-ju?) in the film.

We don't actually know if those things will be in the film. It's still just fan speculation.

[goku the krump dancer]

So I'm guessing the character bios say nothing new or interesting about the heroes..

[soulnova]

How do you guys think the film's gonna end? Not talking about the climax, but rather the aftermath and how the film moves into the credits sequence. I get the feeling it's just gonna be the typical laughing, but something like a shot of Vegeta staring into space in complete silence as the camera slowly zooms out would be nice.

Goku: "Hahaha! That was fun" *puts hands behind his head*
Bulma: "*sigh* Maybe. But let's not repeat that ever again, ok?" *massaging her forehead*
Goku: "Can't promise that!"
Everyone: *laughs*
Vegeta: *a few meters away, arms folded and leaned against a wall, frowning* "Tch, *insert Vegeta's complain here*"

*Credits roll*

[JeffJarrett]

I think it just hints even further that Whis is the God of Creation.

Or Bils's attendant, which is why he has the symbol of the God of Destruction on him.

And the more I think about it, if Whis is the 'God of Creation', him turning out to be the true villain is actually VERY Dragon Ball, IMO. Sure, you expect a 'God of Destruction' to be evil, but a 'God of Creation'? That's just absurd...and thus feels like something Toriyama would do.

What... what if there's something going on where Whis hates the mortal universe as it is, and wants to "start over" and recreate it. But not only would he need Bils' help to wipe the slate clean, but there's also a little planet called Earth that might cause a problem. It's home to some EXTREMELY powerful people, even more powerful than the Kaioshin, who could get in the way of those plans...

That sounds too similar to a Saint Seiya plot (Abel, Poseidon, etc.)

Hey guys, has anyone speculated that maybe they are not THE Pilaf gang but actually their own children? xD And they see the Z-gang as a bunch of scary powerful freaks that terrorized their parents in youth?

They are listed as Pilaf (ピラフ), Mai (マイ), and Shu (シュー) on the official website:

[penguintruth]

Gyuumao, the very first bara hipster.

[goku the krump dancer]

I'm probably gonna die laughing at their reaction if kid Shu licks Vegeta or Piccolo's face.. in a cute puppy kinda way.

[kei17]

Poor Chaozu has no seiyuu credited on his page, which probably means that he has no lines in the movie.

[MagicBox]

Poor Chaozu has no seiyuu credited on his page, which probably means that he has no lines in the movie.

I'm really, really hoping it's just an oversight because I'd love to hear Hiroko Emori reprise Chaozu.

I loved that he got to be "part of the gang" in DBZ movie 03. I was hoping to see more of that here, so I'll be severely disappointed if he doesn't even talk. I mean, c'mon. Look at the cast list. Everyone's talking. Gyūmaō's talking, for crying out loud. Give Chaozu something.

[Hellspawn28]

It would be awesome if they did a screening for the movie at Otakon. We could have a Kanzenshuu meet up and see the movie. Then we can all get drunk after the movie is over !

[JulieYBM]

Poor Chaozu has no seiyuu credited on his page, which probably means that he has no lines in the movie.

The new running joke will be that every time Chaozu is about to speak somebody cuts him off.

With all the speaking characters at this point, I'm almost not surprised that they're not bringing Emori in. We don't even know how many background actors will be called in yet, either!

[Hujio]

Poor Chaozu has no seiyuu credited on his page, which probably means that he has no lines in the movie.

That had occurred to me, but I'd like to leave a little hope that he'll have at least one line. I mean, they gave Pu'er at least some lines... apparently.

[DragonBoxZTheMovies]

I love these two designs:



Also, No. 18 has a lightning bolt on her chest.

[Mewzard]

And the more I think about it, if Whis is the 'God of Creation', him turning out to be the true villain is actually VERY Dragon Ball, IMO. Sure, you expect a 'God of Destruction' to be evil, but a 'God of Creation'? That's just absurd...and thus feels like something Toriyama would do.

What... what if there's something going on where Whis hates the mortal universe as it is, and wants to "start over" and recreate it. But not only would he need Bils' help to wipe the slate clean, but there's also a little planet called Earth that might cause a problem. It's home to some EXTREMELY powerful people, even more powerful than the Kaioshin, who could get in the way of those plans...

That sounds too similar to a Saint Seiya plot (Abel, Poseidon, etc.)

I was saying that the first instance I found out Goku and co were going to fight a god (considering two of the three manga arcs in the original manga were named after, and involved, fighting Poseidon and Hades), that would just make me more clear (given Toei's love to crossover their own franchises with Super Sentai and Kamen Rider, maybe we'll get this one).

I've already decided to edit audio from the fifth Saint Seiya movie (Tenkai-Hen: Overture) into any Yamucha scenes I can get (considering Tohru Furuya's a god killer when he's not busy being an ex-bandit).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wc--lwc3XM#t=6m48s

On the matter of the battle itself, does anyone else want the movie not to end with Fusion winning? I know SSJ3 Goku might not work at first...but I'd love to see a new ending to a movie, maybe a clever bit of team work...or Hell, Mr. Satan could actually save the day (instead of buying time, he tricks Bils to leave while everyone else in down...or, he gets lucky, and lands a blow in Bils' one weak point purely by accident).

Of course, Vegeta getting a win for once in a movie would be nice (he's bound to bust out SSJ3, just to prove he wasn't going to let Goku win...of course, then, Goku'd have to bust out a Toriyama original SSJ4, and Vegeta's pride would die again).

Maybe they'll make a wish with the Dragon Balls to help (but some horrific side effect makes Dende relent to the Old Kai's idea not to use them so extremely)?

Or, for the pure amusement of a select few, just as their losing, they wish for help...and Superman shows up, beating Bils. He is wished back to his world, after a fight with Goku (where Goku acknowledges, Vegeta-style, that Superman is #1). The internet might implode if that happened though (I'd laugh).

Of course, more seriously, Goku might just win Bils over to his side by being himself, and they bond over a shared love of food.