Dragonball

[SimonM]

We sure this is an official trailer and not a fan-hack job?

[golgo]

Does this mean we will now have the world's first 12-hour long movie? I for one will be very dissapointed if they do not have at least one 45 minute scene of Goku and Freeza staring at each other while grunting and twitching. They need to keep up with the spirit of the franchise

I heard Jason Alexander was going to lose 50 pounds and play Krillin.

[SimonM]

Does I for one will be very dissapointed if they do not have at least one 45 minute scene of Goku and Freeza staring at each other while grunting and twitching. They need to keep up with the spirit of the franchise

Thank you sir, this comment made my day.

[golgo]

Thank you sir, this comment made my day.

Glad I could be of service.

[GeneChing]

I confess. I had no idea who Ayumi Hamasaki was until I checked out her website. Maybe this is marketed to a Japanese audience more than an American one, or they would have had Beyonce sing it.

Ayumi Hamasaki to sing theme song for Hollywood's 'Dragonball' film
Wednesday 10th December, 10:02 AM JST
TOKYO —

Ayumi Hamasaki, 30, will sing the theme song for Hollywood film “Dragonball Evolution” which is based on Japan’s popular manga “Dragonball” series. Hamasaki will release an original song, “Rule,” for the live-action version film which will be released in Japan on March 13. The release date for the song will be announced later.

Hamasaki will perform the song in Japanese and it will be used in every local version of the film in more than 60 countries. In an official comment, Hamasaki said, “I hope both old and new fans of ‘Dragonball’ throughout the world will enjoy the film.”

I should change the title of this thread to add Evolutions...

Dragonball Movie Renamed
06 Dec 2008 by Jerry Friestad

The highly anticipated live action Dragonball film has been renamed Dragonball Evolution.

Rumours of this title have been floating around the web for the past week, Fox inadvertently confirmed this by registering the domain name DragonballEvolutionMovie.com, which now links to FoxMovies.com.

The title hardly makes sense considering the movie takes place when Goku meets Bulma and begins training with Master Roshi. Hardcore fans of the series recount that Goku didn’t face any large scale enemies with multiple phases or “evolutions” until later in the series. The evolution could possibly be Goku’s transformation under the full moon or the movie has a whole new plot line altogether.

The movie is still scheduled for 8 April, 2009 in the US and March 2009 in Japan. Unfortunately UK fans of the series may have to wait for the DVD release to experience the high octane “kamehameha” action.

[Lucas]

didnt they learn with forbidden kingdom



chow is cool and all, and im sure that white guy is...nice. but hes not goku. hes some dude

[doug maverick]

what do u mean about forbidden kingdom? it was a hit. and a pretty decent movie. i hope we're not gonna have this whole convo about goku's race, because he is an alien, his race is saiyen not japanese.

[SimonM]

Lucas I loved forbidden kingdom.

Even though Jet Li totally phoned in his performance.

Also Akira Toriyama made the original manga as a response to Chinese folk stories. If it's set anywhere in the actual world it's probably actually in China rather than Japan.

Or possibly both.

[GeneChing]

Here's the scans - check it out quick because they might not last long.

Jamie was also in Samurai Girl. And Maxim UK just folded.

[doug maverick]

We sure this is an official trailer and not a fan-hack job?

its the official japanese trailer.