Audience reviews
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thech8t
Not terrible, but not great either.
Generic adventure. Old man sends main character to do thing to prove he's worthy, with classic Dragon Ball flavor.
Launch is just kind of there to make the ending gag work. But hey, more Launch is never a bad thing, even if her presentation here is extremely barebones.
The visuals go hard as hell, though, and are easily this movie's strongest point. I love the demons' designs and how they call back to classical Chinese demons, and the dark feel of Lucifer's domain was fun to watch.
And it *is* fun seeing Goku and Krillin bond as the story moves on.
Otherwise, a pretty bland adventure that feels like it's just kind of there.
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Literally the best English Goku voice ever casted in history. This movie is adorable, and perfectly captures the spirit of OGDB. Please no matter the cost please watch it in English. The actor lets the whole movie feel like a Peanuts special based around kung fu, which is exactly the best part of this era of Dragon Ball. Most movies are skippable, none are canon, but this one is a must-watch.
The plot is so-so, par for the course for a DB movie, and, similar to its kin prior and since, primarily offers an alternative plotline to an anime/manga arc, though I don't care to figure out what it's supplanting. None of this matters in the face of the fun and camp in this movie, and any fan of OG DB would find this to be an unparalleled top tier Dragon Ball movie, pure turn-your-brain-off fun.
I…
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I wasn't expecting anything, but it surprised me.
I confess I expected this movie to be complete garbage, but I was actually surprised by how fun it was to watch. The hierarchy of the antagonists is very well established; it's easy to see who the fighters are and which are the strongest among them. I really liked the red monster's skill with the bandages (Could Daki from Demon Slayer have come from here? LOL), and because it gained charisma from the antagonists, it made the fights more fun to watch.
Furthermore, something that caught my attention was how the film's pace remained constant. It may not be a memorable or technically brilliant work, but it delivers exactly what it promises: pure entertainment, without complications. The secondary characters complement the narrative well; even…
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While it's starts of similarly to the first Dragon Ball movie in that it's a semi retelling of part of the TV show set in an alternate universe and has a similar issue of not having enough explanation to stop newcomers from being confused, Sleeping Princess makes much better use of the concept with the vast majority of the movie being completely original rather than simply retreading old material like in Curse of the Blood Rubies.
While the plot is mostly a very basic affair with a similar charming and light-hearted vibe to the previous movie and TV show, the Gothic style of the setting the movie takes place in the design of all of the creatures is excellent and different from the typical Dragon Ball style. I think that really helps the movie stand apart from others in the franchise give…
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This movie has not much going for it other than the actual cast of Dragonball, and very little is done to make this really stand out animation wise from the series. A movie is supposed to have some level of grandiosity, but this really didn't have that at all. The movie felt slow, and there were noticeable points of reused animation such as the vampire's attack. Shots were dragged and panned needlessly, and it feels like for the era, especially for a movie, that is sorta lazy. The strongest comparison is probably Angel's Egg for me, whose animation is nothing but near masterful, with much of the same architectural and world styling that this movie had, yet really come alive.
The strongest thing going for it is the pseudo Garlic Jr. precursor. It's pretty clear some of the ideas were reus…
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I've talked about Toriyama Akira's shounen classic, Dragonball before. I've also gone over its first film & several of its sequel DBZ's films. Which is natural, I suppose, given how influential it is and how many films it has. We're kicking off this year's film festival with a look at the second Dragonball film. This one hit theatres in 1987, when most of you weren't born and I was just a baby. I understand I was already highly critical of media and snubbed Maya the Bee for being too pedestrian.
Story:
We open with a quick retread of Goku & Krillin approaching Roshi for training. He sends them on an errand to bring him a beautiful young girl but he doesn't trust them so he specifies that he wants the sleeping princess who's been imprisoned by demons for centuries according to legend. W…
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Yet another retelling of the Dragon Ball tale. Have any of these been worth watching? Not in the slightest. Outside of curiosity you have no reason to watch this.
The animation in particular is shoddy. Seems like characters just don't move around as well as they should. Couple this with some awkward scene transitions. The audio is also really bad. Even on the direct streaming version from Funimation it seems like voices are way too low and certain sounds are ear piercing. It becomes annoying to watch.
Speaking of audio, yes a lot of the English voice actors are different. Goku and Bulma in particular sound awful. Luckily Roshi and Krillin are the proper English voice actors.
The story is painfully dull. Roshi decides before he can train Golku or Krillin they must rescue a princess. The…
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Review of the Dub movie.
Pros:
1. The Vampire was a cool designed villain, not like the usual cliche anime movie villain.
2. He had an alright motive, blowing up the sun to create permanent darkness for him and the demons.
3. Very cool art design for the "Devil's Hand". Very spooky design and it gave off some Fantasia "Night on Bald Mountain" vibes.
4. We get to see more of Goku being a Great Ape.
5. Launch is in this movie, so I gotta list this here because she is such a cutie!
Cons:
1. The dub voice in this movie for Goku is terrible, he sounds like hes always whispering and exhaling at the same time.
2. The dub voice for Bulma wasnt very fitting in my opinion. I don't know why they couldn't get the original voice actors, seeing as Master Roshi and Krillin have their respected voice a…
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After watching the 2010 dub version on youtube I can say this: FINE MOVIE.
The movie occurs in the timeline after goku finished his first jurney for obtaining the 7 dragonballs. Master roshi promises goku to train him when suddenly we meet krillin, who appears on the island and askes roshi to be his pupile. But master roshi won't agree that easily and sends the two boys to resque a princess trapped in a castle.
Goku's dubbed voice finaly actually sounds like a normal boy, the rest of the cast get to keep their normal voices. The movie was a direct sequal to the first movie, and I think it was a little better. As usuall it creates an alternate story to what really happened, but the idea stayed the same.
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