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1. DRAGONBALL: YO! THE RETURN OF SON GOKU AND FRIENDS!!

Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son Goku and Friends!! is a Dragon Ball animated film that premiered at the Jump Super Anime Tour in September 2008. It is the first animated Dragon Ball feature in eleven years, following the tenth anniversary film Dragon Ball: The Path to Power. I just found out this episode recently. You can visit the official Shonen Jump website to stream the video online. It can be only broadcasted free until 31/1/2009.

 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download the original JUMPLAND browser.
2. Install it.
3. Download this Dragonball anime.
4. The browser will automatically launch and the anime will begin.

 

PLOT

The plot for this short-film actually follows up the previous last episode of Dragonball GT where Son Goku and his friends defeated Majin Buu.

Two years after the defeat of Majin Buu in the main Dragon Ball series, Hercule finally finishes construction on his brand new hotel. Feeling guilty that the hotel is in honor of what the majority of Earth believes to be his defeat of Buu, he invites all of the Z Fighters and their families to a banquet. Shortly after dinner two Saiyan Spaceships land just outside of town, and a mysterious Saiyan and his wife confronts the Z-Fighters at the hotel. They are revealed to be Vegeta's younger brother, Tarble, who had been deemed too weak to fight in the past and thus had been sent to a distant star before the destruction of Planet Vegeta, and his wife Gure. He asks his brother for help in dealing with Abo and Cado, soldiers who are remnants of Frieza's army (even having competed with the Ginyu Force), who are causing havoc on his planet.

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I prefer to download the videos part-by-part in Youtube because somehow the loading there is much faster. The streaming in JUMPLAND browser was very slow for me. Here's the videos from Youtube:

 

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4

 

 

BANNER (Click the banner to go to the official website (japanese language)

 

POSTER (Source: Teaser-Trailer)

 

2. DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION 2009

Dragonball: Evolution 2009 Movie centers around the adventures of the lead character, Goku, from his childhood into adulthood. The film began development in 2002, and is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow. It is scheduled for release on April 8, 2009. Actor Justin Chatwin was cast as Goku, and James Marsters will be portraying Lord Piccolo, the antagonist of the film.

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DETAILS

Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Director: James Wong
Budget: $100 million
Release Date: April 8th 2009 in North America, March 13th 2009 in Japan
Filming Locations: Mexico City, Durango, Los Angeles
Status: Post Production

 

A LIVE-ACTION MOVIE!! Can you actually believe that?!? Also the producer is Stephen Chow! That really make me so eager to watch the movie. Too bad it's still long time ahead before the movie is released. Nevermind, I will use the extra time to play the upcoming Sims3. I have watched the trailer and it looks like....MATRIX/ X-MEN/ HEROES?!?( I think Heroes is much better). It has so many elements of "Amokau-ish" and the japanese elements in it is really gone. The starting of the trailer looks like a scene from Heroes too. Actually, I don't even know how to explain it but what can we expect since all the characters are from Western countries. Or is it....??

 

TRAILER

 

CHARACTERS

 

LOL! Did you notice Chow-Yun-Fatt acting as Master Roshi, the totally pervert guy in this series? Not to mention Master Roshi is a great fighter & teacher. But, sometimes I still can't believe. The international actor from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon/(Captain Sao Feng from Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End) is acting in this first ever made live-action Dragonball movie. For me, it's so hard to believe. Oh ya, about the Piccolo's head see it yourself in the screenshots below.

 

SCREENSHOTS

Source: Dragonball Trailer

      

Source: Dragonball - The Movie

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THEME SONG

JapaneseToday reports Ayumi Hamasaki is the singer for the movie's theme song "Rule". Hamasaki will sing 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.”