That’s right. The biggest, baddest Saiyan of them all is coming back!
Earlier today, the official Dragon Ball Super anime website updated with new details on the upcoming feature film. A key visual and the film’s full title, along with ticket pre-sale details were revealed. We break the details down below.
Title
The movie will be titled Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Key Visual
The image features Goku and Vegeta standing at the fore, as Broly looms in the background.
The film’s official logo was also unveiled, which you can check out below.
Ticket Pre-Sales
Ticket sales will open on July 20. Folks who pre-purchase will receive a smartphone charm, while supplies last. The two goodies feature Goku and Vegeta in winter coats, and will change color depending on the temperature. Specifically, cold temperatures will give the boys their Super Saiyan Blue forms, while warm temperatures will make them standard Super Saiyans.
Dragon Ball Super: Broly hits Japanese theaters on December 14. The feature receive IMAX, MX4D, and 4DX screenings, in addition to a standard theatrical run. The staff hopes to give the feature a global run, with all regions opening on the same day.
Tatsuya Nagamine (HappinessCharge PreCure!, One Piece Film Z) will direct the feature at Toei Animation. Series creator Akira Toriyama is providing character designs and writing the script for the feature.
Other confirmed staffers include:
- Animation Director: Naohiro Shintani
- Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
Masako Nozawa will return to voice Goku in the film.
Toei describes the feature as:
The theme for this remarkable new film will be “Saiyan”, the strongest race in the universe. Since “Battle of the Gods”, Goku has undergone new forms from Super Saiyan God to Super Saiyan Blue to other evolved forms that have gone up against many invincible warriors from multiple universes. This new story will focus on the origin of the Saiyans’ strength and what it means to be Saiyan.
The project is the 20th Dragon Ball movie.
Dragon Ball is one of the most iconic manga and anime properties in the world. Akira Toriyama’s original manga first appeared in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1984. To date, the series has spawned more than 40 collected manga volumes, as well as numerous spinoffs and anime adaptations.
To date, the Dragon Ball manga has sold more than 240 million volumes worldwide.
Dragon Ball Super is the latest entry into the franchise. The series began airing on July 5, 2015 on Fuji TV. The series is being helmed by Kimitoshi Chioka (episodes 1-32) and Morio Hatano (ep 33 – present) at Toei Animation, with Tadayoshi Yamamuro (Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Beet the Vandel Buster) providing character designs. The show is the first new Dragon Ball TV series to air since Dragon Ball GT in 1996.
Funimation describes the series as:
With Majin Buu defeated, Goku has taken a completely new role as a…radish farmer?! With Earth at peace, our heroes have settled into normal lives. But they can’t get too comfortable. Far away, a powerful God awakens to a prophecy revealing his demise at the hands of a formidable being. When his search for the Saiyan God brings him to Earth, can Goku and his friends take on their strongest foe yet?
Source: Comic Natalie
