This movie addresses my biggest issue with Dragon Ball Super in that Goku and Vegeta are the only characters in Dragon Ball Super. They simply got way too much screen time and we rarely got moments with other characters where they could shine the Tournament of Power also addressed this and we got some great memorable moments outside of Goku and Vegeta but they still got the most spotlight. So this movie feels like a breath of fresh air knowing how little we see these two but dont get me wrong though I love Goku and Vegeta but we needed a break from them. Despite not watching this with the greatest of quality I was a fairly surprised at how good the CGI animation was admittedly when I first saw it in the teaser back when it was shown I wasnt too big on the idea but looking back on Brolys CGI scenes I thought that they could pull it off and they did very well. Some frames look a bit funny when paused but in motion I have no problems with how the movie looks the animations come to life during comedy along with its great art style. With the fight scenes being CGI too you get some great camerawork during fights. I did see studio JC Staff and Orange in the credits though Im not sure on what exactly they did to assist here but I wouldnt be surprised if they helped out with the CGI part. If youre a Dragon Ball casual or like me whose seen almost everything the series has to offer the story here is nothing you havent seen before its fairly standard and the twists are very predictable though even with its at worst somewhat underwhelming story the overall experience is still an absolute joy to watch. The fight scenes too have some great sound effect design to go alongside it specifically the fights against the Gamma units. You can easily hear the more metallic sound effects for when Piccolo and Gohan hit them it gives the fighting much more weight to it all and I love it. 800https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/905345690853605427/986899126413295656/unknown.png The music wasnt very noticeable sadly even near the end probably my biggest issue with this movie is that it almost feels like were creating the same problem here. Im going to assume here that youve seen a good chunk of the trailers here but just like the Dragon Ball Super problem Gohan and Piccolo got a lot of very deserved attention here. Maybe Im just greedy but I was kind of hoping for a bit more with Goten and Trunks since they finally aged them up alongside Pan. They all got great moments but I feel Goten and Trunks shouldve gotten a bit more then what we got. And even then this isnt even that big of an issue if anything Im grateful they finally gave them enough attention to aged them up. They even gave a reason as to why they didnt which was totally made to get fans to shut up about them not caring about doing that sooner. Im simply worried that in the future when Goku and Vegeta have gotten too much spotlight were going to switch back to Piccolo and Gohan so that fans dont get burnt out on the main two and really never give the side characters a major role. My favorite arc is the Majin Buu Saga for how well it treated the characters in it everyone felt important one way or another even the ones wed never expect to be. I long for the day when we can get an Arc written like how the Buu Saga was again. I hope I worded that properly. To clarify again just incase Im very happy with the treatment Gohan and Piccolo received this movie my issue just comes from a doubt for the future of this series where they just become another Goku and Vegeta situation in where they get more spotlight and ignore other characters who could very well use it. This movie was a very fun watch I had gotten spoiled on something major and not wanting to get spoiled on anything else rushed to quickly watch the movie even if it wasnt in the best quality. It was definitely worth it great character comedy moments brought to life by the well executed CGI one scene in particular shocking the absolute hell out of me. Intense battles left and right filled with a hint of fanservice if you notice it that also had me screaming very loudly at 3 AM also Oreos a lot of Oreos. A must watch for any fan of Dragon Ball just go into the movie expecting Dragon Ball.
80 /100
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