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Dragon Ball Z Movie 14
By Rahul Ramesh
Th
e fourteenth instalment of the Dragon Ball movie
premiered in Japanese theatres on March 30, 2013.
The movie which was also released in IMAX has
grossed over 7 million Yen in Japan. The storyline was brought
to life by the duo of Yusuke Watanabe (screenplay) and Akira
Toriyama, the original series author. This 85 minutes movie
has not yet been released in English till date. Being the first
Dragon Ball Z movie to have a theatrical release in 17 years,
the movie has to uphold the hopes and anticipations of
countless fans.
While reviewing about the movie the first thing that
occurred to me was that I have to do it with minimal revelation
of backstory or other information about the storyline because
as far as I am concerned, it has always been customary
for creators to reveal the backstory from some supporting
characters during the course of the plot and that has always
suited the Dragon Ball saga. The timeline is set between the
Kid Buu’s defeat and 28th world martial arts tournament. Also
the stability of the timeline is maintained as this movie takes
place 2 years after the 2008 special “Dragon Ball: Yo! Son
Goku and His Friends Return!!”. As the title itself implies, some
of the characters in the movie are Gods and the plot traces
the ensuing events as the Gods come to meet the Z-warriors.
And the authors have also spiced up the scenario with the
events following the birthday celebrations of our, “forever sexy
girl”, Bulma (hope Vegeta doesn’t hear me..).
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