Manga/film

List of Dragon Ball films – Wikipedia

Posted on by Manh Vinh
movie dragon ball
10
Oct

Dragon Box: The Movies, a DVD box set that includes the first seventeen animated films, released by Toei on April 14, 2006.

[external_link_head]

Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. Since 1986, there have been 23 theatrical films based on the franchise, including twenty anime films produced by Toei Animation, two unofficial films, and one official live-action film. A twenty-first anime film is currently in development with a planned release of 2022.

Background[edit]

Original run (1986–1996)[edit]

During the franchise’s original broadcast run (0908603917), Toei produced Dragon Ball films rapidly, often two a year to match the Japanese spring and summer vacations. Seventeen films were produced in this period—three Dragon Ball films from 1986 to 1988, thirteen Dragon Ball Z films from 1989 to 1995, and finally a tenth anniversary film that was released in 1996 and adapted the Red Ribbon arc of the original series.[1] These films have a running time below feature length (around 45–60 minutes each) except for the 1996 film, at 80 minutes. These films were mostly alternate retellings of certain story arcs involving new characters or extra side-stories that do not correlate with the same continuity as the manga or TV series.

[external_link offset=1]

These were generally screened back to back with other Toei films for that season as special theatrical events in Japan. The first through fifth films were shown at the Toei Manga Festival (東映まんがまつり, Tōei Manga Matsuri), while the sixth through seventeenth films were shown at the Toei Anime Fair (東映アニメフェア, Toei Anime Fea). By 1996, the first sixteen anime films up until Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) had sold 50 million tickets and grossed over ¥40 billion ($501 million) at the Japanese box office, making it the highest-grossing anime film series up until then, in addition to selling over 500,000 home video units in Japan.[2][3]

Live-action film (2009)[edit]

A single live-action adaptation of the series was released in 2009, Dragonball Evolution. The film only vaguely adapted elements from the franchise and made $58 million worldwide, against a production cost of $30 million.[4] It received a 15% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 3.5/10, amid accusations of whitewashing.[5][6] A number of sequels to Evolution were planned—with lead Justin Chatwin signed on for three films. He expressed interest in seven films in interview, but none of these sequels were ever produced.[7] The rights to any further live action films are currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, after their acquisition of 20th Century Fox.[8]

Evolution remains the only licensed live-action film, though two unlicensed films were released in the early 1990s.[9]

Animated revival (2013–present)[edit]

The franchise returned with Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013), the first animated film since 1996, and the first produced with Toriyama’s involvement. The film—a sequel to the original series—became the franchise’s most successful at the time. Unlike the classic event circuit films, those from 2013 onwards were developed with an international theatrical release planned from the beginning, under 20th Century Fox. Battle of Gods was followed by Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ in 2015. The second film introduced Jaco to Dragon Ball, a character which had debuted in Toriyama’s spin-off manga Jaco the Galactic Patrolman in 2013.[10] These two movies were adapted by the Dragon Ball Super TV series, with the plotlines from the two films forming multi-episode arcs early in the show’s broadcast.[11]

Later movies would adopt the Super moniker, beginning with Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) which grossed more than $100 million worldwide,[12] and is—as of June 2020—the 12th highest-grossing anime film of all time. The most recently released two films, Resurrection ‘F’ and Broly, both hold an 82% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[13][14] A second Super film, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, is currently in production and scheduled for a 2022 release.[15][16]

[external_link offset=2]

Films[edit]

      Dragon Ball films       Dragon Ball Z films       Dragon Ball Super films

Animated[edit]

Live-action[edit]

Reception[edit]

In commemoration of the release of the 20th film, an official online poll asked 6,000 Japanese fans to pick their favorite film in the franchise. The top five films were (from first to fifth): Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler.[32][33]

Box office performance[edit]

Home video sales[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies was originally licensed to Harmony Gold USA around December 28, 1989, who dubbed and released the film in conjunction with Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure.
  2. ^ The second version was produced by Funimation as a pilot to sell the Dragon Ball series to American syndicators, was originally premiered on syndication on September 9, 1995 (along with the first episode of the Emperor Pilaf Saga).
  3. ^ On April 6, 2010 Funimation announced that Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies would be released to a bilingual DVD on July 27, 2010, but the release was delayed to December 28, 2010, 21 years to the day after Harmony Gold’s dub. Funimation announced the voice cast for a new English dub of the film on November 12, 2010.
  4. ^ Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle was released on December 15, 1998 in VHS and on December 6, 2005 on DVD as part of the Dragon Ball Movie Box Set.
  5. ^ Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure was aired on December 28, 1989 by Harmony Gold USA broadcast their dub along with Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies.
  6. ^ It was redubbed by Funimation, and released on November 21, 2000 on VHS, and February 27, 2001 on DVD.
  7. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone was released on December 17, 1997 on DVD by Pioneer.
  8. ^ It was re-released on May 31, 2005 on DVD and redubbed by Funimation.
  9. ^ Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest was released on August 26, 1998 on DVD by Pioneer.
  10. ^ It was re-released on November 14, 2006 on DVD and redubbed by Funimation, along with Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might.
  11. ^ Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might was aired in the broadcast on November 15 and 22, 1997 by Saban.
  12. ^ It was released on March 13, 1998 on DVD by Pioneer.
  13. ^ It was re-released on November 14, 2006 on DVD and redubbed by Funimation, along with Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest.
  14. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug was produced by Funimation and released to VHS and DVD on August 7, 2001.
  15. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge was released on DVD and VHS on January 22, 2002 by Funimation. In 1996, Creative Products Corporation made an English dub for the Philippines with the title Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Strongest. It was shown in theaters and was released on VHS there.
  16. ^ Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler was released on DVD in the United States on August 13, 2002 by Funimation.
  17. ^ Also known as Extreme Battle! The Three Great Super Saiyans
  18. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! was released in North America on DVD by Funimation on February 4, 2003
  19. ^ Also known as Dragon Ball Z: Burn Up!! A Close Fight – A Violent Fight – A Super Fierce Fight and Dragon Ball Z: The Burning Battles
  20. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan was released on August 26, 2003 on DVD by Funimation.
  21. ^ Also known as Dragon Ball Z: The Galaxy’s at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy
  22. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound was released on DVD on August 17, 2004 by Funimation.
  23. ^ Also known as The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Never Rest and Dragon Ball Z: Dangerous Rivals
  24. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming was released in North America on April 5, 2005 on DVD by Funimation.
  25. ^ Also known as Dragon Ball Z Super Warrior Defeat!! I’ll Be The Winner and Dragon Ball Z: Attack! Super Warriors
  26. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly was released on September 13, 2005 on DVD by Funimation.
  27. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn received a theatrical release as a double feature with the special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (1990), under the title Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Double Feature.
  28. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn was released on September 17, 2006 by Funimation.
  29. ^ Also known as Dragon Ball Z: Explosion of Dragon Punch
  30. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon was released on September 12, 2006 on DVD by Funimation.
  31. ^ Dragon Ball: The Path to Power was on DVD and VHS on April 29, 2003 by Funimation.
  32. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F‘ was released in North America on August 4, 2015 by Funimation and 20th Century Fox International.
  33. ^ Dragon Ball Super: Broly was released in North America on January 16, 2019 by Funimation and 20th Century Fox International.
  34. ^ The first sixteen Dragon Ball anime films, from Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) to Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995), grossed over ¥40 billion ($501 million) at the Japanese box office.[2]
  35. ^ The Dragon Ball anime series and anime films have collectively sold more than 30 million DVD and Blu-ray units in the United States, as of 2017.[73] It is currently unknown how many of these sales were for the Dragon Ball anime films specifically.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.kanzenshuu.com/movie/
  2. ^ a b c “予約特典・ドラゴンボール最強への道・劇場版ご近所物語A5サイズ前売特典冊子”. Dragon Ball: The Path to Power brochure. Toei Animation. 1996.
  3. ^ “歴代ドラゴンボール映画作品一覧”. Nendai Ryuukou. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. ^ “Dragonball Evolution (2009)”. The Numbers. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  5. ^ https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/3/0908603917/hollywood-anime-live-action-adaptations-ghost-in-the-shell
  6. ^ “Dragonball Evolution (2009)”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Parfitt, Orlando (March 30, 2009). “Dragonball Sequels Exclusive”. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  8. ^ “Could The Disney/Fox Acquisition Lead To New Live-Action ‘Dragon Ball ‘ Movies and What Could That Look Like?”. GWW. 12 August 2018.
  9. ^ https://www.thegamer.com/dragon-ball-movies-best-forgotten/
  10. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (March 2, 2015). “‘ Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection of F’ Trailer Introduces Golden Frieza”. Crunchyroll. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  11. ^ https://www.cbr.com/dbz-supers-resurrection-f-movie-compare/
  12. ^ Ridgley, Charlie (January 29, 2019). “‘ Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ Breaks Records Upon UK, Ireland Opening”. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  13. ^ a b “Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (2015)”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  14. ^ a b “Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2019)”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  15. ^ “Dragon Ball Super 2022 Movie Teaser Revealed With Official Title”. Retrieved 0908603917.
  16. ^ “BREAKING: Dragon Ball Super: Movie 2 is scheduled to release in 2022!” [Dragon Ball Super: Movie 2]. Twitter. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  17. ^ “ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説（映画）／年代流行” [Dragon Ball: Shenron no Densetsu] (in Japanese). Nendai Ryuukou. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  18. ^ “ドラゴンボール 魔神城のねむり姫（映画” [Doragon Bōru Majin-jō no nemuri hime] (in Japanese). Nendai Ryuukou. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  19. ^ Barder, Ollie (August 22, 2003). “‘ Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan’ Comes To Select Theaters This September”. Forbes. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  20. ^ Outlaw, Kofi (October 12, 2005). “‘ Dragon Ball Z’ Double-Feature Reveals U.S. Theatrical Trailer”. ComicBook. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  21. ^ “Dragon Ball Z Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon”. Crunchy Roll. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  22. ^ “Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power”. Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  23. ^ Nelkin, Sarah (February 1, 2013). “Dragon Ball to Be 1st Japanese Film in Imax Digital Theaters”. Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  24. ^ Loo, Egan (June 11, 2014). “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods to Have Red Carpet Premiere in L.A.” Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  25. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (April 18, 2015). “Dragon Ball Z Resurrection ‘F’ Film to Screen in 74 Countries”. Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  26. ^ Ressler, Karen (February 15, 2015). “Funimation to Host Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Film’s World Premiere”. Anime News Network. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  27. ^ Peters, Megan (September 30, 2018). “‘ Dragon Ball Super: Broly’ Announces Surprise November Premiere”. ComicBook. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  28. ^ Griffin, David; Stevens, Colin (July 12, 2018). “Funimation Is Bringing Dragon Ball Super: Broly to North American Theaters in 2019”. IGN. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  29. ^ “Dragon Ball Super 2022 Movie Teaser Revealed With Official Title”. Retrieved 0908603917.
  30. ^ “BREAKING: Dragon Ball Super: Movie 2 is scheduled to release in 2022!” [Dragon Ball Super: Movie 2]. Twitter. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  31. ^ “A big announcement! New “Dragon Ball Super” movie is planned for 2022! Take a look at author Akira Toriyama’s comment!?”. Dragon Ball Official Site. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  32. ^ “Japanese Fans Vote for Their Most Favorite Dragon Ball Anime Film”. Crunchyroll. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  33. ^ “Fans Pick Their Favorite Dragon Ball Movie of All Time”. Anime News Network. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  34. ^ “Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure – China”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  35. ^ “Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  36. ^ a b c d “Animation – Anime Movies at the Box Office”. Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 0908603917. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  37. ^ “キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 0908603917”. Kinema Junpo: 0908603917.
  38. ^ “Statistics of Film Industry in Japan”. Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 1996. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  39. ^ “Japan Box Office, May 11–12, 2013”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  40. ^ “” Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F'” Books Back-To-Back Record Box Offices On First Two Days Of Run”. PR Newswire. Funimation. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  41. ^ “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2014) – Foreign”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  42. ^ “Japan Box Office, June 6–7, 2015”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  43. ^ “『ドラゴンボール超ブロリー』ブルーレイ＆DVDが6月5日(水)にリリース決定！” (in Japanese). navicon. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  44. ^ Nancy Tartaglione and Anita Busch (April 19, 2015). “‘ Furious 7′ Drives To $1.15B Global; ‘Dragonball’ Big In Japan – Intl B.O. Update”. Deadline Hollywood. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  45. ^ “Dragon Ball Super: Broly Film Earns US$100 Million Worldwide”. Anime News Network. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  46. ^ “Dragon Ball Super: Broly”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  47. ^ “Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2019)”. The Numbers. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  48. ^ “Dragon Ball Super: Broly – Película de animación logra recaudar $54 millones a nivel mundial” (in Spanish). RPP. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  49. ^ “Japan Box Office, April 4–5, 2009 (Yen)”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  50. ^ “Dragonball Evolution (2009)”. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  51. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&country=JP&id=dragonball.htm
  52. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=dragonball.htm
  53. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Dragon Ball film VHS covers . Toei Company. 1999.
  54. ^ “Dragon Ball Z – Movie 13: Wrath of the Dragon (2006) – Financial Information”. The Numbers. Archived from the original on 0908603917. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  55. ^ a b “Dragon Box The Movies”. Kanzenshuu. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  56. ^ “２００7年３月期 中間決算 (2006/4～2006/9) 2006/9)” (PDF). Toei Animation. Toei Company. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  57. ^ “Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 10–16”. Anime News Network. 0908603917. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  58. ^ “Dragonball Evolution Special Edition Movie DVD”. CDJapan. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  59. ^ “Dragonball Evolution (2009) – Financial Information”. The Numbers. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  60. ^ “Top-Selling Animation DVDs in Japan: 2013”. Anime News Network. December 25, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  61. ^ “Top-Selling Animation Blu-ray Discs in Japan: 2013”. Anime News Network. December 25, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  62. ^ “Japan’s Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 9–15”. Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  63. ^ “Japan’s Animation DVD Ranking, March 9–15”. Anime News Network. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  64. ^ a b c “Home Video Guide | Japan Releases”. Kanzenshuu. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  65. ^ “DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending October 12, 2014”. The Numbers. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  66. ^ “Top-Selling Animation in Japan on Blu-ray Disc/DVD by Series: 2015”. Anime News Network. December 29, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  67. ^ “Japan’s Animation DVD Ranking, December 14–20”. Anime News Network. 0908603917. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  68. ^ “Japan’s Animation DVD Ranking, December 28-January 3”. Anime News Network. 0908603917. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  69. ^ “Doragon bôru Z: Fukkatsu no ‘F’ (2015) – Financial Information”. The Numbers. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  70. ^ “Japan’s Animation DVD Ranking, June 17–23”. Anime News Network. June 26, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  71. ^ “Japan’s Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, June 17–23”. Anime News Network. June 26, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  72. ^ “Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) – Financial Information”. The Numbers. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  73. ^ “‘ Dragon Ball’s’ voice of Goku speaks for himself”. Los Angeles Times. June 30, 2017. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  74. ^ “Dragonball Evolution (2009)”. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  75. ^ “Dragonball: Evolution”. Metacritic. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  76. ^ “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)”. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  77. ^ “Dragon Ball Super: Broly”. Metacritic. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

External links[edit]

  • Dragon Ball on IMDb

[external_footer]

Scores: 5 (20 votes)

Manh Vinh