DRAGON BALL Z: KAMI TO KAMI

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CAST

ANIME ActionDragon Ball Z
MOVIE ActionDragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no "F"
ANIME ActionDragon Ball Super
MANGA ActionDragon Ball Super
MANGA ActionDragon Ball Gaiden: Tensei-shitara Yamcha Datta Ken
ANIME ActionDragon Ball DAIMA

REVIEWS

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  WhatAGoodShow

  1/100
  What if you pull out another overpowered villain who is a gary stu from your ass and make Goku into an idiot? You get..

  This is not Dragon Ball. This is a poorly written disgrace with dry ass jokes and boring fights that does not even know its characters.

  You will notice that our beloved main character for instants acts completely different besides his eating habits and lust for battle.
  Goku underestimates his opponent in the first confrontation and at the end he even bends over to the badguy.
  Vegeta is a punk ass bitch to Bills who also bends over.

  The way they tried to introduce Super Saiyan God was poorly done. What was it? It appeared in the dream on some oversensitive destroyer god and it has to be true because some fish who isn't even sure himself said so.

  Remember when Super Saiyan God appeared in the Future Timeline? You don't? Neither do I. The entire prophecy is a plot hole. The God comes out of nowhere being pulled out Toriyama's ass like usual, never before mentioned and just happened to come to earth of all places.

  Aside from being a recolor and having a shitty name, Super Saiyan God was completely forgettable in the movie since not only was there no hype to its reveal but it literally did nothing in the fight against Bills.
  And what is the fuss about the Saiyan God when in the future said hyped up form loses to a bunch of Saiyans that can't even turn Super Saiyan. Complete embarrassment.
  You are telling me Whis didn't know about Broly or suggested they go to Universe 6?

  The only redeeming factor of the movie, if you can call that, is the future events of exploring other universes if anything. But since that will never be done unless you count Dragon Ball Heroes, this entire movie was a waste of time.

  You can take out all the pointless slice of life stuff and you get a 6 minute OVA. A complete snorefest. And people say this of all Dragon Ball movies is the best?
  I can name at least 21 other Dragon Ball movies that have far more to offer.

  Freaking Bio Broly is a master piece compared to this. At least the fights in Bio Broly are good. And every scene with Mr Satan is a joy to watch. If you think the Pudding Scene can even compare to Mr Satan's best moments, you are delusional.

  What about the visuals? They look like plastic. Goku's Super Saiyan forms don't alter the brightness of his outfit so the coloring with his transformation look like crap. Then you have the awful CGI scenes which are worse when the boring final fight slows down to show each blow. This is the worst use of CGI I have seen. Even Revival of F did that better.

  Non of the soundtracks are memorable. At least I remember "FRIEZA FRIEZA FRIEZA FRIEZA" from Revival of F. Battle of Gods didn't even have that much.

  Do yourself a favor and don't watch this garbage. Even the DBS version is shit but at least the ending is good and Goku's character is corrected to not look down on his enemies. Some of the jokes get build up even tho they get repetitive. And the final fight doesn't look consistently like dogshit. And if you are obsessed with Goku vs Superman and want a reason to argue for several days with other fanboys about why Goku can beat Superman (even if he can't), avoid this garbage movie and watch the less awful but still awful DBS version.

  Overall this movie doesn't even deserve a 1 out of 10. Most positives that don't hold up are external things like getting more Dragon Ball and more shit to explore. Did you really think Toriyama can write something like that? Just look at Namek, which is just a glorified battlefield.

  Overall, Battle of Gods is FANFICTION turned into a movie.

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• 

  shaaaaaaaa

  90/100
  The man who can do anything, faced with the impossible odds to protect everything.

  I do not like Dragonball Super. I agree with all of the criticisms against it, and all of the character assassinations present. Sadly, it is a stain on something I love.

  But if you take one thing away from this, please let it be this: Battle of Gods is not Dragonball super, it does not suffer the issue of misunderstanding its source, it does not deserve the hate its given. Battle of gods is brilliant. I mean it, Battle of gods is beautiful.

  First, keep in mind the period it was being released. We had gone so, so long without NEW Dragonball stuff. After all this time, its back. Dragonball, our childhoods, our inspiration and dreams, its back. The man who could do anything, who rest assured his wife and audience everything would be ok, was back.

  That same Goku does not last too long.

  Beerus shows up and molly whops him. The impossible happens, Goku loses, and is embarrassed. Immediately the goal is clear as day, as always in dragonball: beat the big bad, beat Beerus, the man on the hunt for a "Super Saiyan god".

  It doesn't waste much time setting up who Beerus is, he's divinity and he is merciless, and he's coming to earth to take our childhoods away.

  I adore Vegeta here. Hes still a bit of an egotist as he always will be, but hes a family man and a defender of earth first and foremost. He's fine with doing a dumb dance, and eating Takoyaki and putting on a show so long as it protects his home. A lot of DBS regresses the purity of DBZ Vegeta, but I personally thought he ruled here, fighting a man he knows he has a guarantee of losing to purely to protect his loved ones. No cares for surpassing Kakarot, or being number one, just to keep the ones he fought for vs kid Buu safe. Vegeta at his purest after Z.

  And he loses, as Vegeta tends to do (lol). Showing first and foremost a new conflict: the old Ki wont work here, we cant win with emotion and force, we must ascend, we must go higher. Its brilliant in setting up the soon faulty DBS power scaling, and it sets a distinct tone for the movie, and a distinct goal for Goku: ascend, and save the world.

  And that he does, as he comes to earth last second to save the day, as he always would. Through Shenron and through Videls child, showing how far Saiyan's have come due to earth and just how important these bonds really are, he achieves it.

  Anti climatic don't you think?

  Intentionally so, and Goku makes full point of such, pointing out how he's not happy with his form as he does not feel he earned such. Intentionally anti climatic, giving the audience the same feeling of dissatisfaction as Goku, and hinting towards the climax by leaving a gap in our expectations purposefully. Its genius.

  They do battle, Goku stands his own but never fully grasps Beerus. As hard as he fights, he never fully feels Beerus out. This isn't Goku fighting Beerus, this is super Saiyan god doing battle. This is not the way Goku fights, he's built HIMSELF to be so strong, this is not how he wants to win.

  And thus, its not how he wins. Channeling super Saiyan god into super Saiyan, the form he worked on and perfected with his son, he fights Beerus as son Goku, going all out as the warrior raised on earth; not the warrior gifted a new form.

  He loses. Despite going all out, despite fighting as Goku, he loses. Thus, Beerus explains the universe. or well, universes. There are 12 total, and within just this one, is Beerus and Whis, two people so much stronger than him.

  As Gokus mentor, Roshi did his best to instill one moral into his student: there is always someone stronger than you.

  And it comes full circle here. Now, not only are there two impossible to scale people, but potentially billions across MULTIPLE UNIVERSES. As an ending to Dragonball, this would genuinely be the best there is, leaving such ambiguous and leaving Goku to train on this new level, in a sense that satisfies him, sending him on a now infinite quest to be the strongest. I believe dbs ruins such by exploring said universes, but i digress.

  There is no better example of Goku as a character than Battle of Gods (don't misread this as "this is the best Goku"). Comforting, backed against the wall, trying to the end. It is Goku at his purest, bringing out all of his best qualities and displaying just how special he really is. Dragonball really was back, Super Saiyan's were back, Ki blasts were back, GOKU. was back. That, alone, is beautiful to me.

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  TaxShiki

  87/100
  Flawed but a hell of a good time

  I've talked about how I hated anime as a kid in my DMC review and how I outgrew it. However, this movie was instrumental in my development as an anime-watcher. I used to have no opinion on Dragon Ball- seeing it as an obnoxious, power-scaler's favorite plaything. It seemed like a shallow and chaotic mess of a franchise I had no interest in. This was worsened on October 9th, 2023, when one of my favorite Villains, Megatron, lost to Frieza on Death Battle. I was a brat about it.

  However, my brother wanted to see a Dragon Ball movie being re-released in theaters for its tenth anniversary: This very movie. On October 18, 2023, I binged 'The history of Dragon Ball, I guess' from Catharu's Dojo and studied up just in time to watch this movie. I had low expectations- hell, even bias against it going in.

  ...But as it turns out, I actually had a really good time.

  Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods revitalized a franchise dead in the water in the late 2010s, and hyped up every former fan, hoping it would bring back the magic of the Z era. For many people, it failed, not living up to their expectations. But to me? The mindlessness I was expecting was existent, yet emotionally grounded.

  The plot follows the Z fighter's struggle against Beerus, the 'God of Destruction' of their universe, as they try to either convince him not to destroy their planet- or stop him from doing so, something they're not ready for.

  Beerus is an entertaining as hell antagonist. Having not read the manga or watched Dragon Ball Super, this character, based off of the movies I've seen, is an intimidating and show-stealing threat. He lives in a giant tree floating in space, with an attendant voiced by Ian Sincalir in the dub- so that already steals him many points in my book. Beerus wakes after having a vision- a dream of a rival that can match even his power- that of a 'Super Sayain God.' However, his terrifying presence is often hampered by his comedic scenes- which I still enjoyed. Beerus is a great villain, and one I enjoyed getting acquainted with back as a total newbie.

  I still don't care about Goku, though. He's a perfectly fine character- and I know he's a great father, contrary to his public image (Thanks TFS, that's my only problem with you guys). However, in this movie, he's focused, determined, and still humble- great qualities of a hero. I can't accurately describe how visceral that "I will not let you destroy my WOOOORLD" was in a movie theater. By the time the next Dragon Ball Death Battle rolled around, it was Goku I was rooting for in Goku vs Superman- I had become the very thing I once hated: Someone who liked Dragon Ball.

  However, for me, Vegeta stole the show. Other than Gohan, Vegeta is my favorite Dragon Ball character. He's fleshed-out, tragic, empathetic, obnoxious, and redeemable. A character once defined by his loneliness and pride now getting his pride and strength from the ones he loves. That "My Bulma" scene is my favorite in the movie. Even for just that moment, he was stronger than Goku. His love for his family made him stronger than he ever was alone, and that's beautiful. For someone who hated Vegeta, Toriyama really made him a fantastic character, and this movie is a great example why.

  So when Goku learns how Vegeta put aside his pride, he does the same- and accepts the help of his friends and family. Thanks to them, he soars to previously unknown heights, and rises to meet that power himself afterwards still. Despite that, he still isn't enough to beat Beerus. However, Goku's pure heart is enough to sway Beerus into not destroying his world. It should feel like a cop-out ending, but it feels earned and genuine- as if it's not pity, it's respect for a worthy rival and a good person. I find that wonderful.

  All in all, this movie shouldn't work for me. It's short, it has a basic plot, often cookie-cutter characters, yet I still love the hell out of it. It has subtle character arcs, vibrant colors, and good action. What isn't there to love about a wholesome product like that? I can blame this movie for being my first real anime movie other than Ghibli- and the source that would push me to watch JJK a few months later and fully sink into the anime world. It's not life-changing like KnK was to me, but it was simply... fun. Thanks, Battle of Gods- you may be mid on paper, but you'll always be a B+ in my heart.

  ...Though the line "A mere Super Sayain" pisses me off even though I haven't seen Z. Power Scalers are still annoying when it comes to Dragon Ball.

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