Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Japanese: ドラゴンボール超 ブロリー, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Sūpā Burorī) is a 2018 Japanese animated martial arts fantasy adventure film. It is a canonical reimagining of the film Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993). It is the twentieth animated feature film based on the 1984–95 manga series Dragon Ball, the first to carry the Dragon Ball Super branding, and is the third film in the franchise to be personally supervised by series creator Akira Toriyama. Set after the events of the "Universe Survival Saga", the plot follows Goku and Vegeta as they encounter a powerful Saiyan named Broly. The film chronicles the history of the Saiyans and the background story of these three Saiyans with different destinies connected to the turbulent period of their race. Broly represents the first appearance of a reworked iteration of Broly in the main Dragon Ball continuity, following the initial version's appearances in the films Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly – Second Coming (1994), and Bio-Broly (1994).
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Directed by | Tatsuya Nagamine |
Screenplay by | Akira Toriyama |
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Starring | see below |
Cinematography | Yōsuke Motoki |
Edited by | Masahiro Goto |
Music by | Norihito Sumitomo |
Production company | Toei Animation |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $124 million |
The film was released in Japan on December 14, 2018, by Toei and 20th Century Fox Japan. It was well-received by critics, especially for its animation, fight sequences, and art style, and was a box office success, grossing over $124 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing Dragon Ball film ever. It also became the highest-grossing anime film of 2018 and, at the time, the third highest-grossing anime film in the United States and Canada and the twelfth highest-grossing anime film of all time. It was the final Dragon Ball film co-distributed by 20th Century Fox, following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney on March 2019. In the English dub, this also marks the final time Vic Mignogna voices Broly, before his partnership with Funimation ended in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. He was replaced by Johnny Yong Bosch in future productions.
A sequel, titled Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, was released in June 2022.