Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (Japanese: ドラゴンボー超 スーパーヒーロー, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Sūpā Sūpā Hīrō) is a 2022 Japanese animated martial arts fantasy adventure film and the sequel to Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018). It is the twenty-first animated feature film based on the 1984–95 manga series Dragon Ball, the second to carry the Dragon Ball Super branding, the first to be produced mainly using CGI animation, as well as the fourth and final animated Dragon Ball film to be produced under the supervision of franchise creator Akira Toriyama before his death in March 2024. In the film, Piccolo and his former student Gohan head on a mission to save the world from the newly reformed Red Ribbon Army.
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| Directed by | Tetsuro Kodama |
| Screenplay by | Akira Toriyama |
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| Produced by | Norihiro Hayashida |
| Starring | see below |
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| Music by | Naoki Satō |
Production company | Toei Animation |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $102.5 million |
The film was originally set for release in Japan on April 22, 2022, but was instead released on June 11 due to a cyberattack at Toei. Internationally, including the U.S. and the U.K., it was released on August 19, 2022, in both English dubbed and sub-dubbed versions.
It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its nostalgia factor, characterization, fan service, fight sequences, and humor. The film grossed ¥13.8 billion (about US$102.5 million) worldwide, becoming the second-highest grossing Dragon Ball film to date.