New Promotional Photos
Jul 31st, 2008
Mymovie has some newish promotional photos featuring Eriko Tamura (Mai), Jamie Chung (Chi-Chi) and Justin Chatwin (Goku). Click to enlarge.
Polls
Loading ...
173 Comments to “New Promotional Photos”
Leave a Comment Below
I can’t say this enough but Justin Chatwin would have made an AMAZING adult Gohan….. not a goku
Oh yeah, let the promotion continue! Thanks Go! and Adam.
Justin’s shoulders aren’t broad enough and this movie probably will turn out like DOA….. They just put James Wong on this movie cause he’s asian probably.
Yeah he looks like an older gohan.not goku
Go Chi Chi! And Stop complaining about Goku looking like teen Gohan.
Uhhhhh, Chatwin looks alot like Goku to be honest.
Yeah he’s Goku,
no doubt about it..
And these are awsome lol
And Mai is so HOT!!
lol
With that outfit, and the fact that she has knives strapped to her arms, I doubt this will be pg lol
Cool, thanks Adam!
@Marcus: No problem, but everyone should thank all the sources.
I think Mai is very sexy!!
Give us the fucking trailer already.I swear fox sends the most booring aspects of the film why don’t they just fucking reveal piccolo already.Granpa gohan is more interesting than the same ol boring ass pictures.
Nice pics
..Chichi reminds me of videl xD
nice…
@atem: Something funny?
Hubba Hubba
All are pretty old, except for Mai’s
Yeah I don’t think this will be a PG rated film, because of *cough* *cough* alot of boobage going on there
I have a feeling we’ll be getting a teaser trailer real soon.
Seriously, it’s finally coming
mai has bust lol
lol.. alot of boobage!
cool pics! my new trailer is about to get longer;)
I think trailer will come out next month for sure.
@Karen: Her outfit is even Videl-ish lol
@lebnash1: After seeing that revamped poster you did, I’m really looking forward to that trailer.
MAI’S FULL ALRIGHT. Wowie zowie. I want to put my face in it and go burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
Well, I’m liking what I’m seeing. Goku look’s cool, Chi-Chi look like she’s really to kick some ass, and Mai….
I really don’t see this movie as a PG film, THANKS MAI!
Yes, I know. I’m a perv.
And thanks for the pictures!
dude the Mummy 3 fucking sucked…..i was so pissed and this pic made my day…thnx..people of the internet
@lebnash1: Haha, nevermind, I just watched them both. AWESOME.
Digg this post and get a free cookie. http://digg.com/movies/New_Dragonball_Movie_Promotional_Photos
I only hope that the clothes of ChiChi is not that it uses in the movie! ..
@Adam: Where’s my cookie?
it’s late so ill be quick
Mai :looks hot but don’t like her hair, way too puffy and not long enough.
Goku: it would have been better if he had his boots on over his pants, he would have looked like a samuri.
Chi Chi: looks great, but I would have put her in clothes that look a “little more” oriental
@Adam:
obviously nope….i was just random
@kinglame:
well then I guess my pervy senses are tingling when I hear…mai…. XD dragonball female character sure are hot and well I guess at least if they dont look like the one in the anime they still have the hottness in there ^^
perv 4 ever ^^
Hey guys remember this is DB maybe they change goku when its DBZ
I refuse to believe theres nothing in that cave
the dragons look like an entrance
I bet its where they go to collect a dragonball
@Joey: to be honest i hope not i have sequels that use different actors unless its a huge age jump like in the prequels to star wars ep1 to 2 that was understandable but not in this… i think Justin Will be an excellent Goku. And his face looks just like him…
Nice, Thankyou sources, Thankyou Adam for posting on here where i can find it
They all look cool… But (Im going to get a lot of abuse for saying this) Mai just looks a tiny bit too Power Rangers for my liking. I’d prefer it if she had longer hair like in the anime.
@Scott:
Yeah I don’t like the hair either, but it does look alot like the anime.
the pics ive seen reminds me of power rangers
the fulum assasins especially
chatwins looks like gohan and jamie looks like videl
Fucking fox has ruined the dragonball franchise 4 ever!! to think it’s history will have this shitty movie attached to it.Street fighter games were never the same after i saw that movie.
Reply to one hero: Chatwin looks like a poofter Chi chi looks like a reject powerpuff girl and mai looks like a vietmanese prostitiute end of story and this movie looks appalling.!!!
Chi chi looks like robin shou cross dressing.! (Lui kang mortal Kombat movie)
@I’m 21 and still watching this movie.:
your ignorance is just terrible, hard to believe that you’re 21 
why are you flaming?
@I’m 21 and still watching this movie.:
damnit first powerpuff girls, now robin shou.. who the hell are you?
Hrd to believe your so naive in thinking this movie will be any good.
I’m going off now this movie is not worth my time. grow up grapes quit being a bitch.
@I’m 21 and still watching this movie.:
yeah but i’m not someone who says “ooh they’re dressed like powerpuff girls or whatever, and the clothes are what makes a movie good”
WHoAAAAA!!!! MAI LOOKS AMAZING
Mai is defiantly eye candy!! My heart is beating soooo fast right now you guys. Finally promotion is finally begining.
I’m liking these new pics. Where is Piccolo!
hahahahahaha
i bet EVERY SINGLE boy
has clicked on chi chis photo
and tried to zoom in her pussy
tryna get a look for something
hahahahahahaha
@I’m 21 and still watching this movie.:
http://www.CanAllTheHatersGoAway.com
WOW Great pics^^ Finally some more promotion!! I cant wait for this movie
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/albums/official/gokunew.jpg
Anyone else think Justin looks really really tall in that pic?
@I’m 21 and still watching this movie.: You’re a walking oxymoron. Change your name atleast please >_>;
@I’m 21 and still watching this movie.: Could you please stop flamming the movie and the characters. Our webmaster is doing a excellent job providing us with the news and your bashing every news he shows us. He is doing us a favor, remember that!! Im sure there is something you like or else you wouldn’t be here. Unless your a protester.
I could be wrong but are his pants suppose to be that baggy.
Dragonball is going to be a masterpiece!!!!
Mai looks sooooo freakin’ sexy 10/10
I wonder what Master Roshi is going to do when he see’s her?
mai looks so hot goku looks good chi-chi looks average i wish goku had boots like in the anime thanx adam and your sorces
damn, mai looks so hot
i don´t like her hair though, but it might end up looking good, besides, her hair is the least i´ll be focusing on when i see her in the movie :p
@Breasts are full:
You motor-boating son of a bitch..you ol’ sailor you. haha
The First One, definitely, won’t be the best. However, that one is gonna incite all to see the subsequent ones, that, I am sure, the best will be.
This movie and all of its cast are goin down! hill.Chartowin looks like
nioghtcrawler from x men.
To all the haters,
This is why we are having live-action version being made in Hollywood.
Taiwan version:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/textsite/archives/17290852.html
Korean version:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/textsite/archives/50172112.html
And I believe they don’t have any official rights.
I guess this is why we didn’t try to make it in Japan.
(Well… it cound’t be as bad as those 2)
hahahaahahha i think it’s real funny how ridiculous chatwin looks,He looks like a white guy trying to be asian LOL.An asian legend who knows how to fight not hide behind stunt doubles.LOL
I could crush this guy with my bare hands no actually fingertips>LOL
Korean Rulez ! KKKKK!
Hey dr slump at least those two versions had some relevance to the series.Ijust saw yamcha and he looks more faithful than that old fart they got to play him.At least gokus hair is black.If you gave one of these asians countries a big budget they would put wongs poor excuse of a vision to shame.He is an ibecile for changing so much of what made the original series so great.The movie dose not look epic at all it looks like another speed racer film which is a huge waste of potential.They should of spent more time on it and get Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg to direct the film.Now it’s just going to be another linear fantastc four or x men movie with no sense of scale or epicness like you see in Pirates of the carribean.
I starting to think that jerry bruckhiemer would of made a better film.It’s really sad to see all these fans in denial and evertytime fox fucks up they make excuse for them.e.g oh chatwin has no tail and brown hair and gren eyes oh maybe they’ll edit in in post production and it will be all good.PPFT! fat chance don’t you see what they did to gambit!I hardly recognise him he looks like shit.I bet you that piccolo will be altered so that he is pink.Knowing fox they just can’t help themselves.!.
The taiwan version its really cool, i have see that movie when i have 12 years old and here in japan was showed on cinema and selled on dvd, the problem whit the hollywod version no its the movie, its the entiere cast, like a guys say on this blog ; goku looks more gohan than goku.
ドラゴンボール its based on a novel called 西遊記 from china, the characters looks great for other movie, but no for Dragon Ball i know a lot of ppl says ; shut up people this moie gonna be great and dont say anything, yea yeah, i can see they all are otakus or mangakas wannabe, theppl who really read all the mangas, see all the serie and Ovas onl can understand the true felling od Dragon Ball, now… i hope the movie called Robotech (macross copy made in USA) gonna be great because the US army its gonna anvolve and its more realistic, maybe dont have the problems that dragon ball have, only put Macroos when ths move come to japan and dont robotech XD!
PD : good luck for this movie on his release year.
@ Nelson18
Chi-chi looks average? Um……
Anyway,these are nice photos. Promotion might start this month…maybe.
This is a random question that no one has bothered to ask. Seeing as Chi-Chi’s father in Dragonball was the Ox King, I wonder if Chi-Chi will have some muscular over protective father in the DB movie if he is mentioned at all >_>;
Raditz I was thinking about that today and yesterday. Also another thing I was thinking about what a coincidene it would be if it turned out that when Goku was younger he turned into a great ape and killed chi-chi’s mother. LOL
Justin is a amazing Goku. He IS Goku so you lot who are against him need to get over it. I think your just jeallous you can’t be Goku
lol give him some credit will ya?? he’s tried hard to be Goku, the last thing he needs is for suposed dbz fans to be against him. geesh. Mai is damned cool man 
Chichi is cool….still miss her bangs though 
but hey, i’m still happy 
optimism people!!! <3
lordy, even tho im one of the few that liked the doa movie lol *cuz obvious reasons of hot chicks!** i hope this movie is nothing like it. this will most likely be a pg13 movie just from seeing fight scenes and boob-age clothes! then again remember ninja turtles 1 back in the early 90s was pg and pretty kickass movie!!
i got hope for this flick, hell i know im going opening day for it!
He is not amazing as goku at all quit trying to make excuses for their poor casting.
Ugh I dunno about this movie anymore. When I hurd it was very “teenage comedy” I almost cried.
I just want a trailer for the love of GO fox Give us SOMETHING your lack of advertising is actually deterring from wanting to see this.
@Tanner:
patience is best virtue.
mai and chichi look good can’t wait for the trailer and chichi in action
I just got beat down from looking at mai for to long, hard to do proper dragonball research with the girlfriend around
Darkhorizons and Slashfilm mention Dbthemovie!! YEah
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080801i.php
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/01/new-dragonball-photos/
cool.. wheres my cookie!!
so it is true they r making dawson’s creek da movie i cudn’t believe it at first, oh n its gna have kung fu dats an inarestin twist
What’s up with the cracker playing goku? he doesn’t look like gohan he just looks like shit… boooo to the casting director you did a shit job…thus we can conclude this will be a bomb
Anyone else get the feeling they are making this movie family-friendly?
@Dr. Slump:
Holy shit those DB movies look sooo shitty. I only saw the Taiwanese version “The Magic Begins” and it sucked big time, I cant imagine the Korean one. Man those 2 sucked ass big time.
Im glad Hollywood is doing this one, too bad FOX is not taking seriously. At least it feels like that. Still im sure this movie will do well in the box office and hopefully sequels will be made, and hopefully FOX will take the sequels seriously because they realize the potential DB has.
They kinda do give me a little Gohan and Videl feeling. But hopefully their personallities in the movie will help me tell the difference.
@Scott: They better not make this a family friendly movie. I mean look at the cans on Mai. All you’ll see is a bunch of 10 year old kids in the movie theatre gettin boners in front of their parents. I’m thinkin they’re gonna do this like the matrix or even 300.
I hope you guys don’t get your hopes up regarding the maturity level of this movie. It’s going to be in the Pg to pg-13 range, because they need to make it marketable to children aka toys, clothes, etc.
Think more Transformers than Matrix or 300.
I thought the X-Men movies were great, Im hoping Dragonball can be as good as this.
But i have a strange feeling theyll go in the direction of something like Fantastic Four and make it family-friendly.
Which i will absoloutely HATE.
Now im not complaining about looks but Chi Chi does looks A LOT like Videl
http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m93/Silentman101/?action=view¤t=newchichi.jpg
[...] ridiculous). It’s a nice touch, especially since the new pictures of Chi-chi and Mai over at DBtheMovie look nothing like their comic counterparts and instead look like nondescript Asian [...]
Well they weren’t going to put her in a little blue bikini thingy were they? though that’d have been interesting… mmmm hmmmm
Bannana some of the best movies of all time are pg. I’m actually glad because movies today are too focused on being shocking as a replacement for intelligence and smart writing. Not saying db will be that great though. My expectations are even steven.
Goku’s big pants are killing me… They need to be more fitted instead of being so big. It probably would work if he were wearing boots in stead of shoes. BUT, is the outfit kid Goku wore so I’m guessing he’ll be in the orange and blue gi at least by the end with the boots. I hope so.
Goku’s big pants are killing me… They need to be more fitted instead of being so big. It probably would work if he were wearing boots in stead of shoes. BUT, is the outfit kid Goku wore so I’m guessing he’ll be in the orange and blue gi at least by the end with the boots.
All I know is I hope they sign Buckethead to Do the whole soundtrack. Some of his cosmic riffs would be great music while Goku powers up.
ok mai is very fine goku cloths could look a little more like the anime version but i agree its a good chance this movie will be good i mean they say they are making a trilogy so that means all the ppl involved in this thinks this will be good so haters stop complaining trailer coming in august or september
@FuCharlie: buckethead?? LOL.. i mean L-O-L!! lolollool
you can´t be serious
this movie needs an epic music score… my first choice would still be the great master john williams, but considering brian tyler is a fan of dragonball he might even do a better job than john williams himself
Goku looks like teen gohan
thats cause I think its due to the like father like son thing
HAHA do some of you people listen to yourself….This could be the greatest movie ever made, and use are judging it on goku’s pants are to baggy, his hair isnt quiet right, his eye color is 667788 instead of 667789. and judging jatwin on no video footage only 3 photos which you cant do. When i first heard that heath ledger was gonna be joker I thought that it could be a bad choice based on his prev roles but he was good. The best thing to do is just ignore the haters because they just want a reaction, are crybabies who probaly sleep in their moms beds and there most likely 8 years old like most little winkers.
By the was I think the trailer will come out with star wars,
O and im a true db/z fan who reads and owns the mangas and anime.
A true otaku and I support this movie 100%
even dough u havent seen the movie wat u think fox will rate all this info out of 5 or 10
oh god, please people don’t start posting with your idiotic ”im a true fan” BS. There’s no such thing as a true fan. Thats just retarded
i wonder if goku turns into an Oozaru i wonder this because of wat it looks goku does not even have a tail so how would he transform
and if krillin is not in this film how would they put him in the next 2 films unless they totaly drop him wich is stupid or he could have a small cameo
i think in the next film or this 1 there should give BARDOCK a small flash back or cameo
I am lovin’ these pics….
I can’t wait to see pics of them fighting each other. Goku looks soooo cool with that power pole. Chatwin looks like he is in good shape!! I am so happy that he is Goku, he did a excellent job in “The Invisible”.
i gotta agree with people goku/chichi do look like they’d be a better gohan and videl. But still it doesn’t mean they won’t put off good performances as goku and chichi
if chatwin is as dedicated as ive heard for this movie, then i think it will be pretty cool. we still havent even seen the main draw from the movie either, the most anticipated part, Piccolo.
WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!???????
FUCK THIS MOVIE OMG HAS FAIL ALL OVER IT
there is other interview with jamie chung on IGN
@LEE: We know. Takes forever to upload.
@i hate the fact that goku is played by chatskin:
@cyberpunk:
And @ any other worthless fucking hater..
They chose Justin Chatwin because he is a really good actor and has very Goku-like features…
And if you are going to retaliate by saying it’s wrong to have a Japanese character played by an American..
Goku was a Sayan, not Japanese..
So we could have gotten an African American to play him and still not been right..
And honestly,
anime characters look waaay more like caucasians than anyone else…
It is fact that Japanese and Chinese people have naturally sunken, or flat, features.. But in anime, the people have very pointed features, more like Caucasians…
Also one thing that no one has mentioned to a hater is,
Mr.Toriyama does not have a single complaint about the movie..
So, if he doesn’t have any problem with his original work being “mutilated” as some of you say.. You honestly have absolutely no right to be..
And another complaint I have heard about this is,
“You americans have no right to americanize one of our films, get your own ideas”
A. Horribly worded..
B.Akira Torimaru got his artistic style from 101 Dalmations, And AstroBoy.. Astro Boy is made by a Japanese man in America.. His family had lived here for three generations, therefor, Astro Boy is American… In other words the “Father of Anime” got his ideas from America
Soo..
Technically we started anime..
So fuck you…
And if you don’t believe me.. GOOGLE THAT SHIT!!
It’s hard fact…
Wow your right! HE does look like teen gohan. But he still resembles Goku in terms of looks, but speaking of this movie…….
They were very smart to start with Dragonball. THink when DBZ comes around, imagine the special effects in 5 years!
@josh1122:
Hey, you stoled that “no such thing as a true fan” line from me, you bastered.
jokeing
@Blake B: THANK YOU, I 9,000% agree with you! God, I was about to say something like that, but U beat me to the punch! THANKS!!
@kinglame:
No problem bro.. I just can not stand haters!
They are ridiculous, even if the movie were a 100% remake of the cartoon they wouldn’t be satisfied..
@Blake B: Thats true. I mean, the new batman kick so much ass, but I do see some hate with this film…..Its very rare to hear a hate out of a batman movie!
yea…. so whats with Goku being white… ARE YOU SERIOUS!! COMON!!!! DO i pick Keanu Reeves to play the lead role as SHAFT or…. Cuba Gooding Jr. as George Washington… i mean honestly, can we be a little more concise with the characters here…
This is Goku and we must learn it… better Justin Chatwin as Arnold Schwarzenegger:D
@AsiaNTeddY05: That doesn’t make any sence. First of all Goku is not from earth!! Goku is a Alien and he was born on the planet Vegeta. He is not asian, african, European, or American!! HE IS A ALIEN so it shouldn’t matter. If you can find me one Saiyan or Alien on this planet that looks like Goku then we can talk. Chatwin looks exactly like a live action Goku. It shouldn’t matter what race he is as long as they have his pressence.
Mai and ChiChi look awesome.
Actually, I’m surprised they didn’t give them contacts. >>;; Goku has blue eyes and Bulma has brown. lol. I always remembered Bulma with her big blue eyes.
<< ok lol getting that little tid bit out of the way. Who cares? lol
Mai seems to have bigger chi chi’s than ChiChi….
For all the pics on the site there is a cool firefox addon to view the pics in full size. only hover over the thumpnail and it pops up in big size!
http://extensions.danwendorf.com/
@Jones: Nice plugin.
[...] | DragonBall The Movie trackback ¿Recomendarías este post? Más noticias sobre: Cine Fantástico, Manga Tags: [...]
In the anime mai is a very shy girl , not a ” femme fatale ” , so unfaithful
with the original story …
We have the new ” street fighter ” or ” mortal kombat ” movie …
@Anthony from france:
Actually we know it’s going to be waaaay better than either of those..
How could it not be, they both had no real story to work with… This however has an amazing story that cannot be messed up..
And why does everyone say it is so unfaithful?
Have you read the script or seen the movie?
No.. So you have no idea… None of us do, but it makes more sense to be optimistic, than a douche bag..
i think takeshi kaneshiro is good to be goku,but it aready in progress,any way i love super saiyan.i will support for dragonball.yeahh…..
why justin chatwin look like gohan,chi-chi tall than origin story.maybe mistake.
you think goku looks like gohan because how short goku’s hair is, yah it could have been a little longer. Chi chi is the right size, their supposeably meeting for the “second” time. the fist time when they were young and small in the anime. second time at the world tournament and they were much older, hope there’s flash backs in the movie. because if not James Wong destroyed DB
remember back in the day when fox owned power rangers?
you people are so stupid for saying that this movie has an amazing story . Have any of you seen the film ? THen shut the fuck up all of you . You people dont know anything about this film . this movie could suck ass . A 300 million dollar budget didnt do spiderman 3 justice . Dragonball has a 100 million dollar budget . You cannot do dragonball with a 100 million dolar budget . YOull be seeing much less of goku’s kamehameha and more of yamcha’s lame ass wolf fang fist >.<
Seriously though the people that claim “Oh goku is an alien, his race has nothing to do with it” You are narrow minded. There is a reason why when you turn on the T.V. there are cracker leads. Every movie in major hollywood studios cracker leads when they decide to have minorities they are stuck with another cracker lead or they pair up two minorities. And all that crap about facial features or whatever from that one idiot posting about sunken features… seriously? I have news for ya buddy in a 2D world it’s all sunken. So stop trying to overcompensate and defend a movie that is obviously going to bomb, because it will be watered down and chalk full of the lameness when good stories are butchered to cater to the idiot masses.
@KIng Cold: Well ummmm that is how it was in Dragonball. So they would be going more closer to the material now wouldn’t they? Because if ya watch DRAGONBALL (NOT DRAGONBALL Z) You saw more of Wolf Fang Fist than Kamehameha
[...] here if you can’t accept the cleavage is cleavage theorem, and want two more [...]
This movie is going to suck big time. Like Streetfighter did. It will be one of the worst movies ever made! This is the biggest mistake that the DragonBall franchise made.
MOUAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa…..haaaaaaa………MOUAAAAAHHahahahahahahahhahahaaaaaa!!!….*cant catch my breath*….*giggles*…Loool. Ok. I seriously laught my lungs out when i saw the advertising on the web…*hahaha*, a movie of dragon ball, OK… But in real life… No actor in the world could ever play an animate character like sangoku… OH, AND I DONT WANT TO SEE PICCOLO IN REAL LIFE!!! OH MY GOD, I WILL HAVE THE LAUGHT OF MY LIFE!!! Mouahahahaaaa, just to picture it…*giggles*. Well, they are better put a lot of compensation in the movie (like very good fighting scenes, witch i am sure i will find in quantity, and a lot of sexy girls, witch i am also sure i will find often). But please, i dont want to see Goku charging gis spiritual force like in the cartoon. I read all books and i was a goku fan when i was like 12, but now, it would seem so silly to see a real guy acting like a constipate to charge his energy…Oh, loooool, i will HAVE to see this movie!!! I can’t wait!!!
at raditz
umm no , goku was in every fucking episode in dragonball . Yamcha was here and there in dragonball . He was mostly fucking around . I remember him doing wolf fang fist like 2 times . Goku did kamehameha like a million times .
Eriko Tamura (Mai) is looking so pretty.
Yes Goku will transform into the great ape (Oozaru) in the movie. His tail will most likely not be visible but he will transform.
For gods sake Moua, Just shut up.
@CAT: Yeah, I know. I have dark brown eyes and wear blue contacts and they’re great. They only costed like $30 too so I don’t see why they didn’t.
I’m not sure if I’m the one who’s stupid….But who is Mai.
I don’t recall anyone by that name in the manga.
@Naki: Mai was one of emperor pilaf’s henchman that long black-haried woman that was with him most of the time. Idk but i think she will be working for king piccolo in the movie.
well in later in the dragon series she kinda did work for piccolo remember pilaf released him and he made them serve him
but mai never had the ability to shape shift she was a regular human but u kno piccolo original henchman was a bird like creatureif watched the anime series
hey guys I tried, I worked out for 7 months, I know Goku is very important to the fans…but I’m not a wimp, I learned a lot during my training, so was Emmy Rossum…I don’t know why Fox is being so hesitant with promotion, but patience is virtue, it will come soon
ok thanx justin i love db so i’ll trust your judgemnet cause i kno and u kno that if a hollywood movie fails its highly unlikey that they will get good again iso i believe in fox even most dont
u kno a good role in another movie
listen you dumb ass … chatwin was it ? ……………………who are you… i never heard of u before. ok and y is a white boy (no offense) playing perhaps one of the greatest characters in the world … any ant would have a good sense that goku is FUCKING ASIAN not white … yo seriously whats with the DAMN MOHAWK… in all of my faithful years to the dragonball series THIS SORRY EXCUSE FOR A MOVIE I GONNA MAKE ME LOOSE MY RESPECT FOR DRAGONBALL… JUST CANCEL THE DAMN MOVIE …. IM DONE PEACE… IM OUT
@Chatwin sucks:
Hey buddy listen James Wong choose me, talk with some sense for God’s sake…obviously it’s not that big of deal what the ethnicity is, Akira Toriyama certainly didn’t have a problem, and I met with him and he liked me, the things you are complaining about absolutely mean nothing to me, I have no power in it, yes there are a few changes but it keeps the core aspects of Dragonball which are “friendship, struggle, and victory”. Keep in mind this is an adaptation, and the main goal isn’t to adapt to hardcore fans, but the general audience, the fans of Dragonball are nothing compare to the rest of the people in the word who enjoy movies. If you really are a true fan of Dragonball, nothing not even a Hollywood movie should change. Cancel the movie? I suggest you think twice before you open your mouth. Have a nice day!
DRAGONBALL 2009! IT’S GOING TO BE EPIC MY FRIENDS!!
@Justin Chatwin: lol
@Adam:
good or bad thing I made you laugh?
well it doesnt matter wat any of the haters say justin they chose u for a reason if the man who created dragon ball is cool with then why shouldnt no else be
Well boys end the fight, db movie will not mutilate the origin manga and anime series, is only an adaptation, if Justin has chosen to play the role of Goku, we the fans can only await a excellent playing of the Goku role, and the other characters, we must think that they have working to offering all audience a real excellent movie, but if someone is unsatisfied with the end work of the film can return to see the original manga and forget the movie as a interpretation of live characters movie of db series… But maybe they work will be spectacular and we finally enjoy it as childs…. Hey don’t forget put Krilin (first friend of Goku) and Pilaf (boss of Mai)… Good Luck and we can’t await so long to see the movie!!!!!!!!!!
agree zero u right if hate the mvoie or hate the ppl in it go watch the anime and quit being a baby if u dont like it then dont see it
or go dont come on this site and talk noise
@Josh: Ahhh thanks that does ring a bell now XD
I think few stories cannot be adapted for cinema. I would say that story is one of those.
you destroy the best animated movie and especially goku that I enjoyed during more than 20 years now. I am 30 years old now and goku is still my favorite hero as many of the men of my age in my country. I understood perfectly why this US adaptation looks like a very big shit when I had a look on the american anime adaptation. it is horrible. music and voices were changed, are horrible and violent. gohan’s US voice is like a fucking american teenage. Piccolo and vegeta have voices of bodybuilders boosted with hormons. you destroyed the japanese spirit of that story.
now you choose one guy that is not adapted to play goku.
yeark I will never watch that shit.
Look you guys I really tried my best with this movie. In hindsight I should have returned to showtime’s weeds instead of pursuing this movie but hey I really dig Dragonball. I’m sorry if I ruin it for you guys. Maybe in the next movie they will hire a real asian lead because I know if I were in your position I would be pretty disappointed too.
Drangonball is going to be EPIC…ly bad
ok this is makin me mad if u hate the movie dont see it son gnuku but dont talk shit about america and how we do things yea we some stuff from other cultures u do the same though so dont act like a little bitch u a grown man talk about how u love a anime thats for kids and young teens listen old man wat u need to do is stop critizing ppl online and go get a wife and a life u loser
go chatwin go ….. respect
Baaasically we can Only Judge the Film Once we have seen What James Marsters looks like fully made up.
Hopefully its not a disappointment.
Although I dont have High expectations either, although it IS just Dragonball and not DBZ, there will always be room for Improvement.
Patience seems to be the only tool we have at the moment….
yea u right
Justin Chatwin may not be the best goku but this is dragonball
not DBZ. i think James Wong like the idea of a teen goku then a kid goku
the holl movie sucks
no way that it will be a blockbuster movie 1 mont in the thearther and whitin 3 monts on dvd becas it sucks
OK two things:
Are the mods here filtering comments? because I see mostly positive feedback here and that just doesn’t add up. Because frankly everything this company has put out thus far looks ridiculous. You’re clearly only doing this because you intend to make money off the name alone, and it’s obvious from the promo material you’re not putting a lot of planning, or money into the project. It also leads me to ask the question if you’ve looked over the source material at all? Probably not.
As for the fan boys who praise this “film”: seriously? You actually think this looks good? Really? come on don’t get sucked into the hype. This movie doesn’t have a lot to begin with. Yet you all compliment it to no end saying how accurate the characters look. Its a WHITE guy playing Goku. That’s like a live-action Simpsons movie starring Jet Li as homer. Seriously think for yourselves, but if that doesn’t work I’m sure you’ll all look cool wearing the DB movie shirts you get from hot topic.
@Eric the douchebag: Nope we are not. Shocking that some people don’t share your mainstream opinion, isn’t it?
this movie is gonna suck….
not to be racist or anything…
but an asian character should be played by an asian actor.
period.
Goku isn`t asian. So he could be played by american actor. I heard that Justin do what he can, and I think in some way he will be good Goku.
Try to think people. Anime/ manga has so many people/ animals/ places draw in thair own way. The way that can`t be repeat in the movie. You know what I mean.. if hmm Vegata shows up in the film his anime uniform wouldn`t be this funny? Or Trunks/ Bulma with blue hair- it fit in anime but in real film it will be looking funny and plastic. You can`t repeat Dragon Ball anime/ manga in live film it would look plastic, unreal.. not good. How can you show master Roshi ( as far as I remember- I watch DB in french and polish and his name was different) likes girls (in film for kids), good Buu eating ice creames, Chi-Chi screaming at her boys. How can you show world after dead without explenation. And all this cities, flying cars that disapper into small thing when you push the button. Not mention other planets, other civilizations. True we have computers and visiual effects but then it will be another computer made film with actors playing in blue box. I like DB, and I`m waiting for film to see how they handle with it. I know it will not be the same as anime ( I was watching DB series when I was little girl) But I have faith, maybe it will be not so bad
@Blake B:
It’s been a while since th comment,
“B.Akira Torimaru got his artistic style from 101 Dalmations, And AstroBoy.. Astro Boy is made by a Japanese man in America.. His family had lived here for three generations, therefor, Astro Boy is American… In other words the “Father of Anime” got his ideas from America”
but I had to correct it.
(Although I know no one will be reading this)
1. It’s Akira Toriyama
2. Astro Boy was made by Osamu Tezuka, a natural born Japanese, and probably never been to the States before.
Check;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka
You are right that he was influeced by US characters, and you are correct that animation was started in America.
But these have nothing to do with Dragon Ball.
Unlike the other Toriyama’s mangas (comics), Dargon Ball is based purely on Japanese and Chinese cultures.
You can simply tell by;
Dragon, Ki (inner power), Kung-fu, and Goku who originates from the Chinese old story “Journey to the West”.
Also, there are ways to draw if he wanted to portray a caucasion so I will have to totally disagree the comment;
“And honestly,
anime characters look waaay more like caucasians than anyone else…”
However, I personally think that it was a right choice to choose Justin Chatwin as the main character, although I don’t like few of the adjustments.
It would be insane to think that you can sell a Hollywood movie using an Asian in the main role. (other than Asian movies with kung-fu, ninja or samurai)
I think it’s a real testimony that America needs to wake up and acknowledge the underlying racism. It’s a shame that in order for a Asian to get the main lead in a movie they have to be a kung fu fighter or be paired with chris tucker to fill the gap.
This isn’t the first time… Hollywood is a joke… much like this movie will be. Can anyone say next “Ishtar”?
Can’t you humans speak about relationships and life of Dragon Ball Z? Since Bardock’s relationship with his 2 sons and King Vegeta’s love for his only son seems improtend to me. (Maybe others too) But I want to hear about your thoughts about they’re relationships. As much as I want to know on Frieza Saga, during the vision that Vegeta gave Goku as an encouragement, was it really King Vegeta and Bardock who spoke too?
I have been a dragon ball fan for years and I agree that it would be impossible to have the exact same hair style and colors as the anime. Take a look at the “Final Fantasy: Advent Children” and see Cloud’s hair. IT’S RIDICULOUS! (just like the rest of that movie) Imagine blue hair and such! It looks too cartoonish to be used in a movie.
BUT, the main problem here is not the fact that the character is white. It seems to me that they didn’t even try to approximate the looks of the characters to what it is in the anime. For example Goku has DARK BROWN HAIR and DARK BROWN EYES. Only when he turns into super sayan he becomes blond (and it is BLOND, not brown). So by looking at the pictures it seem they didn’t even care about it. Perhaps Justin Chatwin would look a lot better if he had the hair and eyes very dark.
That’s what pisses me off. It’s understandable that an American movie would have an American as the main actor. What’s not understandable is the complete disregard for the actual looks of the character, even if they guy is white, the hair and eyes must be dark!
I remember the episode that Trunks arrived and and defeated Freeza. Vegeta himself says: “He cannot be sayan, because sayans have dark hair…” This is one of the most basic things about dragon ball! How exactly would it look “unreal” to make Justin’s hair very dark!?
I hope they haven’t twisted the story so much.
[...] lo último de Dragon Ball, dbthemovie nos trae en exclusiva las fotos promocionales de Dragon Ball, la Película en alta [...]