Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

Years after his father is defeated by an adolescent Gokuu Son, Magenta seeks revenge against Gokuu's family and allies. In his quest to resurrect the defunct Red Ribbon Army, Magenta drafts the services of Dr. Hedo, grandson of the evil legendary scientist Dr. Gero. Hedo embarks to invent a new line of superheroic androids to eliminate Gokuu after Magenta manipulates him into believing that Earth's most powerful heroes are actually alien villains.

While Gokuu and Vegeta train offworld, the alien Piccolo mentors Pan, Gokuu's toddler granddaughter, in the same way he once trained Gohan Son, her father. Gohan himself has forsaken his warrior lineage in order to pursue an academic career. Both Piccolo and Gohan must leap into action when their quiet lives are interrupted by the arrival of Gamma 1-gou and Gamma 2-gou—Hedo's new android creations.

While the Gamma androids believe they are fighting for justice, a more sinister project incubates beneath the Red Ribbon headquarters. Gohan and Piccolo take drastic actions to protect Pan and defend the planet against a new robotic menace.

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Son, Gohan Main

Nozawa, Masako Japanese

Piccolo Main

Furukawa, Toshio Japanese

Gamma 2-gou Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Gamma 1-gou Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Son, Gokuu Supporting

Nozawa, Masako Japanese

Vegeta Supporting

Horikawa, Ryo Japanese

Broly Supporting

Shimada, Bin Japanese

Trunks Supporting

Kusao, Takeshi Japanese

Bulma Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

Kuririn Supporting

Tanaka, Mayumi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hayashida, Norihiro Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Kodama, Tetsurou Director

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Nov 19, 2024

Adnash

Recommended

I remember that after seeing the first trailer for this movie, I was genuinely worried about its visuals. The CGI didn't impress me. The next clip, released some time later, looked better, but I was still unsure if CGI was the right choice for a movie belonging to the Dragon Ball franchise, especially after such marvelous spectacle that the Broly movie was. It was quite intriguing and worrysome to hear that the next Dragon Ball movie wouldn't be made in a 2D technique, but would be a CGI movie instead.

Well, it appears that, at least for the Super Hero movie, CGI turned out better than ... good. It looked simply awesome and offered detailed models, smooth animation, a good color palette, and stunning special effects (including those you can see when characters are powering up). I can understand that it might take a while to get used to it (longer or shorter, depending on a viewer's tolerance towards CGI), but at least in my case, it didn't take long to get used to it and stop noticing it, as if the movie was done in the same way as all the previous Dragon Ball movies.

The story focuses on Gohan and Piccolo, offering a refreshing change from the usual Goku and Vegeta-centric narratives. It was a pleasure to see a movie dedicated to other beloved characters, especially those that many fans (including me) have wished to see in the spotlight.
Super Hero's first half might feel a bit slow at times, but such pacing is understandable, given the need to introduce new characters and establish their motivations or goals. While a more dynamic approach wouldn't have hurt, of course, the slower pace was appropriate for setting up the main plotline.

While in general I don't consider this movie superior to the one about Broly, I admit that in terms of soundtrack it's on a slightly higher level. Not that much better, but I could memorize more tracks from it than from the Broly movie, including the main theme. They also felt more fitting to the general vibe offered by Super Hero. Hearing all the effects amplified by speakers at the cinema was simply a fantastic experience.

In terms of fighting choreography, the element that's very important when talking about anything related to this franchise, Super Hero might be the best Dragon Ball movie ever created. The action scenes were filled with intricate details and complexity, whether it was hand-to-hand combat or ki attacks. The well-directed fights, set against beautiful landscapes, were surely a visual treat for one's eyes.

Definitely, Super Hero is worth watching, and I'm saying it as a person who was not initially hyped. With its blend of humor, action, stunning visuals, and a great soundtrack, it's sure to entertain Dragon Ball fans of all kinds. I had fun both while watching it for the first time in the theater and re-watching it at home some months later.

Note: I originally reviewed this movie on September 13, 2022. However, after re-reading it two years later, I decided to make several improvements. As a result, I deleted the old review and submitted this revised version. I consider the new version way better than the old one.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 11, 2024

AlHaixen

Mixed Feelings

i used to say " you can never fuck up Dragon ball that bad cuz the core still that good you could build upon it" super as awhole proved me wrong and this movie stomped on my nuts and slapped my cheeks goodbye nothing feels right and i hate about everything pretty much about it but the things i liked shoked me that they couldnt make them better ???? toei is a disgrace to this industry, hope Wit or someone else take the wheel in managment, honestly the only thing that i really enjoyed about this movie was the opening scene with original DB remade ... with beutiful animation that they really shoulg make a reality and drop super for good

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Nov 27, 2023

Nicolauson

Not Recommended

I will do a brief analysis, in a short and thick way. We all know that after the Frieza saga, Dragon ball lost a lot of narrative quality (since its animation at the time was almost static) Super then just buried that beautiful GT ending six feet under and even took away the little dignity that the end of the saga had. boo brought it, we dealt with countless problems in the super, but we had very lively and well-directed fights in the final stretch, and ok, the series could go back to rest... but no, Broly's movie is by far the best thing we've ... had since creation of DBS, and I minimally expected something decent from this film... however, what we find here is narrative chaos, followed by very bad direction, with CG animation clearly made to cut costs(although I find it genuinely charming), everything is simply thrown in for free to make fanservice(they copied a scene from DBZ practically) a lot of gratuitous transformations without the slightest context (obviously made to sell action figures, since the release of DBS it has been like that) the guys didn't even try to do anything with this film, the only things I really I found it interesting, it was these androids that play with Tokusatsu culture, the giga chad picolo (I may not have liked the transformation, but the design caught my attention), that gratuitous close-up on Bulma's ass and Pan who was genuinely cute, but Other than that, the film simply offers nothing but new transformations for more action figures/Dlc's in games to be released.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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