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-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes.

The script for SK∞ has a casual tone that is easy to catch, with the inclusion of comedy overtones that, without being recursive, is effective. But undoubtedly one of the production's greatest strengths is the artistic rendering and technical effort on Bones' part. Because building a current fiction from the foundations of an urban culture alien to current times would not be easy if it weren't for the excellent work of photography, color, music and artistic direction in general, which give the set a great appeal and special magnetism. Special mention, of course, to ... the special level of detail and display in terms of animation, with interesting camera exercises and kinesthesia in the races, offering excellent quality levels that have very little to envy to similar cut products.

SK∞ is a sincere proposal that does not seek to be elusive, since it is very clear about what to offer and where to aim. His treatment of skate culture is as engaging as it is eccentric, and the dynamics between his characters make it incredibly easy and organic to want to follow their learning and see how far they are capable of going not necessarily to win, but to feel good about themselves. Hiroko Utsumi's work transmits passion and fun with a treatment that I wish was seen more often: that of humility, that of enjoying without the need to achieve great feats.

-Note: English is not my native language, I apologize for possible mistakes.

It is a fact that, if you ask a group of people what programs they watched in their childhood, a large majority will answer Dragon Ball. And to a certain extent he will say it with that mocking tone of “what a useless question. It's obvious". Akira Toriyama's work is one of the most influential in history and has been around for several generations, both in good times and bad. Therefore, it was to be expected that the premiere of a new Goku and his friends movie would make a stir all over the ... world. In this case we are talking about Dragon Ball Super: Broly and, my family, thank you for making me a fan of this anime and sorry to you if you expected an objective criticism.

The story continues after the events of the Tournament of Force and Goku continues to eager to get stronger and fight great opponents. In the end, his wish will not be fulfilled by Shenlong but by Freezer himself who travels to Earth to gather the dragon balls. To the surprise of Goku and Vegeta, the emperor of the universe added two sayings to his army: Paragus and his son Broly. It is not necessary to clarify much more about the latter, right?

Although the plot could be just this, Toriyama wanted to go further and decided not only to make his version of Broly to make it canon but also adapted his version of Bardock and the destruction of the planet Vegeta, which is much richer in development but less epic than the special we all know about the character. This already set a good base because it is not something that we see a lot in the Dragon Ball movies, especially the last two that were half a hair.

The film is perfectly balanced because not only does it have this strong and emotional beginning but it also has the typical humor of the series (not that of Vegeta dancing bingo), 40 minutes of ultraviolent fighting, and a satisfying conclusion that perfectly marks the essence of what is Dragon Ball. Even the soundtrack can stand out a bit.


As for the new Broly, they did a great job because they kept the original design but made the character more interesting. One comes to sympathize with and understand the so-called "legendary Super sayajin" and forgets the neural monkey that got angry at someone for crying when they were babies. Don't get me wrong, I liked the excess of nastiness that the original had but its motivation was just stupid.

On the animation side, it's excellent. Round by three different types that go from the simple, the detailed and the CGI, making you remember the old animation of the anime several times but, at the same time, heading for a novel side that also includes plans and shots that make it an experience more cinematic.

However, there are times when it shuts down and takes you out of the action. An example that I could give is like when you knew that a super important battle was coming in the series but you just had to see it with the animation that was the least funny, like when Gohan fights with Cell or Vegetto with Super Buu.

But anyway, I dare to say that Dragon Ball Super: Broly is one of the best movies out there in the series and you can't not see it.