Dragon Ball Super: Broly

Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTatsuya Nagamine
Screenplay byAkira Toriyama
Based on
Dragon Ball Super
by
Produced by
  • Norihiro Hayashida
  • Rioko Tominaga
Starringsee below
CinematographyYōsuke Motoki
Edited byMasahiro Goto
Music byNorihito Sumitomo
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14)
(Japan)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$124 million[2][3]

Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Japanese: ドラゴンボール超（スーパー） ブロリー, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Sūpā Burorī) is a 2018 Japanese animated martial arts fantasy adventure film.[4][5] It is a canonical reimagining of the film Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993). It is the twentieth animated feature film in the Dragon Ball franchise, 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.[6] 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).

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.[3] It was the final Dragon Ball film co-distributed by 20th Century Fox, following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney on March 20, 2019.[7][8][9]

A sequel, titled Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, was released in June 2022.

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  2. ^ 2019年上半期邦画1位はコナン『紺青の拳』- 上半期邦画ランキング. Cinema Today. Cinematoday. August 17, 2019. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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  4. ^ McClintock, Pamela (January 18, 2019). "Weekend Box Office: 'Glass' Heads for $48M; 'Dragon Ball Super' Impresses". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Dragon Ball Super - The Movie: Broly". Madman Entertainment. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. ^ Pineda, Rafael. "Dragon Ball Super Film Reveals Dragon Ball Super: Broly Title, Visual". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  7. ^ 21世紀FOXジャパン、解散公告を官報に掲載 | オタク産業通信 ：ゲーム、マンガ、アニメ、ノベルの業界ニュース. Otakuindustry.biz (in Japanese). September 1, 2020. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Crunchy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO GLOBAL THEATRICAL RELEASE DATES". Toei Animation. June 14, 2022. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.