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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods poster
Original title
ドラゴンボールZ 神と神
Directed by
Masahiro Hosoda
Genre
action film, martial arts film, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 1,661 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The God of Destruction Beerus wakes up and wants to fight Goku, who defeated the villain Frieza. They battle as Beerus tests Goku's strength.

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What happens

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 神と神, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Kami to Kami; lit. "Dragon Ball Z: God and God") is a 2013 Japanese animated science fantasy martial arts film. It is the eighteenth animated feature film based on the 1984–95 manga series Dragon Ball, the fourteenth to carry the Dragon Ball Z branding, and is the first film in the franchise to be personally supervised by series creator Akira Toriyama. It was the first animated Dragon Ball film in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last being Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996), and the first to use digital ink and paint. Unlike previous theatrical Dragon Ball releases, this was a full feature-length production with a stand-alone release and not shown as part of the now-discontinued Toei Anime Fair (formerly the Toei Manga Matsuri). At the time of its release, Battle of Gods was initially the first film considered an official part of the Dragon Ball storyline, being set during the time skip in chapter 517 of the original manga. The plot involves Beerus, the God of Destruction, learning of the defeat of the galactic overlord Frieza at the hands of Goku. Seeking an opponent worthy of his power, Beerus, along with his companion Whis, travels to the North Galaxy to challenge Goku to a battle. The film was released in Japan on March 30, 2013, by Toei and 20th Century Fox Japan. It was the first-ever Japanese film to be screened at IMAX, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 13, 2013. Funimation acquired the North American rights to Battle of Gods and produced an English dub that they co-released with 20th Century Fox in North American cinemas in August 2014. Madman Entertainment acquired the Australasian rights and screened the film at the 2013 Japanese Film Festival in Australia before screening the English dub to select theaters in August 2014. Manga Entertainment released the film in the United Kingdom in November 2014. A sequel, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, was released in Japan in April 2015, while both films would eventually be adapted into the first and second story arcs of Dragon Ball Super, which expanded upon the plot of both films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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