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By Nix | January 2, 2008 (9:38 pm) | More: Dragonball (2009) Movie, Movie Images Gallery

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Plot: The story begins with a young humanoid boy named Goku, who discovers that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects. He seeks out upon his adoptive grandfather Grandpa Gohan’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls. Of which he has one, in order to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world. And Goku’s quest is to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before Piccolo does.

Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Emmy Rossum, Yun-Fat Chow, Jamie Chung, Joon Park, Randall Duk Kim, Eriko Tamura, Ernie Hudson, Texas Battle, Luis Arrieta, Shavon Kirksey, Richard Blake
Directed by: James Wong
Release Date: April 8, 2009

Gallery Last Updated: 4/6/08

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Bruser on April 8, 2008

Pretty much every one who loves Dragonball’s going to join that boycott against this movie upon seeing these.

 
Kiv on April 20, 2008

what the hell ??

OMG this will be crap

 
Sara on April 22, 2008

Yup, ultimate CRAP

 
Karm on April 22, 2008

I’m actually confused seeing these images…is this actually for real?!

 
Karm on April 22, 2008

By the way, there’s rumors that they’re they gonna exclude Krillin from the movie…is it true?

TheNonExistentOne on June 26, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

OMG THEY BETTER NOT!!!!
Krillin = my favourite character!!

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

yeah FUCK KRILLEN he sucks lol………..no but excluding a MAJOR CHARACTER IN A SERIES ……………hmmmmm sounds BRILLIANT TO ME………..just saying this is all in a sarcastic tone…..way to screw up a potentially good movie…ps Yamcha looks as old as MASTER ROSHI ………shit on

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dilo on April 23, 2008

i wish i hadn’t seen these, this is gonna suck

 
Ben Burton on April 24, 2008

Why ruin something so beautiful and make it into this live action monstorsity

 
Cell on April 27, 2008

Are you kidding me??? This looks HORRIBLE!! Is that the best Goku they can come up with? He’s freaking twig.

 
Sato on April 29, 2008

even indonesian cosplayer more good than this.

 
karnage on April 29, 2008

is that suppose to be super saiyan goku?wtf he doesnt turn super saiyan until many years after DB during the fight with freiza in DBZ.their going to kill DB just like they did street fighter!

 
GAH!!! on April 29, 2008

GAH!!!!!!!!!!

 
John on April 30, 2008

hahaha….this look bad…. for now i guess.. coz this is just raw image/pic without the special effects. I want to see it with full special effects… maybe it will look better than this…but the actors for this movie not good enough compare to the anime characters. we all know Goku is very tough guy with big muscle…but justin…hehehe… and if u guys compare picolo and goku in the anime, we can see picolo is one big guy… i hope james masters is taller and bigger than justin…i think the guy who play yamcha ni this live action movie is more tougher and muscular than justin…hahaha funny. but i hope this movie is good…coz i’m a big fan of Dragon Ball.

 
super saiyan 09 on May 14, 2008

They leave Krillin out than the movie and future of Dragon Ball are screwed. If he goes super saiyan it’s beyond screwed. Also where’s Tien?

 
Alex on May 14, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

your all tools
this isn’t the dragonball set pictures.
They are all fake, all teh real ones where up on the net, but removed by FOX.
Seriously, u call urself dragonball fans
I check on updates most days, and these are fake
u noobs

 
super saiyan 09 on May 16, 2008

All right Alex how do you know they’re fake?

 
Darkman taks on May 17, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

oi super saiyan 09 do u no db or not if u do.. that goes to everyone else r u all idiots because in the fight versus king piccolo krillin was killed because of lord piccolos henchmen just after the last tournament saga b4 the lord picolo saga and the chiatzu was alo kiled and i think master roshi ened up getin killed also but being wished bak l8r after the big fight..

jeez do u people no db or r u just faks lookin fr blogs to join..!
and as fr tien not being in it i have no idea y cause he was like one of the key characters next to goku in the lord picolo fight he was there fr the duration of the saga and also yajirobi was in parts of it.

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

first i’d like to say DARKMAN WAS A HORRIBLE MOVIE
Secondly i would like to say that the sequels were fucking WORSE
and lastly…………….uhhh……thats all i got
pwned ;-)

 
 
super saiyan 09 on May 19, 2008

Okay Darkman 1st of all I DO know Dragon Ball. 2nd of all I saw a video on youtube that showed Krillin and Tien in it but Tien’s actor was black and Krillin’s actor looked too tall. I know the whole King Piccolo Saga. Krillin dies and that pisses Goku off Chaiotzu dies and that pisses Tien off while Master Roshi wares himself out trying to reimprison King Piccolo but it look like they’re putting the movie in a different direction than the anime we all know and love because Piccolo’s minions(Tambourine,Symbol,Drum)aren’t in it and Emperor Pilaf’s henchman Agent Mine is going to be his only henchmen. As for Chiatotzu he is definitely not in it because he was not in the youtube video but I think Yajirobe was but the video may be outdated so DON’T ANYONE AND YELL AT ME FOR STUFF I TYPED.What does your above have do with what I said before anyway? All I did was ask how the pictures were fake?

 
Darkman taks on May 20, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

ok jeez i believe ya man

its just all the s*** people are giving this movie wtf people u havent even bloody seen it yet!!!

 
super saiyan 09 on May 20, 2008

Finally someone else who thinks that. Honestly, Darkman I think were the only fans that actually like anything Dragon Ball.

 
True Fan on May 20, 2008

All i know is that if they mess up this movie I’m heading srait over to Japan and slappin da spit out of any Japaneese looking mouth I see, cause I’ve been a fan of DBZ to long to to see it get a bad name!

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

dude why don’t you go smack Ben Ramsey its his screen playing antics that did this……leave the Pearl Harbor Bombers out of this
pwned
:-)

 
 
Darkman taks on May 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email
 
Darkman taks on May 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

ye super saiyan.
so do I.

 
super saiyan 09 on May 21, 2008

True Fan no offense but Japan’s pretty much against so beating up Japanese people won’t do anything but get you in jail.

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

well i beat up Japanese people all the time…..your grandparents probably did too , WWII anyone…..am i right…..Manhattan Project, Japs are all easy to beat up and look where i’m at…..on the forums making fun of you……..ps super saiyan 09, what happened to the previous 08 super saiyans, did they all get cast in a shitty movie like this one
pwned
;-)

give me a break on July 16, 2008

Who is this idiot? I thought this discussion was about DBZ not bashing on the Japanese.

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Darkman taks on May 21, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email
 
gohanfan on May 24, 2008

man ive been a fan of dbz for the longest time and waiting for the movie for the longest time and for them to mess it up with all the cast..they shouldnt make the movie with out the right cast….

 
SlickH12 on May 24, 2008

AY yo, this movie looks good already and its not even out lol

 
Darkman taks on May 25, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

ay gohanfan it doesnt matter who acts as who, except if they make a girl do a boys bit or viseversur, ohwell that aint the poin and how do u know wats the right cast or not who really cares all that matters is they act as the character’s suposd to be

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

this has to be the DUMBEST COMMENT I HAVE READ FROM YOU THIS ENTIRE TIME………..first off can you stop jerking it cause typing is hard with 1 hand asshole thats why no one can understand wtf your saying…..ex Darkman taks i think you were going for “darkman talks” but anyways moving on……..it doesn’t matter who acts as who line hmmmmmmmmmm the cast is the MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE MOVIE…..it doesn’t matter, so your saying YOU can do a good job as Goku , you think you can TAK like him and everything i mean seriously…….your fucking retarded……ok wrong casting times lets see SUPERMAN RETURNS, STREET FIGHTER <—–thats for you anime ppl, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, DARKMAN, need i say more……so saying that it doesn’t matter who acts as who is really really really really dumb, but i think in your head Keanu would of made a kick ass GOKU right……here is proof on how the cast could of been
Goku————Keanu Reeves
Bulma———–Uma Thurman
Yamcha———-Elijah Wood
Master Roshi—-Sylvester Stalone
Chi Chi———Tila Tequila
Lord Picollo—-Shia labeouf
Grandpa Gohan—Michael Clark Duncan

God i should be a casting director am i right, because according to YOUR STANDARDS ,”it doesnt matter who acts as who”, I would be a GOD…..but hey at least i got the gender part right
pwned
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Jahred king on May 25, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

The movie is going to suck,They should of made a movie based off of dragon ball but all they are doing is wasting money

 
SlicikH12 on May 25, 2008

Okay look @ it this way, everyone said that Transformers was gonna suck and it turned out to be one the best movies of the summer last year in 07. Maybe this movie will turn out to be a good one i hope.

 
Darkman Taks on May 26, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

wat the hell jahred,
who u to say if its good or not u havent even seen a bloody trailer fr it
so just shut the hell up

 
super saiyan 09 on May 27, 2008

I’ve been saying that. In the words of a real old entry of mine YOU CAN’T JUST GO ONLINE AND CRITICIZE AND CRITICIZE A MOVIE BASED ON PICTURES YOU SEE IT JUST ISN’T THE WAY CRITICISM WORKS. Thank you Darkman. It’s good to know someone has the same opinion I do.

 
Darkman taks on May 27, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email
 
TIm on May 27, 2008

Are yall kidding me.. This movie looks like its going to be a major hit. But what people have to udnerstand not everyone is going to see it in the US.. But this movie is not just for the US… BEcause the whole world has had DBZ translated into the lang because it IS VERY VERY popular.

With a 100million dollar budget its going to be really good. And just because they dont keep DIRECT to the story is no cause to get mad. Because FFS i dont want talking PIG’s And I THINK the way GOKU’s hair looks is more REALISTIC.

Jesus yall need to think more in the context of (IF GOKU WAS REAL WHAT WOULD HE LOOK LIKE) not THAT DOESNT LOOK LIKE GOKU!

Sigh… children

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

IF GOKU WAS REAL………….hmmm i wonder, i think we would be in a world of shit if you ask me that am i right……..are you sure you should be thinking this way i mean c’mon if GOKU was real then shit everything would be real, people flying, energy beams, i would never be able to go outside man seriously grow up, calling us children sheesh…..if Goku was real hahahahhah thats a riot…..thats SO RICH…….so having a big budget = major hit…..hmmm Fifth Element, Judge Dredd, Darkman, all thought this way and the outcome ALL HITS your so right on the money Timothy
Sigh…Naggers
pwned
;-)

 
 
Darkman taks on May 28, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

yes tim u are soo right thats were im coming from
this movie’s gonna be a huge
hittt

 
super saiyan 09 on May 29, 2008

You’re right Timm and Darkman

 
Zsdr on May 30, 2008

Guys, if you dont like it, than dont waste your time with writing it. We will both benefit from it, you dont waste your time, and we dont gotta listen to your bullshit!

 
Z on June 4, 2008

Going to be a major hit my ass… its a slap on the face for the fans.
Yeah true it’s impossible to find an actor who LOOKS 100% LIKE GOKU. NO SHIT SHERLOCK. But that doesn’t change the fact that they used a shitty goku actor for it, if you actually BELIEVE this guy would be able to pull it off then wow… just wow, idk what to say to you. That’s why we complain. This movie will put an ugly stain on the original anime/manga. Better of if it doesn’t exist.

 
Alex on June 4, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email
super saiyan 09 on June 4, 2008

Awesome King Piccolo poster

 
 
BMF_14 on June 4, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

even do im a girl i have been a fan of dbz for a long time and me and my bro think the movie can go either way.

my bro said they should at least have a scene with goku vs buu or go super sayin

a say it better be good cuz i just cant wait to see it

 
Darkman taks on June 5, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

na it be gay if buu or super saiyan is in it cause this is db not dbz.

but im on the same page as u
I SOOOO CANT WAIT TILL THE MOVIE COME ITS GONA BE SIKKKKKK

oh and Z go shove a fork up ur throat wats up ur bum if theyr gay then y dnt u act in it

 
DBZ Fan on June 5, 2008

I wish everybody will jus wait til the damn movie actually COMES OUT. Quit judging on the pictures, you haven’t even seen a trailer yet! Until the trailer comes out or until we see some actually pics of Piccolo, finished sets and pictures of fight scenes, quit complaining and be patient! And why does everyone keep mentioning Super Saiyan? This is DRAGON BALL not DRAGON BALL Z.

 
Priverson on June 6, 2008

The reason anyone would mention Super Saiyan is because that’s what they think casting a white guy as Goku would imply, which is exactly one of the reasons people are able to judge this movie sucks just from the pictures: the casting’s strayed too far from acceptability

 
Darkman taks on June 7, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

u know the film doesnt have to be excactly the same as the cartoon

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

I know right, I wish JFK had been a little more lighthearted I mean come on back and to the left we all know that didnt happen, and titanic really bummed me out at the end, but I cant wait for the sequel. Seriously why make it if it isnt suppose to be like THE STORY doesnt that defeat the purpose of having FANS. But they will rape my childhood no matter what.
pwned once again
;-)

 
Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

here a little less harsh comment this time ok Darkman, WHY NOT?
Why should the film NOT be the same as the cartoon that we all LIKED?
Speed Racer worked out very well didn’t it.
pwned
;-)

 
 
RealityCall on June 8, 2008

If its gonna be like that “dead or Alive” adaption. Then from now on I’m boycotting anime adaptions into film so its gonna be marvel adaption ftw. I mean serious everyone it looks like a cosplay party! This is seriously gonna be a box office bomb, even though some of you denies it so (sigh).

 
super saiyan 09 on June 22, 2008

You’ll be surprised RealityCall at how many fans will hop into the car, go to the movie theater, get their tickets, butter their popcorn and rush to their seats when they see a preview for a movie titled “Dragon Ball”.

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

why would people rush in their car, go to the movie theatre, get their tickets, butter their popcorn and rush to their seats TO SEE A FUCING PREVIEW OF DRAGONBALL …….your fucking retarded that is so dumb we all don’t have $10 to drop just to see a fucking preview RICH BOY…..so yeah i think most people would go to see the MOVIE not the PREVIEW……WOW YOUR DUMB
pwned
;-)

 
 
Who cares bout a display name.. on June 24, 2008

I think everyone should just wait for a trailer atleast before saying it’s going to suck… but I think that they are going to make it all bubble gum and kiddie to try and attract an audience of all ages which is going to really make the movie suck. If they want it to be good they’d have to make it hardcore and violent, more like the Japanese version of the cartoon than dumbing it down to some corney bullshyt kiddie version.. if they make it hardcore, violent, and gritty then it should be good.. if its a child movie its going to suck point blank.. hopefully if they fuck up on this when its time to do Dragonb Ball Z movie theyll do what it takes to make it good.. I think only true Dragon Ball Z fans or the actual creators of Dragon Ball can make it good, but giving the project to a person who doesnt know much or care for DBZ wont do a good job..

 
slaYer127 on June 25, 2008

for those of you that cant read the movie is called DRAGON BALL not dragon ball z. there will be no super sayians. this movie will take place near the end of dragon ball where goku is around his early 20’s so he is NOT a kid. i dont care if this movie looks bad or good i will still see it because it was a big part of my childhood. i think chatwin does look like goku and he is a good actor. my only concern is that maybe krillin might not be in the movie but who knows this movie is still in the works so we will just have to wait till the trailer when it comes out in november…..

Does it Matter on June 28, 2008

SLAYER SUCKS
MEGADEATH ALL THE WAY
pwned
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Darkman taks on June 28, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

deos it matter theres no such mvie as darkman.. were did u see that…
i called myself this cause i bloody made it up

 
Darkman taks on June 28, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

Does it matter… no u wuld make the shittiest f@#$%! up director and get lost u retard i rite wat i want.. darkman talks who says that.. theres a little book i recomend fr u its called insults fr dummies u moron go read it

and wat the point in ritin pwned at the end its frikin gay

 
Darkman taks on June 28, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

doesit it matter.. such a retarded name r a poor stuffd up guy.. shame i feel ur pitty.. NOTTT!!

pwned haha wateva that mns
turd

 
KAMEHAMEHA on July 4, 2008

so far some ppl think the movie will be good. well u are an idiot. I heard there is no Krillin or Tien wtf is up with tat. If they dont have them then this movie will sck b/c they make up the whole dragonball show. Master roshi should be white and master mutito should be white not black b/c show he is white and picclo should be animated.

 
DonOmar on July 4, 2008

I think it will be shit

i don’t even like dragon ball i feel that it is so childish
sorry for my bad english

 
Darkman taks on July 5, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

dude y the hell r u even on this site if u think dragonball is childish
U 2. kamehameha and donomar r f@#$%! in the head.. xpecially don!!wtf this site is only fr ppl who like db u moron

jeez soe dickheads these days
think u know it all
pfft

 
JP on July 7, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

Does anyone know more/better ways to keep up with developing details of this movie?

 
YOMAJESTY316 on July 9, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

“THERE’S NOOOOOOO WAY THEY CAN PULL THIS OFF PROPERLY & STILL KEEP ALL THE DBZ FANS HAPPY!!!”

 
Darkman taks on July 10, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

well this aint dbz m8

 
Eristoph on July 10, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

All i can tell from these shots are:
1 - the stories been altered which may or may not be for the better
2 - Goku seems to be in high school maybe even college, dispite growing up in a remote location with his grandpa
3 - they added Power ranger like assassins of somekind (which imho is a huge no no).
4 - A world tournament held inside with a small group of ppl? plz tell me that picture isnt real! or at least that its the qulifications matchs that come before the world tourney.
5 - Everyone is significatly older than the original series indictates.
6 - The movie seems to take place in more modern times, which further incourages my thoughts that goku is in school.
7 - Krillian has obviously not made he cut so im guessing no SS in this movie, unless he turn ss for a completely other reason say: Chi Chi gets killed or hurt severly.
8 - Goku’s personality isnt replicated or incorperated into the film (which is a huge let down since goku was what kept me watching the series).
Over all i still have high hopes for this movie, although i admit it leaves me dark reminders of the live action movie of Guiver, and fist of the north star, you all know how those turned out to be.
Anyways, if this film failes the only thing i can turn to, to lift my spirits are Akira, Robotech and Ghost in the Shell.

 
agolosha on July 16, 2008

This film will CRASH AND BURN. This is just going to set back DBZ a couple years. The film should not be made until a true fan of DB(Z) is set to direct it - and knows what the hell he/she is doing.

I am NOT going to see this film. And you just know they’re going to make a horrible DBZ sequel for money.

 
Darkman taks on July 17, 2008 Subscribed to comments via email

WHO gives a damn s*** if ur gonna watch this movie or not..!!!
NO 1 THATS WHO

 
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