Dragon Ball Z Movie 09: Ginga Girigiri!! Bucchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu

Honestly, this is the best Dragonball movie out there. Story: The story itself is nothing to write home about. It does have the problem of characters not fully powering up at the start of a fight, in order to create some artificial drama. But all of the dragon ball movies have that problem. I kind of like the flow of this movie better than a lot of them though. Starts off with a tournament that eventually goes awry because some villains show up. A lot of the comedy here works surprisingly well, better than most of the movies. Art & Sound: The art is fantastic for something from 1993.Period. The sound is good, but I prefer the Falconer replacement, and unfortunately this movie has very little (none?) of that. Regardless, I still enjoyed what it had, especially the climax. Characters: And now the characters, which are the best part. The villains for this one are great, among the series best. Their designs are fantastic. The second biggest thing is Gohan is the protagonist in this one. I love Gohan and that's a big part of that. However even if you prefer Goku as a character, at the very least Gohan being the main character makes for a different change of pace. Literally every other villain and movie as well as later entries GT and Super and the prequel Dragonball have Goku defeating the main villain. It's so cool seeing someone else- someone far more interesting at that- take down the main villain for a change. This movie is a good throwback to the Cell saga of the series, which is the best arc. Enjoyment & Overall: This is my favorite DBZ movie, and it's not hard to see why. A lot of the comedy works surprising well, the art is fantastic for something that aired in 1993, the villains are among the best the series has to offer, and Gohan rightfully gets the spotlight as the protagonist. Overall: 8/10

Dragon Ball Z Movie 09, Bojack: Unbound, is a masterpiece of a movie when compared to the Dragon ball T.V series. For the sake of this review, Bojack: Unbound will be rated, assuming that those who have watched this movie, are up to date with the T.V show. Not to point out the obvious, but I think that it goes without say that anything dragon ball Z (T.V series) related, will not be taken into consideration when writing this review, as this is only a small branch taken out of the dragon ball franchise. This means that the timeline, and characters in the movie should bealready understood by the viewer, assuming that they are up to date. Characters: All main characters from the cell arc (previous season of the show) are apparent, all of them fill out their purpose appropriately in the movie, and all of their power levels are around the same as of the T.V show. NA/10 oh yeah, and Mr Satan is in this one too :) yay Story: This is your basic dragon ball Z movie plot. It carries out for 50 minutes, does EXACTLY what it intends to do. Worlds martial arts tournament, bad guys at the tournament, tournament put on hold, 9/10 of the characters are defeated by the bad guys, and 1 character beats the bad guys. Simple, nothing wrong with this, wont really be taking into account. As a genuine plot? a 5/10. But because there's no room for an ACTUAL plot, the rating is NA/10. Art: The art is, good. Really good. The worlds martial arts tournament, is COMPLETELY revamped into the so-called "Intergalactic World Tournament", and looks COOL for once. Everything about the setting in the movie, is indifferent to every other movie in the series, despite the old and recurring plot and ideas used in every one of them. Toei animation's clear intent was to make something dark. Something gritty, something refreshing for the viewers, and they definitely pulled it off. There's blood coming out of each character, choking, screaming, and while this is all happening, you can feel the sheer agony of each character who are going through these things, all throughout the look in their faces. When the battle TRULY begins, the environments placed in each fight, are dark, poorly lit, gross, weird, creepy, black. Sound: The OST is pretty damn good. When the first half of the show is underway, its fun, is wacky, its suitable to the current situation at hand. Characters are having fun, gohan and krillin are fighting in the tournament, and Master Roshi is back at it, indulging in his daily little perverted acts. Essentially its all fun and games, but when the real battle between gohan, Bojack and his crew begins, the OST becomes... disturbing... You can literally feel the gravity of the situation. It's the first time any long itme dbz fan will ever be able to think with a worried look on their face, "shit, everyones actually going to be f*cking murdered..." without some goofy ass music playing in the background (T.V show) Sound pt 2: The voice acting of goku and gohan in this movie are incredible. When gohan is being strangled by bojack, he screams. But this time, with goku in other world, and everyone else essentially dead, no one can help him. When paired up with the brilliant OST of this movie, this sh*t is almost goddamn disturbing... When watching this scene for the 7th f*cking time, I couldn't help but get goosebumps. The next scene where Goku comes down from other world to save gohan, is also very well acted out. Goku gets mad. He actually gets mad at something.... well done Sean Schemmel, great job. Extra: For once, when the characters in the movie are shown to laugh, it actually...seems...genuine. Enjoyment: Im biased, but I do not care, this shit makes me FEEEL good bruh. The way the characters talk to each other just.. make me feel happy. The first half of the show, sets the ending up real nice, so I never need to ask, "wtf is going on???!?!?". The main things that make this movie great for ME, is the great voice acting paired with the even greater OST towards the end of the film. 10/10 This movie isn't a masterpiece, it literally cant be (as a standalone movie). But for all dragon ball z fans who have an itch for edginess, this movie can be enjoyed to the max.

Dragon Ball Z Movie 9 Bojack Unbound takes place shortly after the defeat of Cell, and is one of few movies that can fit into the main story. To celebrate the birthday of his son, Mr Money holds a tournament where the winner can challenge Mr Satan. However, your average space invader appears to ruin everything. It is up to the Z fighters to stop them and safe Earth. This movie is one of few where Yamcha and Tenshinhan take part in and the film does a good job utilizing them especially during the tournament part. The movie uses humor in a good way too especiallywith the scene with Yamcha who like usual gets humiliated, but not in a disrespectful way. While Tenshinhan had an impressive showing fighting a Super Saiyan tier opponent respecting his strength. Even when facing opponents far above their level, them appearing to help Gohan show bravery and courage. Speaking of Gohan, this movie is basically taking advantage of the latest transformation introduced in Dragon Ball: Super Saiyan Grade 5 aka. Super Saiyan 2 and it is about Gohan taping into that power once again to save everyone. And how the movie did it, was not insulting by nerving Gohan for the billions of time as he happened to be the most powerful fighter of all the Z warriors even before taking that form. Most importantly, it was Toei's take on how taking the torch from Goku affected Gohan as now he grew from apprentice to master and from a protected to a protector. Showing that he took his father role as earth savoir. The movie also has Piccolo and Vegeta with their own unique issues. Piccolo desiring to fight a worthy opponent that takes him serious and isn't boring him to death. Vegeta has given up on fighting since Trunks was killed temporary and Goku left earth. In this movie, he has to find the courage to get his fighting instincts back once again. It is not the best thing the movies have done as Movie 6, 8 and 12 have used Vegeta far better, but it is something that make him feel more than a character who just appears for fan service. The antagonists in this movie are also unique. They belong to the same race making it more believable they know similar techniques and have similar abilities as some use a unique transformation giving a fitting design that stands out in the environment they are fighting. Speaking of environment, since the tournament is founded by a family with too much money, there stages created are all unique. Since the villains don't care about the tournament itself, the locations happen to change often when they smash the Z fighters somewhere else. Examples as such are: a flowery field, a place with hot lava, a desert and even a town that looks like Central Europe at night. Generally the movie did a good job taking advantage of "show don't tell" which many modern anime can't do and would rather infodumb to explain the things you see. A criticism about this movie is the appearance of Future Trunks which makes it questionable why he is still around instead of staying in his timeline since he is the only one who can protect it. However, the movie didn't waste him as it used him well to show that he grow past the need to use his sword by defeating a powerful sword user himself. Not to mention him reacting to his father getting his fighting spirit back which could only be effective when someone like Trunks witnessed it. Then again, swords in Dragon Ball since the defeat of Raditz should not even be needed unless they provide a specific purpose like when Janemba in Fusion Reborn used it. Also while Vegeta got his character arc, he still feels like a character who is there just because since neither he nor Piccolo mattered to this movie and their accomplishment meant nothing overall. Lastly Bojack himself. He used to be sealed by the 5 Kaios and the death of one undid one of the seals which was enough to free him, which gives some insight and justification for his power, but that doesn't explain why he is so powerful to begin with. The movie never elaborated on his race which is weird since his henchmen belong to the same race. It would be nice to know if they happen to be the strongest of their race or if they are relatives. Did they chose to leave their homeworld willingly or where they banished? Anything to grasp on would have been useful to flesh them out. Even something about their transformation would have been nice. Not to mention, Bojack coming to earth is also not explained well. The only interesting thing about Bojack is that he is the only villain who gangs up on his prey and doesn't usually fight a one on one fight. In conclusion, Bojack Unbound is a fine movie with a rather unmemorable villain. It uses the underused characters well but most are just here for fan service. Regardless, if you are a Dragon Ball Z fan you are going to enjoy this movie. Especially if you are a Gohan fan as this movie gives Gohan the most respect of all Dragon Ball movies does far including Dragon Ball Super Super Heroes.

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