Dragon Ball Super: Broly is the latest film in the Dragon Ball Super series and in this film, Goku and Vegeta go up against one of the most powerful foes they’ve ever faced, Broly.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly has been one of the movies I’ve been most excited to go and see in 2019. Being a massive Dragon Ball Super fan and having thoroughly enjoyed Dragon Ball Super last year until it ended, I’ve been wanting more for months. When this movie first got announced, I was so excited to see it, that I’ve now probably watched the above trailer at least 100 times. Coming out of the cinema on the weekend, having finally watched this title, I have to say that I was very impressed with the film.

(There are spoilers in this paragraph, minor discussion of the plot) Dragon Ball Super: Broly spends of of the early parts of the film building up its plot and adding in extra lore into the Dragon Ball universe by having the audience visit Planet Vegeta in a time before Frieza blew it up. In this film we finally get some back story about the chain of events before the planet’s destruction and why Goku was sent away in a pod to begin with and why Vegeta was not on his home world during its destruction. But this film centres in and focuses on the newly introduced character of Broly. It turns out that Goku was not the only Saiyan sent in a pod away from his planet and so too was Broly. But unlike Goku, Broly was a saiyan exiled from the planet because he was identified to be too powerful to be near anyone at all. Years later he returns and is full of rage and vengeance, he wants to get even with the remaining saiyans, Goku and Vegeta.

Overall I thought that the plot of the film was generally rather good. I love when the lore of these series’ is expanded and we get more depth to the universe. But what I liked even more, was that the Broly character actually had a solid development path. The character is developed as the story progresses in a way that you don’t feel he’s just a random brute Goku and Vegeta fight. He’s got a history, he’s got his own issues and as things keep going, as an audience member I started to really like this new character of Broly. If the series did return in its usual TV format, I would be more than happy for more appearances from the Broly character in the future.

The animation in this film is probably the best I’ve seen from the series so far. Now the final episodes of The Tournament Of Power had some great animation, but this film somehow seemed to outdo what’s been in the series so far. Also comparing this film to previous Dragon Ball Super films, it’s definitely far superior than what we had previously.

Overall I was very impressed with the animation in Dragon Ball Super: Broly. I was even more impressed by how much this film expanded the lore of the Dragon Ball universe and also that it put some effort into developing Broly as a character I would love to see more of should the film return. This is definitely a film to go and see if you’re a Dragon Ball fan and as one myself, it was everything I wanted it to be. If you’re watching this, this weekend and you’ve never seen Dragon Ball before, it could  still be fun but there are literally hundreds of episodes of the TV show you’ve missed out on, but possibly after seeing this you’ll want to see more from the series. If anything though, the action oriented fights should be more than enough fun for any viewer out there.

There Are Some Spoilers In Our Dragon Ball Super Episode 119 Review – Episode Discussion

So the 119th episode of Dragon Ball Super just aired and this week, Goku and the remaining members of Universe 7 face off against some new threats, this time from Universe 4.

I have noticed in the series arc so far, that each time a Universe was wiped out, or the episode was a little sad in the end or had a darker tone, then the following episode would be a little lighter. I think we do see that here yet again with these Universe 4 fighters. Rather than being the overpowered type, like Kefla or Ribrianne were, they were instead the more trickier type of fighter.

We see Vegeta nearly kicked off the arena early on by an invisible warrior that he can’t see or sense. It takes time for our Universe 7 warriors to figure out what’s going on and a few of them, such as Android 18, Piccolo and Gohan are hit, Gohan himself being almost knocked out of the arena.

Piccolo is out of the tournament – Dragon Ball Super Episode 119 Review

This is where I guess Gohan and Piccolo shine the most, they fight with their mind more than the others and quickly come up with a strategy to cover everything in dust. The invisible warrior, once covered in dust is no longer invisible. This allows them to fight him and take him out quickly.

Universe 4 also tries to use some more more tricks, with an illusionist stepping up to fight Gohan and Piccolo, but they just can’t be tricked and that fighter is quickly dispatched of.

The last warrior of Universe 4 is a tiny bug that is super strong. The bug attacks Goku and 17 and actually does knock Piccolo from the arena, eliminating him from the tournament. All the fighters were initially confused, thinking it was another invisible person so they couldn’t hit them when they were near. But it was a tiny bug that was fast and hard to shoot.

17 eventually figures out how to beat the bug though and he and Goku team up and take him out rather quickly. Just like that, Universe 4 is gone.

But unlike last week’s Universe erasure, there wasn’t really a sad feeling to it. I guess Quitella isn’t really a character many would relate to and his Universe 4 fighters were much less developed than others in the past. Going away with threats to harm other people, doesn’t go down too well either. I doubt these characters will be missed, unlike Universe 6’s were last week which I think were much more loved. Universe 4 just doesn’t have many positives to any of it.

Next week’s preview sees us witness what Universe 3 and their remaining warriors can do. Judging by the narration from Gohan in the preview it might just be a big episode for him. Will he be able to win though? Or is it his time to go?

Overall, this was a more fun episode and it was really light and easy. No overpowered fights, but we did get a couple of tricks and gimmicks from Universe 4. Next week looks to be about the same as this one, I guess the big episodes will be when the fighters meet up with Jiren’s Universe yet again.

There Are Some Spoilers In Our Dragon Ball Super Episode 111 Review – Episode Discussion

So the latest episode of Dragon Ball Super just aired and this one follows on from last week’s massive 1 hour special of Goku v Jiren. In this episode we see Hit from Universe 6 take on Jiren who has now defeated Goku and seems to be the strongest warrior in the tournament. What can Hit do against Jiren? How will he perform in this fight?

I guess at this point in this arc, Jiren seems to be the major complication that our characters face. Up until now, Universe 7 has been quite dominant in the tournament of power arc. Now that the 1 hour special has passed, Hit seems to be the only warrior out there capable of fighting Jiren.

For the most part Hit v Jiren is actually pretty great to watch. Fans I think have started to really like Hit and he has become quite the popular character since his initial appearance. Unfortunately for Hit though, his time skip attack is really very ineffective against Jiren. Jiren just seems to be able to counter Hit far too quickly every time he appears. It does become noticeable though that he does have a strategy, Hit’s ultimate attack. Basically he eventually lands an excellent punch which leaves a dent in Jiren and later traps him in a time warp. Jiren is completely unable to move.

It’s at this point in the episode though that I didn’t really like it. Jiren can’t move at all, he’s on the edge of the arena. Sure it is Hit’s fight, but he seems not able to hold him and also attack at first. I just don’t understand why he didn’t tell Caulifla, Kale and Cabba to Ki blast Jiren off the edge. Would it not have worked? Maybe. I don’t know, but telling them to leave and fight others left him completely alone. Hit later does use his own blast against Jiren and he just looks at it and blocks it somehow. After this it’s all over for Hit and he’s out of the tournament.

It’s a bit of a disaster for Hit, I like this character, but against Jiren, we know as viewers, it’s going to probably be someone from Universe 7 that takes out Jiren. Just who it is at this point, I am not sure at all yet. It’s likely Goku, but I am leaning towards thinking it’s a team fight comprising of Goku, Vegeta and Frieza.

The other interesting part of this episode occurs right at the beginning where Frieza, who we saw end the last episode with an energy blast aimed at Goku, ends up healing him with it. I was thinking there’d be some healing go on in here after Frieza mentioned what happened on Namek. I did get it slightly wrong last week, I had forgotten Goku did heal Frieza at the end of their fight with some of his energy. Interestingly Frieza does say that all debts between them are paid now and tells Goku about what he heard the Gods say about Ultra Instinct. Frieza did also mention that he’s interested in avoiding Jiren for now, what will he get up to instead? I do find Goku in this chat to be very quiet, I wonder what he’s thinking about?

Apart form all this, there’s a brief appearance from the Universe 6 Namekians who are up against Gohan and Piccolo. There’s also a continuing fight between Vegeta and Ribrianne, which for some reason keeps dragging on.

Overall this is a nice episode, but a little of a step down to the massive one we had last week. Next week in the previews it seems we are finally getting a big Vegeta based episode, something I think which has been lacking quite a lot in this arc. I want to see what Vegeta can do, we all know he’s incredibly powerful and has been holding back. Maybe it’s time he starts dominating the arena.