The upcoming Hollywood theatrical film version of Dragonball has seen its promotional campaign ramp up in recent months, with the expected result of sending fans of the series into lurid rages.
One helpful 2channer has collected a number of comments from a a wide range of countries and translated them into Japanese for his fellow’s convenience. They do make for an entertaining read…
A condensed summary of the comments:
Korea:
This is a joke right? There’s no way they ever read Dragonball?Canada:
This is Dragonball? What a farce.U.K.:
This annoying movie will destroy Dragonball’s legend!U.S.:
I watched Dragonball since I was little…the ‘Dragonball’ part in the title is an utter lie.Belgium:
Learn some shame Hollywood!France:
Are they gonna sell it at Comiket 75?Holland:
Is this like the Star Wars version of Dragonball?
Japanese fans’ comments followed suit in decrying the farcical movie:
It looks like a B-Grade Kung Fu movie…
Don’t they feel embarrassed for making this?
I think (movie adaptations) of Japanese anime should be left to Japan.
Bulma looks like Rambo fighting with those guns.
How did the French guy know about Comiket?
Hollywood sure is shameless. Just so that it’ll sell better, they destroy the original story. Why didn’t they just start from the very beginning with a different property?
I’ll spare you the rest, as it all follows in the same vein. Apparently it seems easy to find criticism of the film regardless of the nationality of the posters, but what is hard is finding anyone that is actually pleased with what they’ve been seeing.
Are there any Dragonball fans out there happy about the film, I wonder?
Japanese poster for Dragonball: Evolution
Shown below is the trailer for Dragonball: Evolution. It should give those unfamiliar with the live action project a better idea of what to expect:
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Piccolo from DBE = Lord Voldemort + Nosferatus
Uggg….
I really came late to this site…
All that money they flush making stuff like that… Even a few mil, with modern technology (CG) could make a very wonderful “Priest-Kings of Gor”…
cowboy beebop is ASIAN not bird s♥♥t colored trailer park actor named neo stuck in da matrix FUK FOXX ENT. Dam Hollywood Im “NOT” seeing CowBoy BeeBop with neo as da star they killed dragon ballZ now they wanna kill real anime FUK CARTOON NETWORK AND HOLLYWOOD FUKN FOXX ENT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
SPIKE WAS MODELED AFTER BRUCE LEE = HES ASIAN “NOT WHITE!!!!!!”
WHY ARE THEY TAKING AWAY ALL THE GOOD ROLLS FROM ASIAN ACTORS AND GIVING THEM TO WHITES EVEN WHEN ALL THE PLAYERS ARE OBVIOUSLY JAPANESE I MEAN THERES BLACKS AND LATINOS AND EVEN HINDI/IDIAN PEOPLES TOO AND YES WHITES ASWELL IN COWBOY BEE BOP BUT SPIKE AND EVERYONE ELSE IS OBVIOUSLY ASIAN!!!! THE CAST OF COWBOY BEEBOP SHOULD BE ALL ASIAN!!!!!!!
HOLD UP THEY ARE ALL ASIAN NOT WHITE FUK BIRD s♥♥t! WHITE PEOPLE ALWAYS FUK EVERYTHING UP!
SPIKE IS ASIAN! NOT SOME STUCK IN DA MATRIX HOMOFUK THAT CANT ACT EVEN OTHER ACTORS SAY HE CANT ACT WTF IS THIS IM NOT GOING TO SEE THIS NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PUY IN IT ITS JUST WRONG TO SELL SPIKE OFF AS A WHITE WWHEN THIS IS A FUCKING JAPANESE ANIME CARTOON!!!!!!!
FYE IS ASIAN!
VICIOUS IS ASIAN!
THIS IS ANIME AS IN JAPANESE NOT CRACKERLAND TRAILER PARK VILL
I LOVE ANIME BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ANGLOS!
I LOVE ASIAN CINEMA BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CRACKERS IN THAT s♥♥t! S
SPIKE IS ASIAN HIS CARTEL EX-ENFORCER CLAN IS THE DRAGON CLAN AKA JAPANESE YAKUZA YOU FUKN LAMES! ASIAN NOT KIBLER ELF!SPIKE TAKES AFTER BRUCE LEE THATS WHO THEY MODELED AFTER!
I enjoyed it.
What an astonishing piece of s**t!