Dragon Ball: The Great Mystical Adventure

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Jay W "Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure" is the third and final entry of the original Dragon Ball movies. The previous two movies played out more as recaps of the series with a changed villain. Mystic Adventure does keep this tradition intact, recapping the Roshi Training, RR Army and 22nd Tournament, but it does so with a creative twist. This one, more than any of the other Dragon Ball movies, feels like it takes place in an alternate Dragon Ball timeline. The characters are there, but their positions are all different. We have Chatsu running the Red Ribbon Army, with the Crane Hermit and Tao at the command. Pilaf and the gang help build a dragon radar for the army. Bora is there as a contestant for the martial arts tournament. And hey, let's throw in Korin, Major Metallitron and Arale in there as well. The story centers on Chatsu wanting to collect the Dragon Balls to find his lost wife. Meanwhile, Goku and Krillin are participating in the emperor's martial arts tournament. In actuality the emperor is being fooled by the Crane Hermit to collect the Dragon Balls so he can make his wish. This is at conflict with Bulma, Yamcha and the gang who are also searching for the DragonBalls. Hearing the description of the set up, you may already notice the main problem with the story. At a 48-minute runtime, that is a lot of material to stuff into one movie. It is a lot of fun for Dragon Ball fans, but admittedly really confusing to those who aren't. And for both crowds it is very rushed. Still a ton of fun, brings in the DragonBall magic, but it needs to take a breath, it is like one really long run on sentence that just abruptly ends. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Audience Member There's not much of a plot, it doesn't go anyway, and it's not entertaining to watch at all. A strange mix of characters from the Red Ribbon Army and Tienshinhan Sagas. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel like it was alright. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the third retelling of Dragon Ball that squeezes even more tales and even makes major changes to the premise. But for some odd reason it works immensely well. That it actually becomes it's own original movie. It's the best out of the original Dragon Ball movie trilogy! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member As a long time fan of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z I am excited to see this finally find release in the United States. This movie spins off of the early Dragon Ball Tournament Saga very smoothly with a short scenic summary of Goku and Krillin's (Kuririn) training under Master Roshi. There is a lot of good fun and some nice action sequences, including tournament fighting hosted by Chaozu. Familiar Dragon Ball characters are there, including Bulma, Oolong, Yamcha and Pu'ar, and some new characters are introduced, including Tien and the aforementioned Chaozu. Very funny and overall quite enjoyable, though uncut this may be a little too suggestive for many children. I highly recommend this to all Dragon Ball or DBZ fans as well as any fan of lighthearted anime; I actually enjoyed this movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member After a marathon of Dragon Ball month's ago (now I'm in Dragon Ball Z marathon after Frieza died and Namek got destroyed) I saw this movie and remember how I loved Oopa and his dad story so watching how is somehow different on this film made me love it more. Is a wonderful film and the ending always gets to me. Enjoy. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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