Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

Released Aug 5, 2014

1h 25m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Action

Anime

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Birus, the god of destruction, awakes from his long slumber itching for a fight with a Saiyan god.

Bob Miller

indieWire

Thankfully, the Japanese continue to make traditional hand-drawn animation, digitized in color and partially- enhanced with CG. With Battle of Gods, it's a seamless blend, and entertains as any CG-animated film.

Mar 8, 2019

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Charles Solomon

Los Angeles Times

"Battle of Gods" delivers not only the familiar look but also the slapstick comedy, character interaction and over-the-top martial arts fights that "Dragon Ball" fans want and expect.

Aug 7, 2014

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Leah B. Jackson

IGN Movies

The fight scenes in Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods are tremendous. Each punch and kick has a great sense of power behind it, and the way the camera swerves and glides in new 3D angles makes each battle exhilarating.

Rated: 7.5/10

Mar 8, 2019

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Rob Bricken

io9.com

Even if you enjoy this bizarre deconstruction of one of the world's most popular anime, you still have to sit through a great deal of nonsense to get there.

Mar 7, 2019

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Jack O'Regan

Screen Rant

Obviously the action is flawless, lending itself impeccably to the modern animation style, and it certainly doesn't hurt that the film is canon.

Mar 7, 2019

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Octavio Karbank

CBR

For all its little hiccups, it was a perfect return to the franchise. In the nearly two decades since DBZ ended, animation had improved drastically, leading to flawless-looking fight sequences.

Mar 7, 2019

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TNT D

For Dragon Ball fans and action movie lovers alike, this film celebrates 'Dragon Ball Z' with hilarious comedy that is immediately followed up by a beautifully animated fight with 'Battle Of Gods'' main villain: Lord Beerus, who (as well as his friend Whis) is very well written and surprisingly fleshed-out for only an hour and a half of screen-time. The ending wraps up 'Battle Of Gods' but sets up 'Dragon Ball Super', preparing viewers for what's to come. 9/10- TNTDude

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/23/24

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Tayna M

The anime is very good and has a great development, but it still takes a while for some things to happen in some episodes. The fights are always epic and very well worked but I don't think it should always be a long fight, it doesn't always have to be a huge fight. But it's not bad, far from it, it's just not my favorite anime.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Boc T

The animation is much better than a lot of the older movies despite the years since the last one. Though it is labelled a DBZ movie, this is the start of Dragon Ball Super. Good action, great comedy (Vegeta) and lots of cameos.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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Ryan S

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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pegasus363 u

The movie was quite illusory; it set high expectations at the time, and completely undermined everything established by Dragon Ball and Akira Toriyama. This film only brought me to tears during its credits, not for its content, but because the credits rolled scenes from all of Dragon Ball and Z, triggering a wave of nostalgia so intense, I couldn't help but shed a tear. It seems this movie was made for nostalgia-seekers and the older generation. As a Dragon Ball fan, I went to see it and was met with a huge disappointment due to its lackluster new plot and poor script. However, this is purely a reflection of my nostalgia, nothing more to add.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Zack F

DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS super sayian god was amazing

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/10/23

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Masahiro Hosoda

Director

Masako Nozawa

Goku

Shigeru Chiba

Pilaf

Hiroko Emori

Chaozu

Toshio Furukawa

Piccolo

Tôru Furuya

Yamcha

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Synopsis

Birus, the god of destruction, awakes from his long slumber itching for a fight with a Saiyan god.

Director: Masahiro Hosoda
Producer: Akira Toriyama
Screenwriter: Akira Toriyama, Yûsuke Watanabe
Distributor: NCM
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Toei Co. Ltd.
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Action, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 5, 2014, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2014
Runtime: 1h 25m