Author: Dror Klar
Fans of the hit anime Dragon Ball will soon get their long held wish courtesy of 20th Century Fox and if it goes off without a hitch, it will be in theaters around the beginning of summer 2008. What are we talking about?
A live action, English movie based off of the hit manga and anime series that has swept Japan and the United States since the 1980's when it was first developed by Akira Toriyama. The series has spawned two additional TV shows since its debut, including Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, and numerous card and video games.
Up and coming actor Justin Chatwin, who appeared in War of the World, will end up getting to play Son Goku and the villain of the series will be played by James Marsters, who appears as Spike from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The movie will follow the story of the alien Goku who, like so many superpowered beings these days, it seems, gets sent to the Earth to take it over. Like Superman, he changes his mind once he discovers what his species intent for him was and decides that he will not only live on the planet as a normal person, but also protect it from other aliens who seek to take it over.
When the series debuted in Japan as a manga, it was mainly seen as a comedy/fantasy series, since the first 134 chapters of the series were filled with all kinds of humor, even if some of it would be considered a little crude for American child audiences, such as humor involving women's panties.
When it was released into the United States, some name changes were in order, since the name of one character was Mr.Satan and since it was seen as a children's series, it was changed to Hercules. Alcohol, sexual innuendoes, and drugs were also edited out of the series.
All in all, we are not sure what to expect from a live action Dragon Ball movie in the United States. It is known that children and adults alike will flock to see the movie, but the content of the film, other than a very likely PG-13 rating, is currently unknown.
It is not likely to be as censored as the Dragon Ball manga was when it was released in the United States, but in order to keep its roots intact, there is likely to be a fair amount of objectionable content that some parents may not want their smaller children to see.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/dragon-ball-movie-is-now-busting-out-the-box-office-269207.html
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Free Games - Dragon Ball Style
Author: IC
A quick search in Google shows that there are several gaming sites which target the word "free" when in fact they are paid services, not only do they advertise to the wrong market they make things difficult for the surfer who has a few minutes to spare and wants to have some fun during his/her leisure time.
Today's gaming world has evolved from the stand alone console mentality into the vast world of the net, gaming applications which were popular back in the late 90's and first few years of this decade have now become available to the world without a subscription or any kind of fee. This is surely a gamer's heaven. Popular free games such as Pokemon, Super Mario, Donkey Kong, have all invaded the net with their action/strategy scheme but a game which became an all time classic due to the animation it is based on is Dragon Ball.
Dragon ball is an successful animation which was launched in 1986 in Japan, it was based on the manga adaptation by Akira Toriyama who developed this action packed story into hundreds of half hour episodes. The main characters of the original series are Goku, Bulma, Roshi, Kuirin, Piccolo, etc. The story revolves around the fact that Goku is a powerful fighter who encounters many skilled opponents in ninja tournaments which turn out to be quite spectacular by the display of powers.
On later episodes, Goku meets his rival and future friend Vegeta who just like himself is one of the few surviving Saiyans who survived the destruction of their home planet by fleeing from it to distant planets. The battles are fierce and Goku fights to protect earth becoming stronger each time. His special abilities are: super strength, super speed, teleportation, energy blast (kamehameha), super Saiyan (2,3,4)
Because of its popularity many Dragon ball games were made available to online communities where Goku has once again to take on Vegeta, Freezer and the many foes he fought in the anime series. The popularity of this game grew as several versions were released to cover the characters introduced in later seasons such as Dragon ball Z and GT.
The online version called Power Levels is just one of many which shows Goku in super Saiyan mode fighting against a strong Vegeta another free online version of the game is called "dimension" where you have more flexibility to choose the fighters, in this version you can fight as Piccolo, Gohan or Goku and your opponents can be Cell, Vegeta or Freezer. Whoever you decide to battle remember that free game versions of this great saga are waiting for you all over the web.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/free-games-dragon-ball-style-300506.html
A quick search in Google shows that there are several gaming sites which target the word "free" when in fact they are paid services, not only do they advertise to the wrong market they make things difficult for the surfer who has a few minutes to spare and wants to have some fun during his/her leisure time.
Today's gaming world has evolved from the stand alone console mentality into the vast world of the net, gaming applications which were popular back in the late 90's and first few years of this decade have now become available to the world without a subscription or any kind of fee. This is surely a gamer's heaven. Popular free games such as Pokemon, Super Mario, Donkey Kong, have all invaded the net with their action/strategy scheme but a game which became an all time classic due to the animation it is based on is Dragon Ball.
Dragon ball is an successful animation which was launched in 1986 in Japan, it was based on the manga adaptation by Akira Toriyama who developed this action packed story into hundreds of half hour episodes. The main characters of the original series are Goku, Bulma, Roshi, Kuirin, Piccolo, etc. The story revolves around the fact that Goku is a powerful fighter who encounters many skilled opponents in ninja tournaments which turn out to be quite spectacular by the display of powers.
On later episodes, Goku meets his rival and future friend Vegeta who just like himself is one of the few surviving Saiyans who survived the destruction of their home planet by fleeing from it to distant planets. The battles are fierce and Goku fights to protect earth becoming stronger each time. His special abilities are: super strength, super speed, teleportation, energy blast (kamehameha), super Saiyan (2,3,4)
Because of its popularity many Dragon ball games were made available to online communities where Goku has once again to take on Vegeta, Freezer and the many foes he fought in the anime series. The popularity of this game grew as several versions were released to cover the characters introduced in later seasons such as Dragon ball Z and GT.
The online version called Power Levels is just one of many which shows Goku in super Saiyan mode fighting against a strong Vegeta another free online version of the game is called "dimension" where you have more flexibility to choose the fighters, in this version you can fight as Piccolo, Gohan or Goku and your opponents can be Cell, Vegeta or Freezer. Whoever you decide to battle remember that free game versions of this great saga are waiting for you all over the web.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/art-and-entertainment-articles/free-games-dragon-ball-style-300506.html
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