Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero 2022

A super awakening and calamity is born.

7.908 / 10   2714 vote(s)
PG-13
Animation Science Fiction Action

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

Release Date 2022-06-11
Runtime 1h 39m
Directors Tetsuro Kodama, Yuki Umino, Tsutomu Murakami, Hiroshi Shirai, Takuma Suzuki, Keigo Takenaka, Masaki Watanabe, Naohiro Shintani, Hideaki Maniwa, Chikashi Kubota, Hisashi Eguchi, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kazunori Ozawa, Jeong Jae-hun
Producers Norihiro Hayashida, Akio Iyoku
Writers Akira Toriyama, Akira Toriyama

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"Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero offers what most fans of the saga come looking for: energetic action, new transformations, and the classic Akira Toriyama humor that works brilliantly in this film.

The risk and courage in creating a narrative focused on Gohan, Piccolo, and Pan turn out to be successful due to the more intimate context, but it's still quite far from the epic levels and supreme satisfaction of the last movie.

Exaggerated fan service leads to unjustified, absurd new forms. The pacing and balance of the different storylines and relationships lack better control. The fight sequences have good moments, but some abrupt cuts take away some of the dazzle. And finally, 3D animation proves to be a massive decline in almost every aspect compared to the ideal mix used in recent content.

It's a pleasant, light, fun adventure but sadly unfulfilling."

Rating: B-

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/dragon-ball-super-super-hero-spoiler-free-review

"Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero offers what most fans of the saga come looking for: energetic action, new transformations, and the classic Akira Toriyama humor that works brilliantly in this film.

The risk and courage in creating a narrative focused on Gohan, Piccolo, and Pan turn out to be successful due to the more intimate context, but it's still quite far from the epic levels and supreme satisfaction of the last movie.

Exaggerated fan service leads to unjustified, absurd new forms. The pacing and balance of the different storylines and relationships lack better control. The fight sequences have good moments, but some abrupt cuts take away some of the dazzle. And finally, 3D animation proves to be a massive decline in almost every aspect compared to the ideal mix used in recent content.

It's a pleasant, light, fun adventure but sadly unfulfilling."

Rating: B-

Manuel São Bento