12 Days of Anime, Day 7: We Gotta Power

Image Credit: yinxisan from Pixiv

Twenty Twelve’s been a great year when it came to nostalgia. At least for me, anyway.

There certainly seems to be a good amount of revivals and look-backs for me to talk about.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

One cross-shaped scar…

[First Day]

Two godly novels…

[Second Day]

Three pals at Fanime…

[Third Day]

Four Apple Gummis…

[Fourth Day]

Five Right Stuf deals…

[Fifth Day]

Six grief seeds…

[Sixth Day]

Seven Dragon Balls, and a partridge in a pear tree!

Dragon Ball (especially the Japanese version with Shunsuke Kikuchi’s score) has always been a childhood favorite of mine. Considering that, it’s natural that I would be pumped for the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods movie that’s been recently announced, headed by Akira Toriyama himself. It’s pretty much the first real new Dragon Ball material that’s been seen in nearly a couple of decades (video games and anniversary special aside). Kind of wished they put Shunsuke Kikuchi in charge of the music, but oh well. It’ll still be a nice treat for long-time fans of the franchise, hopefully.

Here’s the trailer. I absolutely love how Cha-La Head-Cha-La is playing in the background. Speaking of which, that (or any other song by Hironobu Kageyama) better be the opening to this movie, or else! Also, it’s strange how they show Son Gohan (with Unlocked Potential) still being able to turn into the inferior Super Saiya-jin form in all the promotional material – I’m kind of curious to see how that works out. It would definitely top the movie off with some nostalgia-sprinkles if it’s simply Toriyama being the same forgetful old coot that he was while writing the manga. Ah, the good ol’ days.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Toei’s quick-buck, Dragon Ball Kai, which was announced to be continuing onto the Boo saga (except for Japan…huh). While I’m not all too fond of the Boo saga because of what it did to Gohan, I find it an interesting twist to the… “lore” of Dragon Ball Kai, in a sense. It’ll also be interesting to see the Boo saga animated without Toei’s terrible filler.

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(Now to use the Dragon Balls to wish this bad idea away… Must persevere.)