Dragonball Z - Movie 14: Kampf der Götter (2013)

The Z-Fighters must contend with Lord Beerus, the God of Destruction, but only a God can fight a God, and none of them are Gods. However with the creation of the Super Saiyan God, will the Z-Fighters be able to defeat Lord Beerus?

Director:

Masahiro Hosoda

Writers:

Akira Toriyama (manga), Akira Toriyama (original author)

Stars:

Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Ryô Horikawa

7 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Masako Nozawa	...	Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Son Goten / Gotenks (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma (voice)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Vegeta (voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	Kame Sen'nin / King Vegeta (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Piccolo (voice)
Tôru Furuya	...	Yamcha (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Tenshinhan (voice)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Trunks / Gotenks (voice)
Yûko Minaguchi	...	Videl (voice)
Naoko Watanabe	...	Chichi (voice)
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	Gyûmaô (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Satan (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Oolong (voice)
Kôzô Shioya	...	Bû (voice)

Storyline

The events of Battle of Gods take place some years after the battle with Majin Buu, which determined the fate of the entire universe. Bills, the God of Destruction, is tasked with maintaining some sort of balance in the universe. After awakening from a long slumber, Bills is visited by Whis and learns that the galactic overlord Frieza has been defeated by a Super Saiyan from the North Quadrant of the universe named Goku, who is also a former student of the North Kai. Ecstatic over the new challenge, Goku ignores King Kai's advice and battles Bills, but he is easily overwhelmed and defeated. Bills leaves, but his eerie remark of "Is there nobody on Earth more worthy to destroy?" lingers on. Now it is up to the heroes to stop the God of Destruction before all is lost.

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Plot Keywords:

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Taglines:

The mightiest make their move

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dragonball Z - Movie 14: Kampf der Götter

Box Office

Gross:

$1,937,804 (USA) (6 August 2014)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Company, Fox International Productions, Shueisha

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min 105 min (Extended Version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Akira Toriyama, he did this film in part as personal vengeance for the creation of Dragonball: Evolution (2009).

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Goofs

When Bulma asked Mai's age, she answers 41. If Mai is 41 years old, it means she was only 12 years old at the beginning of the Dragon Ball series, the same age as Gokû, one year younger than Krillin and 4 years younger than Bulma, despite looking older and acting more mature than all the mentioned characters.

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Quotes

[English dub]
Goku: [powers up] I will not let you destroy my world!

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Crazy Credits

In the english version, the Funimation logo (which had a one-star Dragon Ball in its logo that briefly glows orange) instantly teleports off.

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Connections

Follows Dragonball (1995)

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Soundtracks

Cha-La Head-Cha-La
Performed by Flow
Lyrics by Yukinojô Mori
Music by Chiho Kiyôka
Arranged by Flow

User Reviews

A Dragon Ball Z Movie with actual meaning and character development.

Yes, listen to Brandon Christie: Only the Main F#$king character is fully utilized and that's a problem. Idiot!

This movie was surprisingly deep and well balanced. I really don't like every other DBZ movie mostly because they don't have anything to serve for the main characters and arcs, this is the first time where that changes for the better. All the characters have their shining moments in this, either be it badass or completely hilarious just in old tradition of Dragon Ball!

I loved this movie and I'd recommend it to anyone tired of the old DBZ formula and are looking for something fresh and new. Toriyama's SSG design was fantastic, and Bills is up there with Broly as one of the more interesting villains!