Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

"Doragon bôru: Ossu! Kaette kita Son Gokû to nakama-tachi!!" or "Dragon Ball: Hey! Son Goku and Friends Return!!" is a more recent entry compared to the old Dragon Ball short films and the series, even if this one is also already 10 years old. Unfortunately I did not see this as a worthy revival of the franchise. The action was fairly random and the story as well as comedy didn't really do too much for me. I hoped this could have been better. Then again, I have never been the biggest DB or DBZ fan, so this is not really a big surprise. There were still moments I liked, but I don't think it should have run longer than 24 minutes max, the usual runtime for shows like this, maybe even only 21. I do not recommend it unless you are really a hardcore Dragon Ball" fan.

I have been watching Dragonball since it first aired in the U.S. back in the 90's and Its my favorite show of all time. I have every episode of Dragonball, Dragonball Z, and the not so good Dragonball GT. I have been waiting for something new in Dragonball for 11 years now and I was not disappointed.The new special is just what the Dragonball Fans have been waiting for. It has good old humor between Goku and Vegeta that I loved.The movie is a special on Akira Toriyama's view on what happened after Majin Buu was defeated. It introduces some new faces such as vegetas brother tarble and the evil duo Abo and Cado. A Dragonball style fight occurs and all is well in the end. The animation is all up to par with the newer animes today and it just has a great feel to it.I was only disappointed in the length of the special, It is only about 33 min long. But hopefully this is the start of some new Dragonball to come from Toriyama. I give it a 9/10 and recommend it to any true Dragonball fan!

This was an awful special. I'm glad to see that they are trying to revive Dragonball Z. But, this was a mess. What were they thinking giving Vegeta a brother? What kind of wife does he have? (She better be able to transform or something) Honestly, they could have just made something like an evil kai attacks earth, or something..Some issues were: -Tarble could not be that young. It's impossible. He would have to be as old as Gohan, at least.-Tarble wasn't even surprised when Goku turned super saiyan.-Android 18 cannot sense power levels. She states this many times in DBZ, and GT.

Two years later after the Buu saga, the story revolves around Goku and company get invited to Mr Satans (Hercule if you've only seen the dub)banquet to have them all celebrate the defeat of Majin Buu. Later, Vegetas younger brother Table, and his wife (can't remember the name, sorry),warn Vegeta and Goku that a Brother Duo they fought is coming to Earth. When the villain duo arrive they are paired up against Goten and Trunks who are pretty much beating them, the Brothers then merge into a huge villain and Goten and Trunks have to fuse to beat him. Later the villain unleashes a deadly attack but it is stopped by all the Z Warriors (even Roshi and Yajirobe helped), and eventually the villain is defeated. All in all not one of the best things of the DragonBall franchise, but if you're looking forward to seeing something new at least, then give this film a watch. Hopefully this gets dubbed in time for the live action film, yeah yeah I know how much you all hate how it's looking.But I think it would be good marketing for the film if they did so.7/10