Ebonyslayer

Before this review, I just want to say that I have seen all of the old and new Dragon Ball movies, this one I think being a clear success compared to the others. The only other animated works of DB that I think were successful were the Bardock and the Trunks OVAs, and for good reason. They were focused on the character development during those story bits, and that's what allowed it to work so well.

When there are parts in the series that are about fights and conflict, its anime projects like this that turn out to be a nice surprise.

Story- Pretty simple and straight to the point, the dragonballs, which are being collected by Goku's group and Frieza's group, lead up to a confrontation between Goku, Vegeta, and Broly. The beginning part of the movie does a good job of reintroducing Broly to the Dragon Ball Super storyline. I think they did a good job making Broly look like a tragic character, and given how the movie ends, I feel pretty good about any future storylines with DB Super, even more so knowing that Broly will be coming back.

Animation- This has got to be one of the best animations for Dragon Ball period! All of the scale and the destruction during the fight. They do use some CGI but it looks okay for the most part. Toei does pretty well with animation if they're focused on a film, but they can get pretty lazy when it comes to long running series, but I won't get into specifics. The important thing is that they did the Broly movie justice and that's what matters.

Sound- The sound for the most part is done pretty well. There are even themes for the characters that sound pretty gnarly. Toei is known for recycling their sound effects, but the movie did pretty well in that category too.

Characters- Now the focus of the movie is all about reintroducing Broly directly to the series again. And that means revamping his backstory to do his character justice. Like in the original film King Vegeta deems Broly a threat and tries to get rid of him by sending him to a planet of monsters. Unlike the original Broly, the new Broly is much sympathetic, and personality wise, they've added to him. And now its looking like there will be a friendly rivalry between Goku and Broly now.

Overall- I am pretty much happy with how the film turned out. Overall, the new Broly film easily beats the old Broly film. It may be darker, but that in no way means that its better story wise, that I assure you. To all the DB fans, a good film, and may there be more in the future!