Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

The popular animated film “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” will hit Chinese cinemas on Jan 6.

The original author of “Dragon Ball”, Toriyama Akira, was responsible for character design and acted as the screenwriter, leading the screenplay, supervising details including the plot, character backgrounds and dialogue. Among the movies in the franchise, Akira Toriyama had the highest level of involvement in “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero”. In addition, “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” is made by the original production team of the Dragon Ball series, which Tetsuro Kodama directed. Masako Nozawa, who has dubbed the work for more than thirty years, will continue to cast the voices of Sun Goku, Sun Gohan and Sun Goten of the Sun family. The film is the 21st movie in the “Dragon Ball” series. The film is internationally distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

“Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” tells the story of the new generation of the Red Ribbon Army, once defeated by Sun Goku, creating the homunculi Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, who call themselves superheroes. Gohan, Piccolo and the two homunculi meet and clash in a fierce battle…. Are the new homunculi enemies? Or friends? What plan is the new generation of the Red Ribbon Army brewing? Earth’s crisis is imminent, it’s time to awaken the real “superhero”!

As one of the most popular shonen anime series,“Dragon Ball” was first serialized in 1984, nearly 40 years ago. Yet, its popularity still remains high. The newest film in “Dragon Ball Super”, “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” has surpassed the last movie “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” in ratings, temporarily becoming the highest scoring movie in the Dragon Ball series! The North American premiere has even set the newest record for Japanese films in the North American box office, showing the incredible charm of the Super Saiyan!