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Dragon Ball Super: Broly

Also known as: ドラゴンボール超 ブロリー

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What is Dragon Ball Super: Broly about?

Dragon Ball Super: Broly is an anime film animated by Toei Animation, adapted from a manga. It was released in December 14, 2018. AniList classifies it as action, adventure, fantasy and science fiction. It continues from Dragon Ball Super, which is worth watching first.

Earth is at peace after The Tournament of Power but Goku continues to train, knowing there are ever-stronger forces in the universe. With the arrival of a Saiyan warrior named Broly, Goku and Vegeta face their most dangerous challenge yet. The film also chronicles the history of the Saiyans and the background story of these three Saiyans with different destinies connected to the turbulent period of their now extinct race.

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Themes AniList users associate with it: Super Power, Primarily Male Cast, Shounen, Aliens, Martial Arts, Henshin, Male Protagonist, Primarily Adult Cast, Cultivation.

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Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

  • Gokuu Son 孫悟空

    Main character

    Son Gokuu is a boy we meet in a forest far from any civilization. He lives in this forest alone as his grandpa passed away, he only has this special orb-like object called a Dragon Ball to remember him by, which he will sometimes talk to as if it is his Grandpa Gohan.

    Japanese voice: Masako Nozawa

  • Vegeta ベジータ

    Main character

    Vegeta is haughty, arrogant, and filled with hatred and bitterness as a result of the destruction of his home planet and his race's abusive treatment at the hands of Freeza. His royal status seems to have caused him to develop an inflated sense of superiority and he holds himself above most people he encounters.

    Japanese voice: Ryou Horikawa

  • Broly ブロリー

    Main character

    Broly is the son of Paragus and the misguided main antagonist of Dragon Ball Super: Broly. He is the latest of the Legendary Super Saiyans, a demonic Saiyan warrior who appears every thousand years.

    Japanese voice: Bin Shimada

Supporting characters

  • Bulma ブルマ

    Supporting character

    Bulma is originally a secondary main character, but her role is quickly downplayed as the series continues, even though she does remain an important support character for most of the series. Bulma is a direct parody of the character Xuanzang from the Chinese novel Journey to the West.

    Japanese voice: Aya Hisakawa

  • Piccolo ピッコロ

    Supporting character

    Piccolo is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball series. He is introduced in the late stages of Dragon Ball as the main antagonist of the final saga and is a ruthless enemy of the protagonist Son Goku.

    Japanese voice: Toshio Furukawa

  • Shu シュウ

    Supporting character

    Emperor Pilaf's ninja crony who apparently is a humanoid dog. He and Mai usually work together to carry out the work of their vertically-challenged and short tempered Emperor. He's one of the first villains in the Dragon Ball series, but perhaps villain is too strong a word for such a weakling.

  • Goten Son 孫悟天

    Supporting character

    Goten is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Dragon Ball Z, as well as appearing in Dragon Ball GT. He is the second son of Son Goku and Chi Chi. Goten is a Human-Saiyan hybrid, just like his older brother, Son Gohan.

    Japanese voice: Masako Nozawa

  • Bra ブラ

    Supporting character

    Bra is the second child (after Trunks) of Bulma and Vegeta. Unlike Pan who acts tomboyish, Bra acts feminine and sticks around her mom. Like Bulma, Bra has blue hair in the anime and purple hair in the manga.

    Japanese voice: Aya Hisakawa

  • Freeza フリーザ

    Supporting character

    Freeza is a fictional graphic novel supervillain who first appears in the Dragon Ball manga created by Akira Toriyama. Freeza also appears in the television special Bardock: The Father of Goku; a few Dragon Ball Z movies, and in Dragon Ball GT.

    Japanese voice: Ryuusei Nakao

  • Nappa ナッパ

    Supporting character

    Nappa is an elite Saiyan warrior that accompanied Vegeta to Earth in search of the Dragon Balls. He has been Vegeta's attendant ever since Vegeta's childhood, and has a somewhat violent nature, even among Saiyans.

    Japanese voice: Tetsu Inada

  • Zarbon ザーボン

    Supporting character

    Zarbon is Freeza's right-hand man and one of his more powerful henchmen. He has long, green braided hair and wears a tiara and earrings, giving him a more attractive look amongst Freeza's soldiers. Because of this, Zarbon thinks highly of himself and values things based on how attractive they are.

    Japanese voice: Hiroaki Miura

  • Bardock バーダック

    Supporting character

    The biological father of Raditz and Son Goku, Burdock is a Saiyan who is given the gift of precognition. In several of his recurring visions, he witnesses the destruction of his home planet Vegeta by the hand of Freeza.

    Japanese voice: Masako Nozawa

  • Shen Long 神龍

    Supporting character

    Shen Long is the wish granting dragon of Earth. The Shen Long of the Black Star Dragon Balls is red, opposed to the Shen Long of Earth who is green. Shen Long can be summoned by gathering all seven of the Dragon Balls of Earth.

    Japanese voice: Ryuuzaburou Ootomo

  • Raditz ラディッツ

    Supporting character

    Raditz is the biological brother of Son Goku and the eldest son of Burdock. Raditz went to Earth to help in the planet's invasion, and to persuade his younger brother Goku to join the Saiyans in their conquest.

    Japanese voice: Shigeru Chiba

  • Dodoria ドドリア

    Supporting character

    Dodoria (ドドリア, Dodoria) is one of Freeza's top henchmen. He is a large, pink alien with short spikes on his head and forearms. He travels with Freeza and Zarbon to planet Namek in search of the Dragon Balls. While interrogating a village, they are interrupted as Kuririn and Gohan save Dende from being killed.

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