8 Movies You Didn't Know Were Inspired By Akira Toriyama & Dragon Ball

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8 Movies You Didn't Know Were Inspired By Akira Toriyama & Dragon Ball
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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball dramatically increased the popularity of manga and anime around the world, but Dragon Ball has also served as an inspiration for filmmakers. Toriyama created Dragon Boy in 1983 as a short story, before going on to change the name and make a manga series titled Dragon Ball in 1984. The book quickly became popular and resulted in a huge spike in the popularity of manga stories in Japan.

Director Zack Snyder Release Date June 14, 2013 Writers David S. Goyer , Christopher Nolan Cast Kevin Costner , Laurence Fishburne , Richard Schiff , Amy Adams , Harry Lennix , Antje Traue , Michael Shannon , Henry Cavill , Christopher Meloni , Diane Lane , Russell Crowe When creating storyboards for the fight scenes that would play out in the DCEU's Man of Steel, storyboard artist, Jay Oliva, spoke about his inspiration from Dragon Ball .

5 The Matrix Revolutions Neo Versus Agent Smith The Matrix Revolutions Where to Watch *Availability in USThe Matrix Revolutions is the third installment of the Wachowskis' famous sci-fi saga. The movie picks up where the previous film "The Matrix Reloaded" left off, with Neo trapped in between the simulation and the real world.

Director Trey Parker Release Date June 30, 1999 Writers Trey Parker , Matt Stone , Pam Brady Cast Trey Parker , Matt Stone , Mary Kay Bergman , Isaac Hayes South Park often draws inspiration from other sources. In the movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, there is one moment that appears to be a clear reference to DBZ when Cartman lays down a beating on the villain of the story.

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