Justin Chatwin as Goku in Dragonball Evolution holding a Dragon Ball next to Goku from the Dragon Ball Z anime
Summary A live-action Dragon Ball movie would be devilishly difficult to get right, and one of its trickiest obstacles would be deciding how to approach Goku's childhood. Not so long ago, the phrase "best live-action anime adaptation" was the equivalent of saying "best way to pull out your own teeth.
Any Future Live-Action Dragon Ball Movie Would Probably Skip Goku's Childhood Dragon Ball Can't Put Off Adapting Its Best Stories Yet Again Dragon Ball is a rare example of an anime franchise that enjoyed its biggest popularity boom many years after debuting. The most recognizable, iconic version of Goku that remains burned into the cultural consciousness is the grown-up warrior who battled Frieza on Namek, turns into a Super Saiyan, and bickers with Vegeta.
6 To make a Dragon Ball movie without those fundamental ingredients would feel odd indeed, and partly explains where Dragonball Evolution went so spectacularly wrong. James Wong's live-action effort attempted to condense Akira Toriyama's initial 194 chapters into a single movie, introducing an adolescent Goku who was older than the child protagonist from Dragon Ball's early volumes, but not yet the fully-grown father from Dragon Ball Z.
Any future live-action Dragon Ball movie would, therefore, face the dilemma of how to convey the necessary essentials from those first 194 chapters without spending too much time dwelling upon Goku's past. The obvious solution would be to include a short prelude at the beginning of the movie.
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