In the years Dragon ball has established itself as one of the pillars of Battle Shonen, which has led to numerous animated projects as well as deceptive attempts at live-action adaptations. It is certainly not easy to make a film that captures the true nature of the series, as actor and martial artist Jackie Chan would have liked to have done.
According to the different and misleading, tries to bring a similar experience to the screens to the one featured in the Toriyama manga or the Toei Animation anime, some important figures in the film world, including Zack Snyder, are interested in a live-action adaptation of Dragon Ball. However, a particularly interesting idea arose from a few years ago Actor Jackie Chan, a longtime fan of the original series.
By doing Pages from Daizenshuu volumesIn his guides dedicated to the franchise published in Japan in the late 1990s, the famous martial artist had expressed his thoughts on the series with these words: βFor a long time I heard from close people that Dragon Ball was interesting. So I watched the anime and then read the entire Chinese version of the manga. Of course, as they said, it was very interesting. my favorite character is of course Goku. The scene that impressed me the most … there are too many to remember so I can’t just pick one. There are so many fascinating sequences. “
Then Chan had focused on a very special request from him: “It’s a job that I would really like to fit into a movie. Dragon Ball is full of ideas and fantastic pictures. Make it a live action movie though, I think it would take a lot of special effects and a huge budget. ”
Keep in mind that Toriyama herself was inspired by many martial arts films starring Jackie Chan himself and we are leaving you with a detailed graphic of the Saiyans metamorphoses.
