Genre: Action / Fantasy
Parental Guidance Recommended
Credits: Akira Toriyama, Toei Animation, Fuji TV
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Cover Description:
When the peace of a routine day is interrupted by violent explosions it seems like the world is under siege! But Goku quickly realizes that he is the target of the sudden attack! who are these strange assassins? When Goku discovers that despite their great power, the culprits are not emitting an energy signal, it can only mean one thing: Androids! With Doctor Gero dead, who is responsible for master-minding this new wave of Androids that are stronger, faster, and ten times more deadly than before? The mystery unravels itself as the Android Assault begins!
More of a supplement than a stand alone, the movie should work on character depth. The villainous androids can be very intriguing antagonists, given enough background as proven in the series. Still, my hat is off to Akira Toriyama for the excellent and obviously more improved job on the artwork. The art was more cinematic and fluid this time around and dialogue is starting to improve in terms of realism.
Adept: On the shallow hand, fight scenes are better. Maybe, I can even say that the scenes here are the best. Featured are a wide variety of air combos and wrestling maneuver classics such as the back breaker. This rates a 9 on my coolness meter. Definitely of movie quality. Scenes were executed with good timing so boredom is out of the question. Smoothness and motion of the animation were first class.
Inept: Yep, it’s movie quality, good imagery, good execution and all that but still lacks the punch story-wise. The Androids are a proven and effective antagonists but their potentials, I believe, weren’t fully utilized. All of the villains pretty much do the same thing, with the exception of a few quirks (bottle drinking from the little one is the only example that comes to mind for now).
Individual Rating: Art: 10; Story & Plot: 7; Characters: 7; Sounds: 7
