Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008)

"Doragon bôru: Ossu! Kaette kita Son Gokû to nakama-tachi!!" or "Dragon Ball: Hey! Son Goku and Friends Return!!" is a more recent entry compared to the old Dragon Ball short films and the series, even if this one is also already 10 years old. Unfortunately I did not see this as a worthy revival of the franchise. The action was fairly random and the story as well as comedy didn't really do too much for me. I hoped this could have been better. Then again, I have never been the biggest DB or DBZ fan, so this is not really a big surprise. There were still moments I liked, but I don't think it should have run longer than 24 minutes max, the usual runtime for shows like this, maybe even only 21. I do not recommend it unless you are really a hardcore Dragon Ball" fan.

Nearly a decade after the last Toei animated anime comes a new anime of the title "Yo. Son Goku and His Friends Return." A really mesmerizing concept in its own respect, the youngest of the DBZ movie lives up to its hype and expectations. Not an extremely serious kind of movie like others, it was rather on the merrier side.Vegeta softened up beyond belief, the only villains in the movie not stronger than the kids Goten and Trunks, Vegeta's brother visits earth out of nowhere and King Kai visiting earth for the first time are some of the highlights of this movie.This movie is possibly one of those which concludes an immensely huge series with the title "And they happily lived ever after."

I have been watching Dragonball since it first aired in the U.S. back in the 90's and Its my favorite show of all time. I have every episode of Dragonball, Dragonball Z, and the not so good Dragonball GT. I have been waiting for something new in Dragonball for 11 years now and I was not disappointed.The new special is just what the Dragonball Fans have been waiting for. It has good old humor between Goku and Vegeta that I loved.The movie is a special on Akira Toriyama's view on what happened after Majin Buu was defeated. It introduces some new faces such as vegetas brother tarble and the evil duo Abo and Cado. A Dragonball style fight occurs and all is well in the end. The animation is all up to par with the newer animes today and it just has a great feel to it.I was only disappointed in the length of the special, It is only about 33 min long. But hopefully this is the start of some new Dragonball to come from Toriyama. I give it a 9/10 and recommend it to any true Dragonball fan!

I had been looking forward for watching this since it was announced,i was amused and surprised when i heard that a new ova was going to go out after 11 years of dragon ball lack,well i can say after watching this that this special didn't disappointed me.It was interesting watching the great old dragon ball with new animation techniques,brighter colors and higher detailed scenarios.The plot isn't too deep or original,but dragon ball had never been too deep,so i had no problem with that.A bunch of characters from the series appear and there are new ones,that i liked a lot.The only complaint i have is the duration,i felt it was too short,but i hope this isn't the last dragon ball material we see.in conclusion if you're a dragon ball fan you should watch this,you won't be disappointed.