MYST #3 Anime Exploration!

For this post I decided to watch an anime movie.  I am not very familiar with the realm of animation but I thought that I would give it a chance!

I chose to watch a movie From the DragonBall Z series.  These movies come from what is said to be the most famous manga (comic) series of all time.  There are 13 movies in total and the one I chose is called Cooler's Revenge.  In this movie Cooler is an alien who has come to get his revenge on Goku (the main character) because he killed his brother Frieza.  Goku is a very kind and gentle person but he also does what needs to be done for justice.  Goku is also an alien but he has lived on earth ever since he was a little boy.  He comes from a warrior race called the Sayians.  His brother and him were apparently on the same level in terms of strength, but Coolers has now found a new form that is even stronger.  Now Goku will have to find a way to defeat the monster.

It is interesting to see how real the animation people can make the outside look so real.  I was actually very impressed.  The detail of the environment was very cool.  They have to create every frame that is seen in the movie and there were any different settings so they had to make a lot of them!  The effort was definitely there from that stand point.




some cool effects that I saw were when the characters would shoot their "ki" at one another.  Goku's special technique was called "kamehameha!".  This was a very powerful blue beam of light that he used to defeat Cooler.  Another cool one was when he transformed into a "supersayian".  His hair turned golden and there was also a gold aura surveying his body.

The lighting was very similar to that of the real world.  The sketches were darker for the more serious ones, and when he saves the day and all is well, the sun comes out and the birds are chirping!

The music that went along with the fighting and action scenes were pretty cool.  They were like a rock and roll version of their own theme song.  This was very unique to start with and I thought it played better than it would have if they had played something like hells bells or back in black.

 

The voices were really good!  As it turns out the voice of Goku is also the voice of another character called King Kai.  But their voices are completely different!  I would have never known that unless i had read it for myself.  They are so spot on with their voices it's freaky!  It sounds nothing like their voices in real life and yet they are so believable!

The character Goku seems to be the superman of Japan.  it was very interesting to see what they consider a hero.  To be honest, I thought he was a better character than superman. This character was much more fleshed out and the back story was much more complex which made it way more interesting for the audience members.  props to creator and writer, Akira Toriama for created such a cool character!  In the end, the good guy wins and that's what we want to see!  But what makes a great movie is when we think that the good guy might lose (and it's believable) and then he comes out on top.

I give it 3 1/2 out of 5.