Battle of Gods Saga
Beerus seeks the Super Saiyan God in the first Toriyama-supervised film.
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is a 2013 animated film, the eighteenth based on Dragon Ball and the fourteenth branded Dragon Ball Z. It was the first Dragon Ball film personally supervised by Akira Toriyama, the first theatrical Dragon Ball film in 17 years and the first to use digital ink and paint. Dragon Ball Super retells it as the God of Destruction Beerus Saga.
Quick Facts
- Film
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
- Japan release
- March 30, 2013
- Antagonist
- Beerus
- Anime retelling
- God of Destruction Beerus Saga
Lore & Background
The film is set during the time skip in chapter 517 of the original manga and was at first considered the first film to be an official part of the story. Beerus, the God of Destruction, learns that Goku defeated Frieza and, wanting a worthy opponent, travels with Whis to the North Galaxy to challenge him.
Reader's Guide
Toei and 20th Century Fox Japan released it on March 30, 2013; it was the first Japanese film shown in IMAX. Funimation's English dub reached North American cinemas in August 2014.
Goku works as a farmer while his friends live in peace after Kid Buu's defeat. Beerus threatens to destroy Earth if its warrior loses, so Goku uses the Dragon Balls to learn about the Super Saiyan God, takes the form through a ritual with the other Saiyans, and fights Beerus, who spares Earth.
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