Here the movie gives the badass fighter a character arc as well as a tragic but beautiful back story connecting him to the history of the saiyan race. Broly's appearance in previous Dragon Ball films can be boiled down to 'big, strong, evil dude.' You may have rolled your eyes at the mention of the last character. Following the Tournament of Power, Goku and Vegeta are doing what saiyans do the best, training - before they are whisked away on another adventure involving the Dragon Balls, Frieza, and the wildly powerful saiyan, Broly. If you are a Dragon Ball fan, this movie needs to be on your list of top anime movies. As with any art form, however, it’s not all amazing work, but how the hell do you cut through the crap and find the gold? Well here’s a list to get you going. But what of the source material? Sure, you’re acutely aware that anime is more than “just Japanese cartoons” and that it’s a diverse, poetic, and deeply artistic branch of cinema and TV. That critical gaze spans across the anime genre, too, thanks to live-action remakes of Japanese classics like Ghost In The Shell and Netflix's Death Note. Then, there are the times it doesn’t go so well – like Spike Lee’s completely unnecessary remake of Park Chan-wook’s South Korean revenge masterpiece Oldboy (although watching Josh Brolin chew the scenery for 104 minutes is not without its charm). Sometimes, the Hollywood treatment does a good job – like when Scorsese turned Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs into his Oscar-winning The Departed.

Especially when it comes to making English language versions of brilliant moments in Asian cinema. Let’s face it, Hollywood is no stranger to remakes.

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