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This article details a subject that is considered canon. The subject of this article is Toriyama Canon. The contents of this article are apart of the Dragon Ball SSSS.

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Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F"
Kanji ドラゴンボールZ ふっかつの「エフ
Rōmaji Doragon Bōru Zetto: Fukkatsu no "Efu"
FUNimation Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Movie Info
Previous Movie 18
Next Movie 20
Release
Japanese April 28, 2015
English August 4, 2015
Character debut(s)
Technique debut(s)
Tool debut(s)
None in this movie

Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F" (ドラゴンボールZ ふっかつの「エフ」, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Fukkatsu no "Efu"), known as Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' in the English release, is the nineteenth overall Dragon Ball film and the fifteenth film under the title of Dragon Ball Z. It is the second film directly supervised by Akira Toriyama.

Plot[]

With their power dwindling due to the absence of their leader, the remnants of Freeza's Army are led by an alien named Sorbet, who decides to revive their master. He then sets off to Earth with one other minion, Tagoma, where they convince Pilaf, Mai, and Shū, who have collected the Dragon Balls to let them summon Shenron instead. As Shenron is unable to fully revive Freeza, he brings him back to life in pieces, and his minions put him together using their advanced technology. Once restored, Freeza kills Tagoma and learns that Son Gokū got much stronger, to the point of defeating Majin Boo and thus, he decides he too needs to become more powerful. Freeza reveals that, since his power was inborn, he had never trained a day in his life, and so he trains himself for the first time, before returning to Earth with his army six months later. Jaco the Galactic Patrolman travels to earth to warn Bulma that Freeza is approaching, and she gathers the other warriors to fight him. With Gokū and Vegeta training on Planet Beerus with Whis, unaware that Freeza has been revived, Son Gohan, Piccolo, Kulilin, Kame-Sennin, Tenshinhan and Jaco fight off Freeza's soldiers.

Bulma's message eventually reaches Whis, and Gokū and Vegeta travel back to Earth to fight Freeza. Whis and Beerus join them in order to eat a strawberry-flavored dessert Bulma has prepared for them. Gokū fights Freeza first by transforming into the blue-haired Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, and Freeza transforms into a new "Golden Freeza" form. Gokū ultimately gains the upper hand, but he is shot in the chest by Sorbet. Freeza stands over the incapacitated Gokū and offers Vegeta a chance to kill Gokū for him in exchange for his own life. Vegeta refuses and transforms into the blue-haired Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan form as well, much to Freeza's shock. Vegeta tells Kulilin to revive Gokū with a Senzu. As the latter moves to do so, Freeza attacks him, but Vegeta intercepts and deflects Freeza's blast towards Sorbet, killing him. Vegeta attacks Freeza, eventually causing him to revert back to his base form, who then realizes that he cannot win. Freeza decides to destroy the planet, killing Vegeta in the process. Shortly afterwards, Earth is destroyed, but Whis creates a bubble around a small piece of rock to protect himself and the others. While Bulma despairs, Gokū regrets not killing Freeza when he had the chance. Whis tells him that he has the power to set back time but only three minutes earlier. He does so, and they arrive back right before Freeza destroys the Earth. Gokū immediately attacks with a Kamehameha and kills Freeza.

As the Dragon Team say their goodbyes to Beerus and Whis, Gokū and Vegeta discuss Whis's assertion that, if the two of them were to team up they would be powerful enough to beat even Beerus. Vegeta states that although this may be true, he still prefers to fight alone in order to test his own abilities and become the greatest fighter on his own. Surprisingly, Gokū agrees with him and the two share a laugh over having finally found something they agree on.

In a post-credits scene, Freeza returns to Hell and is welcomed back by dancing happy fairies.

Reception[]

Box Office[]

The film opened at number 1 in the japanese box office, earning approximately US$8.1 millon. It made 40.3% more than the previous movie in its first week.[1] By May 6, 2015, it grossed approximately US$31.1 millon, surpassing God and God in just 19 days.[2]

In mid June, the film debuted in Latin American markets grossing $7.11 million during its opening weekend.[3] In the United States, it debuted with an $1.97 million opening from 895 theaters and grossed another $1.55 million the following day.[4] The movie ended its run on the US with a total gross of US$8.4 millon

Revival of "F" grossed a final total US$61.7 millon.[5]

Audience and Critic Reception[]

The film holds a 7.4 on IMDb, based on more than 16,000 votes.[6]. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an audience rating of 84% based on 9,473 votes, with an average rating of 4.1/5.[7] On MyAnimeList the movie holds a 7.39 based on more than 44,000 votes.[8]

Shawn Saris of IGN gave the English dub of the movie a 8.0 out of 10 saying that the movie fits well within the franchise and that carries on its essence, highlighting the fast action, great animation and Freeza acting like the evil character he is but that ultimately the film plays it too safe, lacking any lasting effect on the Dragon Ball Z universe.[9]

Promotional Material[]

  • Dragon Ball Volume "F" — A limited edition official movie databook was released to those who watched the movie in Japanese theaters containing the full script for the movie.[10]
  • A promotional pamphlet for the movie which featured the movie’s official poster on the cover, a very brief introduction and movie synopsis on the inside, and a special message from Akira Toriyama on the back.
  • An official promotional blog run in-character by Bulma opened to provide daily countdown posts, beginning with “Day 59″ (Go-kū), with thoughts and comments from various other characters, staff, and voice actors from the movie.[11]
  • A three-chapter manga adaptation of the film, drawn by Toyotarō, began in the April 2015 issue of V Jump.[12]

Trivia[]

RoFStoryBoard

The nineteenth film's storyboard showing Freeza without his Fighting Jacket.

  • The movie is the second film to be an official part of the canon Dragon Ball storyline, set during the timeskip that occurs between chapters 517 and 518. The script, as written by Akira Toriyama, is included in the promotional guidebook: Dragon Ball Volume "F".[10]
  • According to Akira Toriyama, the song "F" inspired both the concept and title of the film Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F".[13]
  • Despite regenerating during the events of the film with his Fighting Jacket on — and Yamamuro claiming the jacket was a part of Freeza's body[citation needed]— the original storyboard for the film showed Freeza regenerating without the Fighting Jacket.
  • The movie later receives a special edition, Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F" — "Future" Trunks Special Edition (ドラゴンボールZ 復活の「エフ」 "未来"トランクス特別編, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Fukkatsu no "Efu" "Mirai" Torankusu Tokubetsuhen), features the new extra scenes of Trunks showing his perspective on his historic battle with Freeza.[14]

Credits[]

Role Seiyū FUNimation dub Voice Actor
English Japanese Rōmaji English Japanese Rōmaji English
Son Gokū
孫悟空
Son Gokū
Masako Nozawa
野沢雅子
Nozawa Masako
Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan
孫悟飯
Son Gohan
Masako Nozawa
野沢雅子
Nozawa Masako
Kyle Hebert
Vegeta
ベジータ
Bejīta
Ryō Horikawa
堀川りょう
Horikawa Ryō
Christopher Sabat
Bulma
ブルマ
Buruma
Hiromi Tsuru
鶴 ひろみ
Tsuru Hiromi
Monica Rial


Masaharu Satō
佐藤正治
Satō Masaharu
Mike McFarland


Mayumi Tanaka
田中真弓
Tanaka Mayumi
Sonny Strait
Piccolo
ピッコロ
Pikkoro
Toshio Furukawa
古川登志夫
Furukawa Toshio
Christopher Sabat
Trunks
トランクス
Torankusu
Takeshi Kusao
草尾 毅
Kusao Takeshi
Eric Vale
Tenshinhan
天津飯
Tenshinhan
Hikaru Midorikawa
緑川 光
Midorikawa Hikaru
John Burgmeier
Jaco
ジャコ
Jako
Natsuki Hanae
花江夏樹
Hanae Natsuki
Todd Haberkorn
Videl
ビーデル
Bīderu
Yūko Minaguchi
皆口裕子
Minaguchi Yūko
Kara Edwards
Brief
ブリーフ
Burīfu
Ryōichi Tanaka
田中亮一
Tanaka Ryōichi
Mark Stoddard
Artificial Human No. 18
人造人間18号
Jinzōningen Jūhachi-Gō
Miki Itō
伊藤美紀
Itō Miki
Meredith McCoy
Shenron
神龍
Shenron
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
大友龍三郎
Ōtomo Ryūzaburō
Christopher Sabat
Sorbet
ソルベ
Sorube
Shirō Saitō
斎藤志郎
Saitō Shirō
Jeremy Schwartz
Tagoma
タゴマ
Tagoma
Kazuya Nakai
中井和哉
Nakai Kazuya
Micah Solusod
Shisami
シサミ
Shisami
Tetsu Inada
稲田 徹
Inada Tetsu
Brad Venable
Staff
スタッフ
Sutaffu
Tomohisa Asō
麻生智久
Asō Tomohisa
-
Robber A
強盗A
Gōtō A
Kōji Haramaki
服巻浩司
Haramaki Kōji
-
Robber B
強盗B
Gōtō B
Keiji Hirai
平井啓二
Hirai Keiji
-
Subordinate
部下
Buka
Takahiro Fujimoto
藤本たかひろ
Fujimoto Takahiro
-
Receptionist
受付嬢
Uketsuke Jō
Yukiko Morishita
森下由樹子
Morishita Yukiko
-
Pilaf
ピラフ
Pirafu
Shigeru Chiba
千葉 繁
Chiba Shigeru
Chuck Huber
Mai
マイ
Mai
Eiko Yamada
山田栄子
Yamada Eiko
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Shū
シュウ
Shū
Tesshō Genda
玄田哲章
Genda Tesshō
Chris Cason
Oracle Fish
予言魚
Yogen-gyo
Shōko Nakagawa
中川翔子
Nakagawa Shōko
Monica Rial
Angels
天使
Tenshi
Momoiro Clover Z
ももいろクローバーZ
Momoiro Kurōbā Z
-
Angels
天使
Tenshi
Kanako Momota
百田夏菜子
Momota Kanako
-
Angels
天使
Tenshi
Shiori Tamai
玉井詩織
Tamai Shiori
-
Angels
天使
Tenshi
Ayaka Sasaki
佐々木彩夏
Sasaki Ayaka
-
Angels
天使
Tenshi
Momoka Ariyasu
有安杏果
Ariyasu Momoka
-
Angels
天使
Tenshi
Reni Takagi
高城れに}
Takagi Reni
-
Whis
ウイス
Uisu
Masakazu Morita
森田成一
Morita Masakazu
Ian Sinclair
Beerus
ビルス
Birusu
Kōichi Yamadera
山寺宏一
Yamadera Kōichi
Jason Douglas
Freeza
フリーザ
Furīza
Ryūsei Nakao
中尾隆聖
Nakao Ryūsei
Chris Ayres

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