Written by 20th Century Boys films' Yūsuke Watanabe for
March 30, 2013 opening
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This year's 33rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump
magazine is announcing on Saturday that the upcoming new film adaptation of
Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga will be released on March 30.
The film will be directed by Masahiro Hosoda (Dragon Ball
Z episode director, Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun) at Toei and written by Yūsuke
Watanabe (live-action 20th Century Boys trilogy, Gantz, Bloody Monday, Future
Diary), with Tadayoshi Yamamuro (Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power, Beet
the Vandel Buster) acting as the lead animation director.
The announcement also features the URL
www.dragonball2013.com, which currently redirects to a blank page on Toei's
official website with the URL
http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2013_dragonballz/.
In a comment printed alongside the announcement, Dragon
Ball creator Akira Toriyama notes that the adaptation will mark the first time
he has been so deeply involved in the production of an anime, in this case as
early as the screenwriting stages. Toriyama also says that the film will retain
the atmosphere of the original while adding small amounts of "modern
flavor."
The announcement lists Fox International Productions
Japan as a member of the film's production committee, alongside Shueisha, Fuji
TV, Toei Animation, Bandai, and Bandai Namco Games.
The official website for the magazine had already opened
a "D" teaser page with a countdown to a "surprise" on
Saturday, July 14.
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