If you loved Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, try Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies has roughly 4.4× fewer votes than Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the playful, uplifting mood tags, and they sit in Action / Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies is

Here's a film that probably made sense to someone. A king wants the Dragon Balls so he can eat forever. Luckily, a brave young girl enlists Goku and friends to stop him. It's hard to argue with the purity of that goal.

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