If you loved Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, try Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Daisuke Nishio, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Action / Animation / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, 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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