Movie 19

  

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Japanese English
Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F"
Kanji	ドラゴンボールＺ　復（ふっ）活（かつ）の「Ｆ（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)
Jaco Teirimentenpibosshi Shisami Sorbet Tagoma
Technique debut(s)
Final Blow Golden Freeza Ultra Instinct Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
Tool debut(s)
None in this movie

Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F" (ドラゴンボールＺ　復（ふっ）活（かつ）の「Ｆ（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. By May 6, 2015, it grossed approximately US$31.1 millon, surpassing God and God in just 19 days.

In mid June, the film debuted in Latin American markets grossing $7.11 million during its opening weekend. In the United States, it debuted with an $1.97 million opening from 895 theaters and grossed another $1.55 million the following day. 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.

Audience and Critic Reception

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

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.

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.
• 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.
• A three-chapter manga adaptation of the film, drawn by Toyotarō, began in the April 2015 issue of V Jump.

Trivia

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".
• According to Akira Toriyama, the song "F" inspired both the concept and title of the film Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F".
• 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「Ｆ（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.

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

See also

• Dragon Ball SSSS

External links

• Official Movie Website