Dragonball Evolution - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Dragonball Evolution or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Dragonball Evolution

[harry]

The monks are seen to be of Indian origin, as they use the Hindi greeting "Namaste" and use a Hindi chant to generate the Mafuba.

[manuel]

This film was not screened for critics.

[sandra]

Producer Stephen Chow wanted Yuqi Zhang to play Chi-Chi.

[albert]

According to Yun-Fat Chow, he wore contact lenses during his performance as Roshi in preparation for the (at the time announced) sequel, where his appearance would be bald and bespectacled, a more classic appearance of Roshi.

[morris]

During the early days of filming, pictures were released to a Mexican newspaper called "Record." In that paper, a full rundown of what Dragonball was to be about, as well as information on its director, James Wong, were given. However, the pictures labeled as "the Director" and "actors" were nothing more than simple extras. In fact, the picture of the supposed director was that of a chubby, white, blond haired extra, a huge contrast to James Wong, who is, of course, a slim, Asian man.

[jim]

Brian Tyler started working on the score before he saw footage for the movie.

[carl]

To prepare for his role as Son Goku, Justin Chatwin read all the Dragon Ball manga and "The Journey to the West," the Chinese literary classic which inspired the Dragonball saga; he practiced martial arts and acrobatics, and to get into Goku's character (a likeable child-man), he told jokes to fellow cast members between filming breaks to increase the rapport between them/their characters.

[aaron]

Disney obtained the international rights for the Dragon Ball franchise after acquiring 20th Century Fox, which reportedly includes the rights for a Dragon Ball live-action film.

[janice]

In the "Dragon Ball" saga, Goku transforms into Oozaru (a giant monstrous ape) whenever a full moon rises, similar to a werewolf situation. In this film, Oozaru is an alternate personality who appears when an eclipse occurs.

[kenneth]

This was the first time the name "Oozaru" was used to describe transformations in an English-language version of "Dragonball," apart from the Ocean Group Dub of the animated Series.

[amber]

In order to give the film an ambiguous setting, the cities in the film were designed to be futuristic, as seen in the anime, but there was also Oriental and Aztec influences in the designs. Modern technology is also present such as gasoline fueled cars and cellphones, along with futuristic technology like touch screen desks and a motorcycle that can fold into a pocket shaped contraption. This was due to the fact that the film was set in a multicultural version of Asia, but it was actually shot in the United States and Mexico.

[charlie]

According to James Marsters, his role of Piccolo is a complex, Shakespearean one: "He used to be a force of good, but he was imprisoned, making him very angry, and then he escapes...The cool thing is anybody who's seen Dragon Ball knows that Lord Piccolo transforms into THE Piccolo, and that is a whole other ball of wax; heroic wouldn't be the wrong term, but it's a long journey."

[javier]

The number "seven" is used many times throughout the film. There are seven Dragon Balls, there are seven stones in the middle of Gohan's yard, there are seven candles on Goku's birthday cake, Goku aligns seven stones on his grandfather's tombstone, seven mystics are required to cast the Mafuba, there are seven rocks in Roshi's house, Gohan cooks seven chicken feet for Goku's birthday, and in the epilogue, there are seven candles that are lit over the bed Piccolo is resting in.

[gerald]

Director James Wong personally asked Japanese pop musician Ayumi Hamasaki if she could compose and sing the film's theme song. Since "Dragon Ball" was created in Japan, he felt that the song should be by a Japanese singer and in Japanese. Wong was so impressed with Hamasaki's song "Rule" that he ensured that it would appear for all international releases of the film.

[scarlett]

Chi-Chi fights at the "Toisan Tournament of Champions," and the temple is also apparently located in Toisan. In real life, Toisan is a coastal-level city in Guangdong Province, China, well-known for being the hometown of a large number of Chinese-Americans. Celebrities of Toisan include: politicians Adrienne Clarkson and Hiram Fong, cinematographer James Wong Howe, and actors Donnie Yen and James Hong.

[ella]

Justin Chatwin was instructed to watch films by Akira Kurosawa, Bruce Lee and Stephen Chow to prepare for his role as Goku.

[mathew]

Back when the film was still in development in 2002, a poll was conducted by 20th Century Fox to see who fans would like to see be cast as Goku. Jackie Chan and Jet Li were the most popular choices.

[carla]

Luis Arrieta filmed all his scenes in one day.

[violet]

Music composer Brian Tyler recorded the film's score with an 82-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at 20th Century Fox's Newman Scoring Stage.