Streaming recent and classic Dragon Ball movies has just gotten significantly easier.
According to Crunchyroll, they have added a slew of tie-in films from the long-running franchise to its streaming service. This includes Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, which sees Goku and crew face off against Frieza's older brother, and Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13, which depicts the epic showdown between Earth's strongest defenders and a new group of Androids that are faster and more dangerous than those created by the evil Doctor Gero.
The Dragon Ball Movies Coming to Crunchyroll
Other Dragon Ball movies that have already hit the platform include Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, Dragon Ball Z: World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug and Dragon Ball Z: Return of Cooler. Multiple other films are scheduled to appear on Crunchyroll in the coming weeks; on June 29, Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming; Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn and Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon will all hit the streaming service.
More excitedly, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F, which involves Frieza escaping from his spiritual purgatory to seek vengeance against Goku and his friends, will appear on the platform on July 6 alongside Dragon Ball Super: Broly. Serving as a soft reboot for the titular Saiyan's backstory and characterization in the franchise's lore, Broly takes place after the Tournament of Power and features a brutal brawl between Goku, Vegeta and, of course, Broly himself. It earned over four billion yen (roughly $124 million) at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing movie in the series. It also stands alongside Pokémon: The Movie 2000 and The Wind Rises as one of the most profitable anime films of all time.
The majority of the Dragon Ball movies will only be available on Crunchyroll in the United States, Canada, Latin America, New Zealand and Australia in their subtitled versions. However, Resurrection F and Broly will also be available in multiple European countries and feature the English, German and French dubs alongside the subtitled options.
The Dragon Ball franchise kicked off in 1984 when Akira Toriyama first published his icon manga in Shuiesha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. Since then the series has expanded to include anime series, video games, companion books, theme park attractions and, obviously, movies. Toriyama's manga is distributed in North America by VIZ Media.
Source: Crunchyroll