Since it's a hollywood movie i'll put this here... English Translation of the article: Goku - Justin Chatwin I think it is an honor to play Goku. He is a universal character, as if a reincarnation of Luke Skywalker, really great character to play. Goku always takes action himself, is positive thinking, helps the weak. He had a great influence on myself. Chi-Chi - Jamie Chung This movie is the first action movie for me. I’m very proud of my first work in such a large scale. I enjoyed the martial arts training and everyone tried very hard. This movie is sure to be special, please see this. Yamcha - Joon Park When I was a child, I had a lot of Japanese friends, I was familiar with Dragonball’s characters. Manga is a part of my life. Yamcha is an ironic and humorous character. He talks tough, but actually he is soft and a little weak on the inside. Please pay attention to his change through the journey. Bulma - Emmy Rossum Bulma is very funky, sexy and strong-minded, a wonderful character. I’m very happy to be able to play this role. I feel responsible for this role because there are many fan of the original manga. We are working hard to please the fans. Master Roshi - Chow Yun-Fat Master Roshi is a very funny guy. Anyway… he’s funny (laugh) Indeed, it is my first time in my career to play a manga character like this. Normally I can’t play a 300 year old man, but I enjoy playing this role. The director is doing good job, I think he mixes Eastern and Western culture well. Dragonball is the best-seller manga from Weekly Shonen Jump. Original manga is made up of 42 volumes in a epic story. The animation has aired overseas, and has hardcore fans all over the world. But how will they make it into a movie ? “Original manga is definitely a classic. Due to time constraints, I’m sorry I can’t adopt all the wonderful things from the original, but I’m happy I’m involved in this movie and I think it turned out well. I think the manga readers will find [many] things they have liked in the manga, that is, the spirit of the original,” director James Wong said. Final Destination (2000), The One (2001) and etc. have received high acclaim for [their] own visual style, and we are anticipating the visual stylings in Dragonball! credits: http://dbthemovie.com/2008/05/22/more-scans-yamcha-and-chi-chi-revealed/
O_O I'm calling epic fail. If the casting job is a good representation for everything else about the movie then I have lost all hope for this film.
eh...for some reason...this just doesnt look...right. lol...still looking forward to seeing this though, its probably gonna be crappy(well, at least by the looks right now) but w/e lol. always have been a fan of the show...so yeah
Cause you know... Goku is white in the anime. <_< To think I actually HAD hope for this film... Thanx for another crappy adaption.
it looks shite... i was going to mention piccolo.. has james marsters ever played green before (like in smallville or whatever... or was that just andy hallet in angel??)
just how much hairgel will they need to film the movie i am sure it will make some money just because of the name of the movie out of many mangas available why do they have to adapt dragonball its gonna be shit
Not looking good at all character jus dnt look rite, maybe if all or at least the main actor was oriental, it mite be better.
the movie i mean looks nice the only thing is i didnt really like the characters choosen to be in the movie, but none the less i wouldnt mind seeing it since i am such a DBZ fan
wow chow yun fat is master roshi, but is he meant 2 be bald?? But i must say james master is good for the role of master piccolo since he has the ears lol
