Following up on this mornings announcement leak are the first details about the new animated Dragon Ballmovie (and what appears to be a specifically Dragon Ball Z movie) on the way, now confirmed for a Japanese theatrical release 30 March 2013.
The tagline for the movie (as first seen on the mystery countdown website) is 最強、始動。(The mightiest get moving.), followed by 全人類待望。かつてない興奮へー。 (All humanity has been waiting. Toward an unprecedented excitement.).
The movies director has been announced as Masahiro Hosoda (細田雅弘), who directed several episodes during the Cell arc of the Dragon Ball Z TV series. The script will be written by Yūsuke Watanabe (渡辺雄介), a newcomer to the franchise, though one with an extensive and on-going history of work. Animation direction will be provided by Tadayoshi Yamamuro (山室直儀), a well-known veteran of the franchise responsible for a plethora of animation direction and promotional art work.
Also included is a special note from original manga author Akira Toriyama, who appears to be deeply involved with the script writing of a Dragon Ball movie for the first time
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