2011 · action · animation · sci-fi
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
Directed by Yoshihiro Ueda20m2011
A spin-off scenario taking place after the events of the TV special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku, in which Bardock survives the destruction of Planet Vegeta and is sent into the past, combating Frieza's ancestor Chilled and turning into a Super Saiyan.
Our read: Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · animation · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.
- kinetic
- inventive
- redemptive
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