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Fan-made 'Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Saga' trailer is finally out

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By Steven Simonitch

Big-budget live-action remakes of anime and manga are tricky business. One one hand, you’ve got to please the fans, who you know will be sitting in the theater with pen and paper scrutinizing every scene. But you also have to make money, which often means watering down the source material to make it digestible for regular movie-goers. As a result, live-action remakes are usually denounced by fans (and critics), but still manage to turn a profit in the box office.

This is why we love "DragonBall Z: Saiyan Saga," a live-action non-profit "Dragon Ball Z" trailer made by fans not because they want to make a buck, but because they love the series so damn much.

The 5-minute, 44-second trailer was finally released on YouTube on Dec 5 after months of production, and looks absolutely amazing. Check it out here.

If this is your first time hearing of this fan trailer, it was started in May 2012 by UK-based video production studio K and K Productions. The guys at K and K are huge DragonBall Z fans and were understandably horrified by Hollywood’s attempt at a live-action movie.

The trailer is completely non-profit and was made with a budget of nearly $20,000, three-quarters of which was raised by followers on Indiegogo.

The trailer covers the Vegeta Saga arc, in which Goku first learns about his Saiyan heritage and battles Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta. The final production is incredibly faithful to the anime, however K and K refused to give in to fan demands to put in the infamous “over 9000″ scene in order to maintain the “serious tone” of the trailer.

An honorable decision, to be sure, but after raising all that money from fans you’d think they could at least give us some bloopers… Ah well, here’s to hoping for a Freeza Saga in the future.

Source: YouTube, Facebook

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And guaranteed to be better than that god awful Hollywood live action movie. The live action Dragon Ball movie is one of the many reasons that made me worried about Hollywood wanting to remake Death Note.

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We can bet it'll be banned in practically every country by tomorrow, since the "entertainment industry" has way too much unchecked power, and have completely rewritten the purpose of copyright (originally meant to protect ventures like this one, and overall increase variety and quality of everything)

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The live action Dragon Ball movie is one of the many reasons that made me worried about Hollywood wanting to remake Death Note.

Not that the Japanese live-action Death Note was good neither.

But there's actually a Hollywood J-adaptation coming up:

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a440757/tom-cruise-film-all-you-need-is-kill-shuts-down-trafalgar-square.html

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True the Japanese live action of Death Note wasn't the best. But hearing what Hollywood wanted to do with it. Getting rid of the Shinigami Ryuk and changing Light's motives to one of good justice.. Made me cringe.

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Looks more true to the original series than the Hollywood crap they made a few years back, but honestly...it still looks like crap. The should really stop making live motion pictures from Japanese anime...it will never do it justice.

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I saw the clip on youtube a week ago and first thing that came into mind was ahaaaaaa "Picolo is Black" :P But overall it look much much better than the crap hollywood came out with. Hope this whole movie is a good one.

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saw the trailer, was way better than the movie, but it still look a little corny, indian goku just doesnt look quite right. all in all i would pay to watch it in theaters none the less, if they make a movie out of it

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