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First (official) image of Justin Chatwin as Goku in the DBZ movie.

Gothic Girl | May 12, 2008 | Pictures | Misc 
The weekly Shounen Jump magazine has revealed the first official image of Justin Chatwin as Goku in the Dragon Ball Z movie.

Naturally, fans have had mixed responses upon seeing this new "live-action" version of Goku.
Sour Mikan informs me that the scan is from Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 24 which is available officially this Monday.

Along with that he also provides us with a translation.

quote
I’ll grant you a wish…!!

Rumor after rumor but [now] Dragonball live action movie finally comes true !
Director James Wong of Final Destination, and producer the revolutionary film maker Stephen Chow of Shaolin Soccer. Remarkable casts are Son Goku is Justin Chatwin who played Tom Cruise’s son at Steven Spielberg movie War of the Worlds, and Master Roshi is Chow yun-fat of Pirates of the Caribbean.

All Dragonball fan’s wish are granted now ! We will continue to offer new information to you on Jump Cinema Island !

And the Chinese character on the Goku’s T-shirts is “Un”(means luck, fate, fortune)
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  • 2 thumbs!
    tekmosis | May 13, 2008
    I grew up on the original Japanese Dragon Ball. To see this guy play Gohan...*barf* I'd be outraged to see this movie if I had created, or, had any part in the making of the manga/anime.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Gothic Girl | May 13, 2008
      I hate to tell you this tek but ... he isn't playing Gohan. He's playing Goku.
      • 3 thumbs!
        tekmosis | May 13, 2008
        er, right, I meant Goku (even says it in the title ><). Either way, he's not even Japanese. This is a fine example of North Americans butchering anime and manga titles by doing live actions. I'm going to assume there wont even be Piccolo in this movie, either.

        I swear, I'm going to throw something at someone when I see how horrible they butcher Akira.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Euphoric | May 13, 2008
          Well they don't look Japanese in the anime either so there is an excuse for that. But realistically he doesn't look like Goku at all anyways so it's a pointless rebuttal.

          Let's just leave it at this movie is going to suck and anyone who spends money to see it needs to get checked out by a doctor.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Final Blade | May 13, 2008
          I soo agree with you Tek. I grew up watching DBZ in its prime, and its one of my favorite animes, if not the best one.

          But seeing how the first one failed and now they're doing another live action one, which i haven't been impressed, is appalling.
          They may *bleep* it up so bad i may not like it anymore.

          I can't possibly describe the feelings im getting from knowing that this can make or break DBZ forever.
  • 4 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | May 13, 2008


    This movie is going to suck with no spit.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Rinkydink | May 13, 2008
    This is going to be pure shit, but I'll probably go and see it for a laugh to see it butcher up what was a great anime to watch as a kid.

    On the plus side, Master Roshi is a Manchester United fan.
  • 1 thumbs!
    BANDITO ATTACK | May 13, 2008
    this is going to be epic in at least some kind of way.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Storm | May 13, 2008
      Yeah, Chow possibly acting like a perverted old man. xD
    • 0 thumbs!
      Final Blade | May 14, 2008
      Yea your right, an Epic Failure and the destruction of a great and my favorite anime series.

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