Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 9 (violence, scary scenes, themes)
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Children under 8 | Not suitable due to violence, scary scenes and themes. |
Children aged 8–9 | Parental guidance recommended due to violence and themes. |
Children aged 10 and over | Ok for this age group. |
This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.
Name of movie: | Dragon Ball Daima |
Classification: | PG |
Consumer advice lines: | Animated violence |
Length: | 83 minutes |
This review of the movie contains the following information:
A year after the defeat of a demon king called Majin Buu (voice of Josh Martin), another demon, named Gomah (voice of Tom Lafiin), takes up the role of leader of the Demon Realm. Discovering that Earth’s dragon balls are largely unprotected and that he will be granted three wishes, Gomah travels to Earth in order to seek revenge. Using his first wish, Gomah transforms everyone who fought against Majin Buu into babies or children, believing that they will be easily overpowered, however, Gomah is then prevented from using additional wishes. When a demon called Glorio (voice of Aaron Dismuke) arrives on the scene, he enlists the help of Goku (adult voice of Sean Schemmel and child voice of Stephanie Nadolny) a superhuman with warrior strength, and together they travel back to the Demon Realm to help defeat King Gomah before he can do any more harm.
Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.
War; Revenge; Good versus evil; Segregation; Power; Magic.
Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.
Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.
There is some violence in this movie, including:
Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:
Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.
In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:
Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.
There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:
There is some use of substances in this movie, including:
There is some coarse language in this movie, including:
Dragon Ball Daima is the English dub, world premiere, of the first three episodes in the new Dragon Ball anime series. It is based on the original work of Akira Toriyama (who died in March 2024) and contains opening remarks from Masako Nozawa, the Japanese voice of Goku. The film is best suited to audiences over the age of eight, with parental guidance for ages 8 to 9.
The main messages from this movie are to persevere through difficulties and to do your best no matter what comes your way.
Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:
This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:
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