Dragon Ball Daima

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Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 9 (violence, scary scenes, themes)

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This topic contains:

  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for Dragon Ball Daima
  • a review of Dragon Ball Daima completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 19 November 2024.

Overall comments and recommendations

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.

About the movie

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

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

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.

Themesinfo

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.

Use of violenceinfo

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:

  • Characters attack one another in flashback scenes.
  • Images of battles are briefly displayed.
  • Characters punch and hit each other.
  • One character is pushed away before exploding.
  • Two characters blast each other with missiles and light rays, each shouting that the other should die.
  • A character is blown up in some sort of atomic blast.
  • Two characters punch each other, knee each other in the chest, and then shoot at each other.
  • A man is karate-chopped in the side and knocked down.
  • A character flies into a tree and gets a bloody nose.
  • There are repeated images of an epic battle between two characters.
  • Goku kicks, cracks and damages a pillar.
  • Goku nearly dies as he almost falls into a giant chasm called the Sea of Darkness.
  • Characters are shot at with arrows.
  • One character threatens another by flashing his gun.
  • A character punches and attacks others by knocking them to the ground.
  • A creepy lizard demon attacks Goku with an axe.
  • Characters are punched in the nose and kicked in the face.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

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:

  • Certain characters and demons have scary appearances. The demon realm is full of creepy, glowing creatures.
  • A character transforms into a bunch of babies.
  • Some normal-looking characters have facial transformations that make them suddenly appear evil and menacing.
  • There are terrifying soldiers with glowing red eyes as well as a large dragon face and troll-like creatures also with glowing red eyes.
  • Characters scream as they travel through wormholes. It looks like they are in pain.

Aged five to eightinfo

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:

  • Two characters scream in agony as they are transformed into children. Their faces contort in pain and disbelief. They fall to the ground as if being tortured.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

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.

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Product placement

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Sexual references

  • None noted.

Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:

  • A character is shown walking slowly towards King Gomah, the camera focuses briefly on her large, voluptuous breasts, which are clearly defined in a tight, revealing top.

Use of substances

There is some use of substances in this movie, including:

  • Wine bottles and champagne glasses are shown and used at a birthday party.
  • Wine is being served and it spills as trays crash to the floor, while characters are transformed.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • Crafty scoundrel
  • Stupid
  • Heck
  • Kick butt
  • Damn it
  • Brat
  • Snivelling little coward
  • Old coot.

In a nutshell

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:

  • Teamwork
  • Helpfulness
  • Courage
  • Ingenuity.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

  • Using violence as a means to solve conflict.
  • Seeking revenge against someone else.
  • Segregating people based on physical characteristics.