Dragon Ball: Ossu! Kaettekita Son Gokuu to Nakama-tachi!!

This is my first review, so please don't take it too seriously. This is the first Dragonball animation in 11 years. I don't know about you, but I was really looking forward to this when I first heard about it.

-Story-
Nothing too revolutionary, But not as boring as the older Dragonball Z movies. Its kept the Dragon ball Z fighting and humour style.

-Art-
I thought this was going to be just like the old Dragonball Z series, but I was wrong. They re-did it, it now looks new and clean. The animation is great and the fights are good also.

-Sound-
At the beginning you get introduced with the ... classic music, but with a new opening. It still has the same good punching, kicking and energy blast firing sound effects. The Japanese cast (this isn't dubbed in english...yet) did a very good job, although I wasn't too fond of Goku or Gohan's voice.

-Characters-
It has the original cast. Goku is still funny and always hungry, Piccolo is a loner, and Vegeta is still really angry at something. Master Roshi is still the same old pervert too. There's a particularly funny scene where he pulls up a lewdly shaped turnip. Goten and Trunks also fuse into Gotenks to fight the invaders.

-Enjoyment-
I got a kick out of this. It was good to see Goku and friends in another adventure, even though it probably will be their last (unfortunately).

-Overall-
I recommend this to any Dragonball Z fan. If you are new to the series, you might want to watch the Episodes before going into this movie to know all the characters and their personalities. I give it an 8/10

This semi-canon anniversary special loses a lot of it's value in the post-super era, but it's still worth a watch for Dragon Ball fans who want something short and sweet. The special takes place in between the end of the Buu saga and (at the time non-existent) Super, and really it's just an excuse to see our characters we like hanging out only to transition to a low stakes action setpiece predominately featuring (kid) Trunks and Goten. I mistakenly skipped over this when I watched Battle of Gods but now that i've circled back around, I feel like Battle of Gods actually might have taken ... from this special, mostly in terms of structure and focus (ie, old weaker characters mattering, a focus on comedy and the action setpiece at the end). I think overall Battle of Gods did a better job with this formula, but I do prefer the production aspects of this special, which surprised me with consistent art and a lack of garish digital coloration/bad CG (which means above average for digital Toei). The characters all felt a little flanderized, but never too ridiculously far that it felt offensive (though Vegeta was getting there). Overall this is a low stakes, simple side story with the characters you know and love from the manga and original anime. Totally skippable, but totally watchable too.

Random additional thoughts:
-Launch was remembered!
-Vegeta having a little brother stretches belivablity in canon a bit
-Power scaling is a bit fucky (main villain should have been obliterated in two seconds lol)

Now don't get me wrong here, i am a huge DBZ fan. I recently joined this site a few days ago and came across Yo Son Goku n Freinds Return so i had to check it out.

On the good side The animation definitely is cleaner and more well done.
Now for the cons...
Goku did not act like Goku at all, Vegeta cant have a brother that young, his father died when he was only about 5 years old, remnants of the Frieza force would NEVER be able to last a second against Goten or trunks, who each at that time have an individual fighting strength ... of about 30 million, Gotenks..... now where the hell does he get off doing the wolf fang fist????? LOL

All in all i would give this a 3/10... thats all its worth... think about it.... how is it possible for vageta to have a yunger brother.... lol its not, that is why if you go to the dragon ball z web site he is no where to be seen!!!

this whole movie was a contradiction to DBZ, and well, pretty much this movie spitts in my face and in DBZ's face.. its pathetic... save your self the time