FUNimation Entertainment and Best Buy are listing an April 16, 2019 release date for a Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and Digital combo pack for the Dragon Ball Super: Broly film.

Best Buy will exclusively offer the film in a SteelBook case edition. FUNimation will offer a Goku standee as a gift with purchase. Anime retailer Right Stuf is not yet listing a release date, but it will offer a Vegeta standee as a gift with purchase.

The film opened in Japan on December 14, 2018, and FUNimation premiered the film’s English dub at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on December 13, 2018. FUNimation then began screening the film in theaters in the United States and Canada on January 16, 2019. As of February 3, 2019, the film has earned more than US$100 million worldwide, and is the highest-earning film in the franchise.

Source: ANN

This time, I’m looking at my five favorite characters from the Dragon Ball franchise. As usual, though, this is not a Top 5 list. Instead, my choices are being presented in alphabetical order.

Bulma

Bulma is among the longest-running characters in the franchise, and she changes and evolves so much. While some of her behavior changes, one thing about her doesn’t: the fact that she’s an intelligent woman and is the one coming up with the technology and gadgets that the Z Fighters use during their adventures. Even though Dragon Ball is a shonen franchise, it’s always struck me from the first time I watched an episode of the series that a female was allowed to be intelligent. Sure, she’s also there for the sex appeal, but the intelligence is one of her most defining character traits.

When Bulma first appears in the Dragon Ball franchise, she’s still young. She was a boy crazy and slightly bossy high school student in the first series. In the beginning of Dragon Ball Z, Bulma is a young woman who has unfortunately evolved from being a boy crazy kid into a screechy young woman. But after becoming a mother later in Dragon Ball Z, Bulma seems to find a balance when it comes to her emotions. The maturity she gains later in the series helps to make up for some of her obnoxious behavior earlier on in the franchise.

Goku

How could Goku not make this list? He is the protagonist, after all!

Goku, of course, goes through so much evolution from the time we meet him at the beginning of Dragon Ball. He starts out as young and naïve, but he’s strong for a little guy. Through meeting Bulma, he learns how to interact with other people. And with the help of Master Roshi, young Goku learns how to hone his natural abilities. Even with all of his physical strength, Goku has a kind heart and cares about his friends.

In Dragon Ball Z, we see Goku evolve into a husband and father, although he seems to do a little better in the father role than the husband role (although maybe not by much). He learns that he’s from an alien race, but Goku remains the same person he’s always been since the start of the series. And even though Goku gets stronger and powers up through training, he’s considerate enough to make sure he and any opponent he fights are as far away from cities and other places where people are gathered in order to avoid accidentally killing or harming anyone not directly involved in a battle.

And who can forget Goku’s cluelessness and hefty appetite? LOL.

Kuririn (aka Krillin)

When we first meet Kuririn (aka Krillin) in Dragon Ball, he’s young and cocky. But as he gets to know Goku and comes to realize just how much stronger the other is, Kuririn’s cockiness diminishes. He becomes Goku’s best friend and loyal companion.

But after being knocked down a few pegs, Kuririn becomes timid, especially when he faces off against extremely strong adversaries. Kuririn has a good heart, and like Goku, is loyal to his friends. He also develops a kind of support role for Goku’s son, Gohan.

While Kuririn may not be as strong as most of the characters in the Dragon Ball franchise, he’s still an endearing character to the audience.

Trunks

We first meet Trunks when “Future Trunks” comes from the future to help out Goku and the other Z Fighters. Right from his introduction, we could see that he had badass sword abilities. But beyond that, he seems to possess some of the best traits of both of his parents. He has strength, but he also possesses smarts.

While I also do like young Trunks, I admit that I prefer “Future Trunks.” Seeing young Trunks’ adventures lets the audience see how he will ultimately become like Future Trunks, but young Trunks just isn’t quite as cool as his future self.

Vegeta

While Vegeta is the anti-hero, he goes through quite the evolution to become one of the “good guys.” When the audience first meets Vegeta, he’s one of the ruthless Saiyan villains in Dragon Ball Z who comes to take over the Earth. At first, after being defeated by Goku, he’s still a villain… but he doesn’t seem to be quite as ruthless as when he was first introduced. As time goes on and Vegeta gets to know Bulma, we see Vegeta evolving more and more into an anti-hero. He’s not purposefully doing it, of course, but it’s something that evolves over time.

While Vegeta may never be quite be as chummy with the other Z Fighters as Goku, he still has a charm about him that helps him to kind of fit in with the group. And with his infamous scene in the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods anime film, you can see just how much he’s changed as a character from when he was first introduced in the franchise.

Oh, and as a bonus… we can’t forget how Vegeta rocked a pink shirt.

The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper’s Mantan Web site has reported that the Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime film has earned a combined worldwide total of US$100 million as of February 3, 2019.

The film has sold 3,009,730 tickets and earned 3,895,569,200 yen (about US$35.43 million) in Japan alone. The film has thus sold more tickets and earned more than the previous Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ film, and is now the highest-earning film in the franchise.

The film has sold an estimated 3,222,700 tickets for US$29,101,069 in the United States and Canada from January 16-31, 2019. The film is still screening in theaters.

The film opened in Japan on December 14, 2018, and it sold more than 820,000 tickets and earned more than 1,050,000,000 yen (about US$9.26 million) in its first three days in Japan, topping the box office in its first weekend. Toei stated that it anticipates the film will eventually earn more than 5 billion yen (about US$44 million).

Source: ANN

The Box Office Mojo website has reported that the Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime film earned an estimated US$$29,101,069 in the United States and Canada from January 16-31, 2019. The site estimates the film has sold a cumulative 3,222,700 tickets in North America.

The film has earned more than US$70 million outside of the United States and Canada, including about US$34 million in Japan alone. The combined domestic and foreign total has reached an estimated US$99,142,436.

Dragon Ball Super: Broly already earned over US$7 million on 1,440 screens, including 180 IMAX and Cinemark XD screens, on its opening day on January 16, 2019, and had earned US$20,214,771 by that weekend. That total ranked the film at #3 in box office revenue (not adjusted for inflation) on the all-time chart of anime films in the United States and Canada, behind 1999’s Pokemon: The First Movie and Pokemon 2000 – The Movie. The film earned an estimated US$3,600,000 from January 25-27, 2019, making it the third all-time highest-ranking anime film in the United States in terms of estimated tickets sold, behind the two Pokémon films.

Source: ANN

UPDATE: FUNimation Entertainment is saying that this estimate is not up-to-date. The company last released an official box office total on January 24, 2019, when the film had screened for two weeks and earned more than US$24 million.