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All About Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
is the eighteenth Japanese animated feature film based on the Dragon Ball series and the fourteenth to carry the Dragon Ball Z branding, released in theaters on March 30, 2013
It is the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last being the tenth anniversary movie in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films
It is the first-ever Japanese film to be screened at IMAX Digital Theaters, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 13, 2013
Funimation acquired the North American rights to Battle of Gods and produced an English dub that premiered in North American cinemas in August 2014
Madman Entertainment acquired the Australasian rights and screened the movie at the 2013 Japanese Film Festival in Australia before screening the English dub to select theaters in August 2014, and Manga Entertainment will release the film in the United Kingdom in November 2014.
Battle of Gods is the first film in the series to be considered an official part of the Dragon Ball storyline, being set between chapters 517 and 518 of the original manga during the ten-year time skip, with original creator Akira Toriyama deeply involved
The plot involves Beerus, the God of Destruction, learning of the defeat of the galactic overlord Freeza by the hands of Son Goku
Seeking an opponent worthy of his power, and hearing of a powerful being, Beerus, along with his companion Whis, travels to the north galaxy to challenge Goku to a battle.