You have to give the filmmakers a little bit of credit though, being either foolhardy, or just plain ballsy. This time round it's the long running Dragonball series, because the assumption is that the built-in fan base would translate to instant dollars at the box office. From "Americanizing" television series for the kids from Power Rangers to Ultraman, and adapting famed characters from Japanese film, games and manga to frequent disastrous effect, it still wouldn't stop the studios from going after one property after another. Hollywood plundering Japanese pop culture isn't something new.
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