A YouTuber used Artificial Intelligence to create a trailer for a movie about Dragon Ball. Many viewers agree that it could have been the live-action film that the Anime actually deserves.
What kind of trailer is it? The YouTube channel Fifth District Studio creates trailers with the help of AI, based on well-known animes, movies, or series. Over the past months, the YouTuber has specialized in various videos about Dragon Ball.
A trailer that we want to present to you features all series related to Dragon Ball. Various characters like Son-Goku and Vegeta, as well as enemies like Cell or Freezer appear as realistic versions created with CGI.
So far, the video has reached over 3.8 million views and collected over 37,000 likes. You can watch the fan trailer here:
It covers Dragon Ball, DBZ, and DBS. Beerus and Broly also make appearances. However, there is no real plot to see. Rather, the individual characters are shown, who may take a step forward.
And although hardly anything happens in the video, fans are sure that it would have been the better live-action film 16 years ago.
CGI trailer is better than the real film
Why would it be the better live-action film? Dragon Ball already has a live-action adaptation, which has gone down in history as a disgrace. The film was released in 2009 and has a catastrophic rating of 2.5 out of 10 on the film rating platform IMDb.
The reason for this poor rating is the altered personalities of the characters, flat dialogues, and bad special effects. Additionally, the story is set in a modern context that has little to do with the original.
If there were a movie of the quality shown in the trailer, finally a live-action adaptation would appear that fans deserved 16 years ago. At least that’s what the top comment under the video on YouTube says.
However, we must be fair: 16 years ago, technology was not advanced enough to create a film of such quality. Moreover, the AI trailer only shows short sequences. The video is far from having an action-packed plot.
A live-action adaptation of the anime Naruto is also reportedly in the works. However, there are already early signs that this film could also be a flop. The reason for this is the producers’ lack of expertise: The makers of the Naruto live-action film reportedly have no clue about the anime – They reportedly don’t even know who the villains are
