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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guest Jonathan Victory, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.

So this week, James Wong’s Dragonball: Evolution.

Goku is a teenage boy who has been trained in martial arts by his Grandpa Gohan, but also sworn to never use those skills for his own benefit. As Goku navigates his difficult teenage years, he finds himself drawn into an epic struggle when the villainous King Piccolo suddenly reappears with a plot to conquer the world using the seven mysterious dragon balls. With an unlikely team of allies, and a looming solar eclipse, Goku finds himself on an unlikely journey of self-discovery with the fate of the world in his hands.

At time of recording, it was ranked 14th on the list of the worst movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 19th January 2023.
• Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
• Dragonball: Evolution at the Internet Movie Database.
• The Bottom 100 at time of recording.
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• Watch A Far Green Country on IFI.
• Watch A Far Green Country on IFI International.
• Buy tickets to Elementaller at Smock Alley Theatre.
• Allegra Frank at Polygon looks back on the history of Shonen Jump, July 2018.
• Renan Fontes at Comic Book Resources offers a brief history of the Dragon Ball franchise, December 2022.
• Daniel Dockery at Crunchy Roll looks at the importance of Pokémon in bringing anime to the United States, February 2021.
• J.D. Considine at The New York Times considers the arrival of anime into the American market, January 2002.
• James Marsters talks to MovieWeb about his excitement at being cast in Dragonball: Evolution, February 2008.
• Yahoo! Movies considers a number of movies affected by the Writers’ Guild Strike.
• Witney Seibold at /film reports on James Marsters experiences making Dragonball: Evolution, June 2022.
• Sean Aitchison at Comic Book Resources considers James Marsters’ role in Dragon Ball Super, March 2018.
• Kofi Outlaw at Comic Book looks at how Akira Toriyama was inspired by Dragonball: Evolution to create Dragon Ball Super, Janaury 2018.
• Ben Ramsay formally apologises for writing Dragonball: Evolution, May 2016.
• Michelle Castillo at The Los Angeles Times reports on fan outrage over Dragonball: Evolution, April 2009.
• Dave Itzkoff at The New York Times considers the faithfulness of the Watchmen adaptation, February 2009.
• Hunter Stephenson at /film reports on changing the title of The Last Airbender to avoide confusion with James Cameron’s Avatar, April 2008.
• Joshua Fox at ScreenRant considers whether James Cameron is trolling the Avatar: The Last Airbender, January 2023.
• Allegra Frank at Polygon considers the history of Hollywood anime adaptations, April 2017.
• John Humbert at The Hollywood Reporter mounts a defense of Speed Racer, April 2017.
• Sandy Schaeffer at /film considers the storied production history of Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Akira, February 2022.
• Jordan Peele talks to a IGN about how he almost directed an adaptation of Akira, February 2023.
• CBR visits the set of Dragonball: Evolution in Mexico, April 2009.
• Emmy Rossum talks to The Los Angeles Times about Dragonball: Evolution, April 2009.
• MovieWeb covers the announcement that Dragonball: Evolution is due to release the following summer, November 2007.
• Tim Van Rellen talks to Anime News Network about the delays to Dragonball: Evolution, April 2009.
• James Wong talks to Gizmodo about filming Dragonball: Evolution, January 2009.
• Manohla Dargis at The New York Times considers Astro Boy, October 2009.
• Russell Edwards reviews Dragonball: Evolution for Variety, April 2009.
• Nathan Lee reviews Dragonball: Evolution for The New York Times, April 2009.
• Mari Ness at Tor considers Cars 2, January 2018.
• Jamie Chung talks to People about the possibility of a Real World: San Diego reunion, October 2021.
• Chow Yun Fat talks to South China Morning Post about his time in Hollywood, January 2023.
• Justin Chatwin talks to Cinema.com about making Dragonball: Evolution, 2008.
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