Broly

Yeah, you read the title,thats really all yo need to know. I don't know why you're still reading, you read the only word that needs to be read right now, Broly. The single most overhyped character in the singe most overhyped series in the history of anime is back, twice. First, they have remastered the original Broly movie, The Legendary Super Saiyan to show in theaters September 15, then in January there will be an english dub of the new Broly movie where Akira Toriyama makes him canon.

For those who don't know, Broly is the Legendary Super Saiyan, who, if he fit in with the timeline at all, was right before the Cell Games when the cast of Dragon Ball Z encountered him. Broly was born the same day as Goku and was irritated by the screams of baby Kakarott in the crib next door. But Broly was way more powerful, so powerful Vegeta's father saw him as a threat even as a baby and tried to murder him, throwing him and his father Paragus in a trash heap. But when Frieza blew up the planet, Broly used his insane power level to generate a protective shield that allowed him and his father to survive. As Broly grew up, Paragus equipped him with a control device and used to wreak havoc across the universe. Then Paragus found out prince Vegeta had settled on Earth and tried to bring him to a distant planet that was soon to be destroyed by a planetary collision and hoped that he could get rid of all of his competition for strongest Saiyan in the universe in one shot. Goku uses instantaneous transmission to follow Vegeta, Trunks, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, and Master Roshi so they can all meet the Legendary Super Saiyan, not knowing it's Broly. Everything is going according to plan until Broly recognizes Goku and starts screaming "Kakarott!" and has the single most epic tantrum ever. I mean, even when Majin Buu shows up in the series, both of his incarnations combined plus Lord Beerus don't measure up to the madness of Broly. What follows was one of the greatest fights ever if only because it involved Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, and Trunks all going super saiyan and fighting another super saiyan all at the same time, and Broly is able to fight all four super saiyans plus Piccolo and Krillin at a time when they actually still mattered.

Broly was so epic, he got two sequels, and now, Akira Toriyama has made another movie, this time canon. For those who don't know, Toei animation who makes the anime took a few creative liberties over the source material manga and Toriyama largely ignores it and runs the story as if Toei's filler doesn't happen, particularly the movies that, while being spectacular eye candy, never fit the story. In fact, rumor has it, Vegito happened because Gogeta was used in a Toei movie before Toriyama could write him in and did not want to seem like he was copying the people who were copying him. So it is a bit surprising that he took another crack at Broly and supposedly he claims he acually made the character originally and forgot about him and after years of fandom, wanted to give him a place in Dragon Ball Super. Based on how things have gone so far with this reboot, it occurs to me that the Broly movie is going to be a back hand to the fans that we will love nonetheless. Why? Two reasons #1 it is Dragon Ball #2 it is Broly, and if I can gauge anything about the fandom, if it is even remotely coherent, that will be all that matters. Also, I will be watching it, because I am one of those fans.