The first time I ever heard about Dragonball was when I was in middle school and some classmates were talking about what they watched after school. One of them said, “When I go home, I toke up and watch Dragonball Z. That show is crazy when your high.”

Well, I was never a smoker, but that afternoon I flipped to over to CN to see what all the fuss was about. Truth be told, I like it. A lot. I watched everyday and was utterly enthralled by it. Lord knows if I was high, at least then I would have had an excuse. A few months later, I lost interest, as every fight seemed to last 15 episodes and it got old. Since then (we’re talking about 9 years people), I’ve never gotten back into it but I know the show went on for a bazillion more episodes and could probably run until the end of time.

Last year, James Wong was announced as the director for a live-action Dragonball film. But contrary to belief, this is not the first time its been done.

Back in 1989, Dragonball: The Magic Begins was released as an unofficial remake of the first feature length Dragonball anime, The Legend of Shenlong.

Check out that trailer. Thats what I call pure comedy gold. Not only can you buy it on DVD, you can buy it in a special edition with updated special effects. They George Lucas’d that shit. I bet Goku shoots first.

Now that I’ve gotten out of the way…

A Japanese teaser poster and the first trade photo of Justin Chatwin as Goku have found their way online, courtesy of dbthemovie.com. Behold!

I can already hear the complaints of purists over the size of his hair.