The official Dragon Ball Super website continues to post new interviews from the upcoming Broly film's staff and the
latest post features new insight from the movie's director, Tatsuya Nagamine. Nagamine was the series director for the Dragon Ball Super TV anime as well but had to relinquish his post about 2/3 through the series to Ryota Nakamura because Toei Animation insisted that he helm the forthcoming film.
The interview with Nagamine is in Japanese but as always,
Kazenshuu's @Herms98 (the leading Dragon Ball English translator on the web) has provided a translation.
Intel On New Characters Lemo And Cheyle
It seems the new characters appearing in the film have an important role to play. Members of Frieza's army, Lemo is a veteran while Cheyle is a newcomer, described as an emotional delinquent by Nagamine.
The director reveals that she assists Broly and that her actions have disastrous results. Nagamine stated that the likes the balance between the rookie and veteran members of Frieza's army but revealing any more details would venture into spoiler territory.
The Status Of Goku And Vegeta Post-Tournament Of Power
Sure, the Tournament of Power's final moment saw Vegeta gain a new transformation in Super Saiyan Blue Evolution but it seems this new found power still trails Goku. Per @Herms98's translation, Goku starts off the film pretty much a God and Vegeta is desperately trying to catch up.
The TV series explained that Goku wouldn't be able to control Ultra Instinct at will, so does the fact that Vegeta still trails behind Goku mean Goku can tap into Ultra Instinct Omen? Super Saiyan Evolution appeared to be more powerful than any other transformation Goku has in his arsenal that's not Ultra Instinct related so it will be interesting to see what Nagamine is describing.
Freeza's Role In The Film
It seems Frieza is still scheming and that he's aiming to surpass even the Omni-King. But first, he still has Goku and Vegeta to overcome, not to mention Beerus and Whis. It appears Broly is a key part in whatever Frieza's cooking up.
In translating Nagamine's words, @Herms98 writes, "This time Freeza shows particular growth. He wants to be on top, but is pondering how he can with Beerus and co. around. Is his ambition to defeat the Omni-King?! In Resurrection “F”, Freeza was at a huge disadvantage fighting on his own, but Nagamine says everyone should look forward to seeing how Freeza will oppose Goku and Vegeta this time around."
Nagamine's Connection To Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Every Dragon Ball fan knows that Broly was originally a non-canon movie character and that Akira Toriyama had no involvement with any of the Dragon Ball Z films. Broly was actually created by Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan. Toriyama provided the original design for Broly but it was the film's director, Shigeyasu Yamauchi, who provided the back story. It turns out, Yamauchi si actually Nagamine's mentor.
The Status And Editing Of Akira Toriyama's Script
The interview revealed that Akira Toriyma wrote the script for the Dragon Ball Super movie himself and that the staff are following it to the letter, except for the execution of the fight scenes. However, one interesting tidbit is the fact that the script Toriyama turned in resulted in a film that would be 3 hrs long and so Nagamine and the rest of the staff had to whittle it down into Dragon Ball Super: Broly's 90-minute runtime.
Just what did they have to sacrifice to fit into the movie's prescribed length? Were any ideas completely thrown out or did they simply get condensed? Hopefully, Toei will release a copy of Toriyama's original script in the near future- perhaps as part of a special edition blu-ray?