Amazon now lists the domestic release date of the Dragonball Evolution DVD/Blu-ray for July 28th 2009. That is only 4 days after it releases in Japan. No details on the extra features in the domestic version yet and no official confirmation for the Z Edition yet either. We will keep you posted.

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On a side note, we are going to set up an “easy navigation” merchandise section for Dragonball Evolution. It will contain the Japanese/Domestic DVD and Blu-ray discs, the Motion Picture Soundtrack, DB E the video game for the PSP, posters, action figures, movie novel(s), sticker book and more. Check back soon for that.

The Japanese version of Dragonball Evolution for the DVD/Blu-ray details are now being shown at AV Watch. Please note that these details may be different from the Worldwide DVD/Blue-ray.

Runtime: 86 minutes

Audio:
1. English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 ch
2. Japanese (DTS 5.1 ch)
3. Japanese (audio commentary)

Bonus features:
* Deleted Scenes (8)
* Goku’s Work Out Video
* Music Video “Worked UP!” by Brian Anthony
* Gag Reel
* Behind The Scenes: The Two Chi-Chi’s
* Justin Chatwin Interview
* Game: Dragonball Quest (Blu-Ray only)
* Audio Commentary with Satoshi Inoue*

Let’s hope the worldwide DVD/Blue-ray will have extended scenes. But those will probably only be on the “Z Edition” aka Special Edition of the film.

Dragonball Evolution releases on July 24th in Japan on DVD/Blu-ray. Amazon Japan confirms this release date.

UPDATE

The Official Japanese Dragonball Evolution website confirms the release date with a short video and reveals artwork for both the DVD cover and discs.

Variety has given the report for the domestic premiere of Dragonball Evolution.

Fox’s “Dragonball: Evolution,” managed only No. 8 in its domestic debut, grossing an estimated $4.7 million from 2,181 theaters. Studio had limited expectations for the film, which was narrowly targeted to boys.

This was expected due to the lack of promotion for the film. Box Office Mojo even reports that the film has only made $30,071,834 worldwide so far. Let’s just hope it make enough earnings in theatres to encourage a sequel.

The long wait is finally over, Dragonball Evolution has hit theaters today worldwide. So, go and visit your local theater to watch the live action version of Dragon Ball! Feel free to comment here on what you think about the film. We can also expect some footage of the US premiere.

20th Century FOX has pushed Dragonball Evolution back from the 8th to the 10th of April for the US. Iam guessing this is for weekend promotion since the 10th is a Friday. It has also been reported that the domestic version will be 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Source

Part 3 of the Dragonball Evolution preview has made its way online. This third part of the official press book talks about the design of Evolution. Credit goes to DBthemovie.

The unique look of the film’s action scenes complements its art direction and cinematography. Production designer Bruton Jones, along with visual consultants Richard Holland and Bruce Crone, referenced the Dragonball manga and anime, as well as a melting pot of styles reflecting the film’s multicultural, past/future reference points. The Dragon Temple, for example has Russian, Japanese and Chinese architectural influences.

Before production started, director of photography Robert McLachlan tested various film stocks before going with Fuji, which helped provide the heavily color-saturated look he was after. The color saturation adds to the intensity of the film’s solar eclipse, which in the story signals a potentially cataclysmic event. “We wanted our eclipse to be much more surreal [than a typical solar eclipse], with weird, intense, reddish colors,” says McLachlan.

Ariel Velasco Shaw oversaw the film’s many and varied visual effects, including the energy force known as Ki. Harnessing the power of Ki is one of the central tenants of Eastern philosophy – and connects the incredible goings-on of Dragonball to our real world. In the “air bending” technique of Ki, the practitioner pushes out from his or her chest, causing the air around them to ripple with distortion – and the ensuing energy force to impact their opponent. Ki is so strong that it draws the power of the universe as it is channeled through the practitioner skilled in its technique. Its ultimate manifestation is Goku’s “Kame-Hame-Ha” move.

Velasco Shaw and his team created various, character-appropriate forms of Ki. For example, a human character would possess a different Ki than an alien or a human-alien hybrid. Moreover, there’s a “younger” Ki for the more youthful characters, and an “older,” more developed Ki for Roshi.

The iconic and mystical Dragonballs were largely the creation of the visual effects team. “Everybody had an idea about what they should look like and what they needed to do,” Velasco Shaw says. The Dragonballs, courtesy of some intensive CG magic, have an otherworldly luminescence befitting their numinous properties.

Velaco Shaw also oversaw the two fully-realized CG creations: the monstrous creature Oozaru, as well as the Fu Lum, demon assassins, who regenerate when dismembered.

Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., principals of one of the industry’s top special makeup and prosthetics houses, Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (ADI), designed and created the prosthetic makeup for Lord Piccolo. The sophisticated prosthetics for Lord Piccolo, designed by Gillis and Woodruff, were applied by prosthetic makeup artist Edward French.

Part 1 – Part 2