After the defeat of Majin Buu, a powerful God of Destruction known as Beerus searches for the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to Earth, the Z-fighters must stop him. Only Goku, humanity’s last hope, can ascend to the level of a legendary Super Saiyan God and save the planet, and possibly the entire universe!

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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

Be there when a hero becomes a god.

★ 6.9/10 March 30, 2013 85 min

ActionAnimationScience Fiction

Director: Masahiro Hosoda  ·  Writer: Yusuke Watanabe

After the defeat of Majin Buu, a powerful God of Destruction known as Beerus searches for the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to Earth, the Z-fighters must stop him. Only Goku, humanity’s last hope, can ascend to the level of a legendary Super Saiyan God and save the planet, and possibly the entire universe!

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Director

Masahiro Hosoda Masahiro Hosoda

Cast

Masako Nozawa Masako Nozawa Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice) Koichi Yamadera Koichi Yamadera Beerus (voice) Masakazu Morita Masakazu Morita Whis (voice) Ryo Horikawa Ryo Horikawa Vegeta (voice) Hiromi Tsuru Hiromi Tsuru Bulma Briefs (voice) Joji Yanami Joji Yanami Kaio / Dr. Briefs / Narrator (voice) Toshio Furukawa Toshio Furukawa Piccolo (voice) Shoko Nakagawa Shoko Nakagawa Oracle Fish (voice) Kenji Utsumi Kenji Utsumi Shenlong (voice) Mayumi Tanaka Mayumi Tanaka Kuririn (voice) Toru Furuya Toru Furuya Yamcha (voice) Hikaru Midorikawa Hikaru Midorikawa Tenshinhan (voice)

User Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf March 2, 2025
★ 7/10

Now the Anubian “Beerus” is like most cats and even if he is the god of destruction he likes a nap! For some reason, though, he has asked his debonair vizier “Whis” to wake him after an wholly insufficient 39 years and so his master is groggy and grumpy. He perks up a little, though, when he learns that “Frieza” has been vanquished by the aspiring young “Goku”. Perplexed that this young Saiyan could defeat someone far superior, he decides to go and find out about the rumours of a Saiyan god - at last a challenge worthy of walking him up for. Where better to start than on the tiny home planet of the Kai King where the young “Goku” was known to be living. Sure enough, there he is, but he’s not really much of a combatant and so the irked god decides he will go to his home planet of Earth and, well, squash it. Luckily for mankind, his arrival coincides with a rather lav…