Chinese streaming platform bilibili brings in 2024 with a New Year’s Eve musical
Tet season is the time for television to broadcast top special programs. In Japan, there are four-hour broadcasts of SASUKE (known as Ninja Warrior abroad), comedy shows, the two-day Hakone Ekiden and NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, among many other shows. other. While streaming services are slowly catching up, Chinese streaming service bilibili brought in the new year with an amazing musical performance of Dragon Ball.
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A 12-minute Dragon Ball x Bilibili performance was held in China on New Year’s Eve.
Featuring Hiroki Takahashi singing the song “Makafushigi Adventure”.
Full video >> https://t.co/9Eu7Eyq2Mw
Note: 2024 is also the year of Dragon Ball’s 40th anniversary. pic.twitter.com/q7ovGEkDZa— Catsuka (@catsuka) January 3, 2024
The nearly 12-minute long Dragon Ball musical is performed by the young dance group O-DOG and features many iconic moments throughout the series. These include the first meeting of protagonist Son Goku and his wife Chichi and their marriage, the introduction of former ally-turned-villain Tien Shinhan, the introduction of protagonist Vegeta, and the battle His first battle with Goku, and his final battle with the evil incarnation of Majin Buu. While there are some liberties taken with the musical, it is extremely entertaining, especially the part where Goku and Vegeta fuse into Vegito. However, it’s a bit sad that characters like Piccolo, Freiza, and Cell were omitted from the runtime.
The musical’s finale gave attendees and viewers a special gift: a live performance of Dragon Ball’s first theme song,”Makafushigi Adventure!”, performed by original artist Hiroki Takahashi presently. What makes this performance special is the way the O-DOG dancers portraying the main Dragon Ball characters engage in humorous scenes in the background—reminiscent of the series’ original comedic concept.
The Dragon Ball bilibili musical is definitely one of the best ways to welcome the new year, especially considering 2024 is the year of the dragon according to the East Asian calendar. The full video is available on Bilibili. However, due to region locking, the video may not be available in your area. If you are a Dragon Ball fan and can see the musical then this is definitely an event not to be missed.
Source: Bilibili, Catsuka’s Instagram page and Twitter account via Next Shark, Yahoo News