I'm not saying it didn't have SOME of the show elements, but as a whole it was NOTHING like the show. Piccolo Jr, so to speak would be the Piccolo from DBZ, even as Goku was a teen he STILL never went to to school, as he was training for the tournaments and generally saving the world, Yamcha didn't even make mention of any fighting ability or Puar, or even his shyness about women, Chi Chi wasn't nearly as much of a whore as she was in the movie, and once again, they never met at a school, hell Goku didn't even fall in love with her until they fought in the tourney and decided to get married. The Dragonballs weren't part of some predetermined destiny, The Oozaru had NOTHING to do with Piccolo, speaking nothing on it's lack of size. They cut all of the main plot from Dragonball, and even if they were going with the King Piccolo saga he didn't have any of his real henchmen, as Mai didn't work for him until WAY later and makes no reference to Emperor Pilaf. She also didn't shapeshift. Hmm...what else do I remember about the movie. Oh yeah GOKU killed Gohan in Oozaru, not Piccolo. Generally all they did that coincided with the show was the characters personalities (to an extent), which is fine as it was meant as a reimagining. But to say it followed the show is a fallacy. Because it didn't. It was a decent movie, but it wasn't, nor did it intend to be a splitting image of the manga and anime. Overall it was ok as a stand alone movie, and that's it.

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