"Rule", Dragon Ball movie theme song.
 

Ayu will be in charge of the theme song for the upcoming Dragon Ball movie (Dragon Ball Evolution). It's entitled "Rule" and it's described as a rock number. The release date is unknown.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/LNany/ayu_db.jpg

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081...0505015-n1.htm

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EDIT: English translation by Tokyograph.

wooow cool!!

thanks for the info!!!

The link doesn't seem to work?

X_____X

It's going to be great great great!!! ^__________^
I'm so looking froward to it!!!!!!! Rule!!! <3

That is totally unexpected and awesome. Finally avex marketing is doing something.

Sanspo seems to be down at the moment. My god, this is probably gonna be a hot song!

Not that horrible Dragonball that Hollywood is working on right? I don't want Ayu's name associated with that.

As long as it's not that then all right!!! Looking forward to it.

Eww Dragonball movie. Anyway Sanspo is down it seems so here is a copy paste of the article from 2ch.

あゆ「ドラゴンボール」全世界テーマソング

歌手、浜崎あゆみ（３０）が、人気漫画「ドラゴンボール」をハリウッドで実写化した映画「ＤＲＡＧＯＮＢＡ ＬＬ　ＥＶＯＬＵＴＩＯＮ」の
全世界テーマソングを歌うことが９日、分かった。映画は世界６０カ国以上での公開が決定しており、あゆが本 格的に世界進出に乗り出す。

「ＤＲＡＧＯＮＢＡＬＬ　ＥＶＯＬＵＴＩＯＮ」（ジェームズ・ウォン監督）は、世界で３億５０００万部を売 り上げた漫画家、
鳥山明氏の代表作「ドラゴンボール」の実写版で、総製作費１００億円以上の超大作。

すでに来年３月１３日の日本公開を皮切りに、世界６０カ国以上での公開が決定しており、すべての国であゆの 楽曲が
スクリーンを彩ることになる。

きっかけは、ウォン監督と配給元の２０世紀フォックスからの熱いラブコール。製作側の「日本で生まれた大ヒ ット漫画の
テーマソングは日本人に歌ってほしい」との意向で、日本人歌手に絞って探していたところ、あゆの楽曲を聴い たウォン監督が
「心に深く残るメッセージ性の強い作品（楽曲）」と感動し、依頼。これをあゆが快諾した。

テーマソング「Ｒｕｌｅ」（来年発売）は日本語詞のロックナンバー。全世界タイアップながらも、ウォン監督 の「クールな
日本語がいい」との依頼で、あゆが日本語で作詞。脚本を読んでポジティブな主人公をイメージして書き上げた 。

昨年、初のアジアツアーを成功させるなど海外に視野を向けて着実に活躍の場を広げてきたあゆ。ハリウッド映 画の
テーマソングを歌うのは初めてで「昔から好きだった漫画の１つなので、とても光栄。世界各国でドラゴンボー ルワールドが
愛されることを期待します」と話している。


A google says that Dragonball Evolution is indeed the American film. So this is why the song was going to America...

I'm really looking forward to this! Cant wait!!

OMG! Well this should be a "strong" tie-in! I am so excited cuz its a new (rock) song!

Not really liking the fact that it's a dragon ball tie in of all things, but, a new Ayu song is always good~ It better not be a digisingle

eww.....that American dragon ball movie?? :dead2...oh well....can't wait for the new song~

So maybe that's that 'kakkoi' song she was writing about on her blog? <3

I edited the first post with a screencap, for those of you that can get Sanspo to work.

Apparently that movie is being released on April 8, 2009? :O:O:O That's Ayu's 11th anniversary.

That's cool. :) But I don't like the fact that they are making a "real" movie out of DB. It should stay as anime / manga.

The song is gonna be used in all of the countries its being released in. I guess I'm gonna have to see this whack-ass movie to hear her song on the big screen. :laugh

Wow! Can't wait to listen to it.
I think that is the song Ayu mentioned in TA Messages.
It must be a super ROCK song!!

Is Ayu going to the America for the PV?
There is a higher chance for us to have a new album.

Okay, first James Marsters is in the movie, then Ayu's song??? DAMMIT MOVIE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME SEE IT X_X

OMG *_______*

please translate *_*

OMG!

SO AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEE

crap..it's that lame dragonball movie...

Thanks for this info !!!

It's cool for her

oms I soooo hope the song will be not only in the Japanese movie ~~"
An English version would be cool too^^

So if the song is going to be international, will Jade sing the English version or what? I hope Ayu will sing the English version LOL.

This is so amazing! yaaaaaaa =D

What does it say in the message? I see a release date or something?

I guess this is the news we were going to get the 10th!

From what I get from the article, the director specifically wanted a Japanese song to be used for the film. Doesn't seem like there's gonna be an English version, etc.

Just use the excite translator to translate the article, its not that engrished.

The producers decided they wanted to use a Japanese song so its gonna be in Japanese only. Ayu is noted to be said it was one of her favourite cartoons and she is honoured to be doing the song.

I cant wait for the next TA translation

^

!!!

Ayu singing a song for every international version then? Awesssommeee. :O

This is SO big for Ayu! I'm so happy for her ^___^ Finally a big spin-off (how do you say it?) featuring Ayu! =D

and yet they used a white guy as goku....>_>

I just realized something...two TA entries ago she said that one of her songs is going to LA...so I'm guessing this is the song?

I´m happy to hear that Ayu will sing a song for a movie but the real movie from Dragonball?:no
I hope that the song will be awesome

eeeeeeEEEEEEHHH??!!?!?!???!? :shakehead really? :shakehead


Cha-La Head-Cha-La~!!!! XD

DRAGON BALL REVOLUTION is a new season of the anime, or it's the movie which's coming with Spife from Buffy xD ? I think that's a really great news, and I'm sure Ayu was talkin' about that in her last messages... She said she couldn't talk about that song during... 10 days ? XD

I'm more excited about the song, rather than the movie >.>

James Marsters??? Spike from Buffy/Angel?! Thas awesome, he was my most favorite actor from the two series.

This isn't really the anime debut I pictured from Ayu, but its good U.S. advertisement. A slow wiggle into America, not like the "hey I'm going to make an English album" crap that others are trying.

It was 10th of december, which is now in Japan.

WHAT OMG

My reaction now: OMG. I'm so effing surprised and happy omgggg. I'm excited!

He's Picolo....

So looking forward for rule!!!HOPE for a new Album^^

I have very mixed feelings right now.

1) It's Ayu's song! In a Hollywood movie! :yes
2) It's a really bad looking movie. I mean, Piccolo isn't even green! :no

I saw the trailer... Picolo is just... well... :no ? XD

Why is everyone so disappointed with Dragonball being the movie she sings?

The movie is HIGHLY anticipated, after years and years of the Dragonball craze. And the audience of the movie is the most anime and thus Japanese-loving orientated of all movies. So this movie is absolutely perfect for spreading her music overseas. :)

This must be what Ayu was talking about when she said she was sending a song overseas to America. Can't wait for this. I work at a movie theater and I doubt we will get this but I'm gonna be talking about it non-stop. Lol.

i... don't know what to say...

^ I'm just glad that her team is actually doing something and isn't assigning the same old boring tie-ins with Panasonic or Musico/Music.jp whatever.

No wonder her head is filled with English. I bet a lot of this song, or maybe all of it, is in English. There's no way they'd release this song in America if it were in Japanese - FOX would not do that.

But... wow. I'm truly shocked. I, for one, am not too excited for this film, but... if it brings Ayu to America... I'll probably end up seeing the film just to hear the song being played in the film. XD

edit: Nevermind, it seems like the song will be in Japanese... that's interesting, because the song will be used with the American release... hmm...

so....... new song? i wonder if it'll be a single/on an album.

This looks like it possibly reveals her "secret" of how she sent the song to America.. perhaps this is why? And perhaps Rule is a CREA-aided composition?

Oh, and a strange coincidence; DBE is coming out in America on Ayu's 11th anniversary. April 8th! LOL.

Totally pumped about this :D

I bloody hope not. I want it to be a good song. Like GAME .. or Liar

Because everyone was a fan of Dragonball.... when we were 10 :laugh

Now when we look back, its just another mediocre anime that we can't really understand why is so popular

WOW WOW WOW

Totally going to see this movie now...not that I wasn't or anything...:laugh

I think I'd be happier if it wasn't being used for the movie. I have nothing against Dragonball (I actually kind of like the series) but I wish Ayu would lend her music to something a little less ... lame?

That's just my opinion, but eh. AT LEAST it's a new rockish song, so that's good news.

Good point!
Maybe her head was filled with english becaus the song have a lot of english parts/words? XD

So excited to hear it... will take ages T_T.

Somehow I have a feeling it will be more commercial-styled rock. Like Startin' or evolution.

A snippet from the sabi was in a yomiuri article.

Something about rules decided by someone else.. etc etc..

It's interesting to note that the director likes Coldplay.. I wonder if Ayu's song will end up like that? Also; the trailer is reported to be out in on 12/18.. hopefully with the theme song!

A Startin' esque song would be fine with me - I bloody love Startin'

This is such an embarrassing tie-in LOL. The movie looks absolutely atrocious :puke Why can't Ayu ever get good tie-ins?

well hopefully the song is at least good...:o

^Except that the movie is hyped, so the song will be heard by masses. The tie-in itself doesn't matter as long as the song is heard and enjoyed. At least she's actually doing something that people actually hear this time around

Me too. I am really hoping we'll get an energetic song with an exciting beat.

The movie has been getting horrible feedback. The fans do not like that this is just another Asian franchise getting the Hollywood treatment to make more money. A lot of people think that this is just another american version of an asian theme that is gonna suck. I don't think I need to name the other asian turned American version that didn't do well. And now Ayumi's name is attached to this one. I hope for Ayumi's sake it is good. There are a lot of things that don't match up with the original Dragonball that we know and it's not looking good right now.

^

Yeah this movie can't be that good, it will either be not bad/above average or worse than Dead or Alive :Roflmao :roflmao :roflmao

Even if this movie is really popular, it'd be hard for Ayu to become popular in the U.S. Another example, Kingdom Hearts and Hikki.

Also, lol, suddenly I'm reminded of that Final Fantasy movie with the L'arc~en~Ciel tie-in.

I can't believe what I'm reading.... *in shock*

@Sundae: Eh. that might be true and all but there really isn't any better or other movie for a song from her?

And yea, I'm quite irked by that Bulmia doesn't have blue hair in the movie.

-_-

I think what avex wants to do is have a small fanbase in USA so maybe she can tour or something. Doubt they want her to become huge in the U.S. since she's quite established in Japan and her English skills aren't so polished.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2...8333630xc8.jpg

o hai 2 totally unrelated subjectz

I think that the tie-in will only help.. as in Japan people'd buy the release if they liked the song.. that is if a lot of people watch it in Japan. Did a lot of people watch any American adaptations like crazy in Japan? Or have they had a history of flopping?

Hopefully the song is good.

I feel that it's a bit weird that the actors are a mixture of Asian actors and American actors. Anyway. I'm not really a fan of Dragon Ball since I only read 2 mangas but it feels... wrong? I don't really think that DB's fanbase is going to be happy about this... I wonder what Shokotan thinks!

But I'm not disappointed for Ayu. As long as the song is good, I'm fine!

zomg I wasn't expecting this xDD
well.. umm.. great? xD;

I like Japanese newspapers xD I want a newspaper that says full-page "AYU WILL SING DRAGONBALL!" lol

I think Speed Racer did well in Japan, but I'm not sure about horror remakes doing well in Japan... But, anime's really popular in Japan, and since Dragonball is an anime and is still fairly popular over there, I think the movie will do well in Japan.

hehe,

my movie guess was right! :P

didn;t consider which movie though, I reckon I could have guessed this too if I'd paid more attention to movie news...

movie is looking ptentially poor, but it's still great news for ayu...and us!!!

new song!!!

Like truehappiness said ^^ This can't really reflect on Ayu's career negatively, many others sang theme songs for bigger flops than this movie could turn out to be. I am pretty sure that average people who aren't DB fans will prolly watch the movie, liked it or not, they'll hear the song and the movie will be promoted world wide. I doubt that AVEX wants to make her popular in the US in any way, and I hope they'll release the single with another track in April so hopeful Ayu will benefit from the movie promotion at least a bit.

And this i way tie-ins are not always the answer, all of you who beg for a tie-in, there, now you have one!! don't complain that is for this movie.


anyway, I'm excited about the song.

AWESOMENESS!!!!

It's possible that the movie it will not good... but music could be!! And this is a perfect promotion for AYU's music internationally so I'm glad ^_^

omg what's wrong with people.

Do you guys know that just about everyone is going to see this movie? I mean come on, even the people who hate the fact that they're doing it are going to see it just to say they did, even if theyre going to bash it later.

I don't care if the movie is horse ****. People all over the world are going to hear this song and think about Ayu, even if they don't know who she is.

I'm waiting to see how good the song is first, before I start feeling bad that she has a tie-in.

And I mean, Ayu is a total nobody in the states. Hollywood would never ever give her a better tie in, I'm sorry.

OMG this is cool...
Song for the america dragon ball movie???
Just wondering would that be english song or japanese song?
This is great...

Exactly. :yes

It's so thrilling that people in my country will get to hear Ayu. I am SO going to watch this movie in the cinemas. XD

Japanese

^Perhaps japanese with some english words in it/full japanese.

Is Ayu's song going to be just for the Japanese release of the movie or it's actually going to be featured in the American release also?

oh my gosh, what if it's in English??!!??!!

Well SAW 4 had X Japan singing a song in it, so why not this? I just googled the movie and I am really excited. Lol.

The End has come, let's hide

If the point is to increase her fanbase or spread her name than yeah Dragonball Evolution is her best bet. Other movies would just tell her to sing in english or they would just get someone else to do it. It's not like since the movie is gonna be bad, the song is gonna suck either. I will probably like the song but I would how many people in the US are gonna watch this movie. Sometimes if a lot of people say a movie is gonna suck before the movie has even been released it usually means lower ticket sales. Which means not that many people are gonna listen to this song. If it was regular times I would think that people would go see it just to check it out, but now people are saving money and are checking what they are spending their money on. Would people spend money on a movie that others say is bad? Not likely.

It also makes me wonder if they are aware of how many people across the world like Ayumi and are trying to cash in on that. Before this I was not gonna watch it, but now it's like because there's an Ayumi song in it, I have to support it and go watch. I'm a fan of Ayumi and I want her to do well across the world so I should go watch it. I'm actually considering spending 7 bucks just to hear a 2 minute clip of her song. :headache

The song will be released with the film in 60 countries.

read the thread:

Since the movie is hollywood, the director asked for a japanese song and ayu wrote in her blog she sent the new rock song to america, it means that it will be hers in all of the countries it will be out (the article also says it).

I'm gonna post an auto-translation of the Sanspo article to clear some things up:

YESSSS! i love ayu's rock songs, so i'm so excited!

I guess Ayu just gave me a reason to see that God awful movie.

Are they referring to Ayu as sweetfish!? Lmfao.

Pretty much lmao.

SWEEEEET! Another rock song!!! Cant waaaaaiiiit! :D :D :D

Haha I can't stop laughing at the fact that they chose an american actor for the role as Goku! XD It looks ridiculous!

Anyhow, I glad that she finally has a big tie-in. But I have a bit mixed feeling about this too. When/if poeple in other countries hear the song they're either gonna think wow/good song or who is this?!/this sounds wierd. Am I over analyzing? :P

Anyway, I dying to hear the song! :D

I hurried this, but here's a complete translation of the article by me. I think I got all the main points down, so if Coelacanth's auto-translation is too hard to read, here's mine: