It would seem that this movie is actually cannon to the series stated by Akira Toriyama himself as this takes place 3 years after kid buu's defeat and 4 years before Uub's appearance at the world martial arts tournament within the anime. This film takes an interesting alternative within the series and starts to proceed in a different dimension in this movie compared to the other usual movies in the past. Macho good guy vs bad guy films that I've seen in the past of this franchise before. Its been a long time since I've seen a DB/DBZ Movie, and unlike all the other usual
