'Dragon Ball Super: Broly' Release Date, News & Update: New Promo Art Shows Young Broly Eating Spider's Limb

Toei Animation has been hyping up “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” with a number of promos in the past few days, and one of the promo art featuring young Broly has caught the eye of a number of fans, including noted “Dragon Ball Super” translator Todd Frankenship aka @Herms98.

As seen in this image posted by Frankenship, young Broly is eating the limb of one of those spider-like creatures that are supposed to appear in “Dragon Ball Super: Broly.” This goes to show that Broly has truly become a savage when he is forced to fend for himself after he landed on Planet Vampa.

“This scene with the spider creatures is clearly meant to quickly and succinctly establish Broly's power potential and natural inclination for combat, by introducing a creepy set of creatures and then showing that Broly is more fearsome than those creatures. It's definitely an effective approach to making this canonized version of Broly into much more of a savage, so that we understand that when he steps onto that Arctic battlefield to meet Goku and Vegeta for the first time, our Saiyan heroes are in for the fight of their lives,” Kofi Outlaw said in his piece for ComicBook.com.

It will be interesting to see how the writers establish the backstory for Broly in this film. The character has always had a wild side to him since his first appearance in “Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan.” However, the Broly in “Dragon Ball Super: Broly” is an alternative version of the popular Super Saiyan, not the original incarnation, and series creator Akira Toriyama is supposed to make some changes to the character.

“Dragon Ball Super: Broly” is scheduled to premiere on Dec. 14 in Japan before it comes out on Jan. 16, 2019 in the U.S. The movie will feature the encounter between Goku, Vegeta, and Broly.