Opening in theaters in the United States this past January, Dragon Ball Super: Broly thrilled fans of the franchise and, according to director Tatsuya Nagamine, there was even more to the popular anime film that didn't make the final cut.

In a new interview spanning Nagamine's entire career working in anime, Nagamine mentioned that Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama had written a treatment for the film that was personally storyboarded by Nagamine and two other animators. After two months, the storyboards ran for approximately 170 minutes with the production cutting 70 minutes of content. A fan translation of the interview by Twitter user Deem939 detailing the process is below.

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According to the fan translation, most of the content cut involved flashbacks from the main storyline taking place right before Goku's battle with Broly, with a fight between Saiyan survivors Raditz and Nappa as well as a childhood moment between Vegeta and Raditz reportedly cut for time and budget.

Nagamine's comments indicate the cut sequences were never fully animated meaning they will likely not be included with the home video release. Still, they offer an interesting glimpse at what an extended cut of the anime film could have entailed.

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Dragon Ball Super: Broly is out on Blu-ray and DVD on April 16.

(via ComicBook.com)