Battle of Gods is the first-ever Japanese film to be screened at IMAX Digital Theaters, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 13, 2013. It is the first Dragon Ball movie in 17 years to have a theatrical release, the last being the tenth anniversary movie in 1996, which followed the first three Dragon Ball films and the thirteen Dragon Ball Z films. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is the eighteenth Japanese animated feature film based on the Dragon Ball series, released in theaters on March 30, 2013.
