Eriko Tamura has updated her blog once again, and thanks to our friend Jessica we have a great translation!

Firstly here is a blog from a few weeks ago:

Great Energy! 

It was a fun shoot today! We filmed a lot of fighting sequence on the ring from an early morning. The venue was filled with Spanish people who work as extras. Spanish people are great! They are Latin, I re-realized it. Everybody was fun and vibrant, and that their great energy gave us the excitement in the scene even more! Thank you guys!

And here is her latest:

Wire and Harness 

I did the wire-work for the first time this morning. It turned out that I wasn’t so good. It was actually harder than how it looked…!

I have been looking forward to doing the wire-flying action since before the holidays. Contrary to my excitement the wire took me to a wrong direction and I hit the light…how embarrassing! I would like to be able to do it better next time. I should ask if I could practice. I want to play Mai really tough and strong.

Small Update:

Better translation of Eriko’s Feb. 10th blog:

Today was also a good day for me and fun! The location we filmed was about an hour and a half away from our hotel, and the scenery was breathtaking! I’ve never seen such a spectacular scenery. I hope you can all enjoy the beautiful scenes in the movie as well. I’ve been to many places before but nothing compares to the scenery I saw today. All the hard work is worth it. It really shows how mother nature creates such spectacular landscapes over a period of time…it was absolutely magnificent and I was so much in awe, that I almost was in tears! 

I was picked up at my hotel by a driver at 4:30AM and it felt at first a little anxious as I was all alone with him who I couldn’t communicate with (He peaks Spanish and does not speak English), and we were driving through the mountains in absolute darkness. As soon as we arrived at base-camp, Philippe did my make-up for me and I changed into my costume, then walked out onto the set. It was then that I realized that the sun had come up, and I was surrounded by a magnificent panorama view. I have no idea where the location was - I must ask the crew tomorrow. I wonder if it is a famous place open to tourists, or we just had the privilege to film there as a movie crew.

It was sunny and bright in the morning, but the weather in the mountains is unpredictable. It started to get windy and it started to rain all of a sudden while we were filming.
The rain eventually stopped so James and I went on top of a big rock again and continued the scene.
Working with James Marsters has been a wonderful experience to me.. he is such a nice guy yet he can play a great villain. I’d like to learn from him playing a good villain.
Later in the day it started to rain again that we had to stop filming. On my way back, I stopped by at China Mandarin again. The people at the restaurant said, “See you tomorrow!” (they know that we are filming Dragonball here in Durango) and I felt a little embarrassed.

Randal and Annie were at the hotel when I got back, and we all talked for a while in their room… I am back in my room now. Annie was kind enough to rehearse with me on the scenes I have tomorrow! She is an acting coach in the East Coast. It is sad that Randal and Annie are leaving next week… I didn’t get to work with Randy in too many scenes, but I would hang out in his trailer with Annie a lot. I feel honored to be able to work with him as well as having the privilege to get to know him in person. I will do my best tomorrow!

Thanks again to Jessica for the great translations!

Movieland has great new photos of the macro-sets being built in Durango. As it was reported today, these are photos of a temple that will play a very important role in the film.

According to IMDB the visual effects company Image Engine (Fantastic Four 2, Vantage Point) is handling the pre-visual effects for Dragonball. 

Visit their site here for a look a some of their work.

Dragonball Le Film has an interesting update on what is being filmed in the next few days. Beware of mild spoilers!

The news comes from “El Siglo of Durango”.The production is building a macroset, the Temple of the Dragon, which will be the place where SPOILER Bulma, Goku and the others bring the Dragon Ball, and where the hope will be formulated END OF SPOILER. According to a source close to the production, it will be a key moment in the film, a place where “almost all conflicts are resolved, and where the real adventure begins.” The scene will be turned in a few days, once construction of the set will be completed. The wind and rain can be a problem, but for the time being, the shooting happened as in a dream. The people of Durango are apparently cool people!
According to the newspaper, the Temple has a great artistical value. It’s next to a volcano, another key set of the movie. Maybe Nevado de Toluca, where normally scenes have been or will be shooted.

Movieland spoke with the films publicist, Luis Reyes, who gave an update on the state of production.

“We just shoot exterior scenes, we are now within a jeans factory that adapt to the typical scenes of Dragon Ball …” All the scenes that we have been spectacular in the right climate here. The truth is that everything has been perfect, especially for the support of the people”

Despite wearing a month and a half in Durango, Reyes explained that so far no one in the production has felt tired, despite the long working hours … “We work six days a week, and there is not much time to leave But on Sundays, in addition to rest, the young have fun here, go to restaurants or the square of the capital … “Durango is a quiet place, we can see that there is great tradition of cinema, and the players are happy “.

Movieland is also reporting that because the film is still early in production we may not see anything promotion wise until the summer.