Dragon Book THE MOVIES (translated)

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A Message from Akira Toriyama-Sensei

My sincerest gratitude to all those who bought this Dragon Ball movie DVD box! With these movies, the Dragon Box series finally comes to a close.

In most cases with the movies, the script writers used their marvelous techniques to write up an original story, based on my original work. The original work develops in such a way that it makes it difficult to come up with side-stories, so I think they really did a good job.

I was very busy during serialization, so I couldn’t really help them out, but every once in a while the producer would ask me to design an original enemy character for the movies, so that was the only time that I’d collaborate with them a little bit. But that sure was hard… Even though I had all these strong-looking characters appearing in the manga, and was already at my limit material-wise, I still had to think up even stronger designs… Really, they’re all such a strong-looking bunch that it raises my blood pressure.

Still, this allowed them to make these amazing movies that are so powerful and effective, so what am I complaining about?

As the creator of Dragon Ball, I’m thoroughly made aware of what a happy manga it is, blessed by its fans and staff.

— Akira Toriyama

Dragon Box The Movies
In December 1986, the memorable first Dragon Ball movie was released. After that, the series became an unprecedented mega hit! The total number of viewers was 38.24 million, and a total of 17 works were released over about 10 years until 1996. Each work is a playful and original story that has never been told in the original work or on TV!!

Note: This page is an index listing all 17 movie titles, the year of each respective release, and textless posters (including some of the alternate posters)

Dragon Book Contents

A Message From Akira Toriyama-sensei..... Page 01

Movie Index... Page 02
An index listing all 17 movie titles, the year of each respective release, and textless posters (including some of the alternate posters).

Main Characters... Page 05
This section provides brief biographies for the movie’s main characters, which are divided up into the four categories listed below.

Main Characters Act 1 — Saiyan Warriors.... Page 06

Main Characters Act 2 — Dependable Warriors... Page 10

Main Characters Act 3 — Goku’s Friends... Page 11

Main Characters Act 4 — Earth’s Guardians.... Page 12

Story & Guest Characters... Page 13
The section is essentially a movie guide that examines the movies included with the Dragon Box, which are organized chronologically. Each movie listing includes the movie title, main movie poster, original theatrical premiere date, respective staff credits (director, scenario, animation supervisor, artwork, producers, etc.), opening and ending theme credits, a movie description, and a few screen shots. Each page also includes an index of the main characters, an index and description of the guest and enemies characters, as well as an image and description of where the movie primarily takes place. Most of the pages also include a very brief Dragon Column looking at various aspects, such as relation to the TV series, top grossing movies, and even wacky merchandise spawned from that particular movie.

Back Stage... Page 51

Movie Stories Q&A: Dragon Movies FAQ... Page 52
A Q&A with series organizer and scenario writer Takao Koyama, who provides answers to the 10 question about the various movies.

Movie Original Characters: Design Lab... Page 56
Four pages full of finalized character designs for an array of the original movie characters. Each design comes with commentary from the original designers; either Minoru Maeda (Dragon Ball and early Dragon Ball Z) or Tadayoshi Yamamuro (mid-to-late Dragon Ball Z).

Music Fighter: Hironobu Kageyama Special Interview... Page 60
A two-page interview with famed Dragon Ball Z singer Hironobu Kageyama, including several images and a brief profile of his work. In the interview Kageyama lists his “Top 3” movie themes, which are:

• #3 — “The Whole World” (Dragon Ball Z movie 03 ending theme)

• #2 — “The Incredible Strongest vs Strongest” (Dragon Ball Z movie 05 ending theme)

• #1 — “Dragon Power Infinity” (Dragon Ball Z movie 11 ending theme)

Dragon Ball Mystical Columns

A Successive Boss Super Analysis — Type of Defeat Manual.... Page 34
This two-page Dragon Column serves as a manual for the different types of enemies seen throughout the movies, and under which category the various villains fall. The five categories are Alien, Evil Human, Demon, Mecha Warrior, and Bio Warrior.

“Dragon Ball: The Path to Ultimate Strength” — Refined Characters... Page 50
This short Dragon Column takes a look at the four refined character models used for the DragonBall 10th Anniversary Movie, and points out some of the differences.

Akira Toriyama Moive Illustrations Collection — Akira Toriyama Design Works... Page 62
A collection of Akira Toriyama’s original movie character designs, all of which were originally printed in Daizenshuu 6, although all of Toriyama’s original notes have been removed.

Disc Index / How to View the Menu Screen... Page 64
The “Disc Index” is essentially a quick reference listing of all movies, showing what discs they are located on, as well as what features are included with them.

Dragon Ball movie version Main Character
Introducing the main characters who play an active role in the movie version, including Goku. We will thoroughly explain the charm of the Goku family, including powerful super warriors and fun friends!

Dragon Ball Movie Version Main Characters Act 1

Saiyan warriors
Son Goku
The strongest warrior who saves the earth!!
He is an invincible Saiyan warrior who has protected the Earth from many powerful enemies! The stronger the opponent, the more the single-mindedness for the fight burns up. His potential is infinite!! (Voice: Masako Nozawa)

childhood
The appearance from the days of "Dragon Ball". He has a powerful power that you can't imagine from his small body!

Super Saiyan 1・2
Activate your Saiyan power and transform into a powerful, super-human being! Its fighting power is far different from its normal form!!

Super Saiyan 3
From the Super Saiyan state, the power is further increased beyond the limit! It is the strongest form that can defeat any strong enemy!!

Son Gohan
Inheritor of Goku's power!!
A half-Saiyan and half-Earthling born between Goku and Chi-Chi. While he shows the fighting power inherited from Goku, he also has the side of being studious and dreams of becoming a scholar! (Voice: Masako Nozawa)

Childhood
The appearance of the fourth movie "Dragon Ball Z". Although he is still developing as a fighter, he has amazing potential.

Boyhood
What he looked like during the battle with Broly and Paragus. He is already a full fledged warrior and can even become a Super Saiyan!

Super Saiyan
He transformed into a Super Saiyan during the battle against Bojack. He demonstrated the power inherited from his father and successfully protected the Earth in Goku's absence!

Youth
Appearance from high school days. He is a kind older brother who cares about his younger brother Goten. A reliable warrior with the strongest level of power!

Great Saiyaman
A mysterious warrior who fights against criminals every day to protect people's lives. Everyone around him knew that his true identity was Gohan.

Son Goten
The hidden talent is infinite!!
Goku's second son, always full of energy. He has the amazing ability to transform into a Super Saiyan at a young age. He is best friends with Trunks. (Voice: Masako Nozawa)

Super Saiyan
He is usually innocent, but when he transforms into a Super Saiyan and fights, he looks just like Goku! Armed with this talent, will he one day surpass his father!?

Vegeta
Proud Saiyan Prince!!
A warrior with Saiyan royal blood. He sees Goku as his rival and uses his unyielding fighting spirit to defeat him. He was once an enemy of Earth, but has since become his trusted ally. (Voice: Ryo Horikawa)

Base Vegeta's design: He has a lot of pride and is stoic in battle. He wants to settle things with Goku fairly and squarely.

Super Saiyan
After intense training, he successfully transforms into a Super Saiyan! Everything was the result of his hidden efforts to not lose to Goku.

Trunks
Elite warrior whose father is Vegeta!!
A boy born between Vegeta and Bulma. He has inherited the power of a Saiyan and Bulma's brilliant mind. He is good friends with Goten and always acts together. (Voice: Tsuyoshi Kusao)

Super Saiyan
Like Goten, Trunks also transforms into a Super Saiyan. He will show off his skills as an adult against Bio-Broly!

Youth
This is what he looked like when he used a time machine to seek help from Goku in order to change the tragic future. He is a serious young man with a strong sense of mission. He can transform into a Super Saiyan.

Gogeta
Goku and Vegeta miraculous fusion!!
The ultimate super warrior born from the fusion of Goku and Vegeta! It is truly the strongest form that crushed the formidable enemy Janemba with overwhelming power!!

Vekuu (fusion failure)
This is a failed fusion. When it comes to combat, he's clearly in a bad shape...

Super Gotenks
Fierce and unprecedented! Goten & Trunks!!
This is a fusion of Goten and Trunks, imitating their fathers. Repel all enemies with the special technique Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!

Super Gotenks 3
Even more Saiyan power is released while remaining in the fused state. The birth of Super Gotenks 3!

Dragon Ball Movie Main Characters
Act 2 Dependable Warriors

Krillin
Goku's long-time training companion!! Goku's training companion since childhood, and a close friend who has fought many deadly battles together. Although he is not as good as a Saiyan, he is one of the strongest martial artists on earth. (Voice: Mayumi Tanaka)

Childhood
When he and Goku became Master Roshi's disciples. Have you ever interfered with Goku's training with various mischief?

Boo Saga design: Private clothes

Piccolo
A nihilistic guy who supports Gohan!!
A Namekian warrior with great fighting power. He was once an enemy, but later became a friend! He is also Gohan's master, and only opens his heart to him. (Voice: Toshio Furukawa)

Piccolo's design: The cloak that he always wears may have a weight built into it. All for training!

Yamcha
A friend of Goku's since his training days. He is a veteran warrior who makes full use of a unique martial arts technique called Rōgafufuken. He is a regular player in the Tenkaichi Budokai and was a thief until he met Goku.

Thief Era
He even chased Goku and his friends for the Dragon Balls. After this, he becomes Bulma's lover...

Tenshinhan
He was once a disciple of the evil Tsuru Sennin, but since he awakened to justice, he has become an ally of Goku and his friend! He is a talented martial artist who uses various techniques such as Taiyoken.
(Voice: Hirotaka Suzuoki)

Chiaotzu
A warrior who fights using supernatural powers. Like Tenshinhan, he was once an accomplice to Tsuru Sennin's evil deeds. He adores Tenshinhan and even sacrifices himself for him. (Voice: Hiroko Emori)

Paikuhan
He boasts the strongest power in the western galaxy, and is so powerful that Goku recognizes him as his rival in the afterlife. He looks a little scary, but he's a polite gentleman. (Voice: Hikaru Midorikawa)

Dragon Ball Movie Main Characters
Act 3 Goku's friends

Bulma
She is a talented woman who supports Goku and his friends, and is also the daughter of the president of Capsule Corporation. She later marries Vegeta and becomes Trunks' mother. (Voice: Hiromi Tsuru)

Chichi
Goku's wife and Gohan and Goten's mother. When it comes to Gohan, she shows off her strong educational mom attitude! Even Goku can't beat her!? (Voice Kyou Mayumi, Watanabe Naoko)

Videl
A girl who is Mr. Satan's daughter and has a winning personality. She is Gohan's high school classmate, and they also fight against evil together. (Voice: Yuko Minakuchi)

Kamesennin & Sea Turtle
Kamesennin is an erotic old man who is a master of martial arts called Muten Roshi. Sea turtle is an old housemate. (Turtle Hermit/Voice: Kohei Miyauchi, Kinya Aikawa) (Sea turtle/voice: Daisuke Gori)

Oolong
He has known Goku since childhood, and they even searched for the Dragon Balls together. Has the ability to transform! (Voice: Naoki Tatsuta)

Pu'er
He is a henchman who has followed Yamcha ever since he was a thief. It seems that he and Oolong have a close relationship since transformation kindergarten. (Voice: Naoko Watanabe)

Yajirobe
Although he's a bit goofy, he's a swordsman with outstanding skill. He serves Karin and supports Goku and his friends in their fights. (Voice: Mayumi Tanaka)

Lunch
A cute maid who lives in a turtle house. She has a dual personality, and when she sneezes, she transforms into a violent personality. (Voice: Mami Koyama)

Ox Demon King
Chichi's father. He has a big body and a kind heart. He is also being swayed by his daughter who is becoming more and more assertive... (Voice: Daisuke Gori)

Mister Satan
He is a martial artist who claims to be the world's strongest and is considered the savior of the earth. He's timid, but there's something about him that you can't hate! (Voice: Daisuke Gori)

Android 18
An android created by Dr. Gero. Originally, it was based on humans. He marries Krillin and gives birth to a daughter. (Voice: Miki Ito)

Hiya Dragon
A wild dragon who became Gohan's friend after he was saved from a forest fire. He is smart and even helps Gohan in his fights! (Voice: Naoki Tatsuta)

Dragon Ball Movie Main Characters
Act 4 Guardians of the Earth

Shenron
A great dragon that makes wishes come true!!
A giant dragon god that appears when you collect seven dragon balls. He can make any wish come true, from gal panties to saving the earth! (Voice: Kenji Utsumi)

Kaio
The ruler of the galaxy!?
He is the king of the god of the northern galaxy, so to speak! He usually has a big hearted personality and cracks cold jokes, but in fact he is a very powerful man who has given Goku the Kaio-ken and Genki-dama. (Voice: Hachinami Noriji)

Karin
A cat hermit who lives atop the sky-high Karin Tower. He cultivates "Senzu Beans," which are extremely effective for recovery. (Voice: Ichiro Nagai)

God
Creating Dragon Balls!!
A great being that watches over the earth. His true identity is an alien called Namek, and the Dragon Balls were also created by him. He is also Piccolo's half body. (Voice: Takeshi Aono)

Dende
A polite young Namekian. He met Goku and his friends during an adventure, and later became the god of the earth! (Voice: Tomiko Suzuki)

Mister Popo
A companion who lives in God's temple. He is also highly skilled in martial arts, and once trained Goku, who was unable to use his full strength. (Voice: Nishio Nori)

King Enma
A person who judges the dead and controls the afterlife. All the villains defeated by Goku will go to hell at his hands! (Voice: Daisuke Gori)

Dragon Ball Movie Version Story & Guest Character
Thorough explanation of all 17 movie versions of "Dragon Ball" & "Dragon Ball Z". In addition, original characters from the movie version such as Coola and Broly are also introduced. Take a look at the epic battle story between Goku and powerful enemies that takes place on a cosmic scale!!

Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong

Executive producer: Tomonori Imada
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Keizo Shichijo
Producer: Matsushi Kishimoto
Script composition: Yoshifumi Yuki
Screenplay: Toshiki Inoue
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
Assistant Art Director: Kunio Kaneshima
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Daisuke Nishio

Opening theme “Mysterious Adventure!” / Ending theme “Romantic Igayo” (Columbia Records)

Published: December 1986
Time: 50 minutes

Disc 01 Explanation of the movie
This is the first TV version of "Dragon Ball to be made into a movie, and as you can see from the poster, the title at the time of release was only the name of the work. In this work, only the first half where Goku meets Bulma and the others follows the original story, but the second half, where he heads to the Gourmet Kingdom, is a completely original story. In other words, this adventure takes place in a different timeline, parallel to the original and TV version. Highlights include characters that are not mentioned in the original work and Dragon Ball's wishes.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Bulma
Oolong
Yamcha
Puer
Kamesennin
Sea Turtle
Shenlong

Guest Character

King Gourmet (voice: Shuichiro Moriyama)
King of the Gurmes Kingdom. To satisfy
his appetite, he has Richstone mined out of his territory. It seems that he has an eye on Dragon Balls and is collecting them.

Pasta (voice: Mami Koyama)
A female warrior under King Gurmes. In order to obtain Richstone, she follows King Gurmes in search of the Dragon Balls. She is good at handling mecha.

Bongo (voiced by Goro Naya)
The person who seduced the Gourmet King along with Pasta. He has his men dig up Richstone. A power fighter who wields a large club.

Panji (voice: Tomiko Suzuki)
A girl with a pure heart and a desire for peace. She lives with her parents in the Gourmet Kingdom, which is suffering from bad government. She goes on a journey alone to seek help from Master Roshi.

The adventure of searching for the Dragon Balls begins! Goku clashes with King Gourmet!!

Story
The people of the Gourmet Kingdom are suffering from the extravagant King Gourmet who seeks the world's best delicacies. Goku meets a girl named Panji who came from that kingdom to seek help from Muten Roshi. Then, together with Panji, they go to Master Muten and head to the Gourmet Kingdom! However, the king's minions, Pasta, are waiting there!! The thief Yamcha also joins the group, and Goku and his friends engage in a huge battle against the king's army. During the battle, Gourmet suddenly becomes huge!?

Panji, monster, Goku and Bulma's images: On his way to see Muten Roshi, Panji is attacked by a monster. Then Goku appears and saves Panji from the monster, and a battle for the Dragon Ball with King Gurmes begins.

Gourmet punching Goku image: Out of his obsession with the Dragon Balls, which will fulfill his ambitions, King Gurmes suddenly transforms into a gigantic monster and attacks Goku. Is there a way to defeat an opponent for whom even Kamehameha is not effective!?

Goku's big image with the Nyoibo: The world is so big and so interesting!

Adventure & Battle Stage
Gourmet Kingdom
A peaceful country with beautiful flower fields. The world's most expensive jewel, Richstone, is buried beneath the ground, and it is dug up and used to pay for the king's food.

Shenron's Coloumn
A little different from the TV version!? The movie version of path of collecting the Dragon Balls!!
The first work is a side story that progresses in a different dimension from the original and TV version. Naturally, the way the Dragon Balls are used is also different. One way to look at the movie version is to enjoy the differences.

Oolong's image: In the original and TV version, Pilaf's Force is the first to collect seven Dragon Balls. And the first wish that Shenron was granted was when Oolong interrupted Pilaf, saying, "Give me gal's panties!

Dragon Ball: The Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle

Executive producer: Tomonori Imada
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Keizo Shichijo
Producer: Matsushi Kishimoto
Script composition: Yoshifumi Yuki
Screenplay: Keiji Terui
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Iwamitsu Ito
Assistant Art Director: Kunio Kaneshima
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Daisuke Nishio

Published: July 1987
Time: 46 minutes

Disc o1 Explanation of Movie
In this second movie, Krillin and Lunch, who are popular in the original work, appear for the first time. Therefore, in the first half of the story, Goku and Krillin are depicted in great detail as they compete on their way to the Demon Castle. Also, like the previous work, there are some parts that follow the original, such as the scene where Krillin becomes Master Roshi's apprentice, but other than that, it is an original story. Pay attention to the action scenes, including Goku's transformation into a giant ape for the first time in theaters, and his confrontation with a large group of monsters armed with machine guns.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Krillin
Yamcha
Bulma
Kamesennin
Oolong
Puer
Lunch

Lucifer (voiced by Nachi Nozawa)
The lord of the demon castle that reigns over the demons. Because he hates the sun, he wants to erase it from the world and create a world covered in darkness.

Butler (voice: Shozo Iizuka)
A butler who serves Lucifer. Like Lucifer, he loves the blood of young women. He carries around a large syringe to extract life blood from humans.

Gastel (voice: Daisuke Gori)
The boss who controls the monsters. He uses clubs and cloth as weapons. By lighting fireballs on his feet, he flies freely through the sky and fights with Goku, who is riding on a cloud.

Monsters
Many monsters live in the Demon Castle. There seem to be a variety of types, including those with split heads, those holding machine guns, and small monsters.

The stage is a demon castle where monsters nest! Rescue the Sleeping Princess!!

Story
Goku and Krillin are given the challenge of bringing back Sleeping Princess in order to become Master Roshi's disciples. However, Sleeping Princess is said to be trapped in a demon castle far away. Goku, Krillin, and also Bulma and co. chasing the two head to the Demon Castle. Goku and his friends sneak into the castle, but are discovered by monsters and engage in a battle. Around the same time, Bulma was captured by Lucifer. And inside the castle, Bulma is dressed up and the party is about to begin...

Goku blocking Gastel image: A monster army appears in front of Goku and his friends who have invaded the demon castle! As soon as they learned Goku and the others had come to steal the Sleeping Princess, they attacked all at once!!

Goku manuevring his Nyoibo image:
Against the barrage of guns, Goku's only weapons are the Nyoibo and his own body! Overwhelm the enemy with your quick movements!!

Goku hitting Krillin with the Noyibo image: The monsters with bullets wrapped around their bodies start attacking with machine guns. Is Goku okay!?

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Demon Castle
Five mountains called the Devil's Hand are located far west of Kame House. There is a demon castle in the mountains where Sleeping Princess is imprisoned, and Lucifer and other demons live there.

Shenron's Column
The secret behind the surprising naming of guest characters!!
Some of the character names in the original movie version have interesting origins. Lucifer is a word that literally means devil. Also, the name Gastel was created as a play on the gas table.

Pasta's image: By the way, the pasta in "The Legend of Shenron" comes from the food pasta. Bongo comes from bongole, a type of pasta. King Gourmet was given this name because there was a gourmet boom when it was released in theaters.

Dragon Ball: A Mystical Great Adventure

Executive producer: Tomonori Imada
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Keizo Shichijo
Producer: Matsushi Kishimoto
Screenplay: Yoshifumi Yuki
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Motoaki Ikegami
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Yuji Ikeda, Takeo Yamamoto, Shigeyuki Takada
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi

<Opening theme "Mystery Adventureno"/Ending theme "Dragon Ball Legend" (Columbia Records)>

Published: July 1988
Time: 46 minutes

Disc 01 Explanation of the Movies
This work features familiar members from the original work and TV version, such as Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, and Master Roshi. However, the story is set in a completely different parallel world. It turns out that Chiaotzu is the emperor of the Mifan Empire. In addition, the casting of the enemy is also interesting, such as General Blue and Sergeant Metallic, who are members of the Red Ribbon Army in the original work, becoming Tsuru Sennin's subordinates. Another highlight of this work is that in the second half, the setting is moved to Penguin Village, where you can see scenes where Goku and Arale-chan co-star.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Krillin
Bulma
Yamcha
Tenshinhan
Chiaotzu
Bulma
Kamesennin
Sea Turtle
Oolong
Puer
Lunch
Shenlong
Korin

Taopaipai (voice: Chikao Otsuka)
The strongest assassin whose older brother is Tsuru Sennin. He has a ruthless personality and will kill any opponent without hesitation. He uses a super powerful special move, Dodonha.

Tsuru Sennin (voiced by Ichiro Nagai)
He serves as a minister in the Mifan Empire. He uses his emperor, Chiaotzu, to collect the Dragon Balls in order to conquer the world.

Tenshinhan (voiced by Hirotaka Suzuoki)
The emperor's attendant who is most admired by Chiaotzu. At the behest of his master Tsuru Sennin, he is forced to kill the innocent emperor and is heartbroken.

General Blue (voiced by Toshio Furukawa)
An imperial soldier. He uses a supernatural ability to stop his opponent's movements, but is defeated by Taopaipai.

Sergeant Metallic (voice: Shin Aomori)
An imperial soldier who is actually a robot. Absolute obedience to what Tsuru Sennin says.

Chiaotzu (voice: Hiroko Emori)
The young emperor of the Mifan Empire. He can communicate even when he is far away using a technique he learned from Tenshinhan. He is lonely and thinks Tenshinhan is his only friend.

Pilaf (voiced by Shigeru Chiba)
Invents the Dragon Radar, which shows the location of the Dragon Balls. He offers it to the Mifan Empire, but his fate after that is unknown.

Shu (left) (voice: Tetsusho Genda) Mai (right) (voice: Eiko Yamada)
Together with pilaf, they were making Sesame seeds to Tsuru Sennin and the others, but they got caught in the hands of Taopaipai (!?) and went missing.

Bora (right) (voice: Ginga Banjo) Upa (left) (voice: Mitsuko Horie)
A father and son who lived in a region called Karin and had a four-star ball. She went to the site to investigate the Meefan Empire, which is searching for the Dragon Balls.

Arale Norimaki (voiced by Mami Koyama) Gatchans (voice: Seiko Nakano)
They are a little mysterious children who live in the penguin village where Taopaipai accidentally landed. Arale is a robot with superhuman strength that threatens Taopaipai.

The Mifan Empire, where internal politics is in shambles! The martial arts tournament was supposed to be a test of skill...!?

Story
Goku and Krillin, who were training under Master Roshi, head to the Meefan Empire where a martial arts tournament is being held to test their strength. However, in the Mifan Empire, the minister Tsuru Sennin was collecting Dragon Balls for his own desires. Meanwhile, Goku and his friends meet Upa and Bora, who have the Dragon Balls. Goku and his friends participate in a martial arts tournament with Bora, but during the match, Bora is killed by Taopaipai. Goku gets angry and heads towards Taopaipai!?

Yamcha's big image: Now, which one is unlucky?

Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu's image: Chiaotzu thinks of Tenshinhan as a friend, but Tenshinhan wonders if he should follow Tsuru Sennin and use Chiaotzu.

Upa grieving Bora's death image: Bora is brutally killed in a martial arts tournament when she is exposed to the overwhelming attack of Taopaipai. He didn't tell me where the Dragon Balls were until the end.

Goku beating Taopaipai image: Goku's anger explodes! With the help of Arale and Gacchans, they succeeded in delivering a blow to Taopaipai!

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Mifan Empire
It is famous for the birth of various martial arts and the presence of many strong people. Martial arts competitions are also held. Instead of the emperor, the minister, Tsurusenin, is the regent and holds real power.

Dragon Ball Z

Executive producer: Tomonori Imada
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita
Producer: Matsushi Kishimoto
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Motoaki Ikegami
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Yuji Ikeda
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Daisuke Nishio

<Opening theme “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA”/Ending theme “Detekoitobikiri ZENKAI Power” (Columbia Records)>

Published: July 1989
Time: 41 minutes

Disc 02 Explanation of the Movies
The first movie in the Dragon Ball Z movie series. When Goku and Chi-Chi grow up, Gohan is born. From this, it is thought that this is a story that was not told in the TV series, and that took place between the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai and Raditz's attack. Also, Garlic Jr., a child of Garlic who fought with the God of Earth for the throne of God, appears. God's secret circumstances that have not been revealed until now are revealed. Additionally, Garlic Jr. also appeared in the TV series two years after the movie was released in theaters.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Krillin
Piccolo
Bulma
Chichi
Kamesennin
Sea Turtle
Ox Demon King
God
Shenlong

Guest Character

Garlic Jr. (voice: Akira Kamiya)
Garlic's son who competed with the current god for his position 300 years ago. He plans to collect the Dragon Balls and gain eternal life.

Ginger (voiced by Koji Toya)
One of the Garlic trio who skillfully wields the two swords embedded in his arms. Although he is the smallest, he becomes gigantic when you shout "Shogayaki!!"

Nicky (voice: Shigeru Chiba)

One of the three, Nicky has a distinctive feminine voice. He is also forced to babysit Gohan, who has been kidnapped by the three. His call to action when he transforms into a giant is "Nodoame!!"

Sansho (voice: Horinoki)
The largest of the three, he is a power fighter. He fights Piccolo in a circle. Like the other two, he also grows to a giant size. His battle cry is "Unajou!!"

Immortal Garlic Jr.!! Does Goku and Piccolo have a chance of winning!?

Story
Garlic Jr. and his gang attack Piccolo, who is in training Gyumaou, and Chi-Chi, one after another, and kidnap Gohan along with the Dragon Balls. Garlic Jr. was collecting Dragon Balls in order to gain eternal life. Goku borrows the Dragon Radar and rushes to Garlic Jr.'s castle. However, around that time, Garlic Jr. gathered all the Dragon Balls and gained eternal life through the power of Shenron. The unknown relationship between God and garlic is revealed.

Enraged Gohan's big image: Dad!

Piccolo VS Sansho image: Piccolo is defeated by a surprise attack involving three people, but returns. He puts up a great fight against Sansho.

Garlic Jr VS God image: A 300-year-old grudge against God between two generations of parents and children finally explodes! Garlic Jr., who gained eternal life through the Dragon Balls, overwhelms God in battle!

Goku vs Ginger and Nikki image: Nicky and Ginger take out the knife that was planted inside their bodies! Two people attack Goku from the front and back!!

[bAdventuare & Battle Stage
Garlic Jr.'s castle[/b]
Garlic Jr.'s castle is located south of Kame House, near the Red Sea. The interior is extremely large, with a hall and garden. After it was destroyed, it was discovered that it was in an ice and snow area.

Shenron's Coloumn
Super strong enemy Garlic Jr.!! Is it rampage in the TV version!?[/b]
Garlic Jr. appears in the TV version from episodes 108 to 116. After the confrontation with Goku's archenemy Frieza, Garlic Jr. appears on Earth. This battle continued until just before Trunks arrived from the future.

Garlic Jr and his gang spreading the Aqua Mist image: Two years after this theatrical version was released, Garlic Jr. made a comeback in the TV version of Dragon Ball Z. With the approach of the demonic planet, the home planet of the demons, Garlic Jr. gains even more power.

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Man

Executive producer: Tomonori Imada
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita
Producer: Matsushi Kishimoto
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Motoaki Ikegami
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Yuji Ikeda
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Daisuke Nishio

<Opening theme “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA”/Ending theme “War (I • KU. • SA)” (Columbia Records)>

Published: March 1990
Time: 59 minutes

Disc 02 Explanation of the Movies
Goku in this work, which was released in March 1990, is wearing a uniform with a turtle mark on his chest and a King Kai mark on his back. From this, it seems that his story took place between Vegeta's invasion of Earth on TV and Goku's arrival on Namek. However, in that case, Gohan would have been fighting on Planet Namek, but for some reason in the movie he was searching for the Dragon Balls with Oolong... It might be a slightly strange situation that was only possible because it was a movie version...?

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Krillin
Piccolo
Bulma
Chichi
Kamesennin
Sea Turtle
Oolong
Shenlong

Guest Character

Dr. Willow (voice: Koji Nakata)
A terrifying combat weapon with Dr. Willow's demonic brain housed in a mechanical body! The powerful energy waves emitted from its entire body can even destroy the Earth.

Dr. Cochin (voice: Koji Yada)
Dr. Willow's faithful assistant. He collects the Dragon Balls to free Willow from his seal. He's actually a robot, and his left arm is a Vulcan cannon.

Bioman
A biotechnological fighter who follows Dr. Cochin. He protects Cochin, who summons Shenron, and attacks Gohan and his friends who are present!

Misokatsun (voice: Daisuke Gori)
A huge, ferocious warrior with a body as flexible as rubber! He can grow up to 10 times his height and easily absorbs Goku's power!

Kishime (voice: Yukimasa Kishino)
A fierce warrior who prides himself on his speed and can toy with his opponents with quick attacks. He has electric tentacles growing on his arms and chest, and when stretched out he unleashes a powerful attack!

Ebifurya (voice: Ken Yamaguchi)
A ferocious warrior characterized by a sturdy physique. His special move, Freezing Fist, which he unleashes from both hands, is a terrifying technique that can instantly freeze any substance!

Dr. Willow is back after 50 years! Piccolo is taken hostage!?

Story
Dr. Cochin revived the evil scientist Dr. Willow with the power of Shenron. In order to take revenge on humans, Willow desires the strongest body to match his superior brain. He then summons the strongest martial artist, Master Roshi, to his research institute and attempts to take over his body. Goku rushes to the rescue and defeats Willow's men! However, a huge fighting machine stands in their way. That was Willow's true form, which had transformed himself into his strongest form!!

Goku on Kintoun big image: Where are Master Master Roshi and Bulma?

Goku using Kaioken on Kishime image: With Goku's arrival, the battle becomes even more heated. Kishime and other Willow's subordinates are defeated one by one by Goku's power!

Controlled Piccolo and Gohan's image: The enemy standing in their way is Piccolo, who was captured while helping Gohan.

Z Foghters's stamd off image: Thanks to the efforts of Gohan and his friends, Piccolo is also released. The super warriors come together to settle the showdown with Willow!!

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Dr. Willow's Fortress
This is Willow's research facility, which has been trapped in a permanent ice wall for 50 years. Violent research using biotechnology has been carried out, such as in the case of Berserk Warriors and Biomen.

Dragon Ball Z: A Whole Super Decisive Battle For Earth

Produced by: Tomonori Imada, Tamio Kojima (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Kazumasa Horikawa, Matsushi Kishimoto
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Motoaki Ikegami
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Yuji Ikeda
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Daisuke Nishio

<Opening theme “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” / Ending theme “Marugoto” (Columbia Records)>

Published: July 1990
Time: 61 minutes

Disc 02 Explanation of the Movies
This film was released in July 1990. As can be inferred from the markings on Goku's uniform (the version with "Go" on the chest and back), the story seems to take place just after Goku's arrival on the planet Namek in the TV episodes. The Turles Army, his opponent, makes very efficient use of the character and setting of the Saiyans, whose secrets were being revealed at the time. The stage of the battle is set on Earth to take advantage of the idea of the divine spirit tree. You can also enjoy the strange composition of Goku, who has left the Earth, protecting the Earth!?

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Krillin
Piccolo
Yamcha
Tenshinhan
Chiaotzu
Bulma
Chichi
Kamesennin
Oolong
Puer
Hiya Dragon
Shenlong
Kaio

Guest Character

Turles (voice: Masako Nozawa)
A low-class Saiyan warrior. However, because he continues to eat the fruit of the Spirit Tree, he has elite-class power.

Amond (voice: Ginga Banjo)
He is a warrior who shows agility in his movements, belying his large size. He has a special defensive technique that allows him to rotate his body at high speed and repel the enemy's attacks.

Daiz (voice: Yuji Maji)
A projectile expert who masters energy bullets. He is also quite overconfident, and that can become his enemy...

Cacao (voice: Nobuo Satouchi)
He is a mecha warrior whose entire body is mechanized. He destroys enemies with the super power unique to machines and the many powerful weapons built into his body!

Rezun (voice: Kenji Utsumi)
Rakasei (voice: Masaharu Sato)
Small twin warriors. With the exquisite combination unique to twins, they will surely push the opponent into a corner! The energy bullets they fire from their hands are powerful, befitting their bodies.

The enemy has two advantages over Goku!? The best Crusher Turles army in the universe has arrived!!

Story
A forest fire starts when a mysterious reconnaissance mech falls. Gohan, who was present, restores the forest to its original state with the power of the Dragon Balls and gains a friend named Higher Dragon. Meanwhile, the brutal Saiyan Turles, who sent a scout, plants the seeds of a gigantic tree called the Spirit Tree on Earth. It was a terrifying plant that drained the nutrients of the earth in which it took root, turning it into a dead planet. After being informed of the crisis on Earth by King Kai, Goku and his friends take on the Turles army, but...!

Goku with the Nyoibo big image: You'll never know until you try!!

Shenron's image: A forest in ruins after being hit by a forest fire. Gohan and his friends use the Dragon Balls to summon Shenron to help the animals.

Z Fighters putting hands together image:
Goku and the other super warriors gather to fight against the brutal army led by Turles! The battle becomes a 5 vs 5 melee!!

Goku blasting Daiz and Cacao image: Turles' subordinates torment Yamcha and his friends with powerful attacks. Goku, whose fighting spirit was ignited by the struggle of his companions, crushes the strong enemy with one blow!

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Around the Godly Tree
A place where a godly tree is planted, which will be a place of battle. The earth's energy is being taken away from here, and the land is turning into a wasteland at an incredible speed...

Shenron's Coloumn
Travel back in time to the time of release! Theater related items Part 1
Since 1990, theaters have been distributing free gifts to visitors. All of them are playful and masterpiece items that are full of ideas!

The World's Strongest Man
Super Ball

A Super Decisive Battle for the Entire Earth
Stumble Ball[/b]
Add ink and roll it to stamp the pattern!

Scouter Battle Game
It's a battle game where you fight with paper scouters!

Super Saiyan Son Goku
Jumbo Carddass

Fly Fly Badge
A fun patch that can be fired from the pedestal!

The Incredibly Strongest VS Strongest
Jumbo Carddass

Water Bottle
A ball-shaped water gun featuring Goku's face.

Clash!! 10 Billion Power Warriors
Jumbo Carddass

Running Zo
It's a low-flying statue that runs with the power of rubber!

Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiyan Son Goku

Produced by: Tomonori Imada, Rikizo Kayano (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Takeshi Torimoto
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photography: Masaru Sakanishi, Motoi Takahashi
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Tomoko Yoshida, Toshikatsu Sanuki
Character design/drawing supervision: Minoru Maeda
Animation director: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Masaki Sato
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto

<Opening theme “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA” / Ending theme “Ya Koto ni ni Genkidama!!” (Columbia Records)>

Published: March 1991
Time: 52 minutes

Disc 03 Explanation of the Movies
This film features Goku in a deadly battle with Slug, a super Namekian with a completely evil heart. In this movie, Goku is enveloped in a golden aura, but this seems to be temporary rather than a complete Super Saiyan transformation. From this, it seems that this movie takes place after the battle with Vegeta and before the battle with Frieza on Planet Namek. Furthermore, a surprising weakness of the Namekians, which was not revealed in the original story, is revealed. Since 1991, when this theatrical version was released, the spring and summer releases have been firmly established.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Krillin
Piccolo
Bulma
Chichi
Kamesennin
Oolong
Yajirobe
Hiya Dragon

Guest Character

Slug (voiced by Yusaku Yara)
A Namekian who was born as a mutant with only an evil heart. He already rules over many stars and nebulae. Due to his old age, he is obsessed with youth.

Angila (voice: Keiichi Namba)
One of the Slug-Force people. He blocks the enemy's movements with freely extending hands. Additionally, he can fire powerful energy bullets from his mouth.

Dorodabo (voice: Daisuke Gori)
He is a demon with an agility that belies his large size, and his personality is extremely emotional. He also has a cowardly side when he finds himself in danger, trying to get in on the other side and save his life.

Medamacha (voice: Horiyuki)
With a mysterious stance, he creates his clones, Komeda Matcha, and absorbs the enemy's physical strength. He can also fire energy bullets.

Zeun (voice: Koji Toya)
A large demon subordinate who is loyal to Slug. However, because he provoked Slug's complex, he angered Slug and was killed.

Kakuja (voice: Shozo Iizuka)
A scientist who works for Slug. He has the technology to transform the Earth into a vehicle. Some of his fellow scientist are called Gyosh.

Soldiers
Lower demons who work under Slug. They cannot survive long in sunlight, so they always wear protective suits and helmets.

Using Earth as a vehicle!? The evil super Namekian Slug!!

Story
A spaceship belonging to the evil Super Namekian Slug has landed on peaceful Earth. The Slug Army plans to take control of Earth by converting it into a vehicle called a "planet cruiser." Gohan tries to stop the Slug soldiers from invading, but he has a hard time. Then Goku appears and wipes out his henchmen, finally confronting Slug. Goku awakens to his true power through anger and is surrounded by a golden aura! But Slug also showed his true potential. He becomes huge and attacks Goku!!

Krillin's big image: I also want to get married at least once.

Gohan beating up a soldier image: Gohan's kick hits the soldier's helmet! The enemy's weak point was sunlight.

Slug and his henchmen image: As the king of the universe, Slug uses his powerful subordinates skillfully. And they will steadily advance their invasion of Earth!

Slug going giant image: When Goku sees Slug regenerate his arm and take off his helmet, he realizes that he is a Namekian just like Piccolo!

Piccolo on top of Slug's head image: When Goku is surrounded by golden light, Slug gets serious too! He becomes so large that he can crush Goku with his bare hands.

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Around Slug's Fortress
The place where Slug's spaceship and fortress landed in order to take over Earth. Buildings can be seen in the surrounding area, indicating that it is not far from the city.

Dragon Ball Z:The Incredibly Strongest VS Strongest

Produced by: Tomonori Imada, Rikizo Kayano (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Yuichi Suenaga
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Masatoshi Fukui
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Masazumi Matsumiya
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Supervision: Daisuke Nishio
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto

<Opening theme “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA”/Ending theme “Tobikikiri no Saikyō VS Saikyō” (Columbia Records)>

Published: July 1991
Duration: 47 minutes

Disc 03 Explanation of the Movies
In this work, Goku, who defeated Frieza, becomes a Super Saiyan and fights Frieza's older brother, Coola. Coola is a rare antagonist created by expanding the settings of the original character. In addition, following the secret of Goku's birth told in the TV special version, the beginning of this film shows Frieza, who did not notice the one capsule headed for Earth, and Kuura, who noticed it but missed it, more than 20 years ago. It is thought to take place after Trunks appeared from the future and before the appearance of the androids.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Krillin
Piccolo
Chichi
Kamesennin
Oolong
Yajirobe
Hiya Dragon
Karin

Guest Character

Coola (voice: Takashi Nakao)
The strongest warrior in the universe who came to Earth to avenge his brother Frieza and destroy the Saiyans. He can transform one more time than Frieza.

Dore (voice: Masaharu Sato)
The number one power fighter in the Coola Armored Squadron. He wears an unusual helmet-shaped scouter.

Neiz (voice: Masato Hirano)
A subordinate of Coola, he uses his quick movements and electric attacks to toy with his opponents. In times of danger, his neck can be retracted into his torso.

Sauzer (voice: Hayami Sho)
The leader of the armored squadron. He can use his ki like a hand sword and can shoot energy bullets from his five fingers.

Frieza's ruthless older brother, Coola! Goes to Earth to destroy the Saiyans!!

Stroy
To avenge his brother's death and exterminate the Saiyans, Coola and his men invade Earth. Goku confronts the Coola Armored Squadron, but is seriously injured while protecting Gohan. Goku recovers due to the Senzu beans that Gohan brought, but Piccolo, who was fighting against the Cooler Armored Squadron on Gohan's behalf, is defeated. When Goku learns of this, he becomes furious and goes into a direct confrontation with Coola!! Coola becomes serious and transforms, finally showing his true form!!

Piccolo firing a Ki blast image: [bI see, you appear to be somewhat capable![/b]

Coola using eye bean image: Coola, the strongest warrior in the universe. He shoots energy bullets out of his eyes and attacks Gohan!

Coola's Armored Squadron image: A small and elite Coola armored squadron. The members have not changed since 20 years ago when we saw Goku's capsule headed for Earth.

SSjin Goku's image: With Coola in his strongest form, Goku also awakens as a Super Saiyan! He overpowers Coola with just his spirit!!

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Mountainous Area
A deserted place deep in the mountains where Goku and his friends were camping. There are rivers and waterfalls nearby. However, the Coola Armored Squadron goes on a rampage and destroys everything.

Shenron's Coloumn
You can't see it anywhere else! Introducing the movies' original special moves!!
In the movies version, Goku shows unique special moves that are different from the TV version. In addition to these, the father son trio also shot a Kamehameha wave together, and also demonstrated a technique to reflect Coola's energy wave with a ki blast.

Solar Power Genkidama
In the match against Slug, he used the energy given to him by the sun to create a Genkidama.

Genkidama Super Saiyan
Used versus Android 13. He absorbs the power of the Genkidama in his Super Saiyan form.

Dragon Fist
Used against Hirudegarn. A technique in which Goku's ki, now in Super Saiyan 3 form, is released in dragon form.

Dragon Ball Z: Clash!! 10 Billion Power Warriors

Produced by: Tomonori Imada, Rikizo Kayano (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Yuichi Suenaga
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Yukio Katayama
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art supervision/setting: Yuji Ikeda
Art director: Junichi Taniguchi
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Daisuke Nishio

<Opening theme "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" / Ending theme "HERO" (Columbia Records)>

Published: March 1992
Time: 46 minutes

Disc 04 Explanation of the Movies
In this work, Coola, who was defeated in the "Incredibly Strongest VS Strongest battle, is resurrected once again in the form of a machine. Vegeta also makes his first appearance in the movie version. He awakens as a Super Saiyan together with Goku and challenges Metal Coola. The stage of the battle is the new Planet Namek, which has been parasitized by the mechanical planet Biggetester. Since Vegeta is awakened as a Super Saiyan, it is thought that this episode took place between the declaration of the Cell Games in the TV version and the opening of the Cell Games.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Vegeta
Krillin
Piccolo
Chichi
Kamesennin
Oolong
Yajirobe
Dende
Mister Popo

Metal Cooler (voice: Takashi Nakao)
Cooler's brain has been fused with the Big Gete Star's main computer, and it has been reborn into a new form!! It has a self repairing function and is mass-produced.

Big Gete Star image: The Big Gete Star can be said to be the main body of Meetal Coola. There is a core inside.

Robot Soldier
A robot equipped with a capture net and a powerful beam cannon in its arms. The body is very sturdy, making it difficult to destroy.

Guided Robot
The robot responds politely, but its purpose is actually to grind Gohan and the others into food for the Big Gete Star.

Moori (voice: Kinpei Azusa)
He previously served as an elder on Planet Namek. After he migrates to the new planet Namek, he rules the planet as the new eldest.

Something strange has happened on the new Planet Namek! Coola has returned as a cyborg!!

Story
A gigantic computer called the Big Gete Star parasitizes the new planet Namek. Goku and his friends are informed of the crisis on Planet Namek and head there by spaceship. Then, Metal Cooler, regenerated by the Big Gete Star, stands in front of Goku and his friends. Goku turns into a Super Saiyan along with Vegeta, who comes to his rescue, and crush Metal Cooler. However, it was only one of the mass-produced Metal Coolers...

SSjin Goku's big image: Even if you know it's impossible, there are times when you must do it anyway!!

Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin's image: Gohan and Krillin struggle against the strong-bodied robot soldiers. Piccolo gives them some tips on how to defeat them.

Goku and Metal Coola trading blows image: Not only Goku, but also Metal Coola has mastered instantaneous movement. They read each other's actions and fight.

SSjin Goku and SSjin Vegeta's image: Vegeta rushes to Goku's pinch! The two become Super Saiyans, but feel the limits of their physical strength. Whether it's a hit or miss, they unleashe a blow with all their might against Metal Cooler!!

Adventure & Battle Stage
New Namek and Big Gete Star
A new planet where the Namekians, who had temporarily taken refuge on Earth, immigrated. The super gigantic computer Big Gete Star ster was parasitic and tried to devour this entire planet.

Shenron Column
The movie version of “Dragon Ball” watched by people all over Japan! Here are the top 5 theater attendance and distribution!!

The Dragon Ball movie series has become a social phenomenon. The table on the right shows the number of participants and the top five distribution. This list also shows how popular it was at the time. Naturally, other works also performed well!!

1st place
Title: Dragon Ball Z Clash!! 10 Billion Power Warriors
Theater attendance: 3.3 million people
Distribution (tax included): 1.59 billion yen

2nd place
Title: Dragon Ball Z Extreme Battle!! The Great Three Super Saiyans
Theater attendance: 3 million people
Distribution (tax included): 1.43 billion yen

2nd place
Title: Dragon Ball Z The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Can't Rest
Theater attendance: 3 million people
Distribution (tax included): 1.43 billion yen

4th place
Title: Dragon Ball Z: The Incredibly Strongest VS Strongest
Theater attendance: 2.92 million people
Distribution (tax included): 1.40 billion yen

5th place
Title: Dragon Ball Z Burn Up!! Hot Fight, Fierce Fight, Super Violent Fight
Theater attendance: 2.89 million people
Distribution (tax included): 1.37 billion yen

Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Battle!! The Great Three Super Saiyans

Produced by: Tomoyoshi Imada, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Haruo Kozuka
Screenplay: High school student
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Toshiharu Takei
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art supervision: Yuji Ikeda
Art director: Hitoshi Nagasaki
Animation director: Minoru Maeda
Director: Kazuhito Kikuchi

<Opening theme "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" / Ending theme "GIRIGIRI - Sekai Kyokugi" (Columbia Records) >

Published: July 1992
Time: 46 minutes

Disc 04 Explanation of the Movies[/b]
This film depicts Goku and his friends before they meet Cell, the ultimate form of an android. Androids were originally created as murderous weapons for the Red Ribbon Army. However, after Goku destroyed the organization, it was created with the purpose of "annihilating Goku. Also, it seems that the Androids are still owned by the Red Ribbon Army, and the clothes of Nos. 13 to 15 that appear this time are engraved with the initials of the organization's name, "RR.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Vegeta
Trunks
Krillin
Piccolo
Chichi
Kamesennin
Oolong
Android 18

Android 13 (voice: Kazuya Sogabe)
The leader of the androids. His special move is the SS Deadly Bomber, an energy bullet that can blow away half of the earth.

Merged No. 13
The form that No. 13 transformed into after absorbing the battle data and energy reactor of Nos. 14 and 15. His strong body does not move in the slightest even under the attacks of three Super Saiyans.

Android 14 (voice: Hiroki Egawa)
An android who is taciturn and good at hand-to-hand combat. He has amazing power that can fight on equal terms with Goku, and is also capable of coordinated attacks with No. 15.

Android 15 (voice: Toshio Kobayashi)
An android who is directly connected to Dr. Gero's computer and specializes in analyzing enemies. He has barrier equipment.

VS Android 13, 14, and 15! The most powerful machines are going to eliminate Goku!

Story
Suddenly, mysterious Androids appear in the western capital. Their purpose was to eliminate Son Goku. After Dr. Gero's death, the computer, which harbored Gero's grudge, created them on its own. The fierce battle between the three artificial humans and Goku and his friends begins in the glacial region! Goku is forced to fight against the androids, who are able to predict Goku's every move based on data analysis. Vegeta co. defeat No. 14 and No. 15, but No. 13 absorbs the data from the two and transforms into the merged No. 13!!

Future Trunks' big image: How can a computer increase hatred on its own!

Android 17 killing Dr. Gero image: Androids developed by Dr. Gero. However, he is betrayed by No. 17, who he created himself, and loses his life...

Android 13 using the S.S Deadly Bomber image: No. 13's energy bullet is a tracking type. Even if you dodge once, it will continue to chase the target until it hits!!

Vegeta, and Goku killing Super 13 images: Vegeta joins the battle midway through. Goku becomes a Super Saiyan and challenges Super Merged Android No. 13 in hand-to-hand combat, but he has a hard fight.

Adventure & Battle Stage
Glacier Area
A deserted area of ice located in the north of the earth. Fearing that the damage would spread to the capital, the battle stage was changed from the western capital to here at Trunks' suggestion. Goku guided the androids.

Shenron's Coloumn
Travel back in time to the time of release! Theater related items Part 2
Part 2 of introducing goods distributed for free to theater attendees! The presence of Jumbo Carddass the Movie has become established in merchandise. Other toys with interesting mechanisms are appearing one after another!!

Extreme Battle!!The Great Three Super Saiyans

Jumbo Carddass

Figure
Goku figure that could be applied for in the pamphlet.

Lure tiptobashi
Frisbee on the table. If you flip it over, it becomes roulette!

Burn Up!! A Red Fight • A Violent • Super Fierce Fight

Jumbo Carddass

Yoyo

The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy

Jumbo Carddass

BUTTO VIEW!
It's a toy that when you squeeze the yellow handle, a red disc pops out.

The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Never Rest

Jumbo Carddass

Carabin Car
Push the pin on the back and the car will pop out.

Dragon Ball Mysterious Column
Super analysis of past movie bosses
Destruction manual by type
The opponents Goku fights in each movie are formidable foes with hidden unknown powers! Introducing such formidable enemy characters categorized by race. Let's explore each ability!!

TYPE 1: Aliens
All aliens coming from planets other than Earth. They have super powers that are beyond the common sense of earthlings.

Formidable enemies, including the warrior race Saiyans!!
There are many aliens who are hostile to Goku, including the Saiyan warrior race, Namekians with special abilities, and even Coola and Bojack. All of them have high fighting power, and defeating them will be extremely difficult!

Turles
A Saiyan survivor who looks just like Goku. He was originally a low-class warrior with low fighting power, but by eating the fruit of the Godly Tree many times, he has gained strength that rivals elite warriors!

Slug
A Namekian from the same hometown as Piccolo. The original Namekians are a gentle race, but in Slug's case, his mutation has only increased his evil heart. Perhaps because of this, it excels in combat and has the ability to grow into giant!

Coola
He is the older brother of Frieza, who was feared to be the strongest in the universe. He becomes interested in Goku, who defeated his younger brother, and plots to destroy the Earth. He also seems to be better than Frieza in combat and can transform more than his brother!

Broly
He is known as the "Legendary Super Saiyan" and possesses overwhelming power. Even though he is a Saiyan, he is clearly different from Goku and Vegeta. Although he was defeated by Goku once, he revived twice and terrified everyone around him!

Bojack
He is a violent alien who rampaged through the galaxy long ago. He was sealed away by the Kaios for many years, but was revived after Kaio's planet destruction. He is a terrifying enemy with both high attack power and brutality!

TYPE 2: Human race
humans living on earth. While there are good people, there are also bad people, such as those who abuse the power of the Dragon Balls.

They are dangerous people with malicious intent!!
There are surprisingly many evil people from Earth, such as the Red Ribbon Army and Tsuru Sennin. Although their fighting power is poor compared to Saiyans, they are also very cunning. They try to trick Goku and the others with various schemes!

Taopaipai
In the TV version, he was an assassin hired by the Red Ribbon Army, but in the movie version, he is teamed up with Tsuru Sennin. He is a highly skilled martial artist and a formidable enemy who tormented Goku a lot when he was a boy.

Tsuru Sennin
A rival of Master Roshi with an evil heart. In the TV version, he is the master of Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu, but in the movie version, he appears as a vassal who takes advantage of the emperor. His skill as a fighter is already declining, but his cunning is on the rise!

Gourmet
He is the king of the Gourmet country and is a gluttonous monster. He was originally a normal human, but as he continued to eat luxurious meals, he turned into a monster. Due to the efforts of Goku and his friends, he returns to being human and reform.

Garlic Jr./Garlic trio
Garlic's son and his subordinates are demons who aspired to become gods, but were banished due to their wickedness. To get his revenge, he uses his subordinates to collect the Dragon Balls. He becomes immortal with the power of Shenron, but is sealed away.

Janemba
A psychedelic demon transformed by an accident that generated a large amount of evil energy. At first he had an adorable and cute appearance, but later he transformed into a ferocious form. Evil power defeats even Super Saiyan 3!

Hirudegarn
The demon statue of Planet Coconut is a monster that has been transformed by evil magic. He is feared and called the Phantom God. He was sealed away a thousand years ago, but woke up from his sleep and was resurrected. The two bodies will combine to form a huge monster!

TYPE 4 :Metal Power Warrior
Warriors created by science and technology. It possesses a terrifying power that cannot be achieved by a living body.

Ruthless killing machines!!
There are many people created by genius scientists, such as Dr. Gero's androids. Other creatures such as Metal Cooler, which was mechanized by the power of the Big Gete Star, and Dr. Willow, who became a mecha himself, would not exist without science and technology.

Metal Cooler
Cooler's brain, which was supposed to be dead, is fused with the main computer of Big Gete Star, which is wandering the universe, and is revived. Not only is its entire body strengthened with metal, it is also capable of creating hundreds of duplicate warriors.

Merged No. 13
An android left behind by Dr. Gero, a former Red Ribbon Army scientist. This is the strongest form in which No. 13 has transformed by incorporating data from Nos. 14 and 15. Even with the power of a Super Saiyan, he is impossible to destroy.

TYPE: 5 Bio Warriors
Living things created by humans through biotechnology. It has abilities specialized in battle!

A frightening runaway of life!!
The bio-warriors are unique entities rarely seen in the movie version. They are similar to mecha warriors in that they were created by genius scientists, but even though they are man-made, bio-warriors are distinct creatures!

Bio Broly
An amazing bio-warrior created from Broly's genes. Perhaps because it is in the process of being regenerated, its body has melted into mush, and it acts only on its fighting instinct. It has immense power that further strengthens Broly!

Goku with the Genkidama big image: All of them are always strong!!

Dragon Ball Z: Burn Up!! Hot Fight • Violent Fight • Super Fierce Fight

Produced by Tomoyoshi Imada, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Akihiko Yamaguchi
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Takao Aiso
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Yukishinzo
Animation director: Directed by Yamamuro
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

<Opening theme "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" / Ending theme "Burning Fight - Fierce Battle, Fierce Battle, Super Fierce Battle" (Columbia Records)>

Published: March 1993
Duration: 72 minutes

Disc 05 Explanation of the Movies
Broly, who has appeared in all three movies, makes his first appearance in this movie. He is the "Legendary Super Saiyan" who appears once every thousand years, as mentioned in the original story. This story is a revenge drama of Paragus, a parent and child who were oppressed by the former King Vegeta.This is the second time, after Turles, that the same Saiyan as Goku and co. is the enemy. By the way, in the first half, Chi-Chi's favorite words for interviews that she tells Goku, "Friendship, Effort, Victory, are the concepts of "Weekly Shonen Jump, in which the original work was serialized at the time.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Vegeta
Trunks
Krillin
Piccolo
Bulma
Chichi
Kamesennin
Oolong
Kaio

Guest Character

Broly: (Voice: Bin Shimada)
One of the few remaining pure-blooded Saiyans. He has had outstanding fighting ability since he was a baby. His powers are controlled by his father through a ring placed on his head.

Paragus: (Voice: Ieyumi Iemasa)
Broly's father. He is a Saiyan and plans revenge on the Vegeta clan. He aims to use Broly to conquer space.

Paragus' Henchman (Scientist, Moa)
Paragus brings together ferocious warriors from all over the galaxy. Although he is ostensibly a subordinate of Vegeta, he is actually complicit in Paragus' ambitions.

Shamo Aliens (old man, Shamo)
Aliens whose home planet was destroyed by the legendary Super Saiyan. They are taken to the new planet Vegeta and forced to do forced labor.

An evil conspiracy lurks in the shadows of the new planet Vegeta! Goku collides with the legendary Super Saiyan!!

Story
Vegeta is asked by the Saiyan Paragus to become the king of the new planet Vegeta and defeat the legendary Super Saiyan, so Vegeta goes to the new planet. Gohan and his friends who are trying to investigate the new planet, and Goku who is on a different route, join Vegeta. That night, Goku is attacked and discovers that Paragus' son Broly is the legendary Super Saiyan. Inspired by Goku, Broly becomes the legendary Super Saiyan and confronts Goku and his friends. However, Goku and his friends are overwhelmed by the opponent's intense power!!

Super Vegeta's image: I will kill the legendary Saiyan as soon as I find it!!

Vegeta and Paragus' image: Out of his long-standing grudge against King Vegeta, Paragus invites him to a planet where a meteorite is about to hit and tries to kill Vegeta!

Vegeta and Piccolo's image: Vegeta is terrified and frightened by Broly's strength. He almost retires in the middle of his fight with Broly...

Goku firing KHH at Broli image: Having exhausted their power, Trunks and his friends put their last hope on the line and entrust their power to Goku...!?

Adventuare & Battle Stage
New Planet Vegeta
A new planet created by Paragus. However, this planet is on the verge of collapse due to a collision with Comet Gumori. The original planet Vegeta was destroyed by Frieza 30 years ago.

Shenron's Coloumn
Shocking revelation!? An unexpected connection between Goku and Broly!
It turns out that Goku and Broly were born on the same day. There is also an episode where Goku made Broly cry when he was a baby. However, their fates were headed in completely different directions.

King Vegeta's image: King Vegeta feels threatened by the baby.

Baby Goku and Baby Broli's images: The bed was also next to Goku.

Dragon Ball Z: The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy

Produced by: Tomonori Imada, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Munehisa Higuchi
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Masao Shimizu
Editing: Shinichiro Fukumitsu
Sound: Kenji Ninomiya
Art director: Ken Tokushige
Animation director: Naoki Yamamuro
Supervision: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda

opening theme "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" / ending theme "Rising High Beyond the Galaxy" (Columbia Records)>

Published: July 1993
Time: 50 minutes

Disc 05 Explanation of the Movies
In this work, the opening is suddenly shocking, with Goku already dead and staying with King Kai. Furthermore, in the movie, Trunks from the future says that he "defeated Android 17 and the others," from which we can infer that the story takes place a little after Goku defeated Cell in the TV version. Gohan as a child, before moving on to high school, is a bit of a rarity. It is a service-oriented content in which Gohan's activities can be enjoyed to the fullest.

Guest Character

Bojack (Voice: Tetsuaki Genda)
A vicious enemy with power that surpasses that of the Super Saiyans! He was sealed by the Kaios, but was revived after the disappearance Kaio's planet during the Battle of Cell. He plans to take over the earth.

Zangya (voice: Tomoko Maruo)
Despite her cute appearance, Zangya is a warrior with tremendous power. She defeats Krillin with her aggressive body techniques!

Gokua (voice: Tomoyuki Morikawa)
He fought Trunks with a long sword hanging from his waist. By concentrating your energy, you can even grow into a giant!

Bido (voice: Hiroki Egawa)
A warrior who prides himself on his huge body and superhuman strength. He had a very cruel personality and beat the ordinary player Doskoi to death!

Bujin
He is a small-sized user of supernatural powers. He has the mysterious ability to create a barrier and contain the opponent's power.

Money family (Gyosan, Okkane, Dollar)
A rich family. They are so wealthy that they hold the biggest martial arts tournament in the world to celebrate their son's birthday! Their son is a fighting fanatic and a big fan of Satan.

Participants of the Tenkaichi Martial Arts Tournament (Doskoi, Kanfun, Udo)
Ordinary players who made it to the semi finals. All of them have great powers, but they are no match for the Z Fighters and Bojack.

A cosmic thug goes on a rampage at the world's greatest martial arts tournament! After Goku's death, the Earth is in dire straits!!

Story
Gohan and his friends participate in the world's greatest martial arts tournament held by a millionaire named Money. This time, galactic warriors representing the four galaxies were invited as special guests. Gohan and his friends successfully pass the preliminaries and advance to the finals. Meanwhile, the Galactic Warriors have been replaced by the villainous Bojack, who was once sealed away by King Kai and co.. Bojack and his friends attack Gohan and other contestants in an attempt to do something evil. Now that Goku is gone, the only one who can compete is Gohan!?

SSjin 2 Gohan's big image: Dad told me to protect the earth!

Chchi and Bulma's image: Chichi, Bulma, and newborn Trunks cheer for Gohan and his friends from the audience.

Zangya vs Krillin image: A battle with the Bojack's force in the Battle Zone! Careless Krillin is defeated by Zangya!

Goku saving Gohan and Gohan killing Bojack images: Gohan, who has been worn out from his continuous battles with the Bojack's force, is put in a tight spot. Just then, Goku comes to his rescue from the other world!?

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Tenkaichi Martial Arts Tournament Battle Zone
The wilderness was the stage for the finals of the Tenkaichi Martial Arts Tournament. The players who made it through the preliminary rounds were sent here, and it was supposed that they would each play against the invited players, the Galactic Warriors, but...

Dragon Ball Z: The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Never Rest

Produced by Tomari Tomio, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha)
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Atsutoku Kazama
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Yumiko Kajiwara
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art supervision/art setting: Tadao Kubota
Art director: Ken Tokushige
Animation director: Naoki Yamamuro
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

<opening theme "WE GOTTA POWER" | (Columbia Records) /Ending theme "Miraculous Big Fight" (Fortemi (Forte Music Entertainment)>

Published: March 1994
Time: 52 minutes

Disc 06 Explanation of the Movies
Goku's second son, Goten, makes his first appearance in the movie version. This movie focuses on Goten, young Trunks, and Videl. The first half of the story is quite comical because the main characters are young boys. However, it was also a shocking work in which the powerful enemy Broly makes a comeback. Judging from Videl's hairstyle and other factors, it is thought that the incident occurred just before the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai. In addition, the character names are a play on the popular "Nata de Coco" at the time, with the names of the village of Natade and the girl, Coco.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Son Goten
Trunks
Krillin
Videl

Guest Character

Broly (voice: Bin Shimada)
A Super Saiyan who is feared as a legend even by his own kind. He was once defeated by Goku in a battle on New Planet Vegeta, but was revived. He follows Goku and drifts ashore on Earth.

Coco (voice: Junko Shimakata)
A girl who lives in Natade Village. She was willing to sacrifice herself to protect the village. She has a kind heart and lives with her grandfather.

Prayer (voice: Chafurin)
A village shaman who casts suspicious spells. He called the monster a mountain god and cleverly tricked the villagers into letting the monster come out.

Elder (voice: Hitoshi Takagi)
The leader of Natade Village. He puts the safety of the village first and worries about the monster that is destroying it. He relies on the shaman's oracles.

Monster
A nuisance monster that started attacking Natade Village because the number of food animals decreased due to abnormal weather. He has a pretty ferocious personality.

The legendary Super Saiyan has been revived on Earth! His targets are Goten and Trunks!?

Story
Goten and his friends, who are collecting Dragon Balls, enter Natade Village in search of the last one. The village, plagued by abnormal weather and monster infestation, is about to dedicate a handsome mane to the monster in order to solve the problem. There, Goten and his friends become the sacrifice and defeat the monster that appears! However, the next morning, Videl is suddenly attacked by Broly! Broly thinks Goten is Goku and begins a fierce attack. The enemy wasn't the type of person that the two very young people could match...

Goten's big image: Kakarot!? I’ve never eaten anything like that

Goten, Trunks and Videl eating image: Goten and his friends defeat the monster and are entertained. However, Broly, who was supposed to have been defeated by Goku, appears in the village lake.

Broli beating Gohan image: Sensing Broly's Ki, Gohan arrives at the scene. However, even Super Saiyan Gohan has a hard time against Broly.

Family KHH image: Gohan and Goten attack Broly with all their might! Then Goku appears from the afterlife to help!?

Adventuare & Battle Stage
Natade village
The village has been hit by abnormal weather for many years. Because of this, a monster has appeared and the village continues to be destroyed. However, before that, it seems to have been a rich village where crystals could be obtained.

Shenron's Coloumn
Mysterious!? The mystery of Broly's resurrection
Seven years ago, Broly seemed to disappear along with the new planet Vegeta. In fact, he had escaped from the planet in a spaceship just before the explosion. The spaceship crash-lands on Earth. After that, it seems that he continued to sleep in the ice.

Dragon Ball Z: Super Warrior Defeat!! I'm the One Who'll Win

Produced by Tan Takaiwa, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha), Tomakoi
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Seiichi Hiruta, Kenji Shimizu Seiichi Hiruta, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Atsunori Kazama
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Masao Shimizu
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art setting: Tadao Kubota
Art director: Ken Tokushige
Animation director: Naoki Yamamuro
Supervision: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda

<Opening theme “WE GOTTA POWER” (Columbia Records) / Ending theme “Dragon Power∞” (Forte Music Entertainment) >

Published: July 1994
Time: 47 minutes

Disc 06 Explanation of the Movies
Android 18 visits Mr. Satan to collect the winning prize. Her appearance in this work is probably in response to the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai episode of the TV series. Therefore, in terms of timeline, the story seems to take place between the end of the Tenkaichi Budokai and the appearance of Majin Buu. The show is full of variety and is worth watching, including Goten and Trunks, who show off their playful activities, Satan, who has a lot of unusual highlights, and Broly, who appears for the third time in a completely changed form.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Goten
Trunks
Krillin
Mister Satan
Android 18

Bio-Broly (voice: Satoshi Shimada)
Broly's completely changed appearance was revived after being cultured from a drop of blood. It no longer has any trace of its former self, and is now an extremely dangerous monster that attacks its surroundings solely on instinct!

Baron Jaguar Grasshopper (voice: Naoki Tatsuta)
A millionaire and a childhood friend of Satan. When he was a child he was defeated by Satan in martial arts and has regarded him as his rival ever since.

Menmen (voice: Keiji Fujiwara)
Jaguar's cousin who came to deliver a challenge to Satan. He cooperates with Jaguar to defeat Satan.

Dr. Cory (voiced by Masaharu Sato)
A scientist employed by Jaguar. He is an authority on biotechnology, and he also created the bio-warriors.

Nine
She is Dr. Cory's assistant and works in Jaguar's research lab. She is known for her beauty and is also a talented researcher.

Hey
A pet jaguar made with biotechnology. He usually looks like a gentle dog, but when he gets excited, he transforms into a ferocious monster!

The strongest warrior, Broly, is back again!? A threat! The power of biotechnology!!

Story
One day, Mr. Satan receives a challenge from his childhood friend, Baron Jaguar Back. Jaguar wanted to defeat Satan, who was famous as a martial artist, with the bio-warriors he had created. However, contrary to his wishes, Android 18, Goten, and Trunks, who accompanied Satan, defeated the bio-warriors. The super warriors are in the mood for an easy victory, but they discover a formidable enemy, Broly, in a culture capsule at the research institute.

SSjin Trunks' big image: Broly, come quickly and take a look!

Goten and Trunks see Broli in a capsule image: In the jaguar's laboratory, where the best of bio-technology has been gathered, Broly is being regenerated in a capsule.

SSjin Goten attacking Bio Broli image: Bio-Broly relentlessly attacks Goten and Trunks, perhaps remembering the previous battle! The two transform into Super Saiyans and fight against each other...!!

Bio Broli melting image: Broly's body has not yet been fixed as it was taken out of the capsule during regeneration. Every time he moves, his epidermis sloughs off.

Adventuare & Battle Stage
May Queen Castle
A small isolated island lined with jaguar mansions and laboratories. The vast ocean stretches out in front of it, and this mouth cation becomes a very important element at the end of the story.

Travel back in time to the time of release! Theater related items Part 3
The items distributed to attendees are as follows. The contents were very satisfying, with interesting goods that friends could play with and the popular Jumbo Carddass!

Super Warriors Defeat!! I'm the One Who'll Win

Jumbo Carddass

Tobaszo
A projectile that fires chips using the power of rubber!

Resurrection of Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta

Jumbo Carddass

Jump Character Badge
If you press the lever on the side, the chips inside will fly!

Dragon Fist Explosion! If Goku Can't Do it Who Will

Jumbo Carddass

Matched Pair
Shoot the ball at the target. It's a game where you compete for points!

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta

Produced by Tan Takaiwa, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha), Tomisou
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Seiichi Himeda, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Ryuichi Sugimoto
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Toshiharu Takei
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art setting: Tadao Kubota
Art director: Ken Tokushige
Animation director: Naomichi Yamamuro
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

<Opening theme "WE GOTTA POWER" (Columbia Records) /Ending theme "Strongest Fusion" (Forte Music Entertainment)>

Published: March 1995
Time: 51 minutes

Disc 07 Explanation of the Movies
At the beginning of the story, Goku and
Vegeta are already dead. Furthermore, hints about the timeline can be found here and there, such as when Goku, who has transformed into Super Saiyan 3, talks about Majin Buu. In the TV version, it seems that the battle will take place within a very dense span, "after the appearance of Super Saiyan 3 ~ the climax of the battle against Buu. Perhaps for that reason, the battle content is rich and luxurious, such as the transformation into Super Saiyan 3 and the fusion of Goku and Vegeta.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Son Goten
Vegeta
Gogeta
Super Gotenks
Paikuhan
Bulma
Chichi
Videl
Kaio
Great Enma

Guest Character
Janemba (voice: Tetsusho Genda)
A form of a psychedelic demon transformed by evil energy. He is innocent and hard to hate, but after his transformation, he completely changes. He will show off his ferocious power, even defeating Super Saiyan 3!

Psych Demon
Manager of spirits laundering equipment. He is a bit of a troubled demon who gets obsessed with music and causes equipment to malfunction.

Ao Oni (voice: Masahiro Anzai)
A demon who works under King Enma. His work attitude is very serious. He is the poor demon who was first trapped in Janemba's barrier.

Great Kaio & Kaios Great Kai (voice: Koiryuji), West Kai (voice: Satoshi Shimada), East Kai (voice: Keiko Yamamoto), South Kai (voice: Nishio Nori)
The Kaios who control the galaxies in various directions, and the Great Kaio who controls them. By the way, Kaio, who is familiar to Goku, is in charge of the northern galaxy.

An abnormal situation occurs in Enma world! Goku is facing a powerful enemy that surpasses Super Saiyan 3...!?

Story
A martial arts tournament is held in the afterlife, where Goku faces off against Paikuhan. At the same time that they are engaged in a deadly battle, an accident occurs with the soul cleaning device in the Enma world. The psychedelic demon next to it is exposed to evil energy and turns into the monster Janemba! As a result, souls overflow from Enma world, causing an abnormal situation in which the dead are resurrected all over the world. At the request of King Enma, Goku and co. set out to exterminate Janemba and repel it. However, Janemba transforms into a more ferocious figure...!!

Gogeta's image: I am the one who will defeat you!!

Goku and Paikuhan's image: The world's best martial arts tournament, where representatives of the galaxy compete for power. These two are in the finals.

Goku and Paikuhan seeing Janemba image: Goku and Paikuhan go to rescue King Enma.

SSjin 3 Goku's image: Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3. This form, which brings out the Saiyan's fighting ability to the utmost, is truly invincible! It seemed like this would be an easy victory against Janemba, but...!?

Goku and Vegeta doing the fusion dance image: Goku and Vegeta. The two strongest warriors fuse together.

Adventure & Battle Stage
Enma World
A court in the afterlife that sorts the souls of the dead into good and evil. A spirit laundering device is installed to cleanse souls with evil spirits, but it malfunctions...

Shenron's Coloumn
TV version & movie versions co-starring strong enemies!?
Frieza and other brutal enemies that Goku and his friends have defeated in the past. They also make a comeback with the Janemba riot! All of them are trying to get revenge on the hated Goku who drove them to the Enma world...!?

Freeza and Hitler's images: Along with Frieza and Coola, some dangerous people from history will also be resurrected!?

Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Goku Can't Do it, Who Will?

Produced by Tan Takaiwa, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha), Tomari
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Seiichi Hiruta, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Ryuichi Sugimoto
Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Photographer: Masao Shimizu
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art setting: Tadao Kubota
Art director: Junichi Higashi
Animation director: Naoki Yamamuro
Supervision: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto

<Ending theme "If I don't do it, who will do it" (Forte Music Entertainment) >

Published: July 1995
Time: 52 minutes

Disc 07 Explanation of the Movies
Goku's completely original move from the movie version, "Dragon Fist", which is used in the title of this work, appears. There are also many exciting features for fans, such as the origin of the sword that Trunks carries on his back from the future. As with other works, the naming of guest characters often reflects the social conditions at the time of release. The name "coconut star" is derived from the name of a Chinese dessert that was very popular at that time, while "brave tapion" is named after coconut and tapioca, respectively.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Son Gohan
Son Goten
Vegeta
Trunks
Super Gotenks
Krillin
Bulma
Videl
Kamesennin

Guest Character

Hirudegarn (voice: Shin Aomori)
A phantom demon who once attacked Planet Coconut. He was sealed away a thousand years ago with his body divided into upper and lower parts, but was revived by the sorcerer Hoi. He also has the ability to transform.

Hoi (voice: Shigeharu Matsuda)
One of the sorcerers who created Hirudegarn on Planet Coconut. He tricked Gohan and his friends and revived the Phantom Demon on Earth. He plans to conquer the universe.

Tapion (voice: Hiro Yuuki)
The hero of the planet Coconut in the southern galaxy. Hirudegarn's upper body is sealed in his body. He was sealed in a music box.

Minoshia
Tapion's younger brother. Like his brother, Hirudegarn's lower body was sealed away in his body. However, he is killed by Hoi, who breaks his seal.

The phantom demon Hirudegarn is attacking! Goku's new special move explodes to stop it!

Story
When the old man Hoi asks Gohan and his friends to "resurrect the hero Tapion," Gohan and his friends use the Shenron to break the seal. The heroic Tapion appears, but for some reason he laments his resurrection. Inside his body was sealed the upper body of Hirudegarn, the Phantom Fiend who had destroyed his home planet! That evening, Hirudegarn's lower body goes berserk in the city. Then, despite the efforts of the heroes, the upper body was also unleashed, and Hirudegarn became fully formed. Goku becomes a Super Saiyan 3 and confronts Hirudegarn!

SSjin 3 Goku's big image: There ain't no way you're going to get away with this

Tapion whistling image: Hirudegarn's weakness is Tapion's whistle. It was given to Tapion by the god of his home planet.

Tapion threatening Hoi with his sword image: Immediately after being revived, Tapion suddenly pulls out his sword!!

Goku, Gohan and Goten attacking Hirudegarn image: The powerful tag team of Goku and his sons attack Hirudegarn! However, Hirudegarn evades the attack by dissipating her body like smoke. Neither Super Gotenks nor Gohan are a match for him...!!

Dragon Fist killing Hirudegarn image: Goku unleashes a full blow on the enemy with his “Dragon Fist”!!

Adventure & Battle Stage
Western Capital[/b]
Where Bulma's home and Capsule Corporation are located. It is the most highly developed civilization on earth. Data on all residents is also managed by computers.

Shenron's Column
The secret of Trunks' sword is revealed!
In the final scene, Trunks is entrusted with the Hero's Sword by Tapion. In fact, this sword is the one Trunks from the future had. This fact was revealed only in the theatrical version.

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Produced by Tan Takaiwa, Tomio Anzai (Shueisha), Tomari
Original work: Akira Toriyama
Planning: Kozo Morishita, Seiichi Hiruta, Kenji Shimizu (Fuji Television), Koji Kaneda (Fuji Television), Weekly Shonen Jump
Producer: Ryuichi Sugimoto
Screenplay: Aya Matsui
Music: Akito Tokunaga
Photographer: Masaru Sakanishi
Edit: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Art design: Tadanao Tsuji
Art director: Junichi Higashi
Animation director: Naosuke Yamamuro
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

<Theme song "DAN DAN Kokoro Chariteku" (Bwain Records)>

Published: March 1996
Time: 80 minutes

Disc 08 Explanation of the Movies
A remake of the TV version of Dragon Ball, and the final movie in the movie series. The running time is 80 minutes, the longest in the series. In this work, all main character designs such as Goku have been renewed. Among them, the Red Ribbon Army members and Android 8 were redesigned by the original author, Akira Toriyama himself. By the way, the design of the Red Ribbon Army giant robot that will appear for the first time is also by Toriyama-sensei. Also, only in this work, the voice of Master Roshi is played by Kinya Aikawa.

Main Character Index
Son Goku
Bulma
Oolong
Yamcha
Puer
Kamesennin
Sea Turtle
Shenron

Guest Character

Red Ribbon Army

Commander Red (voice: Kenji Utsumi)
The commander of the Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization plotting to conquer the world. He has a cold-blooded and cruel personality, but has a complex about his own short stature.

Black Staff Officer (voice: Masaharu Sato)
Military number 2. He is an ambitious man who is loyal to Commander Red's orders. However, he is stunned when he learns of Commander Red's ambitions. He changes completely and takes a betrayal action.

Metallic Sergeant (voice: Hiroo Egawa)
General White's subordinate. He has a huge body and great strength. However, he is instantly killed by Goku. He's actually not a human, but a robot.

General Boo (voice: Satoshi Shimada)
A female-sounding executive who commands a military fleet. He attacks Goku and the others from the sea.

Colonel Violet
A female colonel in charge of an air force unit. Contrary to her appearance, her personality is rough.

General White (voice: Hirohiko Kakegawa)
Commander of Muscle Tower. He searches for the Dragon Balls on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief. He is the person who owned Android 8.

Android 8 (Hatchan) (Voice: Shozo Iizuka)
An android created as a weapon for the Red Ribbon Army. However, he has a gentle personality and later becomes Goku's friend.

VS the evil organization Red Ribbon Army! Naughty Goku enters the headquarters alone!!

Story
Son Goku, a young boy, meets Bulma on Mt. Paoz and decides to go on a journey to search for the Dragon Balls. During the journey, Goku defeats General White at the Red Ribbon Army's Muscle Tower! There, he meets Hatchan, also known as Android 8, and they become friends. Afterwards, he is attacked by General Blue's fleet and Bulma and the others are taken away along with the Dragon Balls. An angry Goku invades the Red Ribbon Army's headquarters! There, he fights fiercely against the proud giant robot of the second army!!

Goku's big image: I don't want to join the gang of bad guys!

Goku meeting Bulma image: Goku doesn't know women and treats Bulma like a monster.

Android 8 VS Goku image: Android 8 with amazing power and Goku battle it out!

Yamcha and General Blue's image: Yamcha tries to attack General Blue, taking advantage of the opportunity. . However, he failed because he got nervous when he saw Bulma.

Goku firing KHH image: He learns Master Roshi's special move "Kamehameha" by watching and imitating. However, it doesn't work against the Red Ribbon Army's secret weapon, the giant robot!?

Adventure & Battle Stage
Red Ribbon Army Headquarters
The Red Ribbon Army's hideout is located in the western part of the Earth, surrounded by nature. It is a huge fortress equipped with high-tech machines such as combat mechs, artillery equipment, and evacuation shelters.

Shenron's Column
Introducing the ending film for “The Road to the Strongest”!
The ending film for “The Road to the Strongest” is unique! Instead of anime, you can see Goku drawn in watercolors. Illustrations of main characters such as Goku and Bulma will be unveiled one after another.

Dragon Ball Mysterious Column "Dragon Ball: The Road to the Strongest" Refined Characters
"The Road to the Strongest is a remake of the TV version of "Dragon Ball with illustrations by Akira Toriyama at the time. For this reason, the settings for Goku and other main characters have also been redrawn with touches just before "GT.

Son Goku
In order to connect with the TV version series "Dragon Ball GT", the costumes and atmosphere have been changed to be closer to "GT"!

Bulma
Her head, body and face have been adjusted, making her even cuter. Her costume also gives an even more sophisticated impression.

Yamcha
He has a sturdy body and a slightly nihilistic look on his face. He might be cooler than the early days...!!

Master Roshi
Master Roshi remains almost unchanged. Aloha shirt, turtle shell, sunglasses, and trademark are perfect!

Sea Turtle
A sea turtle that looks a little rounder now. It's hard to notice, but maybe it's a little cuter...?

Oolong
Almost no change...but the color of the giant monster when he transforms into a monster has changed slightly.

Puer
The shape of his face becomes rounder, and the cuteness becomes much more powerful! However, his cheeky personality remains the same.

DRAGON BALL Movies BACKSTAGE
The movies version have been in production for about 10 years. How were these original characters and stories created? Let's go behind the scenes hidden behind the veil and find out the secrets!!

Theatrical Story Q&A
Takao Koyama-san handled the scenarios for the movies Dragon Ball Z through Dragon Fist Explosion!! That very Koyama -san cooperated with us to get at the secrets of the theatrical movies’ stories!!

Goku's bubble: There are so many things that even I don't know!!

Question 1: How did you create the original stories for the theatrical movies?

When we made the episodes for the theatrical features, first the scriptwriter, the producer, and Toriyama-sensei‘s supervising editor would get together, and meet about story concepts, such as what to do about the main villain. Then I would put together a plot based on the content of what we’d talked about. I’d send that plot to Toriyama-sensei and get his opinion on it, then start writing out the scenario — that was the typical flow. Once I got to writing, I’d be joined at the hip with the producer.

With regards to the contents, there was the restriction that the movie “not progress into story settings further ahead than the TV anime at the time of its premiere”; for example, even if I’d decided to do fusion, I wouldn’t be allowed to do it ahead of the TV anime or the original manga. So I’d always be conscious of its state of progress on TV, and if we were doing the Freeza arc in the TV anime at the time of the premiere, a story would be born with the sense of, “Let’s bring out Freeza’s older brother!” Except, at times such as when the state of production on the TV anime caught up to the original work, it would be extremely tough with nothing to use as hints, and I received ideas directly from Toriyama-sensei.

It would take about three months’ time from the planning stage until the completion of a single movie’s scenario. Dragon Ball Z had two movies shown each year, in spring and summer, so that works out to me having been writing a theatrical movie scenario for over half a given year at the time. (laughs)

Coola and Slug's images: Idea meetings for theatrical scenarios were usually held in hotels.... The setting for these powerful enemies came into being after much discussion and anguish.

Question 2: Why is there no sub-title for the fourth theatrical feature, Dragon Ball Z?

There’s no reason in particular. It’s simply because it was the first theatrical work as Dragon Ball Z, and it wasn’t decided at the time of production whether there would be sequels. So, with regards to this work, we (the production staff) didn’t even consider giving it a sub-title. None of us would have thought that we’d end up making a whole 13 after that. (laughs)

Gohan eating an apple image: Grown-up Gohan and Garlic Jr. will fight again in the TV version! This is also a happy miscalculation for the production side...!?

Question 3: What are the name origins for the movie-original characters?

Garlic Jr. and his group from Dragon Ball Z are spices. They’re as-is, but the roots are garlic (nin’niku), ginger (shōga), cinnamon (nikki), and Japanese prickly ash (sanshō). Also, their respective battle-cries are linked to foods that use their namesake spice. For instance, Garlic Jr.’s henchman Sansho’s battle-cry is “Unajū~!” (“Eel over rice!”). (laughs)

For The World’s Strongest Guy, it’s a series of specialties from Toriyama-sensei‘s home of Nagoya: from uirō, Nagoya Cochin, Kishimen, and fried prawns (ebi furai). Incidentally, I got the name of the Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains from Nagoya’s “Tsurumai Park”.

Tullece’s group is bean-type: Cacao, soy(a) (daizu), almond, raisin, and peanut (rakkasei). If you link together the names of Slug’s squad, you get the Andromeda Galaxy (Andoromeda Seiun). (laughs) Apart from Zeiun, you take the first two characters, and Zeiun is from “nebula” (seiun). Also, Slug is English for “slug” (namekuji). The names for Namekians in the original work are slug-type, so I must have been conscious of that when I named him.

Coola from The Incredible Strongest vs. Strongest actually has his origins in Shizuoka dialect. At a time when I was worried because I couldn’t decide on the enemy’s name, the Shizuoka-born producer said the word for “eat” (taberu) in dialect as “kuu ra”, which settled the name. (laughs) Since he’s Freeza’s elder brother, I made his subordinates into a salad-dressing squad of things like Thousand Island and mayonnaise, on the theme of items that would go into a refrigerator. Bojack and his group from The Galaxy at the Brink!! form the four-character phrases “bōjaku-bujin“ and “gokuaku-hidō“ when they’re linked together. (laughs)

I would decide on a theme for movie character names like this, one film at a time, and endeavored to make the names as elaborate as possible. If the one sending it out doesn’t have any playfulness through things like this sort of naming, the “let’s-be-friends” beam won’t come out from the screen to reach the kids in the theater. (laughs)

Tullece holding Gohan and Goku meeting Broli images: The Saiyan enemies are vegetable series, following the naming convention of the original work. Turles is lettuce, Broly is broccoli.

Fat Janemba's image: Janemba is based on a psychedelic demon and was born from a large amount of evil energy. The origin of the name is "evil wave"!

Gokuhan grabbing Future Trunks' head image: The Bojack-force that once went wild on a cosmic scale. The two idioms from which they originate are perfect for them!!

Question 4: Why is Kuririn dressed as Piccolo in The Dangerous Duo!?

That was having fun breaking down one type of story pattern. I suppose you could call it fanservice, as well. Piccolo always shows up looking cool, standing on the top of a tower or something with his cape flapping in the breeze, right? I wanted to let Kuririn do that once. I’d let the audience think, for an instant, “Piccolo’s come!” and then have it actually be Kuririn. (laughs) Whenever this sort of gag succeeded, including things such as direction, it was exhilarating to me as the scenario writer.

Krillin with Piccolo's cloak image: Krillin appears looking like Piccolo. But his cape is too tight. He borrowed the costume from Piccolo!?

Question 5: Why did Broli come back three times?

Because he’s the strongest. (laughs) Even including the TV anime, nobody exists in the world who’s stronger than Broli. I mean, even Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans, was trembling in fear. (laughs) I felt that there’s no way that kind of mightiest being would die in a single outing. After all, there were kids who cried at Broli’s overwhelming strength when they saw Burn Up!! at Shueisha’s preview screening. (laughs) It’s always difficult coming up with an enemy for Goku, because I’d constantly have to escalate their strength. So, he ended up appearing three times.

This is true of Broli as well, but Goku & co. are always fighting against “an unbeatable foe”. Goku must win against such an enemy, so he has no choice but to defeat him when his enemy becomes overconfident and creates an opening. There’s absolutely no way he’d be able to win against someone like Broli if he used more orthodox methods. (laughs)

Bio Broli vs SSjin Trunks image: In the end, he is revived as a bio-warrior. However, because he is still in the process of being regenerated, there is no trace of his former self as his body melts into mush.

Question 6: Goku owned a suit…?

He’s worn it once. Perhaps Chi-Chi bought it for him at the department store… (laughs) The original comic and the TV show focused on battles, so episodes about the everyday life of Goku & co. aren’t depicted much. So, as an element special to the movies, I actively inserted scenes of Goku & co.’s everyday life, which couldn’t be seen on TV. After all, Chi-Chi going shopping at the department store, and Goku going to the parent interview for a test-prep school, are things you can’t find in the original comic. (laughs)

Also, I think Chi-Chi’s even more of an “education mama” than she was in the original comic. That was a reflection of the “education mama” and “entrance-exams-are-everything” zeitgeist at the time the movie opened; I thought kids at the time would feel better if they heard Goku’s message of, “It’s fine as long as he’s healthy, ain’t it?”. Because the kids who came to see the movie might have had a home environment similar to Gohan’s. (laughs)

Goku with a suit and Chichi's image: Wearing a suit in "Burn Up!!~". However, Goku couldn't get used to wearing it, so he couldn't help but want to take it off.

Question 7: Is it true that the Shinseiju (“Tree of Godly Might”) that appeared in Super Decisive Battle was Asian Ginseng?

It’s true. (laughs) The idea for the Shinseiju, which sucks up all the nutrients from the land, was born of a hint I got from the Asian Ginseng, which grows by sucking up nutrients from the field. It was a suggestion of the producer’s; it was really fortunate that he just happened to bring in the Asian Ginseng that he had received as a gift to a planning meeting. (laughs)

Tree of Might image: The Godly Tree appears in "The Whole Earth". Once it takes root, it sucks all the nutrients from the earth.

Question 8: Why was Videl picked to chaperone Goten and Trunks in The Dangerous Duo!!?

This was a matter of balance. Rather than just Goten and Trunks, having a girl involved would make dialogue between the characters livelier, and the story would be easier to create. So, for the purposes of the story setting, the dart fell right on Goten and his rival-in-training, Videl.

Also, with just the two kids, Goten and Trunks, they’d almost certainly be goofing off the whole time, and the story wouldn’t go anywhere. (laughs) So, by adding Videl, who is like a sister to the pair, I got her to pull the story forward. Plus, it was nice how, thanks to Videl having Satan as a father, it was easy for me to use him as I pleased. Satan, whose bad luck seems unusually strong, was a character I prized for his ease-of-use in developing the story.

Goten and Trunks' image: Even if young Trunks and Goten became Super Saiyans, they were still children. Both of them are completely selfish.

Question 9: Why did Gohan and Goten become the leads along the way?

This was an overlap with the original comic. In the theatrical features, I had to write stories in this world, but at the time, Goku was dead. (laughs) We couldn’t very well have Goku be dead in the original comic and on TV, but alive in the movies. So, if Goku was in the hereafter, I felt there was no choice but to have Gohan and Goten, who were in this world, do their best.

Even so, there would probably be people who wanted to see Goku on the screen. So, in the spirit of fan service, I’d make just a single shot of a scene in the afterlife. Like the last shot in The Galaxy at the Brink!!8 (laughs)

SSjin 2 Gohan's design and SSjin Goten, Trunks and Krillin image: Gohan and Goten have demonstrated fighting power that surpasses Goku. They greatly protect the Earth in Goku's absence!

Question 10: Vegeta got weaker in the movies…?!

In the last of the theatrical works, I purposely brought low Vegeta’s status as the “Prideful Prince of the Saiya”. Because of that, he became a bit of a pitiful Vegeta; I guess I might have done something bad to Vegeta-fans. (laughs) But this is because it was a major premise of the tale that Goku has to win in the end, so perhaps it couldn’t be helped that he would inevitably be contrasted with Goku….

But I believe that, to the same extent, I was really able to depict an image of the everyday Vegeta. The scene where Vegeta, who once went around causing destruction, tells off his foe with, “How dare you destroy someone else’s house?!” shows an unexpected side of him. (laughs)

Vegeta sitting behind a tree image: In the movie version, Vegeta goes through a lot of trouble, such as being tricked by Paragus and making a weak voice during the fight against Broly.

Takao Koyama
Born April 21, 1948. Screenwriter. He is responsible for the composition of the TV version of the "Dragon Ball Z series, as well as the scripts for 13 movie versions of the same series.

This is the man who taught me!

Movie version original character DESIGN LABO
Unique original characters from the movie. We asked the two people in charge of character design to reveal the secrets hidden behind them!

Thank you for your cooperation >> 2 people

Mr. Minoru Maeda
Worked on numerous character designs and animation direction, including "Dr. Slump Arale-chan and "Soreike! Anpanman. He was in charge of the Dragon Ball movies from "The Legend of Shenron to "Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans.

Mr. Naoki Yamamuro
Responsible for character design and animation direction for films ranging from "Burn Up!! Hot Fight, Violent Fight, Super Fierce Fight" to "The Road to the Strongest". Currently, he is actively working on projects such as "Adventure King Beat Excelion and "Golden Gash Bell!!.

Design Labo #1: The Legend of Shenlong

King Gourmet
This figure came from the image of being a big eater.
I think it was probably influenced by the gourmet food boom of the time.
I tried to create a reptilian skin texture and other "things that Mr. Toriyama would draw". (Maeda)

Various mechanisms
Around this time, I was also doing mechanical design along with the characters. I got the nuances of Toriyama's mecha by referring not only to the original Dragon Ball, but also to the mecha and inventions that appear in "Dr. Slump Arale-chan". (Maeda)

Design Labo #2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle[/b]

Lucifer
As for the image...I think he's Sari-chan's father (lol). Like the shape of the head. I made him a handsome guy because of the nature of the story, but this type of villain may actually be rare in Dragon Ball. (Maeda)

Butler
Actually, this butler is a character that appeared in "Dr. Slump Arale-chan". (Maeda)

Gastel's subordinates
I made it in a shape similar to Gastel, with the image of an evil demon or demon from hell. In order to show flashy gunfights, we purposely provided him with a mismatched machine gun. (Maeda)

Gastel
Gastel's costume is inspired by ancient Chinese costume. He flies with fireballs under his feet to fight against Kintoun, but this was the director's idea. (Maeda)

Design Labo #3: A Mystical Adventuare

Emperor-shaped dumplings, etc. The costume for Gyoza was inspired by the movie "The Last Emperor. I included a lot of patterns like those of ancient Chinese emperors, but when it came time to draw them, it was difficult (lol). The story itself is about an emperor (Dumpling?/Chiaotzu) being manipulated behind the scenes, so I created it based on the image of an old Chinese palace, similar to "The Last Emperor. The Red Ribbon Army also wears costumes similar to that, but only the Metallic Sergeant remains the same. Because it's a robot. (Maeda)

Tenshinhan
Tenshinhan in entourage attire to match the emperor-look dumplings. This is also said to be based on ancient Chinese clothing.

Imperial Flag
The imperial flag was also designed by Mr. Maeda. The symbol's dragon face is said to be based on the pattern on beer.

Design Labo #4: Dragon Ball Z

Garlic Jr
This character evolved from a discussion with the director, who said, "It would be interesting if a small guy turned out to be like the Incredible Hulk". In order to bring out the ferocity after the transformation, I made her look cute before the transformation. Even in the original work, the strongest boss character often seems to be the weakest at first. By the way, after he transforms, his clothes get torn, but his pants remain and they're wedged in tight. Actually, this is a hidden obsession (lol). (Maeda)

Nicky
The trio was derived from Garlic Jr. I added hair to Nicky to give it some variety, but it ended up making the character look very human (lol). (Maeda)

Design Labo #5: The World's Strongest Man

Dr. Willow, etc.
Dr. Willow was designed by Toriyama -sensei. The other original characters were designed based on the sensei's design. Since around this time, the number of combatants has increased, so I put protectors on them, which makes it easier to draw non-humanoid characters (lol). It wasn't until Vegeta and his friends came out that we introduced protectors, and before that, we were thinking of costumes based on regular clothes, martial arts uniforms, and armor. So if Gastel and his friends appeared in Dragon Ball Z in the second movie, I'm sure they would have been depicted wearing Saiyan-like protectors. (Maeda)

Ebifurya
The designs of the subordinates are basically based on the original characters. If it's a movie version, it's important to give them their own unique personalities.

Design Lab #6: A Whole Super Decisive Battle For Earth

Turles
Turles is a lookalike of Goku, so it's basically a picture of Goku. However, he has a brutal expression, is wearing a scouter, and his body is a bit rugged. The skin color was different, and above all, the costumes were completely different, so there was no need to make the design look "fake". (Maeda)

Cacao
Because the scenario depicted him as a robot, Cacao was set up as a mecha warrior.

Haiya dragon
This is also a character designed with inspiration from the color illustration of "Dr. Slump Arale-chan." Perhaps because it was so popular, it has continued to appear frequently. (Maeda)

Design Labo #7: Super Saiyan Son Goku

Decorated Haiya Dragon
In the scene where he dances to Gohan's whistle, we set up the costume to make the bell sound. There was actually a good reason for his dragon appearance (lol). (Maeda)

Slug
The basic design was done by Toriyama-sensei, but in order to hide the fact that he is a Namekian, we added a new helmet and protector. The cloak is said to make you look like a Namekian when you wear it.
(lol). (Maeda)

Design #8: The Incredibly Strongest VS Strongest

Coola
Toriyama-sensei drew all of the enemy characters such as Coola and Neize, even the height comparisons. The color is already attached to it, so there's nothing I can do to change it. There's no point in changing it (lol). It was easy for me to make and I was grateful. (Maeda)

Design Labo #9: Clash!! 10 Billion Power Warriors

Metal Coola
I made it with the concept of "make Coola metal," and "make it come out a lot." Nowadays, it would be possible to draw a lot with CG, but back then, everything was drawn by hand, so it was very difficult. I drew the highlights and reflections while actually looking at the iron objects, and even specified how light and shadow would enter the setting images. This was probably the most difficult work. Including the design and amount of work (lol). (Maeda)

Design Labo #10: Extreme Battle!! The Great Three Super Saiyans

Android 13, etc.
All of the enemies in this episode are Toriyama-sensei's designs. I was always amazed at the richness of the sensei's characters. (Maeda)

Design Labo #11: Burn Up!! Hot Fight, Violent Fight, Super Fierce Fight

Broly
I am using Mr. Toriyama's design as it is.
However, the second stage appearance is arranged to be quite macho. I spoke with the director and came up with the idea of making sure that his strength could be seen visually. In contrast to Goku, who uses his anger to become a Super Saiyan, I drew Broly with a sad image of him becoming angry and going berserk. (Yamuro)

Goku in a suit
It was decided from the beginning that Goku would be shown in a suit, but... I said I couldn't draw it. . (lol). As a hobby, I dressed him in a dignified double suit...but it was really difficult to draw. I didn't really get used to it until the end (lol). (Yamuro)

Design Labo #12: The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy

Bojack, etc
Bojack and the other five were designed with colors by Mr. Toriyama. I was amazed at the richness of variation, not to mention the amazingness of the drawings. I came up with the idea for the post transformation Bojack based on that. The original illustration was cool with elaborate costumes, but... it was hard to move him around. After the transformation, I decided to take it all away anyway (laughs). Mr. Toriyama said that they were inspired by space pirates, so I designed a spaceship that looked like a pirate ship, but... the whole scene was cut (laughs).

Depot Ship
Bojack's mother ship, which was shelved for the entire scene. It has an innovative design that combines mechanics and minerals.

Design Labo #13: The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Never Rest

Broly
I imagined the resurrected Broly to be more muscular than the previous work, and also more haggard in normal times. Since he lost to Goku and his friends once, I decided to make his clothes tattered and leave scars on him...I came up with this design. (Yamuro)

Sub characters and costumes
I thought about the costumes of the villagers while looking at data on ethnic costumes (I think they were Scandinavian). The shaman's head is tied with a necktie that drunk people often wear (lol). In this movie, I dressed Videl in a flutter costume, but it was difficult to draw her because she fights while wearing that costume. They even splash on the water surface (lol). (Yamuro)

Design Labo #14: Super Warrior's Defeat!! I'm the One Who'll Win

Bio Broly
I was really worried when I read the scenario. I was wondering what to do (laughs). Since it came out of the container unfinished, I tried proceeding with the idea that it was ``half melted. The more I drew it, the more difficult it became (lol). (Yamuro)

Jaguar, grasshopper, etc.
The jaguar grasshopper was designed with a small and twisted image. He may be close to the commander of the Red Ribbon Army. The pet was inspired by the guardian dog. Basically, all of them are original, but Toriyama-sensei has redesigned Menmen. (Yamuro)


Design Labo #15: Resurrection Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta

Janemba
I imagined him as someone you can't hate before he transforms, and a demon-like character after he transforms. Janemba, especially after her transformation, has been well received by Toriyama-sensei, and is one of my personal favorite characters. At first, the pattern for the legs was a spiral with vines intertwined with each other, but Toriyama-sensei added an arrangement that led to this shape. (Yamuro)

Veku
A picture of fusion failure. The design was based on the episode in which Gotenks is born in the original work.

Design Labo #16: Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Goku Can't Do it Who Will?

Hirudegarn
...I honestly didn't know what to do. I was told that it would "split into two"... (lol). I remember making it with an alien motif through trial and error with the director. The tail is a remnant of him. ...In the end, he ended up looking like a cockroach. (lol). (Yamuro)

Coconut Aliens
I thought of Toriyama's character as a creature, similar to the gamecock alien. However, there was also a request to make him look like a ninja, so some of the characters were made to look like ninjas by wearing hoods. An alien and a ninja... (lol) (Yamuro)

Design Labo #17: Path to the Power

Goku and others
The concept of this work is to remake Toriyama's early work with the touch of Toriyama-sensei at the time. That's why I redrawn everything, including Goku and other regular characters. It was very difficult because the amount of material was different from the usual movie version. Goku's costume was made to connect to "GT" (which aired later), so I made a costume similar to that. The Red Ribbon Army was drawn entirely by Mr. Toriyama. Commander, you're getting smaller and smaller. Black is a different person now. (lol). (Yamuro)

Note: this is an interview with the guy who is in in charge of the music for the movies. Didn't feel like translating it

Dragon Ball Mysterious Column Akira Toriyama Theatrical Edition Original Art Book Akira Toriyama Design Works
Many of Toriyama's design drawings were created for the Dragon Ball movie series. We have carefully selected colored design drawings from among them! Some colored drawings are being shown for the first time!

Note: just showing the designs for movies 5, 7, 9

Red circle next to Android 13's colored designs: Close Up!! Colored design drawings released for the first time!!

Disc Index
A convenient list that allows you to see at a glance which holder and which disc contains the work you want to watch! (Check out page 13 for explanations and story introductions of each work.) Furthermore, this list also introduces the contents of the video bonuses included in each work!!

Note: the tablet just mentions the movies in each disc and some bonuses in it like poster and a theatrical preview

Bottom box
Video bonus
Video bonuses are included for each work. The video bonus items vary depending on the work, so check the list. The poster (still image) is a common bonus for all 17 works.

SSjin 3 Goku's bubble: Use the list above to find the movie you want to watch!!