Dragon Ball Z Movie 4

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Super Saiyan Son Goku
Japanese English
超サイヤ人だ孫悟空 Sūpā Saiya-jin da Son Gokū
Premiere Date	09 March 1991
Premiere Event	1991 Toei Anime Fair (Spring)
EIRIN Code	25658
Running Time	52 minutes
Film Premiere Data
Total Gross	Unknown
Net Earnings	¥1.3 billion
Attendance	3.6 million
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Takao Koyama
Art	Tomoko Yoshida Toshikatsu Sanuk
Animation	Minoru Maeda
Director	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Executive Producer	Chiaki Imada (Toei Animation) Rikizō Kayano (Shueisha)
Production	Toei Animation
FUNimation Dub
Title	Lord Slug
Premiere Date	07 August 2001

"Super Saiyan Son Goku" is the fourth theatrical film of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The movie premiered as part of the 1991 Spring "Toei Anime Fair" on 09 March 1991, along with another movie from the Magical Taluluto series. It was written by series composer Takao Koyama and directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto

Summary

Piccolo is peacefully meditating on his own when Gohan and Hire Dragon appear to show off their new whistling dance. Piccolo quickly yells at Gohan to stop, as the high-pitched whistling is hurting his sensitive Namekian ears. Meanwhile, a strange planet is quickly approaching the Earth. Goku and Kuririn attempt to redirect the oncoming planet with a Kamehameha, but it has no effect and the planet simply pushes our heroes aside. The planet suddenly explodes and a spaceship is found to have landed on the Earth. An invasion force under the direction of Slug, a Super Namekian with a heart of pure evil, quickly takes over the surrounding area.

Gohan soon arrives to fight off the invading forces, and is easily dispatching most of them. However, Slug has been observing the battle from inside the spaceship and notices the Dragon Ball on Gohan's hat. Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Oolong then arrive as Chi-Chi encourages Gohan to fight on, but Bulma insists on knowing Slug's ultimate goal. After taking Gohan's Dragon Ball Slug says he plans to use the Earth as a new vehicle, as his has been destroyed. Gohan won't let this happen, but is easily defeated by Dorodabo and Angira, Slug's right-hand men. Slug then reads Bulma's mind and learns of the Dragon Balls on Earth. He quickly dispatches his men to gather the Dragon Balls and eventually wishes to have his youth restored.

After some time passes, the Earth's temperature has drastically dropped as Slug has covered the planet with dark clouds, blocking the sun's rays. Gohan has recovered, and not giving up the fight to save his planet he returns to challenge Slug. Unfortunately he is still no match and is about to be defeated, but is saved by Piccolo, who easily defeats Dorodabo. However, Gohan has had his energy drained by Medamatcha and Piccolo is seriously injured by Angira while protecting Gohan. Goku suddenly arrives, pulverizing Angira and Medamatcha with his overwhelming strength.

Kuririn pays no attention to Goku's warning and decides to take on Slug, but is no match for the powerful Namekian. Goku and Slug begin an one-on-one duel, but it is soon evident that Slug's strength surpasses even that of Goku. With his back against the wall, Goku summons all of his strength and is overtaken by a golden aura. His Super Saiyan powers have manifested! Goku quickly overwhelms Slug, but the evil Namekian has one last trick up his sleeve – the Super Giant Body Arts technique!

Slug once again turns the table on Goku, but at that moment Piccolo remembers the effects Gohan's whistling had on him. He rips off his own ears and yells at the beaten Gohan to start whistling. Slug quickly falls to ground in utter pain, releasing Goku from his grasp. Piccolo takes the chance to transfer his remaining ki to Goku, who then flies up over the dark clouds and begins forming a Genki-Dama with the energy from the sun. Slug flies up to stop him, but is hit head-on by the Genki-Dama which sends him crashing into the nearby machine creating the dark clouds. As the clouds disappear, the sun's rays bring peace back to the Earth once again.

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese film. Additional characters/cast members not originally credited, or with speaking roles exclusive to a specific dubbing, have been included at the bottom of the table.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan		Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Kaiō	Jōji Yanami	Sean Schemmel
Shenlong	Tesshō Genda	Christopher R. Sabat
Angira	Kei'ichi Nanba	John Burgmeier
Kakuja	Shōzō Iizuka	Christopher R. Sabat
Zeiun	Kōji Totani	Brad Jackson
Dorodabo	Daisuke Gōri	John Freeman
Medamatcha	Yukitoshi Hori	Kent Williams
Soldier A	Shinobu Satōchi	Unknown
Soldier B	Hikaru Midorikawa	Unknown
Soldier C	Michio Nakao	Unknown
Slug	Yūsaku Yara	Brice Armstrong
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

Main Staff

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this theatrical film as credited in its respective ending credits.

• Executive Producer: Chiaki Imada, Rikizō Kayano
• Planning: Kōzō Morishita, Kenji Shimizu, Weekly Shōnen Jump
• Production Supervisor: Take Torimoto
• Production Progression: Tatsuya Kawagishi
• Scenario: Takao Koyama
• Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Photography: Masaru Sakanishi
• Editing: Shin'ichi Fukumitsu
• Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
• Chief Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
• Animation Supervisor Assistant: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Masaki Satō
• Key Animation: Yukio Ebisawa, Masahiro Shimanuki, Kazuya Hisada, Takeo Ide, Hideko Okimoto, Naoki Miyahara, Naotoshi Shida, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Teruharu Ryū, Noriko Shibata, Tomoya Handa,Toshiyuki Kan’no, Ei’ichiro Nishiyama, Masashi Ishihama, Midori Sawaki, Yukiko Michishita, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Hideki Takahashi, Motoko Hiraishi, Yoshimi Imagawa, Hiroya Iijima, Hiroyuki Kitazume, Katsumi Aoshima
• Special Effects: Chiaki Hirao
• Director (Storyboard): Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
• Art Director: Tomoko Yoshida, Toshikatsu Sanuki

Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, and our chronological internal catalogue numbers (完全集 Kanzenshuu) apply to tracks composed or arranged by him.

Background music (BGM) tracks generally do not have official titles, but the officially-released tracks do have official catalogue numbers, and these are given when they are known. Official catalogue numbers usually begin with M, but always with letters other than K; they are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column, and our in-house catalogue numbers are substituted when the official number is not known. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

^† Debuted previously in the Dragon Ball Z TV series.

Dragon Ball Z Movie 4: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Scene	Title/Catalogue		Tonality	Releases
	完全集	Official		音楽集	大全集	ＢＧＭ
Opening	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA		E Major	1:1	4:1	1:1
Gohan dances with Hire Dragon	The Feeling of Whistling		D Major	Hit Songs 6:10
Something is approaching	K-1101	K-1101	E+	Unreleased
Diversion failed	K-1102	K-1102	E♭9
Title Card	K-1103	K-1103	F Major
Slug's drugs	K-1104	K-1104	F Minor
Slug's projector	U-1101	U-1101	F/C
Slug takes Gohan's Dragon Ball	K-1105	K-1105	F Minor
Slug reads Bulma's mind	U-1102	U-1102	Asus4
Shenlong is summoned	K-1106	M1109	F Minor	1:5(a)	5:10(a)	1:23(a)
Gohan vs the grunts	K-1107	K-1107		Unreleased
Piccolo steps in	K-1108	K-1108
Piccolo vs Dorodabo	K-1109	K-1109
Medamatcha sprouts	K-1110	K-1110
Gohan in danger	K-1111	M1114			5:10(b)	1:23(a)
Goku arrives	K-1112	K-1112		Unreleased
Slug's projector	U-1101	U-1101	F/C
Goku vs the henchmen	K-1113	K-1113	F Minor
Goku vs Slug	K-1114	M1117		1:5(b)	5:10(c)	1:23(c)
Slug torments Goku	K-1115	K-1115		Unreleased
Pseudo Super Saiyan	K-1116	M1119	E♭ Minor		4:14(b)	2:3(b)
Slug goes giant	K-1117	M1120	F Minor	1:5(c)	4:15(d)	2:4(a)
Slug grabs Goku	K-1118	M1121			4:15(a)	2:4(a)
Gohan flashbacks; Gohan whistles	The Feeling of Whistling		D Major	Hit Songs 6:10
Piccolo reaches out to Goku	K-1119	K-1119	D Minor	Unreleased
Gohan continues to whistle	The Feeling of Whistling		D Major	Hit Songs 6:10
Goku attacks Slug à la Piccolo	K-1120	M1123	F Major		5:10(d)	1:23(d)
Slug grabs Goku again	K-1121	K-1121	F Minor	Unreleased
Genki-dama	K-1122	M1125	F Major		5:10(e)	1:23(e)
Happy ending	K-1123	M1126		1:5(d)	5:10(f)	1:23(f)
Ending	There's a Genki-Dama in Bad Things!!		D Minor		3:10	1:24

The opening song "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" and the ending song "There's a Genki-Dama in Bad Things!!" are performed by Hironobu Kageyama, with SHINES joining on the latter.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Movie Guide - Movie 4