Dragon Ball Z Movie 8

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Burn Up!! A Red-Hot, Raging, Super-Fierce Fight
Japanese English
燃えつきろ！！熱戦・烈戦・超激戦 Moetsukiro!! Nessen · Ressen · Chō-Gekisen
Premiere Date	6 March 1993
Premiere Event	1993 Toei Anime Fair (Winter)
Running Time	72 minutes
Film Premiere Data
Total Gross	¥2.33 billion (original Japanese release) $658,982 (2018 re-release)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Takao Koyama
Animation	Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Director	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Executive Producer	Chiaki Imada Yoshio Anzai
Production	Toei Animation
FUNimation Dub
Title	Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
Premiere Date	26 August 2003

"Burn Up!! A Red-Hot, Raging, Super-Fierce Fight" is the eighth theatrical film of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The movie premiered as part of the 1993 Winter "Toei Anime Fair" on 6 March 1993, alongside a Dr. Slump film. It was written by series composer Takao Koyama and directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi.

Synopsis

Vegeta travels to the planet New Vegeta in search of the Legendary Super Saiyan, who has been destroying planets. Son Goku is also in pursuit of the Legendary Super Saiyan, teleports to the planet, and Broli goes berserk. Goku must defeat the Legendary Super Saiyan… to save the universe!!

Summary

Prologue

The South Galaxy is attacked by a Super Saiyan and the light from its stars quickly fades from view. On his planet, Kaiō is in a panic as he fears that how own North Galaxy may be destroyed soon as well.

Film

Goku and Chi-Chi stand in line for their appointment.

The Turtle Hermit drunkenly entertains his friends at a Hanami party.

In a city strewn with errant cherry blossom petals, Son Goku and Chi-Chi stand in line wearing their best clothes. Their mission is to make a good impression so that Son Gohan can attend a prestigious cram school. Goku is impatient, but Chi-Chi says they could be waiting for at least two more hours, plus he has to do it just like they practiced. Chi-Chi tries asking Goku for his hobbies, and he replies that he enjoys fighting. Chi-Chi scolds him, reminding him that he must respond that his hobbies are reading and sports. Some distance away, Goku's friends are relaxing Hanami party, celebrating the arrival of spring. The Turtle Hermit is quite drunk, but he demonstrate his prowess spinning plates while Dr. Brief, Bulma's Mother, Kuririn, Gohan, Oolong, Bulma, and baby Trunks look on. Even Bulma is impressed!

Back waiting in line, Chi-Chi is still grilling Goku on the answers to her interview questions. Goku successfully answers about his hobbies, but fails to know his three favorite words ("Friendship", "Effort", and "Victory"). At the park, Goku's friends are enjoying karaoke with Kuririn singing. While some of his friends are quite impressed with Kuririn's vocal style, others seem less certain. Vegeta and Future Trunks have arrived as well and while Trunks is impressed by his voice, Vegeta silently vows revenge against the singer. Suddenly, a spaceship lands in the park. Kuririn continues singing as a group of armored troopers emerge and surround Vegeta. Their leader approaches and introduces himself as Paragus, another Saiyan. It is not until his song is over that Kuririn realizes that all of his friends have disappeared.

In the middle of his family's interview, Goku is contacted by Kaiō: something terrible has happened! He tells Goku that even the Earth is in danger and that he must come to his planet at once. Goku is given the all-important question about his hobbies, but he struggles to remember the answer. He apologies and explains that something has come up before teleporting away, much to the shock of the interviewees. He arrives at Kaiō's planet and quickly sheds his suit, revealing his customary orange gi underneath. Before Kaiō can explain the situation, Goku asks for something to eat.

At the park, Paragus asks Vegeta to come to New Planet Vegeta and rule over them as king. He explains that with Vegeta as their leader, the Saiyan race can once again become a glorious empire! Vegeta dismisses them and walks away. Paragus then reveals his real reason for coming: Vegeta is the only person who can defeat the Legendary Super Saiyan. This Saiyan has been destroying the Southern Galaxy and soon even New Planet Vegeta will be destroyed. Only someone like Vegeta can save the planet from destruction. Trunks yells that the story is obviously a lie, but Vegeta is intrigued and agrees to help Paragus and his people. Surprisingly, Paragus knows about "Prince" Trunks as well and invites him to join his father. After Vegeta boards Paragus's ship, the Turtle Hermit decides in his drunken stupor that he wants to come too. Gohan, Oolong, and Kuririn try to hold him back but he is able to get onto the boarding ramp before it is closed. At the last moment, Future Trunks promises his mother that he will bring his father home before flying into the closing hatch. The ship takes off for New Planet Vegeta.

After Goku eats, Kaiō explains the situation. He believes that this new power may be even stronger than Goku and his friends. Goku is elated! Kaiō instructs Goku to head to the Southern Galaxy. Goku mentally searches for a Saiyan ki before realizing that he doesn't know what direction is south! Kaiō points him in the right direction and he tries again. He finds a weak Saiyan ki, but when he travels there he finds only a destroyed planet. Goku realizes that whomever destroyed the planet must have been very powerful to have left so much ki behind.

Meanwhile, Paragus's ship lands on New Planet Vegeta. He explains that it has been 30 years since Freeza destroyed Planet Vegeta and that he has been trying to rebuild the Saiyan civilization ever since. He claims that bringing Vegeta here was a way that he could repay his father, King Vegeta. When they arrive at the palace, a group of soldiers from throughout the galaxy hail Vegeta as their new king. Paragus also introduces Vegeta to his son, Broly, and instructs Vegeta that he may use him however he wishes. Broly appears to be a scrawny man and quite shy. A soldier runs up and interrupts, announcing that the Super Saiyan has been seen on Planet Totokama. Vegeta announces that he will set off at once and asks to take Broly with him. Trunks yells at his father to be more cautious, but he is ignored. Vegeta and Broly take off for Planet Totokama while the Turtle Hermit and the others remain on New Planet Vegeta.

Gohan, Trunks, and Kuririn do not trust Paragus's story and fly off to explore the planet. They find it largely destroyed except for the area where they first visited. Gohan questions why they would build a new Planet Vegeta on this sort of place until Trunks discovers that they are using slaves to harness energy from the planet and direct it back to the castle. The group descends and talks to one of the slaves and his grandfather. He explains that they were brought here after the "Super Saiyan" destroyed their planet. He claims that Sayians are the devils of the universe. Just then, one of the guards appears and whips the boy, called Shamo, for slacking off. Gohan attacks the guard and he summons reinforcements, surrounding the boy. Kuririn threatens the guards and they all leave. Just then Goku appears! He is shocked to find his friends on the planet; he had made it there while searching for the mysterious Saiyan ki. Kuririn catches him up on the plot so far, but they are interrupted by Paragus who knows who Son Goku is, including his Saiyan birth name and that is the son of Bardock. Goku at first is suspicious, but Paragus offers him dinner and he readily agrees to come along. Goku and his friends tuck into their feast. Some time later, Kuririn, Trunks, and Gokan share food from their feast with Shamo and his family.

Back at the castle, Paragus cackles with glee as he seems to summon the Comet Gumori. A slave, Moa, seems worried but Paragus laughs and tells him that he will not need to experience the terror of the comet. Moa thinks this means that he will be taken to Earth, but Paragus laughs again and kills him. Vegeta and Broly then return from Totokama, but report no sign of the Legendary Super Saiyan. Vegeta sees Goku but tells him not to interfere; Vegeta will be the one to defeat this mysterious Saiyan threat. Broly starts to pass Goku in the hall but stops, becoming quickly enraged. The gem in his forehead begins to glow as Paragus looks on from afar. Paragus uses a controller on his wrist which seems to calm Broly, but not right away. Just then, the Turtle Hermit, drunk again, and Oolong appear and ask to be taken home.

Later in the evening, Paragus sits alone in a room with a large computer, wires connected to his hands. He is told by one of his servants that they have collected enough ki and that he can once again control Broli's power using the device. He thinks to himself that Broli has become less controllable; could it be due to Son Goku's presence unlocking his Saiyan instincts?

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
Broli	Bin Shimada (adult) Hiroko Emori (baby)	Vic Mignogna (adult) Cynthia Cranz (baby)
Vegeta	Ryō Horikawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Trunks (Future)	Takeshi Kusao	Eric Vale
Trunks (Baby)	Hiromi Tsuru	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Bulma's Mother	Hiroko Emori	Cynthia Cranz
Dr. Briefs	Jōji Yanami	Chris Forbis
Moa	Yasuhiko Kawazu	Sean Teague
King Vegeta	Masaharu Satou	Christopher R. Sabat
Paragus	Iemasa Kayumi	Dameon Clarke
Octopus Scientist	Naoki Tatsuta	Kent Williams
Kaiō	Jōji Yanami	Sean Schemmel
Shamo	Hiroko Emori	Amber Cotton
Shamo's Grandfather	Masaharu Satou	John Burgmeier
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

In addition:

• Bubbles appears but is not credited.

Main Staff

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

TBD

Setting

Based on the cherry blossoms in the trees, this film likely takes place in May or April of Age 767. Daizenshuu 6 places the film between May 17 and May 26, during the lead-up to the Cell Games, but during the chronology of the movie Cell is not mentioned.

• Kaiō's Planet
• An unknown city where Chi-Chi wants to interview for a cram school and where the rest of her friends attend a cherry blossom party.
• A planet in the Southern Galaxy destroyed by Broli.
• New Planet Vegeta
  • Paragus's palace
  • A destroyed city and nearby energy farm

Tidbits

• Chi-Chi's answer for Goku's three favorite words ("Friendship", "Effort", and "Victory") are actually a good reflection of his character, while her answers for his hobbies (reading and sports) most definitely are not.
• The Turtle Hermit's compliment that Kuririn's singing is "the best in Japan" is an anachronism. Japan is not a country in the Dragon World.
• The paperwork for Gohan's entrance into cram school avoids providing his birthdate or age but does establish that Son Goku's Mount Paozu home is located in "District 439, N018 East". This does not align with other coordinate systems provided in the anime or manga.
• Paragus explains that Freeza destroyed Planet Vegeta "30 years ago" in Age 737. This is consistent with other dates given in the series.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Movie Guide - Movie 8