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 drills Goku for his hobbies; he replies that he enjoys fighting. Chi-Chi scolds him, reminding him that he must respond "reading and sports". Some distance away, Goku's friends are relaxing at a Hanami party, celebrating the arrival of spring. The Turtle Hermit is 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 in line, Goku manages to remember his hobbies but screws up his three favorite words ("Friendship", "Effort", and "Victory"). At the park, Goku's friends listen to Kuririn singing karaoke. Some friends are impressed with his voice, but others seem less certain. Vegeta, who arrived with Future Trunks, silently vows revenge at the singing. Suddenly, a spaceship lands in the park and a squad of armored troops emerge and surround Vegeta. Their leader approaches and introduces himself as Paragus, another Saiyan. Paragus wishes for Vegeta to return with him to New Planet Vegeta and rule over them as king. With Vegeta as their leader, Paragus believes that the Saiyan race can once again become a glorious empire. Vegeta dismisses their offer and walks away until Paragus reveals his real reason for coming: Vegeta is the only one who can defeat the Legendary Super Saiyan. This Saiyan has destroyed much of the the South Galaxy and must be stopped before New Planet Vegeta is demolished as well. Despite Trunks's protests at his gullibility, Vegeta agrees to help Paragus. Somehow, Paragus knows all about "Prince" Trunks as well and invites him to join his father. Just before their ship departs, the still-drunk Turtle Hermit decides that he wants to come as well, dragging Gohan, Oolong, and Kuririn onto the boarding ramp as well. Trunks promises Bulma that he will bring his father home again before joining the departing ship as well.

At the cram school interview, Goku and Chi-Chi are presenting their case when Goku is contacted by Kaiō: something terrible has happened and the Earth is in danger! Distracted, Goku is unable to remember his hobbies. He explains that something has come up and teleports away, much to the shock of the interviewers. He shed his gi immediately after arriving at Kaiō's planet, revealing his orange gi underneath. After Goku recharges with a meal, Kaiō explains the situation and fears that this new power is even stronger than Goku and his friends. Goku is elated! Goku mentally searches for Saiyan ki before realizing that he doesn't know what direction south is. Kaiō points the way and he tries again, teleporting to a destroyed planet. Whatever destroyed it must have been very powerful to have left so much ki behind.

Meanwhile, Paragus's ship lands on New Planet Vegeta. He explains that he has been trying to rebuild the Saiyan civilization in the 30 years since Freeza destroyed their home planet. Inviting Vegeta to come to rule over them is a way for Paragus to repay his father. At the palace, a group of soldiers gathered from around the galaxy acclaim Vegeta as king. Paragus also introduces Vegeta to his son, Broli, and places him in Vegeta's service. Broli is scrawny and quite shy, though wearing a decorative headpiece. A soldier interrupts, announcing that the Super Saiyan has been seen on Planet Totokama. Vegeta declares that he will set off at once, with Broli in tow. Trunks demands that his father be cautious, but his warning is ignored. Vegeta and Broly take off in Paragus's ship, leaving the others behind on the planet.

Gohan, Trunks, and Kuririn are suspicious and leave to explore the planet. They find it destroyed and nearly deserted. Gohan questions why they would choose a planet like this for their new home. Trunks discovers that they are using slaves to harness planetary energy and direct it back to the castle. The descend to talk with one of the slaves and his grandfather. The slave explains that they were brought here after the "Super Saiyan" destroyed their planet. The Saiyans, they claim, are the devils of the universe. A guard appears and whips the boy, called Shamo, for slacking off. Gohan defends the boy, but the guard summons reinforcements. Kuririn joins in and the guards leave without explanation. Kuririn demonstrates his prowess by punching the air just as Goku teleports in and is smacked in the face. Goku is shocked to find his friends already on the planet; he was drawn there searching for the mysterious Saiyan ki. Kuririn fills him in on recent events until Paragus arrives. Paragus also somehow knows who Son Goku is, including his father and his birth name, "Kakkarot". Goku is suspicious at first, but Paragus offers him dinner and he agrees to come to the castle. After feasting, Kuririn, Trunks, and Gohan deliver leftovers to Shamo and his fellow slaves.

At the castle, Paragus cackles with glee at the Comet Gumori approaching the planet. A slave, Moa, worries about its approach but Paragus tells him that he will not need to experience the terror of the comet. Moa is grateful to be taken to Earth, but Paragus just laughs and kills him. Just then, Vegeta and Broli return empty-handed from Totokama; they could find no sign of the Legendary Super Saiyan. Vegeta notices that Goku has arrived and he tells him not to interfere. Vegeta wants to be the one to defeat this new threat. Broli pauses as he passes Goku, becoming quickly and inexplicably enraged. The gem in his headpiece begins to glow as Paragus looks on. The elder Saiyan uses a controller on his wrist which seems to calm his son, although not immediately. Later in the evening, Paragus sits alone in a room with a large computer. Wires connect his wrist device to it. A servant tells him that they have collected enough ki to once again control Broli's power with the device. Paragus reflects to himself that his son is less controllable in Goku's presence. Could Goku be unlocking his son's Saiyan instincts? Paragus flashes back to a time when he and Broli were conquering a planet. His son's rage burned uncontrollably and he ended up destroying the planet completely before turning on his father. Paragus had his scientists create a restraint to keep his son under control, barely managing to slip it on him in his sleep. With his son's power under his control, Paragus could rule the universe. He also reflects that Goku and Broli were born on the same day, even in cribs adjacent to each other. Even in the nursery, Broli had an amazing battle power. The infant Goku's cries upset Broli. Paragus fears that if he cannot control his son, the universe may be destroyed.

On cue, Broli screams "Kakarrot!" and escapes his cell. Goku is sound asleep but manages to wake and dodge at the last moment, allowing Broli to push him back and out of the castle. Paragus wakes and grabs his controller while Goku and Broli's fight spills out into the forest and a nearby lake. Goku draws first blood, but Broli laughs it off and begins to power up. Goku is impressed that Broli can control his power just like he and his friends can and also recognizes his ki as the one that destroyed the South Galaxy. Before Broli can power up completely, Paragus arrives and forces his son to submit. The pair return to the castle while Goku looks on, uncertain what just happened. High above, the comet draws even nearer.

The following day, Paragus begs Vegeta not to leave as he marches back to his ship. Goku is already there and tells Vegeta the news: Broli is the Legendary Super Saiyan they were looking for. Paragus denies it, but Trunks flies in to confirm that the planet is a sham. He brings slaves who reveal that Broli was the one that destroyed their planet. Paragus realizes that his ruse is over. He tells them that New Planet Vegeta is about to be destroyed by a comet. His true goal had been to conquer Earth, one of the nicest planets in the universe, as their new homeworld all along. He did not want to risk marring his new capital in battle, so he tricked the strongest fighters to come here where they could be destroyed by the comet.

Seeing Goku, Broli again escapes from his father's control and advances on Goku. Vegeta attacks, but Broli hardly seems to notice him. Paragus is pleased: if Broly kills them all, they need not wait for the comet to arrive to do it for them. Even so, a light on his controller blinks and he appears concerned. Moments later, the controller breaks just as Broli transforms into a muscular Super Saiyan with green-tinged hair. He announces that Goku will be the first one to die as he and his friends quickly retreat. Vegeta powers down in shock, seemingly incapable to facing against Broli's immense power. Paragus tells Vegeta that he is right to be fearful, but his plans must end now as well since he can no longer control his son. Paragus plotted revenge against Vegeta for the actions of his father. King Vegeta saw Broli as a threat to his rule and attempted to kill both him and his father, but they were both barely alive when Freeza destroyed the planet hours later. Broli's potential kept the father and son pair from being killed even as the planet they were on disintegrated around them.

Goku, Trunks, and Gohan continue their battle against Broli. The "Legendary" Saiyan tells them that if they do not fight seriously, he will destroy the planet. A distraught Vegeta shouts that there is no way they can win. The four warriors continue to fight and Broli is glad that they are really trying now. Goku seems impressed by his strength and says that it's time to begin "round two". Suddenly, the Turtle Hermit arrives with the slaves, Oolong, and Kuririn. Unexpectedly, he powers up to his Max Power form and challenges Broli. He prepares a Max Power Kamehameha before switching into a comedy routine as a means of distracting the powerful Saiyan... except that it's not strategy at all and he's still drunk. Broli sees the slaves from Planet Shamo and tells them that they will never see their home again. He launches a ki blast at them but redirects it at the last moment to the Planet Shamo, visible and not from from New Planet Vegeta. He destroys the planet instantly.

The group resumes their battle as Kuririn and the other flee. Broli focus on Gohan, knocking him through a building and unconscious. Next, Trunks is taken out of commission before he settles into Goku. Goku manages to dodge many of the ki blasts, but Broli is able to launch him into a building as well. All three Saiyans are depowered back to their base forms, unconscious. The combat is helping Broli to unlock more of his ki and he flies off, the waves of energy pouring off his body smashing into the castle and spaceship. Kuririn laments that was their only way home.

Broli launches a ki blast at the unconscious Gohan, but it is deflected at the last moment. Piccolo has arrived! He rescues Gohan and feeds him a senzu to recover, before repeating the process for Goku and Trunks. Piccolo reveals that he was able to listen in on the telepathic conversation between Goku snd Kaio, but that he could not get there faster as he does not practice teleportation.

Paragus reveals that the comet will shortly hit the planet, while Kuririn and the other non-combatants flee in Piccolo's spaceship. Goku and Piccolo fight against Broly but do no damage. Once they are beaten back, Trunks and Gohan try with a paired masenko attack, but it only succeeds in blowing away Broli's perch out from under him. Back and forth the fighters spar, but even together no one can lay a finger on Broli. At one point, Piccolo is sent flying by a ki blast all the way to the castle, landing at Vegeta's feet. Vegeta continues to complain that it is no use to fight, but Piccolo just grabs him by the hair and carries him to the battlefield. Vegeta continues to protest and Piccolo tells him that if he won't fight he should never show his face again. He drops him into the ruined city below. The fight continues, but Broli is unfazed. Goku tries a point-blank kamehameha, but Broli shrugs it off and counters with a punch of his own. Goku is knocked out.

Off in the distance, Vegeta rages that a "low-class" Saiyan like Goku should be fighting an impossible fight against Broki. Suddenly regaining his fighting spirit, he powers up and tears off after Broli. He manages to land some solid blows on his foe, and encourages Trunks to resume the fight with him, but it is over quickly. Broli batters Vegeta into a wall until he too is unconscious.

Back at the castle, Paragus flees to his Saiyan pod to escape the planet, but Broli meets him there. Observing that his father was escaping in a single-seat pod, he crushes it with his father still inside and throws it towards the comet. Paragus is dead. Walking slowly, Goku advances once again towards Broli. He is nearly dead, but Piccolo encourages everyone to give Goku what remains of their ki. Powered up, Goku takes another run at Broli, but is deflected by his barrier. Goku asks for even more energy, but he is stomped into the ground by the unrelenting Broli. Everyone is giving Goku their ki, except Vegeta who refuses to do so for a lower-class Saiyan. Just as Broli is about to kill Goku, Vegeta finally relents and grants Goku his ki. Goku is able to deflect Broli's attack and finally land one of his own. As Broli flashes back to his him and Goku in infancy, a strange power builds in his chest where Goku hit him. Broli is defeated! Just then, the comet strikes New Planet Vegeta and it is destroyed. All that we see is empty space, until Piccolo's spaceship suddenly appears! Goku somehow teleported everyone to safety, although the ship is now quite cramped.

Sometime later, Goku and Gohan teleport home. Chi-Chi yells that spring break is already over, but Goku just remarks that his hobbies are reading and sports. Chi-Chi faints.

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
  • Multiple locations around the world including lakes, a forest, a destroyed city, and others

• A planet being conquered by Paragus and Broli
• A "home base" for Paragus and Broli where the control equipment was developed

• Planet Vegeta, Age 737
  • King Vegeta's castle

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.
• Piccolo is able to listen in on the telepathic conversations between Goku and Kaio. This ability is not explained, although could be a side effect if he merged with God in this timeline.
• It is not revealed how Piccolo traveled to New Planet Vegeta in only one day, except that he did not use Teleportation. The ships created by Earth and Namek would have taken multiple days to travel all the way from the North Galaxy to the South.
• Future Trunks uses Gohan's Masenko in this film.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Movie Guide - Movie 8