Dragon Ball Movie 2

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The Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle
Japanese English
魔神城のねむり姫 Majin Jō no Nemuri Hime
Premiere Date	18 July 1987
Premiere Event	1987 Toei Cartoon Festival
EIRIN Code	25215
Running Time	46 minutes
Film Premiere Data
Total Gross	Unknown
Net Earnings	¥850 million
Attendance	2.6 million
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Yoshifumi Yuki
Art	Iwamitsu Itō
Animation	Minoru Maeda
Director	Daisuke Nishio
Executive Producer	Chiaki Imada
Production	Toei Animation
FUNimation Dub
Title	Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Premiere Date	1998

The Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle is the second theatrical film of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The movie premiered as part of the 1987 "Toei Cartoon Festival" (Toei Manga Matsuri) on 18 July 1987, along with three other films from the Saint Seiya, Hikari Sentai Maskman, and Chōjinki Metalder series. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Daisuke Nishio. This film roughly continued the story that began in the previous film, this time following Son Goku's and Kuririn's training under the Turtle Hermit.

Summary

Goku heads to Kame House to train with the Turtle Hermit, but when he arrives, the hermit is “busy”. Goku shouts in his ear, and finally gets his attention. Shortly after, Kuririn arrives on the island and requests that the sage take him on as a student, as well. After some bribing, the Turtle Hermit says he will accept one of them as a student, but only whichever one returns with the “Sleeping Princess”.

The boys set off toward Devil Castle, where the “Sleeping Princess” is said to be. Meanwhile, Bulma and the others tail Goku, but as they approach Devil Castle, they are attacked, and Bulma is kidnapped. After losing consciousness, Bulma wakes up in a lavish room. The owner of the castle, Lucifer, introduces himself and treats Bulma as an honored guest.

Goku and Kuririn sneak into the castle, but are soon swarmed by demons that have learned of their ambitions to take the “Sleeping Princess”. Lucifer escorts Bulma to a giant room, and informs Bulma that it is time to awaken the “Sleeping Princess”. As she is tied to a chair, Bulma realizes she is going to be used as a sacrifice. Suddenly, Goku’s and Kuririn’s battle with the demons crashes into the room. Goku ends up under an altar, where he finds the jewel known as the “Sleeping Princess”.

Lunch, a violent, blonde thief, rides into the room and quickly snatches the jewel from Goku. Goku gives chase, but after obtaining the jewel, he is forced to hand it over to Lucifer in exchange for Kuririn, who has been captured. Everyone is rounded up and encased in a wall of rock. Lucifer plans to use the jewel to power a beam cannon that he will use to destroy the sun. The “Sleeping Princess” is finally awakened with the light of the full moon, but this also triggers Goku’s transformation into a giant ape.

As Goku rampages through the castle, Pu’er eventually manages to cut off his tail, returning him to normal. Goku then takes on Lucifer and fires a Kamehameha at the beam cannon, destroying it. As it explodes, the out-of-control energy from the “Sleeping Princess” engulfs Lucifer, killing him. Everyone escapes, and the two boys return to Kame House with Lunch, who has transformed into a docile, dark-haired form. The Turtle Hermit then accepts them both as his students. He takes Lunch inside the house, but she suddenly sneezes and transforms back into her blonde form, riddling our heroes with bullets.

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	Ceyli Delgadillo
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Christine Marten (Bad) Monika Antonelli (Good)
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Leslie Alexander
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Bradford Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Butler	Shōzō Īzuka	Christopher R. Sabat
Ghastel	Daisuke Gōri	Mike McFarland
Instructor	Yōko Kawanami
Demons	Ryōichi Tanaka Ikuya Sawaki Kazumi Tanaka Kazuo Oka Masato Hirano
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Christopher R. Sabat
Lucifer	Nachi Nozawa	Mike McFarland

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
• Planning: Keizō Shichijō
• Production Manager: Shōji Kishimoto
• Scenario Composition: Yoshifumi Yuki
• Script: Keiji Terui
• Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
• Editing: Shin'ichi Fukumitsu
• Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
• Art Director: Iwamitsu Itō
• Assistant: Hiromitsu Shiozaki
• Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
• Director: Daisuke Nishio

Tidbits

• This movie premiered between episode 70 and 71 of the original anime. It is a modified retelling of the events of the second arc of the series, depicting how Son Goku came to meet Kuririn and train under the Turtle Hermit.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Movie Guide - Movie 2