Dragon Ball Z Movie 1
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| Premiere Date | 15 July 1989 | ||
| Premiere Event | 1989 Toei Anime Fair (Summer) | ||
| EIRIN Code | 25454 | ||
| Running Time | 50 minutes | ||
| Film Premiere Data | |||
| Total Gross | Unknown | ||
| Net Earnings | ¥800 million[1] | ||
| Attendance | 2.2 million[1] | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Takao Koyama | ||
| Art | Yūji Ikeda | ||
| Animation | Minoru Maeda | ||
| Director | Daisuke Nishio | ||
| Executive Producer | Chiaki Imada | ||
| Production | Toei Animation | ||
| FUNimation Dub | |||
| Title | Dead Zone | ||
| Premiere Date |
17 March 1997 (Original Dub) 31 May 2005 (Remastered Dub) | ||
"Dragon Ball Z"[a] is the first theatrical film of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The movie premiered as part of the 1989 Summer "Toei Anime Fair" on 15 July 1989, along with three other movies from the Akuma-kun, Himitsu no Akko-chan, and Mobile Cop Jiban series. It was written by series composer Takao Koyama and directed by Daisuke Nishio.
Summary
Far off, in a remote location, Piccolo is training for his next battle with Goku. Without warning, he is attacked by a mysterious group of powerful fighters. Back on Mount Paozu, the mysterious group easily defeats the Ox Demon King and Chi-Chi, and kidnaps Gohan, who has the Four-Star Ball. Goku returns home to find Chi-Chi beaten up, and learns that Gohan has been taken. Using the Dragon Radar, Goku determines his location and heads out to retrieve his son.
Elsewhere, the leader of the mysterious group is revealed to be Garlic Jr., whose goal is to obtain the seven Dragon Balls and be granted immortality so he can take the throne of God. Nikki is charged with taking care of Gohan, but Gohan is quite a handful. Gohan says he's hungry, and pulls out a piece of fruit, which he took from a tree outside. Nikki tells him not to eat it, but it's too late: Gohan has eaten the whole thing. A musical scene with an intoxicated, hallucinating Gohan follows, before he eventually passes out on Garlic Jr.'s throne.
Having gathered all of the Dragon Balls, Garlic Jr. calls forth Shenlong and is granted immortality. Goku arrives and demands they return Gohan, but Garlic Jr. refuses. Goku prepares to fight them, but God suddenly appears. God explains that Garlic Jr.'s father, Garlic, was a man who had previously vied for the position of God, but the former God saw his evil intention and sealed his power away. Goku leaves Garlic Jr. to God, and heads into the palace to find Gohan. Garlic Jr.'s underlings follow Goku to intervene in his search. Kuririn runs in to help Goku find Gohan, but then Piccolo also appears. Garlic Jr.'s underlings are shocked that he's alive, and a fierce battle is about to unfold, when Gohan wanders in and pees on Kuririn's head.
Garlic Jr. is having an easy time with God, who has grown old and is not the fighter he once was. God realizes this and decides to take his own life to stop him, but before he can go through with it, Goku and Piccolo arrive on the scene, having defeated Nikki, Sansho, and Ginger. Garlic Jr. transforms, undergoing a massive power up. The battle begins and the two are no match for the transformed Garlic Jr. They shed their weighted clothing and begin to push Garlic Jr. to his limits. Meanwhile, as Kuririn is running away carrying Gohan, he becomes collateral damage in the fierce fight and faints. Gohan falls deep into the bottom of the palace….
Thinking they've defeated Garlic Jr., Piccolo and Goku turn to begin their own personal battle, but Garlic Jr. emerges, unscathed. He's had enough, and generates a Dead Zone to finish everyone off. Gohan hears his father and begins to cry from the rubble. An angry Gohan emerges, revealing his terrifying hidden power. Garlic Jr. can't believe it, and tries to suck him into the Dead Zone, but it's no use. Enraged, Gohan blasts Garlic Jr. into the Dead Zone, sealing him inside forever. Goku rushes over to Gohan, who wakes up with no memory of what has transpired (he thinks his father has saved him). Having rescued Gohan, the two fly off on Kinto'un back to Mount Paozu.
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.
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: Kōzō Morishita
- Production Supervisor: Shōji Kishimoto
- Production Progression: Yūichi Suenaga
- Scenario: Takao Koyama
- Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
- Photography: Motoaki Ikegami
- Editing: Shin'ichi Fukumitsu
- Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
- Art Director: Yūji Ikeda
- Key Animation: Masami Suda, Hiroshi Kōjina, Hiromi Matsushita, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Satoshi Nishimura, Toshiyuki Fujisawa, Takahiro Yoshimatsu, Yukio Ebisawa, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Hisashi Eguchi, Masaki Satō, Noriko Shibata, Masahiro Shimanuki, Kazuya Hisada, Takeo Ide, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Kajin Miki, Yukiko Michishita, Kiyotoshi Aoi
- Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
- Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
- Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
- Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
Music
The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this film. 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.[2]
| Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST | ||||||
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| Scene | Title/Catalogue | Tonality | Releases | |||
| 完全集 | Official | 音楽集 | 大全集 | ＢＧＭ | ||
| Opening | CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Movie Size) | E Major | 1:1 | 4:1 | 1:1 | |
| Villains at Mount Paozu | K-801 | M801 | F Minor | 4:9(b) | 1:13(b) | |
| Garlic's castle | K-802 | K-802 | Unreleased | |||
| Garlic Jr. senses Gohan's power | K-803 | K-803 | ||||
| Gohan gets drunk | Tenka'ichi Gohan | E♭ Major | 3:4 | |||
| The Dragon Balls are gathered | K-804 | K-804 | C+ | Unreleased | ||
| Shenlong is summoned | K-805 | M806 | F Minor | 5:7(a) | 1:18(a) | |
| God appears | K-806 | M807 | 5:7(b) | 1:18(b) | ||
| Goku rushes to Gohan | K-807 | M808 | 5:7(c) | 1:18(c) | ||
| Goku vs the Garlic goons | K-808 | M809 | 5:7(c) | 1:14(a) | ||
| Piccolo arrives | K-809 | M810 | 4:9(a) | 1:13(a) | ||
| Piccolo vs. Sansho | K-810 | M811 | 1:2(b) | 5:7(d) | 1:18(d) | |
| God strikes back | K-811 | K-811 | D Minor | Unreleased | ||
| Garlic Jr. transforms | K-812 | K-812 | F Minor | 4:10(b) | 1:14(b) | |
| Garlic Jr. vs Goku and Piccolo | K-813 | M814 | 1:2(d) | 4:10(b) | 1:14(b) | |
| Piccolo and Goku's weightless offensive | K-814 | M814A | 5:7(e) | 1:18(e) | ||
| Piccolo vs Goku | K-815 | K-815 | F˚7 | Unreleased | ||
| The Dead Zone | K-816 | M816 | C♯˚7 | 1:2(a) | 4:11(c) | 1:14(c) |
| Gohan appears | K-817 | M817 | F Minor | 1:2(c) | 4:11(a) | 1:15(a) |
| Garlic Jr.'s end | K-818 | M818 | 1:2(e) | 4:11(b) | 1:15(b) | |
| Peace | K-819 | M819B | F Major | 1:2(f) | 5:7(f) | 1:18(f) |
| Ending | Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power! (Movie Size) | E Minor | 1:10 | 4:19 | 1:17 | |
The opening song "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" is performed by Hironobu Kageyama, and the ending song "Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!" is performed by MANNA. All BGM debut in this film.
Continuity
- In the main continuity, Goku not only has the Four-Star Ball on Gohan's hat, he also has two more Dragon Balls at home. In the film, Garlic Jr.'s men find all six of the other balls elsewhere.
- Garlic Jr.'s summoning of Shenlong, if it had happened at this time in the main continuity, would have conflicted with the gathering of the Dragon Balls to wish Goku back to life. This took place well before the wish was made and included the Four-Star Ball and the two Dragon Balls that Goku kept at his house.
- No one has ever successfully wished for immortality in the main continuity using Earth's Dragon Balls.
- In the film, Piccolo is still Goku's enemy and fights alongside him for the first time. This is incompatible with the main continuity.
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Notes
- ↑ When the movie premiered in July 1989, it was at that point officially titled "Dragon Ball Z", and all official promotional items and materials prior to the movie's premiere used this title as well. The sub-title "Return My Gohan!!" (オラの悟飯をかえせッ!!; Ora no Gohan o Kaese!!) never appeared in the movie itself and was not included as part of the movie's title until Daizenshuu 6 was released in late-1995. The phrase "Return My Gohan!!" did appear on the back of the VHS and LaserDisc releases in 1990, but was not actually considered part of the movie's name. Even now, the movie is almost always referred to officially as "Dragon Ball Z" in Japanese media and guides.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Theatrical Film Data". Dragon Ball: The Path to Ultimate Strength. Japan: Shueisha, 02 March 1996. (Advance Ticket Award Booklet; p. 8)
- ↑ "The DragonBall Z BGM Daizenshuu" (03 February 2010). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.
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