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Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Release Date 22 January 2002
Catalog Number FP-03733 (Uncut DVD)
FP-03075 (Edited DVD)
Disc Label MOVIE5_SCN
Contents
Primary Content Dragon Ball Z Movie 5
Bonus Material Yes (Trailers Only)
Disc Information
Layers Single-Layered
Disk Space 2.79 GB
Region Coding 1, 2, 4
Country USA
Company FUNimation
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This article is about the 2002 American home video release of the fifth theatrical Dragon Ball Z film. For information about the film itself, see Dragon Ball Z Movie 5.
This article is about the 2002 American home video release of the fifth theatrical Dragon Ball Z film. For information about the second Coola film, see Dragon Ball Z Movie 6.

Content

DVD main menu
DVD audio selection menu
Example DVD screen shot
Subtitle example corresponding to the Japanese language track, including "Coola" name spelling
Subtitle example corresponding to the Spanish language track with stilted language

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge is FUNimation's title for the fifth Dragon Ball Z film, originally released in Japan in 1991. FUNimation's release of this film began in 2002 with an uncut dub-only VHS, an edited dub-only VHS, an edited dub-only DVD, and an uncut trilingual (English/Japanese/Spanish) DVD.

The following plot summary is given on the back of the printed sleeve:

After defeating Frieza on Namek, Goku returns to a peaceful life on Earth with his family and friends. But the heroic Saiyan's world is turned upside down when a routine camping trip turns into a desperate struggle for life! Who is this assailant that has appeared out of the shadows to ambush Goku and his friends? None other than Cooler, Frieza's brother, who has come to settle the score!...

The release's primary content is the the fifth theatrical Dragon Ball Z film, which is presented in its original 4:3 fullscreen production aspect ratio. The video stream is encoded as interlaced (480i), with black side borders of approximately 7 pixels on the left and 4 on the right.

The film was released with four audio tracks on its uncut DVD:

  • 5.1 surround sound English dub (FUNimation/Texas-based cast) with a replacement musical score (including additional licensed tracks)
  • 2.0 stereo sound English dub (FUNimation/Texas-based cast) with a replacement musical score (including additional licensed tracks)
  • 1.0 mono (actually duplicated mono sound across a standard stereo signal) with Spanish/Mexican voices and original Japanese music (score by Shunsuke Kikuchi)
  • 1.0 mono (actually duplicated mono sound across a standard stereo signal) with original Japanese voices and music (score by Shunsuke Kikuchi)

Three subtitle tracks are included for the film on DVD:

  • An English-language closed captions / "dubtitle" track (transcription of the English dub)
  • An English-language subtitle track translating the original Japanese dialog (translation by Steven J. Simmons)
  • An English-language subtitle track translating the Spanish/Mexican dub; though this subtitle track is not separately indicated on the disc's menu, it exists as a third subtitle track that playback automatically switches to if the Spanish audio track is selected and subtitles are also selected

This 2002 release is notable for including the Spanish/Mexican dub of the film, despite no other releases of the era including this kind of content. FUNimation's ownership of (at least some of) these audio masters popped up again in 2005 with the same kind of audio track inclusion on the company's "Ultimate Uncut Edition" DVD release.

The English subtitle translation track by Steve J. Simmons corresponding to the original Japanese language audio includes accurate spellings and adaptations of character names, including "Coola," which were not necessarily beholden to changes made within FUNimation's English dub.

The English subtitle track corresponding to the Spanish language audio features stilted language and frequently incorrect or otherwise missing punctuation.

As with other contemporary releases of the day, FUNimation used the alternate angles feature of DVD authoring to allow for separate Japanese and English title cards, as well as separate Japanese and English credit scrolls.

The English dub as presented on this 2002 release serves as the basis for future re-releases from FUNimation, including a 2009 "Double Feature" steelbook release (on both DVD and Blu-ray, which includes the English dub with the original Japanese music as an optional audio track).

Bonus Material

Physical Pack-Ins

There are no inserts or other physical inclusions with the uncut version of the film on DVD from its original 2002 release, other than the actual disc itself. Subsequent reprints (particularly those under later Navarre ownership) may have included inserts.

On-Disc Extras

DVD trailers menu

The disc's sole bonus features are video trailers for:

  • FUNimation's release of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime series
  • FUNimation's release of the Blue Gender anime series
  • An "IF Labs Prototype Commercial" featuring sneak peeks at "Battle Damaged Goku" and "Battle Damaged Piccolo," as well as glimpses of "Cooler" in his fifth form and "Lord Slug" in his pre-wish form.
  • A "DBZ Game Boy Advance Commercial" featuring clips from the television series and no actual gameplay, and with a superimposed logo onto a Game Boy Advance screen; at the time of this DVD's release in January 2002, Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku would be on the horizon for release that May

Credits

Main Credits

Music Credits

  • "Reminded": Performed by Drowning Pool, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Poison": Performed by Dust For Life, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Seven Years": Performed by American Pearl, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Under": Performed by Breaking Point, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Stay and Drown": Performed by Finger Eleven, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Falling Down": Performed by Breaking Point, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Mute": Performed by Drowning Pool, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Told You So": Performed by Drowning Pool, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Revelation": Performed by American Pearl, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "Phoenix": Performed by Breaking Point, Courtesy of Wind-Up Records
  • "The Game": Performed by Disturbed, Courtesy of Maverick Recording Co. and Warner Chappell Music Inc.
  • "Change": Performed by Deftones, Courtesy of Maverick Recording Co. and Warner Chappell Music Inc.

Notes

  1. ↑ On this particular home video release, the voice actors are simply listed by name, with no corresponding role(s).
  2. ↑ This credit is listed on the back cover of the printed sleeve.

External Links

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