Hera Clan

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Hera Clan
ヘラー一族 (Hera-ichizoku)
English Name(s)	Hera Clan (Bandai Namco)
Name Pun	Unknown
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Movie 9
Universe	Universe 7

The Hera Clan is a group of "Galactic Warriors" that laid waste to the galaxies long ago, survived by Bojack and his henchmen. While the clan name does not appear in the film in which these characters are introduced, it is regularly used in supplemental material.

Name

"Hera" is written in katakana as ヘラー (herā), followed by the kanji 一族 or hiragana equivalent いちぞく (ichizoku), denoting a "clan" or "group".

Any underlying name pun or reference is unknown, particularly one that may relate to the name pun scheme for the group of characters (that of "arrogance" and "evil"). As such, alternate romanizations such as "Hela" or "Heller" may also be accurate.

Production

The earliest known references to the "Hera Clan" do not come from within the film in which Bojack and his henchmen originally appear (the ninth theatrical Dragon Ball Z film, originally released 10 July 1993), nor within the Summer 1993 Toei Anime Fair pamphlet available to attendees, but actually within the video game Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 (released later that year 17 December 1993) and its supplemental material:

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ZANGYA: (TBD)
KAIŌ: Did they just say "Galactic Warriors"!!?
GOKU: Do you know them, Kaiō-sama?
KAIŌ: They're survivors of the Hera clan that laid waste to the galaxies long ago. The Kaiō from each of the four galaxies used their powers and sealed them.
GOKU: But Trunks and the others are over there on Earth. It'll be fine!!
— Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2

The game's guide book was released the following month (25 January 1994) covering the game's controls, strategy, story, etc. While the Hera Clan is not referenced in Bojack's profile, it is referenced alongside Zangya, where it states:

かつて銀河を荒しまわったヘラー一族の生き残り、それが“銀河軍団、の女戦士ザンキャが！

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A survivor of the Hera Clan that once devastated the galaxy, it's the female Galactic Warrior Zangya!
— Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 guide book

While not consistently used, references to the Hera Clan continue today, generally in reference to Bojack (who, by his nature of being a primary movie villain, appears more often than his henchmen).

The mobile video game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle includes character boost links between the various Hera Clan members, and represents the first time that the group's name has been officially localized in English:

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