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The World of Dragon Ball Z
"The World of Dragon Ball Z" Title Screen
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Release Date May 2000
Running Time 20 minutes, 31 seconds
Main Staff Credits
Production FUNimation Productions, Inc.
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This article is about the home video bonus feature produced by FUNimation. For information about the fictional universe portrayed in the Dragon Ball franchise, see Dragon World.

"The World of Dragon Ball Z" is a special feature recapping specific, earlier parts of the Dragon Ball storyline up through the arrival of Future Trunks, originally produced by FUNimation for the company's home video releases in 2000 and 2001.

Summary

In an age of magical wishes and treacherous tyrants, Dragon Ball Z weaves an epic tale of action and adventure. Now discover the world of Dragon Ball Z from its very beginnings as we take you through the touching moments, awesome battles, and wild humor that has made Dragon Ball Z a classic worldwide.[1]

Synopsis

Opening narration introduces the Dragon Balls
Future Trunks warns of a looming threat: the artificial humans

A one-minute introduction (with animation and narration taken directly from FUNimation's 1995 home video release of Dragon Ball Movie 1) presents the lore of seven Dragon Balls, a dragon who can grant a single wish when they are gathered, and the scattering of the balls once this wish is made.

(From this point forward, new narration is provided via Christopher R. Sabat)

Two races, the Tsufruians ("Tuffles") and Saiyans, lived together on a distant planet. The Saiyans, who had tails and a passion for fighting, attacked. Though the Tsufruians had advanced technology which held the Saiyans at bay, the full moon allowed the Saiyans to transform into Great Apes. This allowed the Saiyans to conquer their home planet, now named Planet Vegeta, and move on to conquering other planets; they even sent their own babies to distant planets to exterminate the inhabitants.

A Saiyan baby named "Kakarrot" was sent to Earth, but this extermination never happened; the innocent boy was found in the wild and raised by a martial arts master. As he grew, the boy — now named "Son Goku" — later teamed up with a girl named Bulma to find the Dragon Balls, kick-starting their grand adventure together. Goku himself later studies with his new best friend Kuririn ("Krillin") under the Turtle Hermit ("Master Roshi"), another martial arts master.

Many years and adventures later, Goku is an adult with his own son, Gohan. As the father-and-son duo meet with old friends at Kame House, Goku feels a horrible energy approaching; the villain introduces himself as Goku's brother, Raditz. The Turtle Hermit tells the story of Grandpa Gohan finding Goku in a space pod and raising him as his own grandson, confirming Raditz's story of Goku being an alien. Goku is not interested in joining his brother, who proceeds to attack Goku and take Gohan hostage. Goku's arch-rival Piccolo appears, who suggests the two team up to take on this new alien threat. Goku ultimately gives his life to take him out, though Raditz reveals that two more, even-stronger Saiyans will be on their way to Earth seeking revenge and the Dragon Balls.

In the afterlife, Goku is allowed to travel to train under Kaiō ("King Kai"), the Lord of Worlds. It is here that Goku increases his strength even further, learning new techniques including the Genki-Dama ("Spirit Bomb"). As the Saiyans approach and arrive on Earth, Goku is wished back to life. Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Tenshinhan ("Tien"), and Piccolo all fall before Goku makes it back. Upon arriving, Goku takes out Nappa and then fights Vegeta, the Saiyan prince. After a long battle, Goku and the remaining Earthlings are triumphant... barely so, but triumphant nonetheless.

To bring everyone back, the heroes plan to travel to Planet Namek to use the Dragon Balls there; Gohan, Bulma, and Kuririn take off into space while Goku recovers on Earth. It turns out Vegeta arrives on Namek also in search of the Dragon Balls, but even more terrifying is Freeza ("Frieza").

Goku arrives on Namek and takes on Freeza, now having outclassed the Earthlings with multiple transformations. Following several tragedies, Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan, allowing him to overwhelm Freeza. Even when Goku gives Freeza a chance to leave, he is forced to take out Freeza for good. Meanwhile, Namek is about to explode, and Goku still remains on the planet; with just a few moments to spare, Goku gets aboard a spaceship and ends up crash-landing on a planet called Yardrat, recovering under the supervision of this alien race.

It turns out Freeza has survived, and has been resurrected as a half-cyborg. Seeking revenge, Freeza travels to Earth with his father in tow, only to be interuppted by a young boy... who himself is also capable of becoming a Super Saiyan. This young boy, Trunks, is Vegeta's son from 20 years in the future, who has come to warn everyone of two artificial humans that will arrive and wreak havoc on Earth in three years' time.

Production

"The World of Dragon Ball Z" was first included on the Dragon Ball Z: Z Warriors Prepare promotional VHS release in May 2000
"The World of Dragon Ball Z" extra sub-menu on FUNimation's Dragon Ball Z: Prelude to Trunks DVD
Kraft Dinner's "The World of Dragon Ball Z" DVD from a 2005 promotion.[2]

"The World of Dragon Ball Z" was first included on FUNimation's Dragon Ball Z: Z Warriors Prepare VHS release, available through a special mail-in promotion with the fast-food chain Burger King in May 2000[3] (though due to the delay of needing to send away for the tape, most did not receive the product itself until June[4]). The feature was later included on standard FUNimation DVD releases beginning with the Dragon Ball Z: Trunks - Mysterious Youth and Dragon Ball Z: Trunks - Prelude to Terror DVDs in September 2000.

The special feature's original incarnation exists exclusively in English (English language narration and English dubbed television series footage). At this point in the company's history, FUNimation had produced one "season" of the original Dragon Ball television series (1995) and two "seasons" of the Dragon Ball Z television series (1996-1998) with replacement musical scores and voice talent outsourced to actors in Canada; this was followed by the company bringing all production in-house in Texas (1998), which resulted in additional broadcast seasons of Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network's "Toonami" time slot (1999-2003), along with production picked back up again on the original Dragon Ball television series to be aired on the same channel (2001-2004). As such, "The World of Dragon Ball Z" only features voice recordings available at the time, switching between the Canadian and American casts depending on the underlying footage being used.

"The World of Dragon Ball Z" is notable for including lines from the original broadcast version of 1996's first Dragon Ball Z episode English dub from FUNimation, some of which were subsequently altered in later airings and home video releases.

In 2005, Kraft Foods ran a special promotion with its macaroni and cheese dinner multi-packs including a special Dragon Ball Z DVD entitled "The World of Dragon Ball Z".[5][6] Effectively serving as DVD complement to the previous Z Warriors Prepare VHS, the DVD included episodes 124 and 125 of the Dragon Ball Z television series, as well as FUNimation's "The World of Dragon Ball Z" special feature, all of which included both FUNimation's English dub as well as an entirely new French dub.[2]

Releases

"The World of Dragon Ball Z" was included on the following American home video releases:

Main Staff

Ending credits to "The World of Dragon Ball Z"

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this feature:

References

  1. ↑ Dragon Ball Z: Z Warriors Prepare VHS back cover, 2000, FUNimation
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Mystery of French Canadian Dragon Ball Z" (10 February 2010). I Miss Bionix. Retrieved: 24 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Today is the day!! (28 May 2000). alt.fan.dragonball. Retrieved: 14 February 2020.
  4. ↑ My thoughts on the Burger King DBZ Tape (08 June 2000). alt.fan.dragonball. Retrieved: 14 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "SPECIAL DBZ HISTORY DVD - available now." (19 July 2005). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 24 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kraft Dragonball video inside kraft (at walmart for $10)" (06 July 2005). RedFlagDeals. Retrieved: 24 March 2020.


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