Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

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Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto
Produced by Chiaki Imada
Rikizô Kayano
Written by Story:
Akira Toriyama
Screenplay:
Takao Koyama
Starring Masako Nozawa
Naoki Tatsuta
Hiromi Tsuru
Mayumi Tanaka
Toshio Furukawa
Naoko Watanabe
Yûsaku Yara
Kohei Myauchi
Kenji Utsumi
Joji Yanami
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s) March 19, 1991 (1991-03-19)
Running time 49:00
Language Japanese
Preceded by Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
Followed by Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, known in Japan as ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空 (DoragonbōruZetto Sūpā Saiyajin da Son Gokū "Dragon Ball Z: Son Goku the Super Saiyan"?), is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on March 19, 1991, between episodes 82 and 83. It was translated in America by FUNimation, and Bridge Entertainment's title is Super Saiya Son Goku. It is the first Dragon Ball Z movie (not counting the Ultimate Uncut edition of the previous movies) to be dubbed with FUNimation's English voice cast. The movie will be released on Steel Case DVD and Blu-ray with Tree of Might presumably on the same release date as Season Six of the TV Series.

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[edit] Plot

Lord Slug is one of the legendary Super Nameks. A Namekian that has been traveling through space for a number of years after being banished from his home world for misusing his powers. Along with his crew of vicious fighters, he travels from planet to planet wreaking chaos as he goes. An asteroid alert is wreaking havoc all over the planet as it is going to destroy the entire Earth. Goku and Krillin go to deflect the asteroid off course so it doesn't hit Earth, but though they succeed, a spaceship lands on Earth. Eventually reaching Earth. Slug's men attempt to carry out the same destruction there that they had at a countless number of other planets. The way they dominate a planet is to literally change its atmosphere, freezing the planet. By conforming it to their liking, they make it more suitable for themselves and almost unlivable for any other people, including the native occupants of the planet. Slug's men manage to gather the Dragon Balls knowing of their power because of his Namekian heritage and uses them to restore his youth and health; like King Piccolo before him, being fully restored gave him a far greater power.

Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo square off against Slug's team and manage to defeat them all. The final battle against Slug is left in the hands of Goku. The battle is not going well for Goku, who is repeatedly smacked around the face by Slug, until he catches a punch from Slug and his anger causes him to power up into what King Kai falsely interprets as a Super Saiyan. Goku then angrily attacked Slug in a fierce battle and thanks to his increased strength, is able to deal several effective blows to the Super Namekian. However, Goku is not able to control this power for long and regresses back to his normal form, though he does manage to break Slug's arm. Despite this, Slug is able to tear off his broken arm and grow back a new one, revealing his Namekian heritage to Goku. He then transforms into a giant, more powerful version of himself (something Piccolo was able to do once also) and proceeds to completely annihlate Goku until Piccolo steps in. He becomes caught by Slug's giant hands and cannot escape. Piccolo then rips off his ears and tells Gohan to whistle in order to use Slug's ultra sensitive hearing against him. Gohan does as told and whistles, causing Slug great pain.

Exploiting a weakness of all Namekians; their extremely sensitive hearing, Gohan's whistling is able to bring Slug to his knees (Piccolo had earlier torn off his ears, so he isn't harmed by this strategy). Piccolo then transfers all of his power to Goku, rejuvenating him. Goku then uses his Kaio-ken and succeeds in knocking down the giant Slug. Goku then flies up into the sky to destroy the weather changing generator and absorbs energy from the sun to form a Spirit Bomb. Slug attempts to stop him, but Goku launches the Spirit Bomb and it hits Slug, sending him into the generator, destroying them both. The final scene involves Master Roshi waking up from his nap which he started before the aliens landed and he wishes that something interesting would happen.

[edit] Cast

Character Name Voice Actor (Japanese) Voice Actor (English)
Son Gokū Masako Nozawa Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan Masako Nozawa Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Christopher Sabat
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Sonny Strait
Yajirobe Mayumi Tanaka Mike McFarland
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Tiffany Vollmer
Chi-Chi Naoko Watanabe Cynthia Cranz
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Bradford Jackson
Muten-Rôshi Kōhei Miyauchi Mike McFarland
Shenlong Kenji Utsumi Christopher Sabat
North Kaio Jōji Yanami Sean Schemmel
Angira Keiichi Nanba John Burgmeier
Kakûja Shōzō Iizuka Christopher Sabat
Zeiun Kōji Totani Bradford Jackson
Doradobo Daisuke Gōri John Freeman
Medamatcha Yukinori Hori Sean Schemmel
Lord Slug Yusara Yara Brice Armstrong
Narration Jōji Yanami Kyle Hebert

[edit] Music

  • Opening Song
    1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Chara Hetchara)
  • Introduction Song
    1. 口笛の気持ち (Kuchibue no Kimochi The Feeling of Whistling?)
      • Performed by Hajime Ueshiba
  • Ending Song
    1. 「ヤ」なことには　元気玉!! (“Ya” na Koto ni wa Genki-Dama!! There's a Genki-Dama in Bad Things!!?)
      • Lyrics: Dai Satō, Music: Chiho Kiyoka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama, Chorus: Shines


[edit] English dub music

[edit] Other Appearances

Lord Slug's image also appears in the rarely seen Japanese series/OVA; Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku as a ghost warrior, a ghost-like fighter that cannot be destroyed unless killed the way the original being was killed (in this case, Lord Slug).

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