Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
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| Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest | |
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| Directed by | Daisuke Nishio |
| Produced by | Chiaki Imada Kōzō Morishita |
| Written by | Story: Akira Toriyama Screenplay: Takao Koyama |
| Starring | Masako Nozawa Kôji Nakata Toshio Furukawa Hiromi Tsuru Naoki Tatsuta Mayumi Tanaka Kohei Myauchi Mayumi Sho Kôji Yada Kenji Utsumi Joji Yanami |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Release date(s) | March 10, 1990 |
| Running time | 59:00 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Preceded by | Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone |
| Followed by | Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might |
Dragon Ball Z the Movie: The World's Strongest, known in Japan as ドラゴンボールZ この世で一番強いヤツ (DoragonbōruZetto Kono yo de ichiban tsuyoi yatsu "Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Guy"?), is the second movie in the Dragon Ball Z franchise. It was originally released in Japan on March 10, 1990, between episodes 39 and 40. It was translated in America by FUNimation Entertainment; FUNimation and Bridge Entertainment's title is The Strongest Guy in the World. In the US, the movie was first released on VHS and DVD in 1998 with the original Ocean Group voice cast and re-released on DVD in 2006, with the FUNimation voice cast, as part of a movie box set titled "First Strike", also containing movies 1 and 3. It will also be released, along with The Dead Zone, on Blu-Ray and DVD on May 27, 2008.
[edit] Plot
The movie begins when Gohan and Oolong search for the Dragon Balls that have all been gathered in the frozen Tsumisumbri Mountains, but before they reach them, Shenron is summoned by Dr. Kochin who wishes that his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, to be released from his icy prison. Gohan and Oolong are then attacked by Koshin's Biomen, but are saved by Piccolo. As Gohan and Oolong escape however, Piccolo is captured by Dr. Kochin's three Bio-Warriors. Later, Dr. Kochin's Biomen kidnap Master Roshi and Bulma, thinking that Roshi is the world's strongest and a suitable body for Dr. Wheelo, whose own body was destroyed, leaving him only as a brain. Roshi is tested by Dr. Kochin's three Bio Warriors, and proves to be worthy, but is ultimately defeated. Bulma then reveals that Goku is the strongest, just as he approaches the fortress to save his friends.
As soon as Goku arrives, he is attacked by the Bio Warrior Misokattsun, who has a large rubber body. After knocking him down, Goku races inside the fortress and is attacked by large flying balls with spikes. After dodging several of them, Goku fires rapid energy blasts and destroys all of the spikes. Misokattsun then attacks again, but Goku uses his Kaio-ken and flies right through the Bio-Warrior, deflating him. On the higher level, Goku is attacked by Kishime and Ebifurya, and holds his own for a while, but is then shocked by Kishime's electric rods and frozen solid by Ebifurya's icy attack. Gohan and Krillin then arrive to help, but are soon shocked and frozen also. However, Goku uses his Kaio-ken again, freeing him from his icy prison, and he easily takes out the two Bio-Warriors.
They then arrive at Dr. Wheelo's lab where Bulma is being held, but run into Piccolo, who has been brainwashed. Goku and Piccolo then fight each other, but Gohan's anger causes the mind-controlling device on Piccolo to break. Dr. Kochin tries to shoot Krillin and Bulma with his machine gun-arm, but is beaten by Roshi. Dr. Wheelo then breaks out of the wall, revealing his brain to be inside a huge robot and destroying Kochin in the process, revealing him to be a robot as well. Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, and Roshi then fight Dr. Wheelo together, but are unable to win. Goku refuses to give up however, and he decides then to attack Dr. Wheelo with the Kaio-ken x3. He manages to Break Dr. Wheelo's right arm off and is about to finish him off with his Kamehameha when Dr. Wheelo counters it with a blast of his own. Right as Dr. Wheelo is about to win the beam struggle however, Goku uses the Kaio-ken x4. He then overpowers Dr. Wheelo and shoots him through his laboratory's ceiling, into space.
All is thought to be over but Dr. Wheelo is still alive and well. Goku senses this and decides the only way to kill Dr. Wheelo is to form his Spirit Bomb. Dr. Wheelo then begins to rain blasts of energy down from space from his claw, which ends up hitting Goku while he is making his Spirit Bomb. This sends Gohan into a rage, and he starts to fly up into the atmosphere to attack Dr. Wheelo, who is already on his way down to earth. Piccolo arrives to assist Gohan as does Krillin. Gohan and Piccolo stop Dr. Wheelo's descent while Krillin attempts to attack him to no avail. Piccolo attacks Dr. Wheelo with a mouth beam, severely cracking his visor. Back on Earth, Goku is still alive and he launches the Spirit Bomb up into space. Dr. Wheelo out of anger then attempts to destroy the entire planet with the energy built up in his laboratory's power core. He fires off a massive red laser from his entire body down to earth, but Goku's Spirit Bomb collides with the laser, bursting through it, and it hits Dr. Wheelo. He is sent spiraling off into space on a jagged wave of energy where he explodes multiple times until he is no more.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Music
- OP
- "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"
- Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyoka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
- "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"
- IN
- ピッコロさん だ~いすき♡ (Pikkoro-san Da~isuki♡ I Lo~ve Mr. Piccolo♡?)
- Lyrics: Chiroru Taniho, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Masako Nozawa (Son Gohan)
- ピッコロさん だ~いすき♡ (Pikkoro-san Da~isuki♡ I Lo~ve Mr. Piccolo♡?)
- ED
- 戦（I・KU・SA） (Ikusa (I-KU-SA) Battle?)
- Lyrics: Dai Satō, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
- 戦（I・KU・SA） (Ikusa (I-KU-SA) Battle?)
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