Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ　この世で一番強いヤツ, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kono Yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu), also known by Toei's own English title The Strongest Guy in the World, is a 1990 Japanese animated science fiction martial arts film and the second feature movie in the Dragon Ball Z franchise. It was originally released in Japan on March 10 between episodes 39 and 40 of DBZ, at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival along with the second Akuma-kun movie (Welcome To Devil Land) and the 1990 movie version of Sally the Witch.

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Geneon DVD cover
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Produced byChiaki Imada (executive producer)
Written byTakao Koyama
Screenplay byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
StarringSee below
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
CinematographyMotoaki Ikegami
Edited byShinichi Fukumitsu
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • March 10, 1990 (1990-03-10) (Japan)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$18 million (est.)

Plot

Gohan and Oolong search for the magical Dragon Balls and their radar shows them that the orbs are being gathered by another, unknown party. They investigate near a large wall of ice where Piccolo is training. Meanwhile, the mad scientist Dr. Kochin, having successfully gathered all of the Dragon Balls, summons the eternal dragon Shenron and wishes for Dr. Wheelo's lab to be released from the ice. The ice breaks away as a building emerges and Gohan and Oolong are attacked by Dr. Kochin's "bio-men". Piccolo saves them but is overcome by three mysterious warriors while Gohan and Oolong escape.

Dr. Kochin and his bio-men soon present themselves to Master Roshi who refuses to accompany them to Wheelo's lab and defeats the bio-men. Dr. Kochin kidnaps Bulma to force Master Roshi to pursue them. At Wheelo's lab, Master Roshi is forced to fight three "bio-warriors" but is swiftly defeated. Bulma discovers that Dr. Wheelo's mission is to obtain the body of the strongest warrior on Earth to become the host for his brain, which is currently separated from his deceased body and kept alive by his advanced technology. Bulma informs him that Goku will undoubtedly be coming to rescue them and that he is much more powerful than Roshi. Meanwhile, Goku learns of situation and he arrives at Dr. Wheelo's lab and is confronted by Misokattsun, Kishime, and Ebifurya - Dr. Kochin's three bio-warrior henchmen. Goku defeats Misokattsun but is frozen by an ice-like attack launched by Ebifurya. Gohan and Krillin arrive to help but are no match for Kishime. Goku breaks free from ice, defeats the two remaining bio-warriors, and confronts Dr. Wheelo. Piccolo, who has been brainwashed by Dr. Wheelo, attacks Goku. Gohan tries to stop Piccolo but fails causing his anger to explode, shattering Dr. Wheelo's brainwashing device. Dr. Wheelo is stunned by Gohan's power and desires to steal his body instead. He breaks his robot body free from the ice wall, subsequently knocking Dr. Kochin down a shaft which kills him.

Dr. Wheelo attacks, overwhelms the fighters, and only Goku and Piccolo are left to oppose him. Goku knocks Dr. Wheelo into the atmosphere and begins to form a Spirit Bomb attack. Wheelo interrupts him before he can finish gathering the energy for it requiring Goku's allies to distract Wheelo. Goku's successfully launches the bomb and Wheelo is killed.

Cast
Character Japanese voice English voice
(Pioneer/FUNimation/Ocean Studios, 1998) (AB Groupe, c. 2003)[1] (FUNimation, 2006)
GokuMasako NozawaPeter KelamisDavid Gasman
Ed Marcus (some vocal effects)		Sean Schemmel
GohanSaffron HendersonJodi ForrestStephanie Nadolny
Dr. WheeloKōji NakataWard PerryDoug RandR. Bruce Elliott
Dr. Kochin (Dr.コーチン, Dokutā Kōchin)Kouji YadaPaul DobsonPaul BandeyTroy Baker
PiccoloToshio FurukawaScott McNeilPaul Bandey as Big Green
Doug Rand (one scream)		Christopher Sabat
BulmaHiromi TsuruLalainia LindbjergSharon Mann as BloomaTiffany Vollmer
KrillinMayumi TanakaTerry KlassenSharon Mann as ClearinSonny Strait
OolongNaoki TatsutaAlec WillowsDavid GasmanBradford Jackson
Chi-ChiMayumi ShouLisa Ann BeleySharon MannCynthia Cranz
Master RoshiKouhei MiyauchiDon BrownEd Marcus as The Old OneMike McFarland
TurtleDaisuke GōriScott McNeilDoug RandChris Sabat
ShenronKenji UtsumiDon BrownEd Marcus
Ebifurya (エビフリャー, Ebifuryā)Ken YamaguchiMatthew Tompkins
Kishime (キシーメ, Kishīme)Yukimasa KishinoPaul DobsonDoug RandC. Rager
Misokatsun (ミソカッツン, Misokattsun)Daisuke GōriWard PerryEd MarcusRobert Howard
NarratorJōji YanamiDoc HarrisEd MarcusKyle Hebert

A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown cast.

Music

English dub soundtracks

The Toonami version replaced "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" and "Ikusa" with Shuki Levy's "Rock the Dragon" but kept the original Japanese background music. Home video releases of the Pioneer dub left "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" and "Ikusa" intact.

The score for the 2006 English-language version was composed by Nathan Johnson. The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

Reception

Box office

At the Japanese box office, the film sold 2.7 million tickets and earned a net distribution rental income of ¥1 billion ,[2][3] equivalent to estimated gross receipts of approximately ¥2.4 billion [4] ($17 million ).[5]

Overseas in Europe, the film grossed $1,009,767 in Germany, Austria and Poland during 2002–2003.[6] This adds up to a worldwide estimated gross of approximately $18,009,767.

Releases

It was released on VHS and DVD in North America on May 26, 1998, with an English dub, produced by Pioneer Home Entertainment in association with Funimation. Pioneer's dub used the original Ocean Productions voice cast of the TV series. Since then, Funimation was released this movie of Rock the Dragon Edition set with Ocean dub on DVD on August 13, 2013, it has 53 edited episodes of the TV series, plus two movies of Dead Zone and The Tree of Might (Movie Edited Version).

Once their sub-license expired, Funimation also released the movie to DVD on November 14, 2006 as part of a movie set subtitled "First Strike", also containing Dead Zone and The Tree of Might with "Ultimate Uncut Edition", with a completely new dub done by Funimation's voice cast. It was later digitally remastered and released in Double Feature set with Dead Zone for Blu-ray and DVD on May 27, 2008, in feature full HD 16:9 aspect ratio 1080p format. The film was re-released to DVD on November 1, 2011 in remastered-widescreen set containing the first five Dragon Ball Z movies.[7]

Outside of the United States, there have been two other English dubs of this movie: one in Malaysia and one by AB Groupe in France. The Malaysian English dub was released to VCD in Malaysia, while AB Groupe's English dub aired on TV in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, as well as seeing a home release to VHS and DVD in some of the formerly mentioned countries. Both dubs use Toei's official English title rather than Funimation's title, and until recently, the voice cast of the AB Groupe dub version was unknown, but then it has been determined that they used voice actors who were involved in French TV shows like Code Lyoko, while the Malaysian dub's cast remains unknown.

References
  1. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15614
  2. "予約特典・ドラゴンボール最強への道・劇場版ご近所物語A5サイズ前売特典冊子". Dragon Ball: The Path to Power brochure (in Japanese). Toei Animation. 1996.
  3. "Movie Guide: Dragon Ball Z Movie 02". Kanzenshuu. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. "Statistics of Film Industry in Japan". Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. 1990. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  5. "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan". World Bank. 1990. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. "Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection One, Funimation Prod, 2011-11-01, retrieved 2016-07-04
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