Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (ドラゴンボールＺ 外伝 サイヤ人絶滅 計画 Doragon Bōru Zetto Gaiden Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku, lit. "Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate People of the Saiya") was the first Dragon Ball Z original video animation (OVA). It was originally released on home video cassettes in Japan on August 6, 1993, between episodes 195 and 196, as Official Visual Guides to the Famicom game Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku. The OVA has since been re-released on DVD in Japan as an extra feature of the Dragon Box collection in 2003.
Coming as a bonus with copies of Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 in 2010,[1] the OVA was completely reconstructed, re-scripted, and re-edited, finally seeing release in North America and Europe. As announced in December 2011, this remake was streamed online as part of the Dragon Ball SSSS project.
Summary
Chikyū-Hen
The Ghost Warriors
Dr. Lychee is one of the only survivors of the Tuffles, a race that once lived on Planet Plant before the coming of the Saiyans. The Saiyans not only massacred the entire Tuffle race, but also stole their technology and conquered the planet, renaming it Planet Vegeta in honor of their king. Raichi managed to escape with a capsule and found refuge on the Dark Planet, a world at the end of the universe. Now, his only wish is to eradicate the last remaining Saiyans.
To do this, Dr. Raichi puts devices on Earth that emit Destron Gas and destroy all life, and he sends many monsters to protect this Destron Gas emitters. When Mr. Popo/Bulma finds out that only a few hours are left until the planet's destruction, Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks, and Piccolo rush to destroy the evil devices located around the planet. They manage to destroy all but one that is protected by an impenetrable energy barrier. However, Frieza, Cooler, Turles and Lord Slug appear and engage the heroes in individual fight. It is revealed by King Kai that the villains are Ghost Warriors, and will continually come back to life when killed unless defeated in the same way their lives were originally ended.
Uchū-Hen: Fighting Hatchiyack
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Z Fighters celebrate Dr. Raichi's defeat before Hatchiyack awakens
The heroes track Dr. Raichi down to the Dark Planet and engage him, discovering that his Ghost Warriors are generated by a machine called Hatchiyack, a device powered by the hatred of the Tuffles. It is also revealed that Dr. Raichi is a Ghost Warrior himself, generated by Hatchiyack. The heroes manage to destroy Dr. Raichi, but he re-materializes himself. Fortunately, Vegeta manages to vaporize Dr. Raichi preventing him from re-materializing again. However, Dr. Raichi's spite towards the Saiyans causes Hatchiyack to exceed its limit and appear in a powerful android body, whose power matches or perhaps even exceeds Broly's according to Goku. Hatchiyack devastates the heroes until the Saiyans, after having transformed into their Super Saiyan states, combine their powers together into one massive Energy Wave; with Goku using Super Kamehameha, Gohan using Super Masenko, Future Trunks using Burning Attack, Vegeta using Final Flash (but fired it in a Maximum Flasher-style), and Piccolo using Special Beam Cannon (Piccolo participates in the final struggle only in the 2010 version), thus ending the threat of the Ghost Warriors. Before the entire planet explodes due to the fierce battle, Goku and the Dragon Team are transported back to Earth via Instant Transmission.
Timeline placement
Future Trunks remembers how he killed Frieza
The story-line of this OVA is set during the ten-day wait prior to the Cell Games, and after the events of Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (as Goku states that Hatchiyack might be even stronger than Broly).
Additionally, it can be inferred this OVA takes place in the same continuity of Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, and Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge due to the appearances of the main antagonists in this OVA.
Production
Original release
Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans was released in 1993 following the Famicom game of the same name, Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku, in the form of two VHS cassettes dubbed "Official Visual Guides," as the OVA served as a sort of "animated walkthrough" for the game. In 1994, footage from the OVA was turned into two video games for the Playdia console (Chikyū-Hen and Uchū-Hen).
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
The August 9 issue of Shonen Jump announced that Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 would include a remake of the 1993 OVA, Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans. According to Namco Bandai, "The exclusive new feature entitled Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans is a completely reconstructed, re-scripted and re-edited version of an original Japanese episode that has never been released in the U.S or Canada, offering something unique to fans of the series. Everyone who buys the game can watch this exclusive anime straight out of the box. Namco Bandai confirmed that the feature will have English subtitles.
Some scenes were deleted while others were changed from the original movie. The Z Fighters never encounter and fight the monsters guarding the Destron Gas machines. There are machines in Satan City and Jingle Village in the 2010 version. When the Z Fighters find the Destron Gas machine in West City, the Saiyans are all already in Super Saiyan form in the original versions, while they are in base form and only Vegeta transforms to destroy the machine in the remake. The others then transform for the fight against the Ghost Warriors. Also, it is Bulma who comes help the Z Fighters after they are pinned down by the Ghost Warriors (scene not present in the original, except for the in-game scenes when the player loses the fight), instead of Goku being helped by King Kai. Goku does not fight God Guardon on Raichi's planet in the remake. Hatchiyack's gems are notably recolored from blue to green. In the original OVAs, Piccolo has no Senzu Beans with him and he does not join the Energy Clash against Hatchiyack.
Releases on home media
The original was released on VHS in 1993 in Japan. The OVA later appeared in the Dragon Boxes in 2003. The 2010 remake also appears on a bonus DVD bundled with the March 2012 issue of Saikyō Jump, which also contains the 2011 anime adaptation of Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock.
Cast
Battles
- Goku (Base/Super Saiyan), Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Kinkarn and Arbee
- Goku (Base/Super Saiyan) vs. Ponkarn
- Gohan (Super Saiyan) vs. Jiku
- Piccolo vs. Kawazu
- Goku (Super Saiyan), Gohan (Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Budo, Gure, and Skud
- Goku (Super Saiyan), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Budo, Gure, and Skud
- Goku (Super Saiyan), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Frieza (Final Form), Cooler (Fourth Form), Turles, and Lord Slug
- Goku vs. God Guardon
- Goku (Base/Super Saiyan), Gohan (Base/Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Base/Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Base/Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Dr. Lychee
- Goku (Super Saiyan), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Vegeta (Super Saiyan), Future Trunks (Super Saiyan), and Piccolo vs. Hatchiyack
Trivia
- Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans establishes the history of the Saiyans arriving on Planet Plant and taking over of Planet Plant/Vegeta (basically expanding on the story told in the anime).
- The concept of a villainous Tuffle out for revenge on the Saiyan race would later turn up again in the form of the villainous Machine Mutant, Baby.
- Outside video games, Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans is the only time Frieza and Cooler are shown interacting. This is also the only film where Vegeta and Gohan confront Frieza while in their Super Saiyan forms (Goku and Trunks had already done so). It is also the first and only time Future Trunks and Vegeta encounter the villains Turles and Lord Slug, as well as the first and only time Future Trunks encounters Cooler.
- Outside Dragon Ball and video games, Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans is the only time the Bansho Fan is utilized in Dragon Ball Z by Piccolo.
- Against the Ghost Warriors, the battles are as follows: Gohan vs. Turles, Piccolo vs. Lord Slug, Future Trunks vs. Frieza and Goku vs. Cooler. Vegeta is not shown during this scene, as there are not enough villains to go around. He is shown shortly after the fight sequences, looking disheveled from battle (despite not being shown fighting) when it is revealed that the Ghost Warriors are harder to defeat than their original counterparts, and later when he provides a finishing attack on the Ghost Warrior Cooler after Bulma restores the Z Fighters' use of ki with a neutralizing agent for the Destron Gas. In the Playdia game version, Vegeta fights Frieza alongside Future Trunks and in the scenario where the Ghost Warriors win, Frieza defeats both Future Trunks and Vegeta.
- Even though it was stated in the original version that Ghost Warriors can only be defeated by the same way they were killed when they were alive, none of the Ghost Warriors are defeated in that way. The only one that even comes close to this is Slug, as Gohan whistles to harm him, much in the way that lead to his defeat in the Lord Slug movie. But even then, Slug was ultimately defeated by the Spirit Bomb in said film.
- The remastered version featured in Raging Blast 2 is the first Dragon Ball Z movie with Dragon Ball Z Kai music.
Billboard with Roshi on it
- In the 2010 remake, when the Z Fighters are investigating the Destron Gas machine in West City, a billboard with Master Roshi on is seen in the city. The picture is taken from episode 2 of DBZ, right before telling Goku the story of how Grandpa Gohan found him.
- In the 2010 remake, the Destron Gas machine in West City makes a sound similar to the 8 bit sound of the world map from the original NES/Famicom game.
- Like with all the films set during the ten day wait for the Cell Games, Gohan and Goku are seen outside their Super Saiyan forms, which they were supposed to not transform out of during that period.
Gallery
1993 original
 First 1993 VHS  Second 1993 VHS  A monster leaves the Dark Planet for Earth  Mr. Popo tells Goku and Gohan about the Destron Gas Machines  Gohan and Mr. Popo at Capsule Corporation .png "DrBrief(PES).png (320 KB)") Dr. Brief  Gohan and Bulma   Gohan and Goku  Arbee attacks  Kinkarn  Kinkarn and Arbee  Goku blocks the monsters' attack  Gohan punches an Arbee in the stomach  Gohan punches an Arbee in the face  Goku charges a Kamehameha  Goku tries to fire his Kamehameha  The Destron Gas cancels Goku's Kamehameha  Piccolo tries to fire his Special Beam Cannon  Super Saiyan Gohan charges a Masenko  Gohan tries to fire his Masenko at Kinkarn  Piccolo uses a Hyper Explosive Demon Wave  Goku defeats Kinkarn  Kinkarn knocked out  Arbee defeated by Goku  Piccolo and Goku after defeating monsters in West City  Gohan is shocked  The machine at Grand Apron  Energy Waves fired at Goku  Ponkarn  Monster defeated  Goku charges a Kamehameha  Goku firing his Kamehameha  Goku's Super Kamehameha does not work  Goku destroys the machine  The machine is destroyed  Gohan in the Western Desert   Gohan sees Jiku's punch coming  Gohan dodges Jiku's punch  Gohan punches Jiku in the stomach  Gohan charges a Ki Blast to destroy the machine  Gohan fires his Ki Blast  Kawazu  The land mines explode on Kawazu  The land mines detonate as Kawazu charges Ki Blasts  Kawazu's Ki Blasts reaches Piccolo  Kawazu's charred corpse  Gure appears in the Land of Ice  Gohan uses a Double Masenko on two monsters  Piccolo uses a Hyper Explosive Demon Wave  Vegeta's energy wave hits the ground  Future Trunks uses sword-shaped icicle to kill some monsters  Vegeta firing a Photon Bomber  Ghost Warrior Frieza appears  Ghost Warrior in front of the Z Fighters  Ghost Warrior Lord Slug  Slug talks to Piccolo.  Future Trunks dodges Ghost Frieza's energy sphere  Ghost Frieza is defeated by Future Trunks before his last words  Ghost Cooler about to be hit by Goku's Ki Blast  God Guardon charges his Ray Gun  God Guardon's Ray Gun blast  God Guardon's machine gun  Goku faces God Guardon  Goku punches through God Guardon  God Guardon is destroyed by Goku  Gohan and Piccolo  A Great Ape (flashback) .png "SaiyanArmy(93OVA).png (459 KB)") The Saiyans (flashback) .png "KingVegeta1(Pln).png (455 KB)") King Vegeta (flashback)  Dr. Raichi on Planet Plant (flashback)  Dr. Raichi's skull is crushed by a Great Ape .png "RaichiDies(93OVA).png (268 KB)") Dr. Raichi knocked out .png "RaichiDead(93OVA).png (317 KB)") Dr. Raichi dies on Hatchiyack .png "VegetaSEWV(93OVA).png (177 KB)") Vegeta fires a Super Energy Wave Volley  Raichi blocks Vegeta's Super Energy Wave Volley .png "GokuSSTransfo(93OVA).png (243 KB)") Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan  Vegeta about to kill Ghost Raichi  Vegeta fires a Maximum Flasher at Ghost Raichi  Vegeta firing a Final Flash at Raichi  Dr. Raichi hit by the Final Flash .png "PiccoloGohanTrunks(93OVA).png (410 KB)") Z Fighters while Hatchiyack appears .png "Kaio(93OVA).png (254 KB)") King Kai .png "SSGokuOnDarkPlanet(93OVA).png (418 KB)") Goku while Hatchiyack appears .png "Bubbles&Kaio(93OVA).png (156 KB)") Bubbles and King Kai  Vegeta using Final Flash again  Hatchiyack is hit by Vegeta's Final Flash  Hatchiyack performs his Ultimate Blow on Vegeta  Future Trunks attacks Hatchiyack  Hatchiyack .png "HatchVsGoku&Gohan(93OVA).png (392 KB)") Hatchiyack knocks out Gohan while fighting with Goku  Hatchiyack performs the Rapid Charge Counter  Gohan beaten by Hatchiyack  Hatchiyack pummels Gohan  Goku uses a Super Kamehameha  Goku charges the Super Kamehameha  Goku fires his Super Kamehameha  Future Trunks firing his Burning Attack  Z Fighters firing their blasts at Hatchiyack  Hatchiyack, moments before his destruction  The Z Fighters return on Earth  |
2010 remake
 Tuffles  Tuffles shooting Great Apes to no avail  Great Apes  A Great Ape fires a Mouth Energy Wave at Tuffles  Dr. Raichi's hate being absorbed  Tuffle's hate going to Hatchiyack  Dead Tuffles  Dead Tuffles  Dr. Raichi  Gohan and Goku  Piccolo  Piccolo and Goku  Gohan and Bulma  Future Trunks and Gohan  Goku  Vegeta  Piccolo and Gohan flying  The Destron Gas Machine  Vegeta charges a Photon Bomber  Vegeta turns Super Saiyan  Vegeta throws the Photon Bomber  Vegeta's attack explodes  Vegeta  Gohan  Vegeta and Goku .png "Slug(Pln).png (296 KB)") Lord Slug appears  Lord Slug  Lord Slug  Turles  Turles and Frieza  Turles  Frieza and Cooler  Cooler's defeat shown in a flashback  Lord Slug's death shown in a flashback  Turles' death shown in a flashback  Goku faces Frieza and Cooler  Piccolo attacks  Goku attacks  Cooler attacks Goku  Goku deflects Cooler's Ki Blast  Goku Goku attacks Cooler  Goku angry  Goku fires an energy attack at Cooler  Future Trunks blasts Frieza with a Buster Cannon  Ghost Frieza regenerates  Future Trunks  Turles and Frieza both charging energy blasts  Turles, Frieza, and Cooler prepare a team attack  The Ghost Warriors charge their energy blasts  Goku prepares a Ki Blast  Ghost Frieza destroyed by Goku  Turles' defeat  Piccolo's Explosive Demon Wave destroys Ghost Slug  Super Saiyan Gohan  Bulma arrives  Gohan and Future Trunks  Future Trunks about to destroy Frieza  Future Trunks fires his energy attack  Vegeta launching a Photon Bomber at Ghost Cooler  Vegeta throws his Photon Bomber  Ghost Cooler is hit by Vegeta's Photon Bomber  Ghost Frieza is hit by Future Trunks' Photon Bomber  Piccolo and Gohan  Piccolo and Gohan  Ghost Cooler's true form  Dr. Raichi reveals Ghost Slug's true form  Dr. Raichi reveals Ghost Turles' true form  Ghost Frieza's true form  Future Trunks and Gohan  The Z Fighters attack Dr. Raichi  Goku powering up  Gohan powering up  Future Trunks powering up  Vegeta powering up  Goku  Goku and the Z Fighters pummel Raichi's barrier again    Goku prepares a Super Kamehameha    Raichi's barrier is destroyed  Vegeta fires a Final Flash at Dr. Raichi  Vegeta's Final Flash destroys Ghost Raichi  Ghost Raichi is destroyed  Ghost Raichi is obliterated  The Final Flash vaporizes Ghost Raichi  Vegeta's Final Flash destroys Raichi's fortress .png "Gohan (PlanToEraditcateTheSaiyans).png (153 KB)") Gohan  Hatchiyack appears  Hatchiyack performs his Ultimate Blow on Vegeta      Hatchiyack attacks the Z Fighters  Vegeta charges a Final Flash  Vegeta's Final Flash   Hatchiyack, unaffected  Hatchiyack performs the Revenger Charge   Hatchiyack fires the Revenger Cannon  Vegeta, moments before being hit by the Revenger Cannon   Vegeta on the ground  Hatchiyack grabs Gohan  Gohan is thrown to the floor  Goku attempts to intervene, only to get knocked away  Hatchiyack smashes Gohan through the floor  Hatchiyack prepares his second Revenger Cannon  Hatchiyack charges his second Revenger Cannon  Hatchiyack fires his second Revenger Cannon  Piccolo's blast knocks the attack away from Gohan   Hatchiyack charges his third Revenger Cannon  Hatchiyack fires his third Revenger Cannon   Piccolo is hit by the third Revenger Cannon .png "Piccolo(Pln).png (412 KB)") Piccolo damaged by Hatchiyack's attack   Gohan angered by Piccolo's injury  Hatchiyack charges another Revenger Cannon  Piccolo helplessly watches Hatchiyack  Hatchiyack  Gohan charges Hatchiyack  Future Trunks kicks Hatchiyack, canceling his attack and saving Gohan   Hatchiyack quickly uses his Revenger Charge again  Gohan and Future Trunks attack Hatchiyack    Hatchiyack pummels Gohan  Hatchiyack pummels Future Trunks  Hatchiyack simultaneously pummels Gohan and Future Trunks  Hatchiyack stares down Goku after defeating Gohan and Future Trunks   Hatchiyack attempts a fourth Revenger Cannon (for the third time)   Hatchiyack fires his rapid-fire version of the Revenger Cannon (the Energy Wave Combo)  Goku dodges Hatchiyack's Energy Wave Combo  Goku avoids the attacks  The consecutive shots do not reach Goku    Hatchiyack firing again at Goku  Hatchiyack's Energy Wave Combo reaches Goku  Hatchiyack's Energy Wave Combo causes a chain of explosions  Energy Wave Combo generating some explosions  Hatchiyack dodges Goku    Gohan   Gohan and Future Trunks  Hatchiyack, enraged at Goku  Goku charging his Kamehameha  Hatchiyack charges his final Revenger Cannon  Vegeta charges his Final Flash  Future Trunks prepares the Burning Attack  Gohan charges a Masenko  Piccolo charges a Special Beam Cannon  Goku about to fire his Super Kamehameha  Goku fires the Kamehameha  Vegeta fires the Final Flash  Future Trunks fires the Burning Attack  Piccolo before firing the Special Beam Cannon  Gohan about to fire the Masenko   Hatchiyack, before firing the Revenger Cannon  The Z Fighters struggle against Hatchiyack's Revenger  Goku strengthening his Super Kamehameha  Hatchiyack  Vegeta  Piccolo  Gohan  Future Trunks  Hatchiyack is destroyed  Dr. Raichi is destroyed along with his creation   Dark Planet begins exploding  Goku, after Hatchiyack's death  Goku uses the Instant Transmission to escape   Dark Planet explodes.  The Z Fighters back on Earth    A grinning King Kai  Goku and Gohan flying home    Concept art for the Tuffles  Concept art for Great Apes  Concept art for Goku    Concept art for Vegeta   Concept art for Gohan   Concept art for Future Trunks  Concept art for Piccolo   Concept art for Frieza  Concept art for Cooler    Concept art for Lord Slug   Concept art for Turles  Concept art for Dr. Raichi   Hatchiyack concept art  Concept art for the Destron Gas Machine  Concept art for various things |
