Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Chiaki Imada, Tomio Anzai, Rikizō Kayano
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (original series author)
Starring	Masako Nozawa Takeshi Kusao Ryō Horikawa Toshio Furukawa Mayumi Tanaka Naoki Tatsuta Kouhei Miyauchi Naoko Watanabe Kazuyuki Sogabe Hisao Egawa Toshio Kobayashi Kōji Yada Joji Yanami
Chara design	Minoru Maeda
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 11, 1992
Running time	45 min.
Language(s)	Japanese and English

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kyokugen Battle!! San Dai Super Saiya-jin; lit. "Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans") is the seventh Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on July 11th, 1992 between episodes 147 and 148. FUNimation Entertainment dubbed it into English in 2003.

Summary

The Androids in a department store

The film opens with the introduction showing the death of Dr. Gero at the hands of the Androids 17 and 18, and also revealing that Gero is still around in the form of an underground computer, still working on three new Androids (Android 13, Android 14 and Android 15), the first of which being presumed as one of original ultimate androids.

The real film now opens with the completion of Androids 14 and 15, who attack Goku while he is shopping with Chi-Chi and Gohan at West City. Not wanting to destroy the city they are in, Goku and Future Trunks leave for an uninhabited arctic area. The fight seems even until Android 13 shows up; at least until Vegeta and Piccolo arrive.

Vegeta takes on Android 15

At that point of time, Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks ascend to their Super Saiyan forms and Androids 14 and 15 are destroyed by Trunks and Vegeta, respectively. Just when the fight seems won, Android 13 shows off his "Super" form by absorbing two components of the two fallen androids, vastly transforming into a blue behemoth and increasing his power greatly, changing the battle's outcome yet again. But then Goku prepares a Spirit Bomb, and, after transforming into a Super Saiyan, he absorbs its energy into his body and destroys the Android menace in a style similar to that of his Dragon Fist technique. As Androids 13, 14, and 15 are ultimately destroyed, Dr. Gero's computer shuts down for good, while still shouting the words "Goku must die!”

Vegeta attacks Super Android 13

At the end, it closes with a comic relief. Goku and his friends are healing in the hospital, but Piccolo and Vegeta are sitting back-to-back on a small rock in the sea, isolated from the celebration.

Timeline placement

Super Saiyan Goku absorbs the Spirit Bomb's energy

Super Android 13! takes place after the Android Saga, as Dr. Gero had already been killed and Androids 17 and 18 were activated. The only free period between the activation of those Androids and Goku's death is the wait before the Cell Games.

Cast list

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese)	Voice Actor (English)
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher Sabat
Krillin	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Future Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Eric Vale
Vegeta	Ryō Horikawa	Christopher Sabat
Master Roshi	Kouhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Android 13	Kazuyuki Sogabe	Phillip Wilburn
Android 14	Hisao Egawa	Chris Rager
Android 15	Toshio Kobayashi	Josh Martin
Dr. Gero	Kōji Yada	Kent Williams
Narration	Joji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

Battles featured

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Goku delivers the finishing blow to defeat Super Android 13

• Goku vs. Android 14 & Android 15
• Goku & Trunks vs. Android 14 & Android 15
• Trunks vs. Android 14 & Android 15
• Goku vs. Android 13
• Vegeta vs. Android 15
• Trunks vs. Android 14
• Vegeta (Super Saiyan) vs. Android 15
• Trunks (Super Saiyan) vs. Android 14
• Goku (Super Saiyan) vs. Android 13
• Goku (Super Saiyan), Piccolo, Vegeta (Super Saiyan) & Trunks (Super Saiyan) vs. Android 13 (Fusion)
• Gohan & Krillin vs. Android 13 (Fusion)
• Vegeta (Super Saiyan), Trunks (Super Saiyan) & Piccolo vs. Android 13 (Fusion)
• Goku (Super Saiyan) vs. Android 13 (Fusion)

Releases

Original US DVD release

Super Android 13 was originally released in North America and Europe by FUNimation on February 4, 2003 on VHS and DVD.

Double feature

FUNimation digitally remastered and re-released the movie along with Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound' on February 10, 2009.

FUNimation released this movie again along with The Return of Cooler, Bojack Unbound, and Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan on December 6, 2011. However, these are the same discs as on the double (triple for Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan) features.

Trivia

• This is the first Dragon Ball Z film in which Future Trunks appears.
• It is the first time the three Super Saiyans (Goku, Vegeta, and Future Trunks) work together to combat a villain, although this was Goku and Vegeta's second time working together to combat a villain, with the first being Cooler.
• This is the second movie where the final battle takes place in the Arctic.
• This is the third movie where a character's origin differs from their origin in the anime. Shortly before 17 killed Dr. Gero, 18 told him "You destroyed all the other androids up to 15." In this movie, Dr. Gero clearly did not destroy 13, 14, and 15, as they are the main villains, and instead kept them around. Also, Android 8 is clearly alive and well by this time. It is possible that Gero lied to Androids 17 and 18 when he said he destroyed all the androids up to 15, since Android 8 is still alive. In addition, present 17 and 18 had never heard of Cell, one of Dr. Gero's creations, prior to their encounter on an island, much less the fact that they were to be part of him.
• Although the Androids in this film are from the present time line, Android 15 knows who Future Trunks is. During the series, Cell mentions that the computer did consider getting DNA from Future Trunks, but had more than enough Saiyan DNA as it is, which might explain why Android 15 might know who Trunks was.
• After his death at the hands of the Spirit Bomb empowered Goku, Dr. Gero's supercomputer which had completed Androids 13, 14, and 15 and had been systematically feeding them information during their fights shuts down, this causes another plot hole seeing as it is still intact during the Android saga when Trunks and Krillin destroy it, and if this film is set after the Android saga it would have already been destroyed when 13 died, either way is impossible unless Gero created two computers: one for the Androids and one for Cell.
• In the English dubbed version of this film, Android 13 mocks Future Trunks' hair calling it a "thirty dollar haircut", despite the fact that the Dragon Ball universe only has Zeni as its known currency.
• This is the first Dragon Ball Z movie in which Gohan does not appear on the cover of the movie.
• The dubbed version of the film adds in additional dialogue for Android 15 that was not in the original movie. In the original Japanese version, the only thing he ever said was "Son Goku" (multiple times) and "Trunks" (once).
• In Japan, as a part of Bandai's Super Battle Collection series of Japanese Dragon Ball toys, a 3-pack of figures from the line consisting of Super Saiyan versions of Goku, Trunks, and Vegeta was released, as a promotional item for the film. It has since become one of the most sought-after Dragon Ball toys ever made, commanding prices in the hundreds of dollars on auction sites like eBay.
• Androids 13, 14, and 15 are based on three stereotypes (a redneck, a Native American, and a pimp respectively).
• Even though there are no real world countries in the Dragon Ball universe, Master Roshi talks about Miss Spain, Miss Russia, and Miss France and Oolong also mentions miss Australia, indicating models from real world countries.
• Gohan does not appear to have trained in the Time Chamber yet as he is still shorter than Krillin and his hair is still a mullet; he also does not show his ability to go Super Saiyan. Furthermore, Goku and Gohan are not shown with gold hair, and Trunks and Vegeta never power up beyond Super Saiyan level. This leaves the movie in a strange gap where Goku has just recovered from his Heart Virus.

Gallery

Goku, Vegeta, Future Trunks, and Super Android 13 Chi-Chi hits Krillin Android 13's Android Pod Android13b.JPG Android 13 The three androids Android 13 before slamming Goku Android 13 scans Goku Vegeta arrives to rescue Goku Android 13 talking to Vegeta Android 13 fires an energy blast Android 13 fires energy blasts Android 13 rams on Goku Android 13 rams on Goku Gohan charges a Masenko Super Saiyan Future Trunks punching Android 14 Future Trunks cuts Android 14 in half Future Trunks destroys Android 14 Super5.jpg Vegeta punching Super Android 13 Piccolo punching Super Android 13 in the stomach Krillin hit by 13's blast Goku charges a Spirit Bomb Lllllllll.jpg Goku charges a Spirit Bomb Super Saiyan Goku absorbs the Spirit Bomb Super6.jpg Super Saiyan Goku absorbs the Spirit Bomb Bloodthirsty goku.png Goku with the power of the Spirit Bomb inside him Goku with the power of the Spirit Bomb Piccolo and Vegeta

See also

• Dragon Ball Z: Movie Overview Special