Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

Dragon Ball Z the Movie: The World's Strongest
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Chiaki Imada Kōzō Morishita
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (original series author)
Starring	Masako Nozawa Koji Nakata Toshio Furukawa Hiromi Tsuru Naoki Tatsuta Mayumi Tanaka Kouhei Miyauchi Mayumi Shō Kōji Yada Kenji Utsumi Joji Yanami
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	March 10, 1990
Running time	58 min.
Language(s)	Japanese / English

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールZ　この世で一番強いヤツ, Dragon Ball Z: Kono yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu; lit. "Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Guy") is the second Dragon Ball Z movie. 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.

Summary

The movie begins with Gohan and Oolong searching for the Dragon Balls that have all been gathered in the frozen Tsumisumbri Mountains (with the latter obviously wanting to wish for underwear). Before they reach them, Shenron is summoned by Dr. Kochin, who wishes for his mentor, Dr. Wheelo, to be released from his icy prison. Meanwhile, Piccolo is ambushed by three mysterious warriors and knocked out cold while trying to defend Gohan and Oolong. Later on, Gohan has a weird dream about him and Piccolo.

Gohan's dream

Kochin then kidnaps Master Roshi and Bulma, thinking that Roshi is the world's strongest and a suitable body for Wheelo, whose own body was destroyed, leaving him only as a brain. Roshi is tested by Kochin's Bio-Warriors, and, despite putting up a decent fight while being outnumbered three to one, is ultimately defeated. Bulma then reveals that Goku is the strongest, just as he approaches Wheelo's fortress to save his friends. Meanwhile, Goku and Chi-Chi confront Oolong and Gohan on what they know about the group who kidnapped Bulma and Master Roshi.

Krillin's arrival in Wheelo's fortress

After reaching the fortress, Goku is attacked by the Bio-Warriors, but easily defeats them with the Kaio-ken, and is also joined by Gohan and Krillin. They then arrive at Wheelo's lab where Bulma is being held, but run into Piccolo, who was brainwashed into returning to his old ways when he was captured earlier. Goku and Piccolo then fight each other, but Gohan's anger causes the mind-controlling device on Piccolo to break. Kochin tries to shoot Krillin and Bulma with his machine gun-arm, but is beaten by Roshi.

File:Goku & Piccolo (World's Strongest).jpg

Piccolo holding Gohan and Goku with the Power Pole

Wheelo then breaks out of the wall, revealing his brain to be inside a huge robot. Realizing that he was being controlled, Piccolo attacks Wheelo, only to be brushed aside. As Wheelo jumps into the air, Goku, Krillin, and Roshi fire the Master-Student Kamehameha, which does nothing to Wheelo. Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, and Roshi then attack Wheelo, but are unable to win. Goku then fires his Kaio-ken Kamehameha and shoots Wheelo into space. Wheelo decides to destroy the Earth with his Planet Geyser energy wave and move on to another world, but Piccolo and Gohan are able to stop him for a while. Meanwhile, Goku has been collecting energy for a Spirit Bomb; when it is ready, Goku launches it at Wheelo and destroys the mad scientist.

Characters

Heroes

• Goku
• Gohan
• Piccolo
• Krillin
• Master Roshi

Villains

• Dr. Wheelo
• Dr. Kochin
• Kishime
• Ebifurya
• Misokatsun
• Bio-Men
• Piccolo (under control of Dr. Wheelo)

Supporters

• Bulma
• Oolong
• Turtle
• Chi-Chi

Major battles

• Piccolo vs. 4 Bio-Men
• Master Roshi vs. 4 Bio-Men
• Master Roshi vs. Kishime, Misokatsun & Ebifurya
• Goku vs. Misokatsun
• Goku vs. Ebifurya & Kishime
• Goku, Gohan & Krillin vs. Ebifurya & Kishime
• Goku vs. Piccolo
• Gohan, Krillin & Master Roshi vs. Dr. Kochin
• Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin & Master Roshi vs. Dr. Wheelo
• Piccolo, Gohan & Krillin vs. Dr. Wheelo
• Goku vs. Dr. Wheelo

Continuity

The events of this movie clearly happen after the Vegeta Saga, as Gohan has already trained with Piccolo (he knows him and wears his clothes) and Goku has already trained with King Kai (he wears his emblem on the back of his clothes, and uses both the Kaio-ken and Spirit Bomb). Gohan also has a flashback that shows when Piccolo died saving his life from Nappa's Bomber DX. However, Piccolo is alive in the movie, which does not happen until the Frieza Saga, and Goku is back on Earth, which does not happen until the Trunks Saga.

Therefore, the movie might take place in the three years the Z Fighters are training to prepare for the Androids, despite the strange occurrences of Goku not turning Super Saiyan when it was needed, showing strain at the use of a Kaio-ken x4 and still wearing King Kai's symbol.

Releases

Cover

The movie was originally released on both VHS and Laserdisc in Japan. They were in a 16:9 format, cropped from its original 4:3 format. It was then released later in Japan as part of the well-known Dragon Box sets, remastered from its original film masters and in a 16:9 anamorphic widescreen format. There was much controversy from fans over the decision to crop the movies from its original 4:3 format. The controversy died down when Toei announced that the films were originally animated for widescreen viewing. The boxed set was released (containing all four Dragon Ball and all thirteen Dragon Ball Z movies) with great critical and audience reception.

DVD boxset

In the United States, it was released in May 27, 1998, after the release of the first movie, Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, and shortly after the release of the third movie, Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, by FUNimation Entertainment and Pioneer, in VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD. These three movies were uncut, and contained both the Ocean Group dub and the original Japanese dub. They were also released for the first time in a 4:3 format. The three movies were re-released together by Pioneer on October 9, 2001, in a three-movie boxset, called "Dragon Ball Z - Movie Boxed Set".

After Funimation acquired the exclusive DVD rights for the first three movies from Pioneer in 2004, it released The World's Strongest again in November 14, 2006, along with Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone and The Tree of Might movies, in a "First Strike" DVD boxset. It contained a brand-new in-house dub and the original Japanese dub.

Funimation re-released this film in May 27, 2008, alongside Dead Zone, digitally remastered and in a 16:9 format, as a "Double Feature" DVD.

Five movie pack

This movie was also re-released by FUNimation in a movie five pack on November 1, 2011, along with Dead Zone, The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, and Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge. However, these are the same disks found on the double features.

Cast

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese / Toei Animation)	Voice Actor (English / Ocean Group)	Voice Actor (English / FUNimation)
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Peter Kelamis	Sean Schemmel
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Scott McNeil	Christopher Sabat
Krillin	Mayumi Tanaka	Terry Klassen	Sonny Strait
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg	Tiffany Vollmer
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Doug Parker	Brad Jackson
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Laara Sadiq	Cynthia Cranz
Master Roshi	Kōhei Miyauchi	Dave Ward	Mike McFarland
Turtle	Daisuke Gōri	Scott McNeil	Christopher Sabat
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi	Don Brown	Christopher Sabat
Bio-Men		Dave Ward	Chris Cason John Burgmeier
Dr. Kochin	Kōji Yada	Ward Perry	Troy Baker
Kishime	Yukimasa Kishino	Ward Perry	Chris Rager
Ebifurya	Ken Yamaguchi	Don Brown	Matthew Tompkins
Misokatsun	Daisuke Gōri	Alec Willows	Robert McCollum
Dr. Wheelo	Kōji Nakata	Paul Dobson	R. Bruce Elliott
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Doc Harris	Kyle Hebert

Music

• Opening Theme (OP)
  1. "Cha-La Head-Cha-La"
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

Gohan's dream during "Pikkoro-san Da~isuki♡"

• Insertion Song (IN)
  1. "Pikkoro-san Da~isuki♡"; ピッコロさん　だ~いすき♡ (I Lo~ve Mr. Piccolo♡)
     • Lyrics: Chiroru Taniho, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Masako Nozawa (Son Gohan)
       • Song Lyrics

• Ending Theme (ED)
  1. "Ikusa (I-KU-SA)"; 戦（I・KU・SA） (The Battle (I-KU-SA))
     • Lyrics: Dai Satō, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

Trivia

• This movie is known for using the correct Japanese pronunciation of "Kaio-ken" in the Ocean dub. Although in FUNimation's redubbing of the movie, it is still pronounced "KEI-O-KEN".
• In the Ocean dub, Dr. Wheelo's name is pronounced Dr. "Willow" while in the FUNimation dub it is pronounced as Dr. "WHEE-LO" as it is spelled.
• This is the second Dragon Ball Z movie, and its name is similar to the original second episode of the anime, "The World's Strongest Team". Also in the AB Group release of the movie had a cover featuring Goku and Piccolo as they went off to fight Raditz in that episode.
• This was the first time Master Roshi was actually portrayed fighting in hand-to-hand combat since the Tien Shinhan Saga. Also it is the only DBZ movie where he plays a major role.
• Master Roshi is able to keep up with the three Bio-warriors fairly well in his fight, even getting a few hits in, while Goku needed the Kaio-ken to defeat each of the Bio-warriors individually.
• Bulma's appearance in this movie is nearly identical to her appearance while a spectator during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. Master Roshi's clothes are also very similar to the ones he wore when he, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu were collecting the Dragon Balls in the King Piccolo Saga.
• This movie marks the third and final time Goku and Piccolo fight as enemies (as Piccolo is being controlled by Dr. Wheelo). The first time is during the Piccolo Jr. Saga and the second is their brief fight towards the finale of Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone.
• This movie also marks the final post Dragon Ball scenario in which Goku uses his Power Pole during combat.
• This movie starts the three-movie chain for main villains killed by Goku using a Spirit Bomb. Dr. Wheelo, Turles (from The Tree of Might) and Lord Slug (from Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug) are all killed by Goku's Spirit Bomb.
• Scenes from this movie are shown in the Dragon Ball Z Original English anime opening, Rock the Dragon.
• Dr. Wheelo's fortress has several things in common with Muscle Tower from Dragon Ball. Both are located in cold and snowy climates, and both have levels Goku travels through to rescue someone being held hostage. Additionally, Goku faces an opponent with a stretchy body (Misokatsun and Buyon, respectively).
• A scene that takes place during the anime — Piccolo sacrificing himself to save Gohan from being killed by Nappa — is shown when Gohan falls asleep during studying.
• The wish Oolong wants to make with the Dragon Balls in this movie is exactly the same wish he made in the Dragon Ball anime (specifically the episode "A Wish to the Eternal Dragon"). However, Shenron will not grant the same wish more than once.
• In the North American DVD release, in the trailers selection, Bardock's name is spelt "Bardok" in the title Bardock: The Father of Goku.

Gallery

Oolong climbs a mountain Oolong's wish Gohan and Oolong Dr. Kochin making a wish Shenron Piccolo kills a Bio-Man Kishime Ebifurya Misokatsun Kishime, Ebifurya and Misokatsun's combined attack on Piccolo Gohan in the ice Gohan in a dream A dizzy Gohan DragonBallZMovie217.jpg Master Roshi fights the Bio-Warriors Planet Geyser used on the village near South City The village destroyed by Dr. Wheelo's technique Goku punching Misokatsun Dbzm2-77-2-.jpg Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, Master Roshi, and Krillin Krillin and Goku after Goku launches the Kaio-ken Kamehameha DragonBallZMovie243.jpg

External links

• Watch Dragon Ball Z - The World's Strongest