Dead Zone (film)

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Dead Zone
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Hideki Goto Kōzō Morishita Hiroe Tsukamoto
Written by	Story: Akira Toriyama Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Starring	Masako Nozawa Akira Kamiya Hiromi Tsuru Mayumi Tanaka Daisuke Ghori Mayumi Sho Kohei Myauchi Toshio Furukawa Takeshi Aono Kenji Utsumi Joji Yanami
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 15, 1989
Running time	41 min.
Language	Japanese

Dragon Ball Z: Return my Gohan!! (ドラゴンボールゼット　オラの悟飯を返せッ！, Doragonbōru Zetto: Ora no Gohan wo kaese!^?), originally simply titled Dragon Ball Z, is the first movie in the Dragon Ball Z franchise. (It was preceded by three Dragon Ball movies.) It was originally released in Japan on July 15, 1989, between episodes 11 and 12. FUNimation's title is Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone and Bridge Entertainment's title is The Pursuit of Garlic.

The movie was originally released in America on VHS and DVD in 1997. The English dub was a joint venture between Pioneer (now Geneon) Entertainment and FUNimation Entertainment. The dub used the Ocean Group (who also did the voices for the first two seasons of DBZ) and it featured dialogue accurate to the Japanese version and had the original Japanese background music. In 2005, the film was re-released as part of FUNimation's Ultimate Uncut Editions due to Geneon losing the distribution rights for seasons 1 and 2 of DBZ and the first three DBZ movies. The new dub featured FUNimation's voice actors as well as dialogue that is not quite as accurate of a translation as that on the Pioneer release. In addition, the new dub replaces the Japanese music with FUNimation's own music.

This movie, along with The World's Strongest and The Tree of Might, was released in a DVD box set from FUNimation on November 14, 2006.

In Great Britain, the movie was dubbed by a group called "Bridge" (as "The Pursuit of Garlic") which used the original music but with a script vastly different from the original. This version also sported some odd name changes, such as Piccolo being called "Big Green" and Kami-sama being referenced as the "Green God".

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Music 4 External links

[edit] Plot

The movie begins with Son Gokū's household being attacked by an unknown group of men. Gokū is out fishing during the attack and after sensing danger, Gokū returns only to find Son Gohan has been kidnapped. The group responsible for the attack are Garlic Jr.'s henchmen, and it is later revealed that they have kidnapped Gohan because of the fourth Dragon Ball that was placed onto his hat. After retrieving the remaining Dragon Balls, Garlic Jr. summons Shenlong and is granted immortality. Gokū appears to take back his son, later followed by Kami who gives a brief history of Garlic Jr. Gokū proceeds to try to find Gohan when he is attacked by the villain's gang. After brief fighting, Kuririn and Piccolo appear, and what with Garlic Jr.'s newfound immortality and a "hulked-up" second form it appears nothing can stand in his way. Eventually Garlic Jr. opens up the portal known as the 'Dead Zone', intending to suck his enemies into the void. Gohan then becomes enraged from his father and friends being put in danger and releases his latent energy, blasting Garlic Jr. into his own vortex to be trapped for an eternity.

[edit] Cast

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese / Toei Animation)	Voice Actor (English / Ocean Group)	Voice Actor (English / FUNimation)
Son Gokū	Masako Nozawa	Peter Kelamis	Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Scott McNeil	Christopher Sabat
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg	Tiffany Vollmer
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Terry Klassen	Sonny Strait
Gyū-Maō	Daisuke Gōri	Dale Wilson	Kyle Hebert
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Laara Sadiq	Cynthia Cranz
Muten Rōshi/Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Dave Ward	Mike McFarland
Kami-sama	Takeshi Aono	Michael Dobson	Christopher Sabat
Shenlong	Kenji Utsumi		Christopher Sabat
Garlic Jr.	Akira Kamiya	Dave Ward	Chuck Huber
Ginger	Kōji Totani	Terry Klassen	Troy Baker
Sansho	Yukinori Hori	Dave Ward	Eric Dillo
Nicky	Shigeru Chiba	Don Brown
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Doc Harris	Kyle Hebert

[edit] Music

• OP (Opening Theme)
  1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Chara Hetchara) (OP animation 1)
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

• IN (Insertion Song)
  1. "Tenka-ichi Gohan"; 天下一ゴハン (The World's Greatest Gohan)
     • Lyrics: Sakiko Iwamuro, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Masako Nozawa (Son Gohan)
       • Song Lyrics

• ED (Ending Theme)
  1. "Detekoi Tobikiri ZENKAI Pawā!"; でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー! (Come On Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!)
     • Lyrics: Toshihisa Arakawa, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: MANNA
       • Song Lyrics

[edit] External links

• Dead Zone at the Internet Movie Database