Lord Slug (film)

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Lord Slug

Japanese box art
Directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto
Produced by Chiaki Imada (Executive Producer)
Rikizô Kayano (Shueisha)
Written by Takao Koyama (screenplay)
Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū / Son Gohan)
Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong / Haiya Dragon)
Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma)
Mayumi Tanaka (Kuririn / Yajirobe)
Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo)
Naoko Watanabe (Chi-Chi)
Yûsaku Yara (Slug)
Kohei Myauchi (Kame=Sen'nin)
Kenji Utsumi (Shenlong)
Joji Yanami (Kaio-sama / Dr. Brief / Narration)
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s) March 19, 1991
Running time 45 minutes
Language Japanese


Super Saiyan Son Gokū (超サイヤ人だ孫悟空 Chō saiyajinda Son Gokū?) is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on March 19th, 1991, between episodes 82 & 83. FUNimation's title is Lord Slug & Bridge Entertainment's title is Super Saiyan, Goku. It is the first Dragon Ball movie (not counting the Ultimate Uncut edition of the previous movies) to be dubbed with FUNimation's voice cast


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[edit] Plot

Lord Slug is the main antagonist only in DBZ the Movie #4. He was a very old Namek that had been traveling through space for a number of years after being banished from his homeworld for misusing his powers. Along with his crew of vicious fighters, he traveled from planet to planet wreaking chaos as he went.

Eventually reaching Earth, they attempt to carry out the same destruction there that they had at a countless number of other planets. The way they dominated a planet was to literally change its atmosphere and freezing the planet. By conforming it to their liking, they made it more suitable for themselves and almost unlivable for any other people, including the native occupants of the planet.

Lord Slug turned out to be stiff competition, he had aged hundreds of years and was rapidly approaching the end of his life. He managed to gather the Dragon Balls knowing of their power because of his Namekian heritage and used the them to restore his youth and health; like Piccolo Daimaō before him, being fully restored gave him a far greater power.

Son Gokū along with his son Gohan and Piccolo squared off against Slug's team and managed to defeat them all. The final battle against Slug was left in the hands of Gokū. The battle wasn't going well for Gokū until he was discarded by Slug who drew his attention away to Piccolo.

Exploiting a weakness of all Namekians; their extremely sensitive hearing, Gohan's whistling was able to bring Slug to his knees. Piccolo also gave what little strength remained in him and Gokū to use to battle against Slug.

Gokū was able to take Slug on in an incredibly fierce battle. Slug possessed the ability to transform into a giant version of himself but thanks to Piccolo's quick thinking in using Slug's sensitive hearing against him, Slug was weakened by this. Gokū was able to defeat Slug with ease from that point on. The movie ends with Gokū flying up into the clouds to deliver the final blow to Slug with a Genki Dama. The Genki Dama heads straight into the freezing generator, taking Slug with it and destroying him.

[edit] Cast list

Character Name Voice Actor (Japanese) Voice Actor (English)
Son Gokū Masako Nozawa Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan Masako Nozawa Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Christopher Sabat
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Sonny Strait
Yajirobe Mayumi Tanaka Mike McFarland
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Tiffany Vollmer
Chi-Chi Naoko Watanabe Cynthia Cranz
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Bradford Jackson
Kame-Sen'nin Kôhei Miyauchi Mike McFarland
Shenron Kenji Utsumi Christopher Sabat
North Kaio Joji Yanami Sean Schemmel
Angira Keiichi Nanba Christopher Sabat
Kakûja Shouzou Iizuka Christopher Sabat
Zeiun Kouji Totani Christopher Sabat
Doradobo Daisuke Ghori John Freeman
Medamatcha Yukinori Hori Sean Schemmel
Lord Slug Yusara Yara Brice Armstrong
Narration Joji Yanami Kyle Hebert

[edit] Music

  • Opening Song
    1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Chara Hetchara)
      • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
  • Introduction Song
    1. "Kuchibue no Kimochi"; (The Feeling of Whistling)
      • Performed by Hajime Ueshiba
  • Ending Song
    1. "“Ya” na Koto ni wa Genki-Dama!!"; 「ヤ」なことには 元気玉!! (There's a Genki-Dama in Bad Things!!)
      • Lyrics: Dai Satō, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama, Chorus: SHINES

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