Super Android 13

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Super Android 13
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Chiaki Imada (Executive Producer) Rikizô Kayano (Shueisha)
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū / Son Gohan) Takeshi Kusao (Trunks) Ryo Horikawa (Vegeta) Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo) Mayumi Tanaka (Kuririn) Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong) Kohei Myauchi (Kamesennin) Naoko Watanabe (Chi Chi) Kazuyuki Sogabe (Android 13) Hisao Egawa (Android 14) Toshio Kobayashi (Android 15) Kōji Yada (Dr. Gero) Joji Yanami (Narration)
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 11, 1992
Running time	45 minutes
Language	Japanese

Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans (極限バトル！！三大超サイヤ人, Kyokugen Batoru!! San Dai Sūpā Saiya-jin^?) is the seventh Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on July 11th 1992. FUNimation's title is Super Android 13!.

[edit] Plot outline

The film opens with the introduction showing the death of Dr. Gero at the hands of the Androids #17 and #18 (Artificial Humans #17 & #18), and also revealing that Gero is still around in the form of an underground Spirit Computer, still working on three new Androids (#13, #14, and #15, to be exact), the first of which being presumed as the ultimate Android (after Cell).

The real film now opens with the completion of Androids #14 and #15, who attack Son Gokū while he is shopping with Chi-Chi and Son Gohan. Not wanting to destroy the city they're in, Gokū and Mirai (Future) Trunks leave for an uninhabited Arctic area. The fight seems even until Android #13 shows up - at least until Vegeta and Piccolo arrive. At that point of time, both 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, changing the battle's outcome yet again. But then Gokū prepares a Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb), and, after transforming into a Super Saiyan, he absorbs its energy into his body and destroys the Android menace. As Androids #13, #14, and #15 are ultimately destroyed, Dr. Gero's spirit computer shuts down for good, while still shouting the words "Gokū must die!".

In the English dub of the film, it closes with a comic relief. Gokū and his friends are healing in the hospital, but Piccolo and Vegeta are sharing a private moment of "hatred" by sitting back-to-back on a small rock in the sea. Piccolo asks "Is it over?", to which Vegeta replies in an annoyed tone, "Not until the fish jumps!". A fish jumps out of the water and Vegeta says, "It's over."

[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
Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Eric (Johnson) Vale
Vegeta	Ryo Horikawa	Christopher Sabat
Kame-Sen'nin	Kôhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Bradford Jackson
Artificial Human #13	Kazuyuki Sogabe	Chuck Huber
Artificial Human #14	Hisao Egawa	Chris Rager
Artificial Human #15	Toshio Kobayashi	Josh Martin
Dr. Gero	Kōji Yada	Kent Williams
Narration	Joji Yanami	Kyle Hebert