The World's Strongest

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The World's Strongest
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Chiaki Imada (executive producer)) Kōzō Morishita (producer)
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū / Son Gohan) Kôji Nakata (Dr. Uirō) Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo) Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma) Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong) Mayumi Tanaka (Kuririn) Kohei Myauchi (Kame-Sen'nin) Mayumi Sho (Chi-Chi) Kôji Yada (Dr. Kochin) Kenji Utsumi (Shenlong) Joji Yanami (Narration)
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	March 10, 1990
Running time	60 minutes
Language	Japanese

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Guy (ドラゴンボールゼット　この世で一番強いヤツ, Doragonbōru Zetto: Kono yo de ichiban tsuyoi yatsu^?) is the second movie in the Dragon Ball Z franchise. It was originally released in Japan on March 10, 1990, between episodes 39 & 40. FUNimation's title is The World's Strongest & Bridge Entertainment's title is The Strongest Guy in the World.

This movie, along with Dead Zone and The Tree of Might, was released in a DVD box set from Funimation on November 14, 2006.

[edit] Plot outline

Summoning Shenlong, Dr. Kochin frees his mentor, Dr. Uirō, who has been entombed within ice for 50 years. Wanting to have the strongest body on Earth, Uirō goes after Muten Rōshi thinking that he's still the strongest. However, upon learning that Son Gokū is now the strongest, Uirō has a new target. He nearly succeeds in defeating Gokū but Gokū fights back with his Kaiō-ken technique.

[edit] Cast list

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
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Doug Parker	Bradford Jackson
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Laara Sadiq	Cynthia Cranz
Muten Rōshi/Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Dave Ward	Mike McFarland
Umigame	Daisuke Ghori	Scott McNeil	Christopher Sabat
Shenlong	Kenji Utsumi	Donald Brown	Christopher Sabat
Bio-Men		Dave Ward
Dr. Kochin	Kōji Yada	Ward Perry
Kishime	Yukimasa Kishino	Ward Perry
Ebifurya	Ken Yamaguchi	Don Brown
Misokattsun	Daisuke Ghori	Alec Willows
Dr. Uirō	Kôji Nakata	Paul Dobson
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Doc Harris	Kyle Hebert

[edit] Music

• OP
  1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

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

• 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