Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies

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Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Written by	Toshiki Inoue (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū) Shuuichirou Moriyama (Gourmeth) Tomiko Suzuki (Pansy) Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma) Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong) Kohei Myauchi (Kamesennin) Toru Furuya (Yamcha) Naoko Watanabe (Puar) Daisuke Ghori (Umigame) Mami Koyama (Pasta) Kenji Utsumi (Shenlong) Joji Yanami (Narration)
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	December 20, 1986
Running time	50 min.
Language	Japanese
IMDb profile

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, known in Japan as Dragon Ball: Shenron no Densetsu (ドラゴンボール　神龍の伝説, Doragon Bōru Shenron no Densetsu^?, lit. "Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong"), is the first Dragon Ball movie. Originally released in Japan December 20, 1986, between episodes 43 and 44. In its original theatrical run, it was just titled Dragon Ball, but for subsequent video release in Japan it was renamed.

In specific, this movie is a heavily modified retelling of the gathering of the Dragon Balls in the "Son Gokū Saga" (FUNimation's saga: Emperor Pilaf Saga), but with King Gurumes taking Pilaf's role as the center villain. Like that initial saga, it depicts how Son Gokū meets up with Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong, and Pu'er, and the first quest for the Dragon Balls. (These events would be retold again in the 10th Anniversary Movie, The Path to Ultimate Strength.)

The original Japanese movie featured a surprising amount of cartoon nudity, as did the early episodes of the series. For the US video release, this was censored out. Although the movie was released with the first 13 episodes on an uncut DVD set in Australia and New Zealand by FUNimation, it's still the edited dub from 1995.

This movie was used as the basis for Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins.

[edit] Cast list

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese)	Voice Actor (English)
Son Gokū	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Doug Parker
Pu-erh	Naoko Watanabe	Kathy Morse
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Ted Cole
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Michael Donovan
Pasta	Mami Koyama	Teryl Rothery
Pansy	Tomiko Suzuki	Andrea Libman
Shenlong	Kenji Utsumi
Pansy's Dad	Shōzō Iizuka	Michael Donovan
Pansy's Mom	Reiko Suzuki
Umigame	Daisuke Gōri	Doug Parker
Pilot	Ryōichi Tanaka Michitaka Kobayashi
Soldier	Kōji Totani
Villager	Masaharu Satō Kazumi Tanaka Masato Hirano
Bongo	Gorō Naya
Gourmeth	Shūichirō Moriyama	Gary Chalk
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Doc Harris

[edit] Music

OP (Opening Theme)
1. "Makafushigi Adobenchā!"; 魔訶不思議アドベンチャー! (Mystical Adventure!)
  - Lyrics: Yuriko Mori, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka, Performance: Hiroki Takahashi
    - Song Lyrics

ED (Ending Theme)
1. "Romantikku Ageru Yo"; ロマンティックあげるよ (I’ll Give You Romance)
  - Lyrics: Takemi Yoshida, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka, Performance: Ushio Hashimoto
    - Song Lyrics