Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

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Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Japanese box art
Directed by	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Produced by	Chiaki Imada Rikizô Kayano
Written by	Story: Akira Toriyama Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Starring	Masako Nozawa Naoki Tatsuta Hiromi Tsuru Mayumi Tanaka Toshio Furukawa Naoko Watanabe Yûsaku Yara Kohei Myauchi Kenji Utsumi Joji Yanami
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	March 19, 1991
Running time	45 min.
Language	Japanese

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya-jin da Son Gokū (ドラゴンボールZ 超サイヤ人だ孫悟空, Doragon Bōru Zetto: Sūpā Saiya-jin da Son Gokū^?, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: Super Sayian Son Goku"), is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on March 19th, 1991, between episodes 82 and 83. It was translated in America by FUNimation, and Bridge Entertainment's title is Super Saiya Son Goku. It is the first Dragon Ball movie (not counting the Ultimate Uncut edition of the previous movies) to be dubbed with FUNimation's English voice cast.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Music
4 External links

[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, 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 them to restore his youth and health; like King Piccolo before him, being fully restored gave him a far greater power.

Goku 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 Goku. The battle was not going well for Goku until he was discarded by Slug who drew his attention away to Piccolo.

Goku 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.

Exploiting a weakness of all Namekians; their extremely sensitive hearing, Gohan's whistling was able to bring Slug to his knees (Piccolo had earlier torn off his ears, so he wasn't harmed by this strategy). Piccolo also gave what little strength remained in him and Goku to use to battle against Slug. Thanks to Piccolo, Goku was able to use both Piccolo and his own energy, he was able to initiate Kaio-Ken, and managed to punch a hole through Slug's stomach, weakening the Super Namek severely.

Goku was able to defeat Slug with ease from that point on. The movie ends with Goku 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

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	John Burgmeier
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
    - Song Lyrics

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
    - Song Lyrics

FUNimation Dub
1. Disturbed - Stupify
2. Disturbed - Fear
3. American Pearl - Free Your Mind
4. American Pearl - Automatic
5. Boy Hits Car - I'm A Cloud
6. Boy Hits Car - The Rebirth
7. Deftones - Elite
8. Breaking Point - Coming Of Age
9. Dust For Life - Step Into The Light
10. Dust For Life - Seed
11. Finger Eleven - First Time
12. Finger Eleven - Drag You Down