Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Japanese box art
Directed by	Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Produced by	Chiaki Imada (Executive Producer)
Written by	Yoshifumi Yuki (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū) Mami Koyama (Lunch / Arale) Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma) Toru Furuya (Yamcha) Kohei Myauchi (Kamesennin) Mayumi Tanaka (Kuririn) Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong) Naoko Watanabe (Puar) Hirotaka Suzuoki (Tenshinhan) Hiroko Emori (Chaozu) Ichirō Nagai (Karin / Tsurusennin) Chikao Otsuka (Tao Pai Pai) Daisuke Ghori (Umigame) Toshio Furukawa (General Blue) Shin Aomori (Metallic) Mitsuko Horie (Upa) Banjō Ginga (Bora)Shigeru Shiba (Pilaf)Tesshō Genda (Shuu) Eiko Yamada (Mai) Seiko Nakano (Gatchan) Kenji Utsumi (Shenron) Joji Yanami (Narration)
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 9, 1988
Running time	46 minutes
Language	Japanese

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure, known in Japan as Dragon Ball: Makafushigi Dai-Bōken (ドラゴンボール　魔訶不思議大冒険, Doragon Bōru: Makafushigi Dai-Bōken^?, lit. "Dragon Ball: Mystical Great Adventure), is the third Dragon Ball movie. Originally released in Japan on July 9, 1988, between episodes 118 and 119 (during the fight against Piccolo Daimaō).

1 Plot summary
- 1.1 Current Release
2 Cast list
3 Music

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Another retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young Son Gokū and young Kuririn are training for a Tenka-ichi Budōkai to be held in the country of Mifan. The Emperor of Mifan, Chiaotzu, is trying to find his lost "Ran Ran." "Minister" Master Shen has Pilaf work on a Dragon Radar takes it from him, and is using it to locate the Dragon Balls. Minister Master Shen and Taopaipai claim that they'll use the wish from Shenlong to locate Ran Ran, but are actually planning, with Tenshinhan's help, to kill Chiaotzu and take over the country. Blue announces that Ran Ran is being held in Master Shen's room, and is killed by Taopaipai for it. Bora and Upa have located the final Dragon Ball and they take it to Mifan to use it to demand that Mifan's soldiers be forced to leave the land near Karin Tower.

Bora is tricked into entering the Budōkai (the winner of the Budōkai will be granted one wish by Chiaotzu), and is then killed by Taopaipai. Bulma, Oolong, Lunch and Pu'er are looking for the other six Dragon Balls, so Bulma can wish for a boyfriend. However, when the DBs are located, they are accidentally dropped to the bottom of the moat surrounding Chiaotzu's castle. Tenshinhan realizes that he likes Chiaotzu too much, and doesn't kill his friend; instead, he blows away Master Shen. The story of Blue and Gokū entering Penguin village is included, but this time it is Taopaipai and Gokū that meet Arale-chan, and Gokū kills Taopaipai with Arale's help.

Gokū throws the final ball into the moat, and asks Shenlong to resurrect Bora.

US DVD Release

[edit] Current Release

FUNimation has released this on DVD in Australia and New Zealand on the 17/03/2004 with the Texas-based English dub and optional Japanese audio.

[edit] Cast list

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese)	Voice Actor (English)
Son Gokū	Masako Nozawa	Ceyli Delgadillo
Arale Norimaki	Mami Koyama
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher Sabat
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Kame-Sen'nin	Kôhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Lori Steele
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Bradford Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Chaozu	Hiroko Emori	Monika Antonelli
Umigame	Daisuke Ghori	Christopher Sabat
Tsuru-Sen'nin	Ichiro Nagai	Chuck Huber
Karin	Ichiro Nagai	Mark Britten
T'ao Pai-pai	Chikao Otsuka	Kent Williams
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher Sabat
General Blue	Toshio Furukawa	Sonny Strait
Sergeant Metallic	Shin Aomori	Chris Rager
Upa	Mitsuko Horie	Kara Edwards
Bora	Banjou Ginga	Dameon Clarke
Emperor Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Mike McFarland
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Justin Cook
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Cynthia Cranz
Gat-chan	Seiko Nakano	Mike McFarland
Narration	Joji Yanami	Christopher Sabat

[edit] Music

Opening Theme: "魔訶不思議アドベンチャー!" / "Makafushigi Adobenchā!" / "Mystical Adventure!"; Lyrics: Yuriko Mori; Music: Takeshi Ike; Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka; Performance: Hiroki Takahashi; Song Lyrics
Ending Theme: "ドラゴンボール伝説" / "Doragonbôru Densetsu" / "The Dragon Ball Legend"; Lyrics: Onikado Izumi; Music: Takeshi Ike; Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda; Performance: Hiroki Takahashi; Song Lyrics