Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

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Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Chiaki Imada Rikizô Kayano
Written by	Story: Akira Toriyama Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Starring	Masako Nozawa Takeshi Kusao Ryo Horikawa Toshio Furukawa Mayumi Tanaka Naoki Tatsuta Kohei Myauchi Naoko Watanabe Kazuyuki Sogabe Hisao Egawa Toshio Kobayashi Kōji Yada Joji Yanami
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 11, 1992
Running time	45 min.
Language	Japanese

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Kyokugen Battle!! San Dai Super Saiya-jin (極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人, Doragon Bōru Zetto Kyokugen Batoru!! San Dai Sūpā Saiya-jin^?, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans"), is the seventh Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on July 11th 1992 between episodes 147 and 148.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film opens with the introduction showing the death of Doctor Gero at the hands of the Androids #17 and #18, and also revealing that Gero is still around in the form of an underground 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 Goku while he is shopping with Chi-Chi and Son Gohan. Not wanting to destroy the city they're in, Goku and 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 Saiyajin 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 Goku prepares a Genki Dama, and, after transforming into a Super Saiyajin, he absorbs its energy into his body and destroys the Android menace. As Androids #13, #14, and #15 are ultimately destroyed, Dr. Gero's computer shuts down for good, while still shouting the words "Goku must die!".

In the English dub of the film, a scene where Goku is hit in the groin was cut, and was replaced with a flash of light. At the end, it closes with a comic relief. Goku 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 Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Future Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Eric 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
Doctor Gero	Kōji Yada	Kent Williams
Narration	Joji Yanami	Kyle Hebert