| Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle | |
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| Directed by | Daisuke Nishio |
| Produced by | Keizō Shichijō |
| Screenplay by | Kenji Terui |
| Based on | Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Cinematography | Motoaki Ikegami |
| Editing by | Shinichi Fukumitsu |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) | July 18, 1987 |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (ドラゴンボール 魔神城のねむり姫 Doragon Bōru: Majin-Jō No Nemuri Hime) is the second animated feature film based on the Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama. It was originally released in Japan on July 18, 1987 at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival as part of a quadruple feature along with the original Saint Seiya movie and the film versions of Hikari Sentai Maskman and Choujinki Metalder. An English dub by Funimation was released on home video in 1997, though an alternative English dub was also released in Europe from AB Groupe sometime in the early 2000s.
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Twelve year old Goku seeks out Master Roshi to ask to be accepted as a student, while the little monk, Krillin, arrives for the same reason (and uses a porno magazine as a bribe). Roshi sends them on a quest far to the west, where "five mountains stand, called the 'Devil's Hand'." Inside a castle, there lies the legendary, and beautiful, "Sleeping Princess." Whoever brings back the Sleeping Princess will become Master Roshi's student. The two boys set out, and Krillin uses all the standard tricks to trip Goku up.
A little later, Bulma, Oolong, Yamcha, and Puar -- who are on summer vacation—arrive at Kame House to find Goku. Roshi says that the two boys have gone far to the west for training, so the friends fly in Bulma's Capsule jet to the Devil's Hand. When they near the castle, the jet is attacked by demons, and Bulma is taken to the Castle. The owner of the castle, Lucifer, pretends to treat her as a guest, until it becomes time to awaken the Sleeping Princess. In the meantime, Goku and Krillin fight monsters, and they drop in on Bulma just before the Butler can drain Bulma of her blood through a giant syringe (Bulma's blood is to be used to toast the awakening of the Sleeping Princess). Then, Launch (in her evil, blonde state) arrives to steal the Sleeping Princess—which is really a giant jewel. Everyone is captured and encased in a wall of rock.
It is the night of a full moon, and the moonlight is used to power the jewel. The moonlight also turns Goku into a Giant Ape, and everyone escapes. They fight Lucifer, and Goku uses the Kamehameha blast to destroy Lucifer's Princess-powered laser cannon (the full-moonlight is to be used to destroy the sun, and begin the Reign of Darkness), and kills Lucifer. The heroes escape, and Krillin acts contrite, but doesn't actually apologize to Goku for his behavior. The two boys return to Kame House with Launch, and Roshi takes them both on as students.
| Character name | Voice actor (Japanese) | Voice actor (English) |
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| Goku | Masako Nozawa | Ceyli Delgadillo |
| Bulma | Hiromi Tsuru | Leslie Alexander |
| Krillin | Mayumi Tanaka | Laurie Steele |
| Yamcha | Tōru Furuya | Christopher R. Sabat |
| Bad Launch | Mami Koyama | Christine Marten |
| Good Launch | Mami Koyama | Monika Antonelli |
| Master Roshi | Kōhei Miyauchi | Mike McFarland |
| Oolong | Naoki Tatsuta | Bradford Jackson |
| Puar | Naoko Watanabe | Monika Antonelli |
| Butler | Shōzō Iizuka | Christopher R. Sabat |
| Lucifer | Nachi Nozawa | Mike McFarland |
| Ghastel | Daisuke Gōri | Mike McFarland |
| Turtle | Daisuke Gōri | Christopher R. Sabat |
| Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Christopher R. Sabat |
The English rights to Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle were granted to Harmony Gold USA originally in conjunction with their rights to the TV series in 1989. They released the other two movies out at the time, but never actually did anything with this film other than use bits of footage in their opening theme. Their deal with Streamline Pictures, MGM Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, and Orion Pictures led to a possible sub only release of the film in the mid 1990s. Funimation possibly acquired the film in 1995 once their license expired. The English dub of Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle produced by Funimation was released to VHS in North America in 1997, a few years after Funimation canceled their original dub of the series. The movie was dubbed as a video special and was a test to see how a release with an in-house voice production would do. However, while the film was dubbed uncut, the original opening was replaced with the current English opening and was placed at the very beginning of the film even though the opening originally played about thirty seconds into the movie. The original closing was also altered to fit a very short list of English credits. However, unlike the previous dub of the series, and first movie, the original musical score was used except for the opening and closing. The VHS was released in two formats, "Edited" and "Unedited". In December 2005, the film was released on a bilingual Region 1 DVD individually and as part of Dragon Ball Movie Box Set with Mystical Adventure and The Path to Power. This set was re-released on February 12, 2008.[1] The film was distributed to VHS and Region 4 DVD in Australia by Madman Entertainment. The film was re-released to Region 1 DVD again in a remastered 4-disc Movie pack release with the other Dragon Ball films on February 8, 2011[2]containing Funimation's 1998 English dub[3], but restored most of the previously edited footage.
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