| Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn | |
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Japanese film poster |
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| Directed by | Shigeyasu Yamauchi |
| Screenplay by | Takao Koyama |
| Based on | Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Cinematography | Toshiharu Takei |
| Editing by | Shinichi Fukumitsu |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) | March 4, 1995 |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: The Fusion of Resurrection!! Gokū and Vegeta (ドラゴンボールZ 復活のフュージョン!!悟空とベジータ Doragon Bōru Zetto Fukkatsu no Fyūjon!! Gokū to Bejīta), is the 12th film in the Dragon Ball series. It was originally released in Japan on March 4, 1995 at Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongside the Slam Dunk film Shohoku Saidai no Kiki! Moero Sakuragi Hanamichi and the movie version of Marmalade Boy. It was released to select theaters in North America on March 17, 2006, making it the first Dragon Ball movie to be released theatrically in the United States, with Dragon Ball Z: Return of Cooler following. Following that, it had been released on March 28, 2006 in North America on DVD.
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The movie begins with Goku fighting in another Other World Tournament against Pikkon. At the same time, a teenage "psyche ogre" that is attending the evil-purification machine in Other World is distracted with his heavy metal music. He doesn't pay attention and one of the tanks on the machine gets full and breaks, releasing all of the collected evil energy at once. As a result, the barrier keeping the dead confined in Other World is destroyed, and many of the dead souls are now wreaking havoc on Earth. This includes previous villains from the Dragon Ball Z series and movies, and also some real life ones like Hitler (simply "The Dictator" in the English version), and Gohan and Videl are called on to help.
Bulma and the others gather the Dragonballs, and summon Shenron. They wish for all the undead souls to be returned to the Other World, but Shenron informs them that while he can send them back, there is nothing stopping them from returning, and that something is wrong in the Other World and only King Yemma can resolve the problem.
The Grand Kai sends Goku and Pikkon to see King Yemma. When they arrive, they find that the Other World has been changed, filled with colorful jelly bean-like objects which encase structures and people. King Yemma has been imprisoned within one of these objects. Goku and Pikkon attempt to break the barrier, but it absorbs any energy thrown at it. King Yemma informs them that a monster created by the evil spiritual energy is atop the check-in station. Goku begins fighting the monster while Pikkon attempts to destroy the barrier. The monster named Janemba has a child-like mentality and possesses strange powers that allow him to defy reality (such as creating a portal to punch through that leads right to Goku), and even as a Super Saiyan 2, Goku is losing. He then powers up to Super Saiyan 3 and swiftly dominates Janemba. Though seemingly defeated, Janemba reduces into a smaller, more powerful form.
On Earth, Mr. Satan (Hercule in the English version) is winning over the zombies. Frieza and his henchmen arrive shortly after Gohan and Videl get rid of a large group of zombies. Frieza begins to taunt Gohan. Gohan defeats him with one punch and all the other villains flee. Back in the Other World, Pikkon discovers that cursing at the jelly bean prison causes it to crack. Meanwhile, Janemba creates a sword from a spiked mallet, and easily gains the upper hand against Goku, eventually launching him into the Blood Pond and trapping him within. Janemba then slices the Pond down piece by piece until he traps Goku within a tiny portion.
Just as Janemba is about to deal the final slash, Vegeta dashes in and helps Goku; due to the imbalances caused by Janemba, Vegeta has regained his physical form. He starts to fight Janemba in his Super Saiyan 2 form, but is no match for him. Goku breaks out of Blood Pond in time to catch Vegeta from being flung into the Mountain of Spikes. Both Goku and Vegeta take cover in the cage of spikes. Goku knows they cannot win as separate entities, so he suggests using the fusion technique. Vegeta becomes skeptical, first off complaining that the pose for the Fusion Dance is embarrassing, and furthermore telling Goku he would rather die than to fuse with a low class Saiyan. Goku calmly reminds Vegeta he is already dead. Janemba launches a neeedle blast that destroys the Mountain of Spikes; Goku and Vegeta barely avoid the blast. Goku persuades Vegeta to try the Fusion Dance. Vegeta, however, fails to extend his forefinger at the last second, and Veku is created. This fat fighter is weak and can do little but fart (although the farts are potent and debilitating). Just as Janemba attacks, the Fusion runs out and Goku and Vegeta escape. Vegeta curses Goku, saying Fusion is useless, but King Kai informs them that Vegeta did not extend his forefinger. Pikkon arrives after giving up on the ice-like shield, and begins to fight Janemba to give Goku and Vegeta time to perform the Fusion Dance. Pikkon figures out that Janemba is made of the same material as the shield, and curses at him. It works, and part of Janemba's body disintigrates. However, Janemba is able to incapacitate Pikkon, but those few moments allow Goku and Vegeta to successfully perform the Fusion Dance, forming Gogeta. Meanwhile at Earth, Goten and Trunks feel their father's fuse so they decide to fuse forming Gotenks.
Gogeta is a formidable warrior; he quickly defeats Janemba with his ultimate attack, the Soul Punisher. The teenage demon returns. Scared by the appearance of Gogeta, he runs away. Other World is returned to normal and King Yemma is freed. All of the souls are returned to the Other World. Goku and Vegeta bid each other a good-natured farewell as Vegeta disappears again.
On Earth, Gohan, Goten, Videl and Trunks are returning home. Goten and Trunks joke about Gohan and Videl kissing back in town, and are chased home by a cross Gohan in every version of the movie. Meanwhile, Shenron remains summoned, and asks if anyone still wants to use the wishes.
Janemba (ジャネンバ Janenba) is the main villain in the movie Fusion Reborn. He is a demon of pure evil who's power was unleashed when a clumsy teenage ogre from Hell carelessely made the spirit cleanser explode. Janemba's first form is a giant, yellow, and repugnant demon (almost similar to Majin Buu) who is very childish. In this form he does not know any other words other than his own name which he repeats. Fat Janemba has many unique abilities like opening portals, creating dopplegangers, and even spawning miniature versions of himself. Despite his power he transformed when Goku more than stood a chance against him when he was Super Saiyan 3. Janemba's second form is about human size (though very tall), has red skin covered by violet armor, and his voice is deeper and more demonic. In this form he doesn't speak at all, but laughs maniacally and is built for fighting. Like his previous state, he has many unique abilities like teleportation, being able to destroy the fabric of interdimensional gates (which break off into little glass pieces that target his enemy), and can generate a sword. This Janemba was too much of a match for Goku and even Vegeta upon arriving to help him. Goku and Vegeta then fuse into Gogeta, who puts up more than a fair fight, and defeats Janemba, and is restored back to the little ogre boy who's body was taken over by him. Janemba is voiced by Tessho Genda in the Japanese version, and [Jim Foronda]](first form) and Kent Williams(second form) for the English version.
Gogeta (ゴジータ Gojīta) is the fusion of Goku and Vegeta featured first in Fusion Reborn through the fusion dance. Gogeta wears a fusion jacket and always appears as a Super Saiyan. In Fusion Reborn, Goku and a reluctant Vegeta fused to become him when they couldn't stand a chance against Janemba. However, the fusion first failed due to Vegeta's uneven finger positions and became a fat warrior dubbed Veku by the South Kai. Gogeta overpowers Janemba by far and quickly gets rid of him with his Stardust Breaker attack. Gogeta can be considered canonical to the anime's chronology, as Goku and Vegeta fuse once more in Dragon Ball GT both in their Super Saiyan 4 state to create a Super Saiyan 4 version of him. Gogeta Super Saiyan 4 has red, semi long spiky hair and fur and also wears a fusion jacket. Although his Super Saiyan 4 fusion is most likely the strongest being in the Dragon Ball Universe, unlike his Dragon Ball Z appearance who is very serious and has no time to waste, Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta is cocky and playful and fools with Omega Shenron before the fusion wears off. All of Gogeta's forms are done by the combined voice actors of Goku and Vegeta.
| Character Name | Voice Actor (Japanese) | Voice Actor (English) |
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| Goku | Masako Nozawa | Sean Schemmel |
| Gohan | Masako Nozawa | Kyle Hebert |
| Goten | Masako Nozawa | Kara Edwards |
| Vegeta | Ryo Horikawa | Christopher Sabat |
| Kid Trunks | Takeshi Kusao | Laura Bailey |
| Mr. Satan | Daisuke Ghori | Chris Rager |
| Bulma | Hiromi Tsuru | Tiffany Vollmer |
| Chi-Chi | Naoko Watanabe | Cynthia Cranz |
| Videl | Yuko Minaguchi | Kara Edwards |
| Pikkon | Hikaru Midorikawa | Kyle Hebert |
| Shenron | Masaharu Satou | Christopher Sabat |
| King Kai | Joji Yanami | Sean Schemmel |
| South Kai | Toku Nishio | Dameon Clarke |
| West Kai | Bin Shimada | Kyle Hebert |
| East Kai | Keiko Yamamoto | Stephanie Nadolny |
| Grand Kai | Ryuji Saikachi | Evan Jones |
| King Yemma | Daisuke Gori | Chris Rager |
| Janemba | Tesshō Genda | Jim Foronda Kent Williams |
| Frieza | Ryuusei Nakao | Linda Young |
| Gogeta | Masako Nozawa Ryo Horikawa |
Sean Schemmel Christopher Sabat |
| Gotenks | Masako Nozawa Takeshi Kusao |
Kara Edwards Laura Bailey |
| Narrator | Joji Yanami | Kyle Hebert |
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