Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z Super Warrior Defeat!! I'll Be The Winner (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 超戦士撃破!!勝つのはオレだ, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Sūpā Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu No wa Ore da) or by Toei's own English title Dragon Ball Z: Attack! Super Warriors, is a 1994 Japanese animated science fiction martial arts film and the eleventh Dragon Ball Z feature movie. It was released in Japan on July 9 at the Toei Anime Fair alongside Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation and the second Slam Dunk movie. It was the third and final Dragon Ball Z movie to feature the character of Broly. Dragon Ball Super: Broly, released in 2018, features a different version of the character.
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Directed by | Yoshihiro Ueda |
Written by | Takao Koyama |
Based on | Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
Starring | See Voice cast |
Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date | July 9, 1994 |
Running time | 46 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥1.9 billion (Japan)[1] |
Plot
In a dark laboratory on a distant island, strangely-coloured humanoids emerge from tanks, having been created by Dr. Collie. Collie's employer, Mr. Jaguar, plans to use these men to expose the "world's greatest fraud", and laughs madly as a furry tail is shown in a distant tank.
At Mr. Satan's house, Android 18 is wrecking his room since he has yet to pay her for throwing the World Tournament Final, with Krillin, Trunks, Goten and Marron waiting outside. Just then, Mr. Jaguar's cousin, Men-Men, arrives and speaks with Mr. Satan, telling him that Mr. Jaguar, who was Mr. Satan's fighting rival at summer camp, has requested his presence at his island laboratory to have him fight his special fighters, and threatens to expose Mr. Satan wetting his bed at summer camp if he refuses. Mr. Satan reluctantly accepts, with Android 18 accompanying them to make sure Mr. Satan keeps good on his promise. Trunks and Goten stow away, hoping for a challenge.
At the lab, Mr. Satan and Jaguar come face to face after many years. The semi-tournament is organised, with Android 18, Goten and Trunks asking to take part, posing as Mr. Satan's pupils. Though Trunks and Goten make quick work of the bio-warriors, they notice an old enemy of theirs beside Jaguar: the farcical shaman from Natade Village who they encountered in Broly – Second Coming. While exploring, Trunks and Goten stumble across a tank inside which appears to be Broly, the legendary Super Saiyan they defeated, apparently having survived again. They confront the shaman, who tells them that after Broly was destroyed, he found a sample of Broly's blood and took it to Jaguar, who used it to create a clone of Broly as one of his bio-warriors. Knowing of Broly's mental instability, Trunks and Goten try to destroy him before he awakens, but Broly notices Goten and his rage erupts, allowing him to break out of the tank. At the same time, this causes a major leak of a dangerous culture fluid which instantly devours any matter with a different structure to its own and multiplies. Broly is drenched in the culture fluid and deformed horribly, which turns him into the titular "Bio-Broly". Jaguar orders Broly to kill Mr. Satan, and Android 18 comes to his defence (in exchange for more money), but is easily pounded by Broly. Goten and Trunks take on Broly and are only barely able to keep up with him, but the culture fluid begins to consume the entire island, destroying the bio-warriors and killing the shaman and many scientists.
Broly soon takes the upper hand and pummels Goten and Trunks. Krillin arrives in time to save Android 18, but they too are defeated. Trunks, however, lures Broly beneath a culture fluid tank and blasts it, showering Broly in the culture fluid and disintegrating him. With Broly gone, Trunks, Goten, Krillin and Android 18 evacuate the island, but Dr. Collie tells them that the culture fluid, after absorbing Broly, will continue to spread until it covers the entire Earth. However, after seeing Mr. Satan trying to swim away from the fluid, they notice that the fluid turns to stone upon contact with seawater. Goten, Trunks and Krillin each fire a Kamehameha wave at the base of the island, causing a massive wave of water to flood the island and turn the culture fluid to stone. Just then, Broly suddenly emerges from the sea as a giant, but before he can attack, he too is solidified. Trunks and Goten blast him to smithereens, destroying him once and for all. Mr. Satan then emerges from the sea, asking for help. Android 18 offers, but in exchange for 100 million zeni for all the help she gave him throughout the movie. Fuming, Mr. Satan swims off.
In the Other World, Goku receives orders from the Grand Kai to take Pikkon and stop Broly (who has somehow been permitted to keep his physical body) from causing havoc in Hell. Goku decides to finish his meal first.
Voice cast
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Character | Japanese | English[2] |
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Goten | Masako Nozawa | Kara Edwards |
Trunks | Takeshi Kusao | Laura Bailey |
Bio-Broly | Bin Shimada | Vic Mignogna |
Krillin | Mayumi Tanaka | Sonny Strait |
Android #18 | Miki Itou | Meredith McCoy |
Mr. Satan | Daisuke Gōri | Chris Rager |
Dr. Collie | Masaharu Satoh | C.T. Anger |
Goku | Masako Nozawa | Sean Schemmel |
Lord Jaguar | Naoki Tatsuta | Bill Townsley |
Maloja | Chafūrin | R. McCollum |
Men-Men | Keiji Fujiwara | Jim Foronda |
Nan | Tomiko Suzuki | Caitlin Glass |
Marron | Tomiko Suzuki | Meredith Mauldin |
Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Kyle Hebert |
A second English dub produced and released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
Music
- OP (Opening Theme):
- "WE GOTTA POWER"
- Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
- Music and arrangement by Keiju Ishikawa
- Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
- "WE GOTTA POWER"
- IN (Insert Song):
- Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Tēma~ (小さな戦士~悟天とトランクスのテーマ~, "The Young Warriors ~Theme of Goten and Trunks~")
- Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
- Music by Tetsuji Hayashi
- Arranged by Osamu Totsuka
- Performed by Susumu Oya
- Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Tēma~ (小さな戦士~悟天とトランクスのテーマ~, "The Young Warriors ~Theme of Goten and Trunks~")
- ED (Ending Theme):
- Doragon Pawā Mugendai (ドラゴンパワー∞, "Dragon Power ∞")
- Lyrics by Yukinojo Mori
- Music by Tetsuji Hayashi
- Arranged by Osamu Totsuka
- Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
- Doragon Pawā Mugendai (ドラゴンパワー∞, "Dragon Power ∞")
Singles
"Dragon Power ∞" was released as a single on 8mm CD on July 21, 1994 in Japan. It was coupled with the image song "Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Tēma~" performed by Susumu Ōya.
Another CD called ~Sūpā Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu no wa Ore da~ Single +1 (~超戦士撃破!!勝つのはオレだ~Single+1, ~Super Warrior Defeat!! I'll Be the Winner~ Single + 1) was released on 12mm CD at the same time as the 8mm CD. This 12mm CD features a third track, "Kung Fu Taisō" (カンフー体操), also performed by Kageyama.
Funimation dub soundtrack
The score for the English-language version was composed by Mark Menza. The remastered Blu-ray/DVD also contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi.
Releases
It was released on DVD in North America on September 13, 2005. It was later digitally remastered and released in a Triple Feature set with the original Broly films, with containing Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan and Broly – Second Coming on Blu-ray and DVD on March 31, 2009. The film was re-released to DVD on January 3, 2012 in a remastered box set containing the final four Dragon Ball Z movies.
References
- "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank. General Works. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- "Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
External links
- Official anime website of Toei Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly on IMDb
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia