Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: The Galaxy's at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 銀河ギリギリ!!ぶっちぎりの凄い奴, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto: Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu), is a 1993 Japanese animated science fantasy martial arts film and the ninth Dragon Ball Z feature movie. It was released in Japan on July 10 at the Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongside Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village with Love and the first Yu Yu Hakusho movie. The antagonist Bojack was designed by series creator Akira Toriyama.[1] The film is the last to feature Kōhei Miyauchi as Master Roshi, who died two years after its release.

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Japanese DVD cover art
Directed byYoshihiro Ueda
Produced byChiaki Imada (Executive Producer)
Yoshio Anzai (Shueisha)
Written byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
StarringSee below
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
July 10, 1993 (1993-07-10)
Running time
51 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.23 billion ($20.1 million)

Plot

Bojack is the main villain of the movie. His goal is to conquer the universe and destroy all those that stand in his way. According to King Kai, he was sealed by all four Kais in a star, but when Goku teleported the devolved, ready to self-destruct Cell to King Kai's planet, killing him, the seal had broken, allowing Bojack to become unbound and reap destruction upon the Earth.

The movie starts with a big martial arts tournament in which 200 elite fighters will compete, including Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, Gohan, Future Trunks, and Krillin. The winner will get to face the famous champion, Mr. Satan. Goku is shown in Other World, watching the tournament with King Kai. The first round consists of 8 contests - 25 fighters are put on each fighting "stage", and the last one standing on each stage will advance to the semi-finals. Tien, Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, and Future Trunks are among the 8 who advance. As the advancing fighters' names are announced, Mr. Satan is shown getting increasingly nervous, as he is aware of the powers of these fighters. He begins looking for a way to back out of the fighting, eventually claiming to have a stomach ache. In the meantime, the semis pit Tien against Future Trunks and Krillin against Piccolo. Future Trunks and Tien fight evenly before Trunks goes Super Saiyan and quickly defeats Tien. Piccolo is disgusted by the lack of a challenge in this supposedly "elite" contest and forfeits against Krillin. Gohan, Krillin, and Future Trunks are among the 4 who advance to the finals, in which each of them will compete against a fighter from elsewhere in the galaxy. However, as the alien fighters are revealed, the fight promoter realizes that these are not the fighters that he had recruited for the contest.

Everyone soon begins to realize that there is something wrong as Future Trunks is challenged by Gokua, Krillin is beaten by Zangya, and Gohan confronts Bujin, one of the fighters is killed by Bido. During this time, Mr. Satan is in the rest room, thinking about how he got himself in this mess, but after looking at his belt he realizes that the people need him and, in an uncharacteristically brave mood he goes out and gets slammed into a space pod and sent to the fighting. During his fight against Gokua, Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan, shatters Gokua's sword, and shoves his fist right through Gokua's abdomen, thus killing him. As he turns to leave, he is struck down in one blow by an unknown foe. Far away, Vegeta feels this power and knows something is wrong. Gohan continues his fight with Bujin until he is led out to where Krillin and Trunks are. After inspecting his fallen friend, Bojack introduces himself and tells Gohan his plans to rule the universe as his revenge. Yamcha and Tien turn up to fight but are defeated by Bujin, Bido and Zangya. Seeing his friends fallen, Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan and fights Bojack's henchmen while Bojack watches on in amusement. Gohan is beaten down and Bojack powers up an attack to finish him off, although it is deflected by Piccolo, who has come to Gohan's aid. Trunks comes back into action and they both challenge Bojack. After a period of fighting Trunks's sword appears; Trunks catches it as Vegeta enters the fight and transforms into a Super Saiyan, quickly setting on Bojack. During this, Trunks thinks that Vegeta would only ever fight when it meant him surpassing Goku's strength, and Trunks realizes that Vegeta has truly changed. While Vegeta fights Bojack, the rest fight against his surviving henchmen. During his fight against Vegeta, Bojack beats Vegeta down and transforms. Gohan rushes to Piccolo's aid, but Piccolo tells him to not worry about him and fight Bojack. Bojack challenges Gohan to a fight and beats him thanks to the aid of Bido and Zangya's Untrapped ropes, which drains Gohan's energy away, but Gohan is freed when Mr. Satan's incoming pod distracts them all. Annoyed at this, Bojack powers up an attack and blasts Mr. Satan's pod, causing him to fall to the ground. Trying to save him, Gohan is struck down by Bojack's henchmen.

On Snake Way with King Kai, Goku can't watch any more and, using his Instant Transmission, teleports himself to the fight and punches Bojack before he can finish Gohan off. Surprised, Bojack falls to the ground. After a few words of advice, Goku places his son on the ground safely and disappears. Gohan, taking in his father's words, gets back and turns to Bojack with fire in his eyes. Gohan gets furious and transforms into Super Saiyan 2, turning the table against Bojack and his crew. Gohan beats Bido and Bujin each in one-hit, breaking them both in half, and Zangya is killed when Bojack uses her as a shield from Gohan. The angry young Saiyan then slams his fist into Bojack's stomach, blowing a hole in his stomach and out through his back. As a last resort, Bojack powers up his Galactic Buster and Gohan prepares a Super Kamehameha. The energies clash together and in the blinding light Bojack is killed. Gohan, exhausted, falls backwards laughing as Goku praises him from Other World, and King Kai jokes that Goku broke the rules of going back to Earth while dead. After the events, everyone is in hospital watching the news that Mr. Satan is a "true hero" who defeated the alien intruders; this results in several jokes as they laugh. As in Super Android 13!, the movie closes with Piccolo and Vegeta on the roof, arms folded and backs turned to each other, isolating themselves from the celebration. During the closing credits, "Ginga o Koete Raijingu High" plays with some pictures showing many of the Dragon Ball Z highlights over the years involving Gohan's upbringing displayed on the left, from his infancy to the precursor of the Cell Games Saga.

Finally, this graph is surrounded as though in a frame by several of the main characters, including Krillin, Trunks, Roshi, and Yamcha, all dressed in different colored suits, similar to the Toriyama drawn picture before.

New characters

Bojack

Bojack (ボージャック, Bōjakku) is the main antagonist of the movie Bojack Unbound. His name is derived from the Japanese word bōjakubujin, which means "arrogance" or "audacity." Bojack is the leader of the Galaxy Soldiers, consisting of his henchmen Bido, Gokua, Zangya and Bujin. Originally sealed away by the Kai within a star by the Kais ages ago, Bojack broke free when King Kai's death broke the seal. Bojack infiltrates a World Martial Arts Tournament being held for a rich man's son's birthday, hoping to kill all of Earth's fighters. Though Bojack overpowered Vegeta in his Super Saiyan form, he is ultimate destroyed by Super Saiyan 2 Gohan using a Super Kamehameha on him. He makes a cameo in Fusion Reborn. He appears in most games. Another version of Bojack appears alongside Turles in Super Dragon Ball Heroes.

Zangya

Zangya (ザンギャ) is Bojack's female minion. She first appeared after defeating Krillin and later aided Bojack in taking down the other Z-Fighters. She is later killed by Bojack and later also made a cameo in Fusion Reborn. She also appears in most video games.

Cast
Character Japanese voice English voice
(AB Groupe, c. 2003)[2] (Funimation, 2004)
GohanMasako NozawaJodi ForrestStephanie Nadolny
GokuMasako NozawaDavid GasmanSean Schemmel
BojackTesshō GendaDoug Rand as BoojackBob Carter
PiccoloToshio FurukawaPaul Bandey as Big GreenChristopher R. Sabat
KrillinMayumi TanakaSharon Mann as ClearinSonny Strait
Tien ShinhanHirotaka SuzuokiDavid Gasman as TenshinJohn Burgmeier
YamchaTōru FuruyaDoug RandChris Sabat
TrunksTakeshi Kusao
Hiromi Tsuru (baby)		Doug Rand
Jodi Forrest (baby)		Eric Vale
Stephanie Nadolny (baby)
VegetaRyo HorikawaEd Marcus as VejitaChristopher Sabat
BulmaHiromi TsuruJodi Forrest as BloomaTiffany Vollmer
Master RoshiKōhei MiyauchiEd Marcus as Genius TurtleMike McFarland
Chi-ChiNaoko WatanabeSharon MannCynthia Cranz
King KaiJōji YanamiEd MarcusSeán Schemmel
OolongNaoki TatsutaDavid GasmanBradford Jackson
ChiaotzuHiroko EmoriJodi ForrestMonika Antonelli
Mr. SatanDaisuke GōriPaul Bandey as Mr. SahtanChris Rager
ZangyaTomoko MaruoJodi ForrestColleen Clinkenbeard
Gokua (ゴクア)Toshiyuki MorikawaPaul BandeyEthan Rains
Bido (ビドー, Bidō)Hisao EgawaEd MarcusR. Howard McCollum
Bujin (ブージン, Būjin)Hiroko EmoriSharon MannChristopher Bevins
Gyosan Money (ギョーサン・マネー, Gyōsan Manē)Naoki TatsutaEd Marcus as Mr. MultibillionaireGrant James
Okkane Money (オッカネー・マネー, Okkanē Manē)Hiromi TsuruJodi Forrest as Mrs. MultibillionaireJamie Marchi
Dollar Money (ドル・マネー, Doru Manē)Hiroko EmoriSharon Mann as Dollar MultibillionaireColleen Carroll
ProducerToshio FurukawaDavid GasmanDartanian Nickelback
KimUnknownUnknownAmber Cotton
NarratorJōji YanamiEd MarcusKyle Hebert

A third English version, produced and released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video, features an unknown cast.

Music
  • OP (Opening Theme):
    • "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"
      • Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
      • Music by Chiho Kiyooka
      • Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
      • Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
  • ED (Ending Theme):
    • Ginga o Koete Raijingu Hai (銀河を超えてライジング・ハイ, "Beyond Galaxies Rising High")

The score for the English-language version was composed by Mark Menza; however the remastered release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

Releases

Box office

At the Japanese box office, the film sold 3.3 million tickets[3] and grossed ¥2.23 billion[4] ($20.1 million).[5]

Home media

It was released on DVD and VHS in North America on August 17, 2004. It was later digitally remastered and released in a Double Feature set with Super Android 13! on Blu-ray and DVD on February 10, 2009. The film was re-released to DVD on December 6, 2011 in a remastered box set containing the second four Dragon Ball Z movies.[6]

References
  1. DRAGON BALL 大全集 6: MOVIES & TV SPECIALS (in Japanese). Shueisha. 1995. pp. 212–216. ISBN 4-08-782756-9.
  2. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15614
  3. "予約特典・ドラゴンボール最強への道・劇場版ご近所物語A5サイズ前売特典冊子". Dragon Ball: The Path to Power brochure (in Japanese). Toei Animation. 1996.
  4. Komatsu, Mikikazu (January 29, 2019). "Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Becomes Top-Grossing Film in The Franchise". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  5. "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Japan". World Bank. 1993. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection Two, Funimation Prod, 2011-12-06, retrieved 2016-04-12
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