| Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge | |
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 Japanese box art | |
| Directed by | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| Written by | Takao Koyama |
| Based on | Dragon Ball byAkira Toriyama |
| Starring | Seebelow |
| Cinematography | Masatoshi Fukui |
| Edited by | Shin'ichi Fukumitsu |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 47 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥2.38 billion(Japan)[1] |
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge[a] is a 1991 Japaneseanimescience fictionmartial arts film and the fifthDragon Ball Z animated feature film, originally released inJapan on July 20 at the Toei Anime Fair. It was preceded byDragon Ball Z: Lord Slug and followed byDragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler. Set in an alternate continuity to the Android Saga, the movie introducesCooler, the estranged older brother ofFrieza, who travels to Earth to challengeGoku and avenge his younger brother's death.
Cooler watches as his younger brother Frieza destroys theSaiyan home world's Planet Vegeta. Hishenchmen prepare to destroy a space pod fleeing the doomed planet, transporting a Saiyan infant to Earth. Cooler allows it to go, accounting that it is Frieza's responsibility. More than 20 years later, this Saiyan, Goku, defeats Frieza in Namek's destruction. After learning of his younger brother's death, Cooler takes his men – Salza, Neiz, and Dore- to reclaim his family's honour. On Earth, Cooler's forces ambush Goku and his friends while on acamping trip. Goku is badly wounded when he protectsGohan from Cooler and goes into hiding.
Krillin andOolong find shelter in a cave with Goku, while Gohan travels to obtain the magic Senzu beans that can heal his father. Cooler orders his men to completely obliterate the forest to locate Goku. After obtaining the beans, Gohan is ambushed by Cooler's men beforePiccolo arrives to save him. Piccolo kills Dore and Neiz, but Cooler arrives and incapacitates him. Salza tracks Gohan to the cave and destroys the Senzu. However, Gohan successfully heals Goku with a spare one. Salza quickly defeats Krillin and Gohan, but Goku emerges. Cooler taunts Goku by further injuring Piccolo; Goku incapacitates Salza and attacks Cooler.
After Goku proves to be a worthy opponent, Cooler reveals that he discovered a new and final transformation above Frieza's capabilities. They fight, and Cooler pummels Goku. However, after Goku reflects on the well-being of his loved ones and the danger Cooler poses, he transforms into his Super Saiyan form that got Right against Frieza.
Cooler finds himself grossly outclassed by Super Saiyan Goku. He powers up an enormouski sphere and launches an attack in hopes of destroying Goku and the Earth along with him. After Goku manages to resist and overpower the attack with Kamehameha, he sends it hurdling toward Cooler, who is launched into space and collides with the sun. As he is incinerated, Cooler realises that Goku was the Saiyan infant he spared decades ago. As he laments over his mistake, he is disintegrated.
Drained after his victory, Goku is found by his loved ones. They celebrate and search for Piccolo when Salza reappears and prepares to kill them, but Piccolo kills him, leaving Gohan overjoyed knowing he survived.
| Character name | Voice actor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | English | |||
| Audio Captain Productions/Creative Products Corp. (1996)[2][3] | Unknown/AB Groupe (c. 2001)[4] | Funimation (2002) | ||
| Goku | Masako Nozawa | Nesty Calvo Ramirez | David Gasman | Sean Schemmel |
| Gohan | E.J. Galang | Jodi Forrest | Stephanie Nadolny | |
| Piccolo | Toshio Furukawa | Ray Buyco | Big Green | Christopher Sabat |
| Paul Bandey | ||||
| Kuririn | Mayumi Tanaka | Kririn | Clearin | Krillin |
| Apollo Abraham | Sharon Mann | Sonny Strait | ||
| Hire Dragon | Naoki Tatsuta | Baby Camila | Jodi Forrest | Icarus |
| Ethel Lizano | Christopher Sabat | |||
| Oolong | Apollo Abraham | David Gasman | Brad Jackson | |
| Chi-Chi | Naoko Watanabe | Mitch Frankenberger Pelicer | Sharon Mann | Cynthia Cranz |
| Karin | Ichirō Nagai | Ray Buyco | Paul Bandey | Korin |
| Christopher Sabat[note 1] Eric Vale(one line, 2008 redub) | ||||
| Yajirobe | Mayumi Tanaka | Ethel Lizano | Ed Marcus | Mike McFarland |
| Kame-Sennin | Kōhei Miyauchi | Master Buten | Master Roshi | |
| Nesty Calvo Ramirez | Mike McFarland | |||
| Coola | Ryūsei Nakao | Apollo Abraham | Cooler | |
| Doug Rand | Andrew Chandler | |||
| Sauzer (サウザー,Sauzā) | Shō Hayami | R.J. Celdran | David Gasman | Salza |
| Michael Marco | ||||
| Naise (ネイズ,Neizu) | Masato Hirano | David Soon | Paul Bandey | Neiz |
| Bill Townsley | ||||
| Doure (ドーレ,Dōre) | Masaharu Satō | Barky | Ed Marcus | Dore |
| Manuel R. Abello | Mike McFarland | |||
| Burdock | Masako Nozawa | Badag | Doug Rand | Bardock |
| Nesty Calvo Ramirez | Sonny Strait | |||
| Freeza | Ryūsei Nakao | Apollo Abraham | Freezer | Frieza |
| Ed Marcus | Linda Young | |||
| Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Bob Karry | Kyle Hebert | |
A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
The following songs were present in the 2002 Funimation dub ofCooler's Revenge.
The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music byShunsuke Kikuchi and an ending theme of "The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest".
The 1996 dub made by Creative Products contained English versions of the Japanese opening and ending theme songs, performed by Gino Padilla along with a children's chorus known as the Age of Wonder.[5] These songs were featured on the albumDragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z: Songs of a High Spirited Saga - Volume I, along with other English versions ofDragon Ball andDragon Ball Z songs.
It was released onDVD andVHS in North America on January 22, 2002. It was later released in Double Feature set along withThe Return of Cooler (1992) forBlu-ray and DVD on November 11, 2008, both feature full1080p format inHDremastered16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in remastered thinpak collection on November 1, 2011, containing the first 5Dragon Ball Z films.[6][7]
Creative Products Corporation made an English dub for the Philippines, combined with itsfollow-up film, to make a feature-length film titledDragon Ball Z: The Greatest Rivals. This feature was released in over 30 Metro Manila theaters on July 11, 1996. Later that year, on November 6, it received an extremely limited VHS release, only sold atDragon Ball-based promotional events that were hosted by Gino Padilla, who performed the theme music for this version.[8]
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