| Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound | |
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| Directed by | Yoshihiro Ueda |
| Screenplay by | Takao Koyama |
| Based on | Dragon Ball byAkira Toriyama |
| Starring | Seebelow |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 51 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥2.23 billion ($20.1 million) |
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound[a] is a 1993 Japaneseanimatedscience fantasymartial arts film and the ninthDragon Ball Z feature film. It was released in Japan on July 10 at the Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongsideDr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! From Penguin Village with Love and the firstYu Yu Hakusho film. The antagonist Bojack was created byTakao Koyama and was designed by series creatorAkira Toriyama.[1] The film is the last to featureKōhei Miyauchi asMaster Roshi, who died two years after its release. It was preceded byDragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan and followed byDragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming.
A wealthy family hosts an intergalacticmartial artstournament on Earth in which fighters from across the galaxy compete includingGohan,Piccolo,Future Trunks,Tien Shinhan,Yamcha, andKrillin. All but Yamcha effortlessly advance much to the concern ofMr. Satan who recognizes them from the battle againstCell and knows he will need to face whichever one of them wins. In the semifinals, Trunks fights Tien and defeats him and Piccolo is annoyed by the lack of challenge and forfeits against Krillin. Gohan, Trunks, and Krillin advance to the finals where they each battle an alien fighter. However, as the alien fighters are revealed, the fight promoter realizes that these are not the staged, fake aliens that he recruited for the event. Trunks is challenged by a sword welding alien warrior named Kogu, Krillin is defeated by a female alien named Zangya, Gohan confronts the mysterious alien Bujin, and another tournament contestant Doskoi is killed by the alien fighter Bido. Meanwhile, having been complaining of fake stomach pain to avoid fighting, Mr. Satan gets trapped in a transportation pod and sent to the battlefield.
Trunks is surprised by his alien opponent's lethality and is forced to transform into a Super Saiyan to kill him. Trunks is then struck down by an unknown foe while Gohan continues his fight with Bujin until he discovers Trunks and Krillin have been incapacitated. Bojack arrives and tells Gohan about his plans to conquer the universe. Tien and Yamcha join the fight but are quickly defeated by Bojack's minions. Gohan fights them as Bojack watches on in amusement. While in theOther World,Goku andKing Kai watch the battle with concern. King Kai reveals that centuries prior, the galactic warlord Bojack had been sealed inside of astar by all four Kais, but when Cell exploded on King Kai's planet, this allowed Bojack to become unbound.
Gohan is overwhelmed by the trio of minions and is nearly killed by Bojack until Piccolo saves him. Piccolo challenges Bojack but is quickly defeated. Trunks also challenges Bojack but is paralyzed by Bujin's energy absorption technique and nearly impaled by Bido's spear before he is saved by the surprise arrival ofVegeta. Bojack pummels Vegeta and assumes his "full power" form while Trunks is overwhelmed by Bojack's minions. With Vegeta, Trunks, and everyone else incapacitated, Gohan fights Bojack alone but is paralyzed by the combined energy absorption techniques of his minions. Gohan is attacked by Bojack but the sudden arrival of Mr. Satan's incoming pod distracts them. Gohan prepares to fight once again but is struck down by Bojack and his minions as Goku watches on helplessly as his son is captured in abear hug and tortured.
Against the rules of Other World, Goku abruptly uses hisinstantaneous movement technique to transport himself to the fight and strikes Bojack before he can kill Gohan. After some advice and reassurance, Goku places his son on the ground safely and vanishes. Gohan, reinvigorated by his father's words, transforms into his Super Saiyan 2 form. Now unaffected by their attacks, Gohan effortlessly kills Bido and Bujin and Zangya is killed when Bojack blasts her toward Gohan. Bojack is impaled through the abdomen by Gohan's fist and as a last resort, he powers up a massive energy blast which Gohan counters with aKamehameha wave. The energy beams clash and Bojack is killed. Gohan, exhausted, falls in delight as Goku praises his son from Other World. After the battle, the warriors and their friends laugh as they watch the news from the hospital that Mr. Satan is the one who defeated the alien intruders. On the roof, Vegeta and Piccolo sit, unimpressed by the cheerful tidings.
A third English version, produced and released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video, features an unknown cast.
The score for the Funimation English dub was composed by Mark Menza. The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music byShunsuke Kikuchi, an opening theme of "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", and an ending theme of "Beyond Galaxies Rising High".
At the Japanese box office, the film sold3.3 million tickets[3] and grossed¥2.23 billion[4] ($20.1 million).[5]
It was released onDVD andVHS in North America on August 17, 2004. It was later released in Double Feature set along withSuper Android 13! (1992) forBlu-ray and DVD on February 10, 2009, 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 December 6, 2011, containing the second 4Dragon Ball Z films.[6]
AB Groupe released the film in Europe under the titleDragon Ball Z: Super Guy in the Galaxy. It was also the lastDragon Ball Z film to have an English dub produced by AB Groupe, although it was marketed as the 9th volume in the VHS/DVD set by Bridge Entertainment in the Netherlands, followed byBardock – The Father of Goku,The History of Trunks, andDead Zone.
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