Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly[a] is a 1994 Japanese animated science fiction martial arts film and the eleventh Dragon Ball Z feature film. 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 film. It is the third Dragon Ball Z film to feature the character of Broly, albeit as a genetic clone. It was preceded by Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming and followed by Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.
| Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly | |
|---|---|
 Japanese box art. | |
| Directed by | Yoshihiro Ueda |
| Screenplay by | Takao Koyama |
| Based on | Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
| Starring | See Voice cast |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 46 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥1.9 billion (Japan)[1] |
Plot
editIn a laboratory, humanoids emerge from tanks after having been created by the scientist Dr. Collie whose employer, Mr. Jaguar, plans to use these humanoids to expose the "world's greatest fraud", and laughs madly as a muscular, nude man with a tail lays dormant in another tank.
Android 18 harasses Mr. Satan as he has yet to pay her for purposely losing to him in the World Martial Arts Tournament final while Krillin, Trunks, Goten and Marron wait outside. A businessman named Men-Men arrives and speaks with Mr. Satan, telling him that Mr. Jaguar, who was Mr. Satan's rival at summer camp, has requested his presence on his island laboratory to have him fight his special fighters, and threatens to expose Mr. Satan as a bed wetter if he refuses. Mr. Satan reluctantly accepts with Android 18 accompanying them to make sure Mr. Satan keeps good on his promise for payment. Trunks and Goten stow away, hoping to find a challenging fight.
On the island, a tournament is organized to pit Jaguar's bio-warriors against Mr. Satan. Android 18, Goten and Trunks ask to take part by posing as his pupils. Goten and Trunks easily defeat the bio-warriors and they observe the excommunicated shaman from the village they encountered during their fight with Broly. Trunks and Goten explore the lab and find a tank which appears to house Broly who is supposed to be dead. They confront the shaman who tells them that after Broly was killed, he found a sample of the Legendary Super Saiyan's blood and took it to Jaguar, who used it to have a clone created. Goten and Trunks attempt to destroy the clone but he breaks out of the tank and attacks them. The ensuing struggle causes a major leak of a dangerous bio-fluid that instantly devours matter. The Broly clone is drenched in the bio-fluid and deformed and weakened, but is not killed. Jaguar orders Bio-Broly to kill Mr. Satan but Android 18 saves him and is subsequently defeated. Goten and Trunks battle Bio-Broly while the bio-fluid kills all of the bio-warriors, scientists, and the shaman.
Bio-Broly pummels Goten, Trunks, and Android 18. Krillin saves Android 18 but is also defeated. Trunks lures Bio-Broly beneath a bio-fluid tank and destroys it, showering Bio-Broly in more of the fluid, apparently causing him to dissolve although in reality, Bio-Broly has actually merged with the fluid and briefly re-emerged from the fluid as a giant head before disappearing again. They attempt to evacuate the island but Dr. Collie tells them that the bio-fluid will continue to spread until it covers the entire Earth. However, they discover that the fluid turns to stone upon contact with seawater, so Goten, Trunks and Krillin each fire a Kamehameha wave at the base of the island, causing a massive wave of seawater to flood the island and turn the fluid to stone. A gigantic Bio-Broly suddenly emerges from the sea but before he is able to attack, he too becomes solidified. Goten, Trunks, and Krillin blast him with a combined Kamehameha wave which destroys him for good.
In the Other World, Goku receives orders from King Kai to help Pikkon stop Broly, who has been allowed to keep his physical body and is rampaging in Hell.
Cast
edit| Character name | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | English[2] | |
| Funimation (2005) | ||
| Goten | Masako Nozawa | Kara Edwards |
| Trunks | Takeshi Kusao | Laura Bailey |
| Bio-Broly | Bin Shimada | Vic Mignogna |
| Goku | Masako Nozawa | Sean Schemmel |
| Mr. Satan | Daisuke Gōri | Hercule (edited version) |
| Chris Rager | ||
| Kuririn | Mayumi Tanaka | Krillin |
| Sonny Strait | ||
| Android 18 | Miki Itō | Meredith McCoy |
| Jagā Batta (ジャガー・バッタ) | Naoki Tatsuta | Lord Jaguar |
| Bill Townsley | ||
| Men-Men (メンメン, Menmen) | Keiji Fujiwara | Jim Foronda |
| Dr. Collie (コリー博士, Korī hakase) | Masaharu Satō | Christopher Sabat |
| Shaman | Chafūrin | Maloja |
| Robert McCollum | ||
| Nain (ナイン) | Tomiko Suzuki | Nan |
| Caitlin Glass | ||
| Marron | Meredith McCoy | |
| Scientists | Hisao Egawa Tomohisa Asō [ja] Yoshiyuki Kōno |
Robert McCollum Eric Vale |
| Bio-Warriors (バイオ戦士, Baio Senshi) | — | Andrew Rye Robert Colin Eric Vale Michael Terry |
| Beast Mut | Jeremy Inman[note 1] | |
| Bubbles | Naoki Tatsuta | Christopher Sabat |
| Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Kyle Hebert |
Notes
edit- ^ Credited only in 2005 version.
Two more English dubs from Speedy Video and Solar Entertainment feature an unknown voice cast.
Music
edit- 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
edit"Dragon Power ∞" was released as a single on 8 mm 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 12 mm CD at the same time as the 8 mm CD. This 12 mm CD features a third track, "Kung Fu Taisō" (カンフー体操), also performed by Kageyama.
English dub soundtrack
editThe score for the English dub's composed by Mark Menza. The Triple Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi, an opening theme of "We Gotta Power", and an ending theme of "Dragon Power ∞".
Releases
editIt was released on DVD in North America on September 13, 2005. It was later released in Triple Feature set along with Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) and Broly – Second Coming (1994) for Blu-ray and DVD on March 31, 2009, both feature full 1080p format in HD remastered 16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced 5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in final remastered thinpak collection on January 3, 2012, containing the last 4 Dragon Ball Z films.
Other companies
editA second English dub produced and released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "邦画興行収入ランキング". SF MOVIE DataBank. General Works. Archived from the original on April 26, 2003. 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
edit- Official anime website of Toei Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly at IMDb
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia