Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995)
"Doragon bôru Z 13: Ryûken bakuhatsu!! Gokû ga yaraneba dare ga yaru" (original title)

A mysterious being named Hoy arrives on Earth and asks the Z Warriors to use the dragon balls to help him release Tapion. Tapion, an ancient warrior imprisoned in a music box, and Hoy needs... See full summary »

Director:

Mitsuo Hashimoto

Writers:

Takao Koyama (screenplay), Akira Toriyama (character)

Stars:

Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Masako Nozawa	...	Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Trunks (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn / Minoshia (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma (voice)
Masaharu Satô	...	Kame Sennin - Muten Rôshi / Shén Lóng (voice)
Yûko Minaguchi	...	Videl (voice)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Vegeta (voice)
Hiro Yuuki	...	Tapion / Sharpner (voice)
Juji Matsuda	...	Hoi (voice)
Nobuhiko Kazama	...	Robber (voice)
Yasuhiko Kawazu	...	Captain (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Rubbernecker (voice)
Makiko Ômoto	...	Teacher (voice)
Yoshiyuki Yukino	...	Reporter (voice)
Shin Aomori	...	Hildegarn (voice)

Storyline

A mysterious being named Hoy arrives on Earth and asks the Z Warriors to use the dragon balls to help him release Tapion. Tapion, an ancient warrior imprisoned in a music box, and Hoy needs him to fend off the monster Hildegarn, who is coming to destroy the Earth. But when they realize that Hoy is the last survivor of an evil race bent on the destruction of those who they consider inferior, and that by releasing Tapion they also released Hildegarn, they must fight alongside Tapion to stop the monster.

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Plot Keywords:

anime | based on comic | sequel | martial arts

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 July 1995 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bird Studios, Toei Animation Company, Toei Doga

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The instrument which plays the melody in the movie is an ocarina.

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Quotes

Vegeta: [after having just broken Gohan out of Hirudegarn's grip with an energy ball] Hey! You, over here! I was enjoying my first day off in over a month until some flat footed, mutated behemoth stepped on my house! You're gonna regret this you freak... all the way to the GRAVE!

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Crazy Credits

The end credits are played over footage of Future Trunks killing Frieza with his sword.

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Connections

Follows Dragon Ball Z (1989)

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Soundtracks

"We Gotta Power"
Performed by Hironobu Kageyama

User Reviews

A rather fierce ending battle is the highlight to this one.

I enjoy the DBZ movies, but they usually all have the same flaw...they all could have used about 10 to fifteen minutes of plot development and about five more minutes of battle time. This one is no exception to the rule. Overall I enjoyed, but I thought it could use just a bit more. Here it is nice to see they take a differing approach with the evil foe as this monster is rather large and is not the usually just smaller or just bigger than Goku villain. This monster is about Godzilla size. They also introduce a new hero character as well and he is the main focus for the story part of the movie, the time before the ultimate ending battle. The plot has him and Trunks sort of becoming friends. Of course, this also has the part of the story where our plot is established and it is rather interesting, just needed a bit more to it. Then the last bit of the movie is a rather cool battle featuring many of the DBZ warriors including Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Goten and Trunks. The battle is rather nifty as the DBZ warriors get knocked around a bit by the behemoth foe. So on the whole it is a good movie just needed about 20 more minutes of play time to it.