Dragon Ball Z: The Movie - Dead Zone (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Daisuke Nishio

Writers:

Takao Koyama (screenplay)
Akira Toriyama (story)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Anime

Cast

Peter Kelamis	...	Goku / Master Roshi (voice)
Saffron Henderson	...	Gohan (voice)
Terry Klassen	...	Krillin (voice)
Scott McNeil	...	Piccolo (voice)
Dave 'Squatch' Ward	...	Garlic Jr. / Ginger (voice)
Ward Perry	...	Nikki (voice)
Don Brown	...	Sansho (voice)
Paul Dobson	...	Kami (voice)
Lalainia Lindbjerg	...	Bulma (voice)
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Chi-Chi (voice)
Dale Wilson	...	Ox King (voice)
Doc Harris	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alec Willows	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Dead Zone (short title)
Dead Zone: The Movie (Australia)

Runtime:

Japan:50 min | USA:45 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Australia:PG

Company:

FUNimation Entertainment

Trivia:

Released on DVD in America twice. The initial release was dubbed by Pioneer with the Ocean Group, and was a very accurate dub. It was later reissued with a new, less-accurate dub by FUNimations in-house voice actors. While this version had a less accurate dub and fewer bonus features, it did feature a superior Japanese subtitled version, translated by Steven J. Simmons.

Goofs:

Plot holes: In the beginning of the movie Kami says that Piccolo has died. However if this is true then Kami himself should too be dead as they share the same soul.

Quotes:

Piccolo: You are just a coward! You and the other two won't take me by surprise this time.
[Picollo defeats one of Garlic Jr's henchmen]
Piccolo: You were so easy to beat one on one.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Dragon Ball Z: The Movie - The Tree of Might (2000) (TV)

The best DBZ movie

First let me say that compared to the other Dragonball Z movies, Dead Zone is the only one which can possibly fit in with the timeline set by the episodes. It takes place before the series, and thus runs no risk of contradicting anything. Although the translations of Japanese animation into English is usually poor, I found the character of Goku to be, as always, the perfect combination of super hero and down to earth dad. Gohan's hidden power, which even Goku is unaware of at this time, is amazing, and he is definitely his father's son in the way that it comes out when his friends and loved ones are suffering. A must see for DBZ fans.