Doragon bôru: Ossu! Kaette kita Son Gokû to nakama-tachi!! (2008)

Director:

Yoshihiro Ueda

Writers:

Takao Koyama (script)
Akira Toriyama (story)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Action | Adventure | Comedy

Cast

Masako Nozawa	...	Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Vegeta (voice)
Tôru Furuya	...	Yamcha (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn / Yajirobe (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Piccolo (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Oolong / Bubbles (voice)
Naoko Watanabe	...	Puar / Chi-Chi (voice)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Trunks (voice)
Hiroshi Masuoka	...	Kamesennin Muten Roshi (voice)
Yûko Minaguchi	...	Videl (voice)
Daisuke Gôri	...	Mr. Satan / Gyuumao / Umigame (voice)
Miki Itô	...	Android 18 (voice)
Masakazu Morita	...	Tarble (voice)
Kumiko Nishihara	...	Gure (voice)

Also Known As:

Dragon Ball: Hey! Son Goku and Friends Return!! (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:35 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Company:

Bird Studios

Trivia:

This movie marks the only time Elder Kai (AKA Old Kai) has appeared in a movie/special/etc.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The opening titles refer to this is a "Dragon Ball" movie. It should say "Dragon Ball Z", because the time period of the movie falls into the Z era.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I)

Soundtrack:

CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA

Returning Dragon Ball to what it used to be

The movie is set 2 years after the defeat of Majin Buu. Mr. Satan is planning a banquet for everyone who helped in the fight against Buu and he's also celebrating the opening of his new hotel. The banquet is suddenly interrupted by a strange person wearing a Saiyan armor. It turns out that this young man is actually Vegeta's little brother Tarble. When he was little, he was sent to a distant planet because he was too weak. He came to planet Earth seeking help from his brother Vegeta in order to defeat the evil duo Abo and Cado who are terrorizing his planet. But the evil duo followed him to Earth and a fight is inevitable!

I think the fans won't like this special like the rest of the series because Dragon Ball Z is the most famous part of DB, and the reason why it is so popular is mostly the fighting, which isn't the important thing in this special. Humor is. This movie does have a lot of fighting, and the fighting scenes are great, but there are also Roshi's perverted jokes, funny villains, great dialogues (especially when Goku an Vegeta are arguing) and much more. I for one, liked Dragon Ball more than Dragon Ball Z, and this special was just perfect for me. In the beginning, Dragon Ball was all about the humor, not fighting, and later it became a fighting manga/anime with almost no humor at all. I liked the combination of old-school animation with the latest 3D CG graphics and colouring techniques. And it is great that all the voice actors are present even after 12 years. But for some reason Tien is missing...

To sum it all up, this is a great movie that is definitely worth watching. More than once.

10/10