Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993)

In a dark future where the Androids have taken over Earth, Gohan and his student Trunks are the last defense against these deadly killing machines.

Directors:

Yoshihiro Ueda, Daisuke Nishio

Writers:

Akira Toriyama (original manga), Hiroshi Toda (screenplay)

Stars:

Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Masako Nozawa	...	Son Gokû / Son Gohan (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma / Baby Trunks (voice)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Vegeta (voice)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Trunks (voice)
Naoko Watanabe	...	Chichi / Puar (voice)
Daisuke Gôri	...	Gyûmaô / Umigame (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Oolong (voice)
Kôhei Miyauchi	...	Kame Sen'nin (voice)
Shigeru Nakahara	...	Android No.17 (voice)
Miki Itô	...	Android No.18 (voice)
Shinobu Satouchi	...	Announcer (voice)
Shin'ichirô Ôta	...	Tenshu (voice)
Nao Nagasawa	...	On'na (voice) (as Nagasawa Naomi)
Kazunari Tanaka	...	Kakariin (voice) (as Tanaka Kazushige)

Storyline

This TV Movie tells the story of "Future" Trunks; that is, the Trunks from the alternate future where Goku has died and Androids terrorize the Earth. Amongst other things, it shows how Gohan trained Trunks, their fights with the Androids, and what inspired Trunks to go time traveling.

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Plot Keywords:

fight | battle | transformation | power | special attack | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

30 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuji TV,Toei

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Mono (original version: voices)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

This TV special is an alternate timeline version of what would have happened if Goku had died from the heart disease in Dragon Ball Z: Doragon bôru zetto (1989).

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Goofs

The Z-Fighter death scenes shown here contradict those shown in the Cell Saga in the series.

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Quotes

Gohan: Sorry about that Trunks, but I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if anything happened to you. This is my battle for now little brother, you're not quite ready yet. I can feel them all crying down there Trunks, that's why I have to go! I know you'll understand someday. See ya later kid...

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits, there is an image of Trunks and Goten and it reads "Dragon Ball Z - Supesharu - Owari" which translates into "Dragon Ball Z Special - End".

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Alternate Versions

For the Toonami broadcast, all blood is cut or censored.

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Connections

Edited into The History of Trunks Abridged (2015)

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Soundtracks

Ascenson
Performed by Mark Akin

User Reviews

Great DBZ special

This movie is really cool I rented it about 3 days ago and I couldn't blink and it was so good. And so I learned more about Trunks before he could go to the past to give the antidote to Goku, and see how he defeated Frieza and King Cold.

The music intro is pretty cool because they say Dragon Ball Z with a deep voice. Well I was eating any goodies when I was watching this movie eating burgers and drinking some soda, and the saddest thing about this movie is when one of the main characters die while trying to defeat the Androids 17 and 18.

This movie is the best for Trunks fans, and for those who would like to know more about the history of Trunks before he went to the past to give the antidote to Goku to prevent his death by a virus.

Great DBZ special I give this one a 10/10