Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

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Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Japanese promotional art
Directed byKazuhito Kikuchi
Screenplay byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
StarringSee below
CinematographyToshiharu Takei
Edited byShin'ichi Fukumitsu
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • July 11, 1992 (1992-07-11) (Japan)
Running time
46 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.55 billion (Japan)[1]

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken film and the Rokudenashi Blues film. Early concept art for the reissue used the title Android Assault, but the final product went back to using Funimation's original title for the film. It was preceded by Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler and followed by Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
.

Plot

The

18. However, Gero had secretly copied his consciousness into an underground supercomputer that continued to manifest his dream of creating the ultimate android capable of killing Goku
and destroying humanity.

At a shopping mall, Goku,

Future Trunks eat lunch in a restaurant. Two beings enter the city and begin causing mayhem as they hunt for Goku, eventually detecting his location in the restaurant above them. They use a massive energy attack in an attempt to kill Goku but he, Gohan, Krillin, and Trunks manage to survive and save the people inside of the restaurant from certain death. Goku is confronted by the culprits and correctly assumes that they are androids because he cannot sense their energy
. Introducing themselves as Androids 14 and 15, they attack and overwhelm Goku before Trunks intervenes. Goku suggests that they take the fight elsewhere in order to avoid harming innocent people in the city, and they fly off as the androids pursue them.

Goku and Trunks engage the androids when another android soon appears—Android 13. He explains that despite Dr. Gero's death, his computer has been programmed to continue the mission to kill Goku out of revenge for defeating the Red Ribbon Army decades prior. 13 quickly overwhelms Goku while Trunks is outmatched by the combined assault of 14 and 15. However, Vegeta also arrives and joins the fight. Goku engages 13 while Trunks and Vegeta fight 14 and 15 respectively. Goku, Vegeta and Trunks all simultaneously power up to their Super Saiyan forms as Gohan and Krillin watch on. 13 manages to hold the upper hand against Goku, who is soon assisted by the arrival of Piccolo, while Trunks and Vegeta destroy 14 and 15. They surround 13, who proceeds to absorb 14 and 15's cores into his own being and undergo a transformation into a more hulking form.

With his newfound power, 13 completely overwhelms Goku and his allies. Seeing no other option for victory, Goku begins summoning energy for the Spirit Bomb attack while his allies attempt to hold off 13. 13 eventually realizes what Goku is doing and attempts to stop him, but Piccolo manages to hold him off just long enough for Goku to transform into a Super Saiyan again and he merges with the Spirit Bomb's energy. 13 attacks again, but Goku punches through 13's abdomen and sends him soaring into the core of the Spirit Bomb where he is obliterated by its massive energy. With 13's demise, the underground supercomputer shuts down for good. Krillin and Gohan are hospitalized where the group modestly celebrate their victory together. Elsewhere, Piccolo and Vegeta sit on an iceberg, isolated from the celebration.

Cast

Character Japanese English
Chinkel Post-ProductionAB Groupe (c. 2001)[2] (Funimation (2003)
Goku Masako Nozawa David Gasman Sean Schemmel
Gohan Jodi Forrest Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Big Green Christopher R. Sabat
Paul Bandey
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Clearin Krillin
Sharon Mann Sonny Strait
Trunks Takeshi Kusao Doug Rand Eric Vale
Vegeta Ryō Horikawa Vejita
Christopher R. Sabat
Ed Marcus
Android 13 (人造人間13号, Jinzōningen jūsan-go) Kazuyuki Sogabe Doug Rand Chuck Huber
Android 14 (人造人間14号, Jinzōningen jūshi-go) Hisao Egawa Ed Marcus Chris Rager
Android 15 (人造人間15号, Jinzōningen jūgo-go) Toshio Kobayashi Paul Bandey Josh Martin
Dr. Gero Kōji Yada Ed Marcus Kent Williams
Kame-Sennin Kōhei Miyauchi Master Roshi
Mike McFarland
Chi-Chi Naoko Watanabe Sharon Mann Cynthia Cranz
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta David Gasman Brad Jackson
Narrator Jōji Yanami Ed Marcus Kyle Hebert

Music

  • OP (Opening Theme):
  • ED (Ending Theme):
    • Giri Giri Sekai Kyokugen (GIRI GIRI－世界極限－, "At the Brink: The Earth's Limit")

English dub soundtrack

The score for the Funimation English dub was composed by Mark Menza. The "Double Feature" release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi, an opening theme of "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", and an ending theme of "At the Brink: The Earth's Limit".

Releases

It was released on

5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in remastered thinpak collection on December 6, 2011, containing the second four Dragon Ball Z films.[3]

Reception

A third English dub produced and released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Battle!! Three Great Super Saiyans (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人, Doragon Bōru Zetto Kyokugen Batoru!! San Dai Sūpā Saiyajin)

References

  1. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (January 29, 2019). "Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Becomes Top-Grossing Film in The Franchise". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dragon Ball Z: Big Green Dub Cast - Behind The Voice Actors". www.behindthevoiceactors.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection Two, Funimation Prod, 2011-12-06, archived from the original on 2015-12-31, retrieved 2016-04-12

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