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 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, causing mayhem as they hunt for Goku, eventually detecting his location in the restaurant above them. They use a massive ki
attack to try and kill Goku, but Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Trunks survive and save the people inside the restaurant from certain death. The culprits confront Goku, and Goku correctly assumes they are androids because he cannot sense their ki. Introducing themselves as Androids 14 and 15, they attack and overwhelm Goku before Trunks intervenes. Goku suggests that they take the fight elsewhere to avoid harming innocent people in the city, and they fly off as the androids pursue them.

Goku and Trunks engage the androids until Android 13 also appears. 13 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. At the same time, 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. 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 absorbs 14 and 15's cores and transforms into a hulking form.

Super Android 13 completely overwhelms Goku and his allies with his newfound power. Seeing no other option for victory, Goku begins summoning ki for the Spirit Bomb attack while his allies attempt to hold off Super 13. Super 13 eventually realizes what Goku is doing. It 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 absorbs the Spirit Bomb's energy. Super 13 attacks again, but Goku punches through Super 13's abdomen and sends him soaring into the core of the Spirit Bomb, where he is obliterated. With Super 13's demise, the underground supercomputer shuts down for good.

Krillin and Gohan are hospitalized, and the group modestly celebrates their victory together. Elsewhere, Piccolo and Vegeta sit on an iceberg, isolated from the celebration.

Cast

Character name Voice actor
Japanese English
Unknown/AB Groupe
(c. 2001)[2] 		Funimation
(2003)
Goku Masako Nozawa David Gasman Sean Schemmel
Gohan Jodi Forrest Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Big Green Christopher Sabat
Paul Bandey
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Clearin Krillin
Sharon Mann Sonny Strait
Future Trunks Takeshi Kusao Doug Rand Eric Vale
Vegeta Ryō Horikawa Ed Marcus Christopher Sabat
Android 13 Kazuyuki Sogabe Doug Rand Chuck Huber
Android 14 Hisao Egawa Ed Marcus Chris Rager
Android 15 Toshio Kobayashi [ja] 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

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

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]

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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