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Summary: Original Title Return My Gohan
Review: Dragonballz is the amazing anime by Akira Toriyama, a
legendary Japanese writer and animator.
Dragonballz is the epic adventure of a Saiyan warror
named Goku and his friends against good and evil.
The series actually started with "Dragonball" in 1985,
when Goku was a kid. Goku started as being a remarkable
child with incredible strength like "Superman".
We find later in "Dragonball" that Goku is not
an ordinary kid, but a Saiyan, a very powerful race
of warriors. Goku eventually meets Master Roshi,
a great warrior himself who has lived for the past
thousand years!!! Roshi, trains Goku for martial
arts tournaments, and his epic battles.
Goku also meets friends like Kuririn, Bulma, Oolong
( a shapeshifter) and his wife Chichi, all who
help Goku in his daily quests against evil.
In both "Dragonball", "Dragonballz", and "Dragonball
GT" , the main focus is also on what's called
a Dragonball. A Dragonball , we learn, can be gathered
and used to grant wishes for good and evil purposes.
7 Dragonballs are needed to make a wish, but all
the Dragonballs are in dangerous places with
foes. Part of the fun of watching "Dragonball" and
"Dragonballz" is what the characters have to do
to get them, and how they overcome enormous obstacles
to get them.
At the end of "Dragonball" Goku fights Mr. Piccolo,
A Namek warrior with great powers. Also at the
end, Goku and Chichi have a child named Gohan.
This movie "The Dead Zone" originally released in 1989,
revolves an evil leader named Garlic Jr. from
the darkside.
Garlic Jr. and his band of warriors come from
the Darkside to extract chaos and horror on Earth.
We learn that Garlic Jr. main motive is revenge against
a holy warrior priest named Kami (His name is God in the
Japanese version).
Kami, like Mr. Piccolo is a Namek with extraordnary
powers. We learn that Kami enslaved, and battled
with Garlic Jr. father and put away inside a "Dead
Zone".
Garlic Jr. comes up with the brilliant plan of getting
all the Dragonballs, to get unlimited power.
Garlic Jr. also makes the stupid mistake of
kidnapping Goku's son, Gohan, and pretty soon,
Goku, Piccolo and many others, enlist
an epic , climatic fight Garlic Jr.
This film has a great share of action scenes with
Goku, including a scene in which Goku uses
the "Kamehameha" (A powerful energy beam) to
destroy one of Garlic's henchman.
The movie also has alot of humor, including when
Goku's son, Gohan, gets drunk, and starts causing
trouble with Garlic Jr.
This movie also like "Dragonballz" starts revealing
the hidden power that Gohan has. Just like his
dad, Gohan, is a Saiyan with great strength.
"Dragonballz" ended in 1995, but it's till now that
the series has aired in U.S., and with great success.
Akira Toriyama, has made millions with the success of
"Dragonballz" and it's movies, and has gained a whole
new audience in the U.S..
The "Dragonballz" franchise is one of the most
popular Japanese anime's in the U.S.. Games,
DVD's, music videos, have all been done with
the Dragonballz copyright.
The U.S. though has only aired 3 movies of "Dragonballz"
on Cartoon Network, but seeing all the movies, I can
tell that all the movies are great, and terrific!!!
This movie "The Dead Zone" is a great intro into the
world of "Dragonballz" and will most certainly satisfy
anime and action fans of all ages.
Rating:
Summary: One of the few that fit into the Universe (Anime one)
Review: The dead zone takes place before the events in the Sayin saga. In it the evil Garlic Jr. is searching for the seven dragon balls so he can wish to become immortal. In his search the last one he needs is on the hat of Gohan. He and his troops kidnapp Gohan and Garlic can sense a tremendouse energy coming from the young boy. It is because of this that he wants to addopt Gohan as his own.In the Meantime Goku has discovered that GOhan has been captured and immedietly uses the Dragon Radar to track him down. By the time he gets there though Garlic Jr. Has already made his wish for immortality. Goku teams up with Piccolo and Kami and they battle Garlic Jr for the sake of earth, however in the end GOhan uses his sleeping powers to attack Garlic and throw him into the Dead Zone. From there we can assume that one year later (due to the fact that it takes on year for the Dragon balls to be restored) the events of the Sayin Saga take place. This is one of the better DBZ movies (they all are great but) and in saying that I mean that it fits into the story line or mainstream universe (the others being Bardock, Coolers Revenge, and History of Trunks) while the other movies focus on a sub universe. Overall this is a must own for any DBZ fan or causal anime fan.
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