Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Japanese box art
Directed by	Yoshihiro Ueda
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Produced by	Chiaki Imada (Executive Producer) Yoshio Anzai (Shueisha)
Starring	Masako Nozawa Tesso Genda Ryo Horikawa Toshio Furukawa Takeshi Kusao Mayumi Tanaka Hiromi Tsuru Naoko Watanabe Toru Furuya Hirotaka Suzuoki Naoki Tatsuta Kohei Myauchi Hiroko Emori Daisuke Ghori Hisao Egawa Tomoko Maruo Toshiyuki Morikawa Iemasa Kayumi Joji Yanami
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release dates	July 10, 1993 (1993-07-10) (Japan) August 17, 2004 (North America and Europe)
Running time	50:00
Languages	Japanese and English

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, originally known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu (ドラゴンボールZ 銀河ギリギリ!!ぶっちぎりの凄い奴, Doragon Bōru Zetto Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: Milky Way at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy"), is the ninth Dragon Ball Z feature movie. It was released in Japan on July 10, 1993 between episodes 192 and 193. The English version was dubbed by FUNimation and released in 2004. It was also the last movie for voice actor of Muten-Rôshi (Kōhei Miyauchi), who died two years after its Japanese release. The movie is set to be re-released with Super Android 13 and Dragon Ball Z Season 8 on February 9, 2009.

Plot

Bojack is the main villain of the movie. His goal is to conquer the universe and destroy all those that stand in his way. According to King Kai, he was sealed by all four Kais in a star, but when Goku teleported the devolved, ready to self-destruct Cell to King Kai's planet, killing him, the seal broke, allowing Bojack to be free to do his destruction upon the Earth.

Having another World Martial Arts Tournament funded by Mr. X.S. Cash for his son's birthday, Hercule invites everyone on Earth to a competition on Battle Island. Charging through the preliminaries with no trouble, Krillin, Piccolo, Trunks, Gohan and Dosqoi, an ordinary human, advance to the Semifinals. In the first round Gohan wins with ease. The second round between Trunks and Tien began. Tien gave the audience a "good show" by using his Tri-Beam Cannon, and the two took to the air after a quick warm-up. Tien powers up and Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan. At Capsule Corp. Vegeta is seen watching the match on TV. Disgusted, he switches the TV off and lays back. Charging through a Destructo Disk, Trunks slams Tien into the water, giving Trunks the win. The third match between Krillin and Piccolo was brief. Clearly irritated by his opponent, Piccolo forfeits by leaving, giving Krillin the win. During all this Hercule is trying various ways to get off the island so he doesn't face any of the Z-Fighters, but all of them fail. Gohan, Trunks, Krillin and Dosqoi proceed to the finals and head to separate battle zones. Krillin is confronted by a mysterious woman named Zangya, who beats him flat while Dosqoi is killed.

Everyone soon begins to realize what's wrong as Trunks is challenged by Kogu and Gohan confronts Bujin. During this time, Hercule is in the rest room, thinking about how he got himself in this mess, but after looking at his belt he realizes that the people need him and, in an uncharacteristically brave mood he goes out and gets slammed into a pod and sent to the fighting. During his fight against Kogu, Trunks transforms into a Super Saiyan, shatters Kogu's sword and shoves his fist right through Kogu's chest, killing him. As he turns to leave, he is struck down in one blow by an unknown foe. Far away Vegeta felt this power and knew something was up. Gohan continues his fight with Bujin until he is lead out to where Krillin and Trunks are held. After inspecting his fallen friends, Bojack introduces himself and tells him his plans to rule the universe as his revenge. Yamcha and Tien turn up to fight but are defeated by Bujin, Bido and Zangya. Seeing his friends fallen, Gohan transforms into a Super Saiyan and fights them while Bojack watches on in amusement. Gohan is beaten down and Bojack powers up an attack to finish him off, although it was deflected by Piccolo, who had come to Gohan's aid. Trunks comes back into action and they both challenge Bojack. After a period of fighting Trunks's sword appears; catching it as Vegeta enters the fight and transforms into a Super Saiyan, quickly setting on Bojack. During this, Trunks thinks that Vegeta would only ever fight when it meant him surpassing Goku's strength, and he realises that Vegeta has truly changed. While Vegeta and Bojack fight the rest fought against his last surviving henchman. During his fight against Vegeta, Bojack beats him down and transforms. Trunks and Piccolo are also beaten down. Gohan rushes to Piccolo's aid, but Piccolo tells him that he's the only one who can defeat the galactic tyrant. Bojack challenges Gohan to a fight and beats him to a bloody pulp thanks to the aid of Bido and Zangya's Untrapped ropes, which drains Gohan's energy away, but is freed when Hercule's incoming pod distracts them all. Annoyed at this Bojack powers up an attack and blasts Hercule's pod causing him to fall to the ground. Trying to save him, Gohan is struck down by Bojack's henchmen. and bojack grab gohan by his arms

On Snake Way with King Kai, Goku can't watch any more and, using his Instant Transmission, teleports himself to the fight and punches Bojack before he can finish Gohan off. Surprised, Bojack falls to the ground. After a few words of advice, Goku places his son on the ground safely and disappears. Gohan, taking in his father's words gets back and turns to Bojack with fire in his eyes. Gohan once again transforms into Super Saiyan 2 and unleashes a power that makes the earth quake, the sea roar and causes Bojack to back away in fear. Gohan becomes the world's strongest. Gohan beats Bido and Bujin each in one hit, breaking them both in half with just his fists and feet, and Zangya is killed when Bojack uses her as a shield from Gohan. The angry young Saiyan then slams his fist into Bojack's stomach, with it blowing a hole in his stomach and out through his back. As a last resort, Bojack powers up his Galactic Buster and Gohan prepares a Kamehameha. The energies clash together and in the blinding light Bojack is killed. Gohan, exhausted, falls backwards laughing as Goku praises him from Other World, and King Kai jokes that he broke the rules of going back to Earth while dead. After the events everyone is in hospital watching the news that Hercule is the one who defeated the alien intruders and is called a true hero while everyone jokes about him.

As in Super Android 13!, the film closes with Piccolo and Vegeta on the roof, arms folded and backs turned to each other, isolating themselves from the celebration.

The pictures at the end follows, while "Beyond Galaxies Rising High" plays:

• Goku holding a crying baby Gohan with Chi-Chi in the background
• Goku holding a 4-year-old Gohan, introducing him to the Z group [Saiyan Saga]
• A crying 5-year-old Gohan training with Piccolo [Saiyan Saga]
• Chi-Chi with a dressed-up (and embarrassed) 6-year-old Gohan as they are prepared to travel to Namek [Frieza Saga]
• A 10-year-old Gohan with Goku, both Super Saiyans, just before the Cell Games [Cell Saga]

Cast list

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese)	Voice Actor (English)
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher Sabat
Krillin	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Tien	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Yamcha	Toru Furuya	Christopher Sabat
Future Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Eric (Johnson) Vale
Vegeta	Ryo Horikawa	Christopher Sabat
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Master Roshi	Kôhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Bradford Jackson
Chaiotzu	Hiroko Emori	Monika Antonelli
Hercule	Daisuke Ghori	Chris Rager
Bujin	Hiroko Emori	Christopher Bevins
Bido	Hisao Egawa	Robert McCollum
Zangya	Tomoko Maruo	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Kugo	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Iman Nademzadeh
Bojack	Tesshô Genda	Bob Carter
Gyosan Money	Iemasa Kayumi	Grant James
Okkane Money		Jamie Marchi
Dollar Money		Colleen Clinkenbeard
Dosukoi		Bradford Jackson
Udo		Brice Armstrong
King Kai	Joji Yanami	Sean Schemmel
Narrator	Joji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

Music

• OP (Opening Theme)
  1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Chara Hetchara) (OP animation 1)
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyoka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

• ED (Ending Theme)
  1. 銀河を超えてライジング・ハイ (Ginga wo Koete Raijingu Hai, Beyond Galaxies Rising High)
     • Lyrics: Dai Satou, Music: Chiho Kiyoka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama

External links

• Bojack Unbound Guide
• Pojo's Dragonball Z - Bojack Unbound script