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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanaドラゴンボール 魔訶不思議大冒険
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnDoragon Bōru Makafushigi Dai-Bōken
Directed byKazuhisa Takenouchi
Screenplay byYoshifumi Yuki [ja]
Based onDragon Ball and Dr. Slump
by Akira Toriyama
Starringsee below
CinematographyMotoaki Ikegami
Edited byShinichi Fukumitsu
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • July 9, 1988 (1988-07-09) (Japan)
Running time
46 minutes
CountryJapan
Box office¥1.10 billion (est.)

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (Japanese: ドラゴンボール 魔訶不思議大冒険, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru: Makafushigi Dai-Bōken, lit. "Dragon Ball: Mysterious Adventure") is a 1988 Japanese anime fantasy martial arts adventure film and the third alternate continuity Dragon Ball feature film. It was released in on July 9, 1988, at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival as part of a quadruple feature along with Bikkuriman 2: The Secret of Muen Zone, Tatakae!! Ramenman, and Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass.

Unlike the previous two Dragon Ball films, Mystical Adventure does not introduce any original characters, but instead adapts characters from the Red Ribbon Army and 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament story arcs from the manga into the film's original storyline. It was preceded by Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and followed by Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, the first film entry in the Dragon Ball Z follow-up to the original Dragon Ball series. Another entry in the Dragon Ball film series, Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, released in 1996.

Plot

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Mystical Adventure is another retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young Goku and young Krillin are training with Master Roshi for a World Martial Arts Tournament to be held in the country of Mifan. The Emperor of Mifan, Chiaotzu, is trying to find his lost "Ran Ran." "Minister" Master Shen has Emperor Pilaf work on a Dragon Radar, takes it from him, and is using it to locate the Dragon Balls. Shen and Mercenary Tao claim that they will use the wish from Shenron to locate Ran Ran, but are actually planning, with Tien's help, to kill Chiaotzu and take over the country. General Blue announces that Ran Ran is being held in Shen's room, and is killed by Tao for it. Bora and Upa have located the final Dragon Ball and they take it to Mifan to use it to demand that Mifan's soldiers be forced to leave the land near Korin Tower.

Bora is tricked into entering the Tournament (the winner of the Tournament will be granted one wish by Chiaotzu), and is then killed by Tao. Bulma, Oolong, Launch and Puar are looking for the other six Dragon Balls, so Bulma can wish for a boyfriend. However, when the Dragon Balls are located, they are accidentally dropped to the bottom of the moat surrounding Chiaotzu castle. Tien realizes that he likes Chiaotzu too much, and does not kill his friend; instead, he blows away Shen. Then he gives Chiaotzu back Ran Ran (actually a porcelain doll, not a real girl) telling him he had hidden her because of Shen and Tao. The story of Blue and Goku entering Penguin village is included, but this time it is Tao and Goku that meet Arale and Goku kills Tao with Arale's help. Goku throws the final ball into the moat, and summons Shenron, whom Upa asks to resurrect Bora.

Cast

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Character name Voice actor
Japanese English
Intersound, Inc./Harmony Gold (1989) Creative Products Corp. (c. 1996) Funimation (2000) Chinkel Post-Production/AB Groupe (c. 2003)
Goku Masako Nozawa Zero Nesty Calvo Ramirez Ceyli Delgadillo Jodi Forrest
Barbara Goodson
Yamcha Tōru Furuya Zedaki Apollo Abraham Christopher Sabat Sharon Mann
Ryan O'Flannigan
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Lena Ethel Lizano Tiffany Vollmer Bloomer
Wendee Lee Sharon Mann
Kame-Sen'nin Kōhei Miyauchi Master Roshi Master Buten Master Roshi Crafty Turtle
Clifton Wells Nesty Calvo Ramirez Mike McFarland Ed Marcus
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Bongo Kririn Krillin Clearin
Wanda Nowicki Apollo Abraham Laurie Steele Sharon Mann
Lunch Mami Koyama Marilynn Ethel Lizano Launch Jodi Forrest
Edie Mirman Meredith McCoy
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Mao Mao Apollo Abraham Brad M. Jackson David Gasman
Colin Philips
Puar Naoko Watanabe Squeaker Mitch Frankenberger Pellicer Monika Antonelli Jodi Forrest
Cheryl Chase
Tenshinhan Hirotaka Suzuoki Shinto Ray Buyco Tien Shinhan Tenshin
Eddie Frierson John Burgmeier David Gasman
Chaozu Hiroko Emori Rebecca Forstadt Ethel Lizano Chiaotzu Chaos
Monika Antonelli Jodi Forrest
Turtle Daisuke Gōri Dan Woren Unknown Christopher Sabat Paul Bandey
Sharon Mann (some lines)
Tsuru-Sen'nin
(Crane Hermit)
Ichirō Nagai Lord Wu Zu Master Crane Master Shen Paul Bandey
Robert Axelrod R.J. Celdran Chuck Huber
Taopaipai Chikao Ōtsuka General Tao Pei Cao-Pai-Tek Mercenary Tao Ed Marcus
Michael McConnohie R.J. Celdran Kent Williams
Shenlong Kenji Utsumi Dragon God Shenron Sacred Dragon
Steve Kramer Christopher Sabat [1]
Tournament Announcer Dan Woren Apollo Abraham Justin Cook David Gasman
General Blue Toshio Furukawa Dave Mallow Sonny Strait Ed Marcus (one line)
David Gasman
Sergeant Metallic Shin Aomori Major Fist Unknown Major Metallitron Agent Metallic
Bill Capizzi Chris Rager Paul Bandey
Upa Mitsuko Horie Littlefoot Kara Edwards Sharon Mann
Jamie Johnston
Bora Banjō Ginga Haymaker Apollo Abraham Dameon Clarke David Gasman
Bob Papenbrook
Karin Ichirō Nagai Whiskers the Wonder Cat Ray Buyco Korin Sharon Mann
Theodore Lehmann Mark Britten
Arale Norimaki Mami Koyama Unknown Linda Young
Gatchans #1 and #2 Seiko Nakano Unknown
Senbei Norimaki Kenji Utsumi Unknown Apollo Abraham Sonny Strait Ed Marcus
Pilaf Shigeru Chiba Oculi Apollo Abraham Mike McFarland Sharon Mann
Dave Mallow
Shu Tesshō Genda Chow Nesty Calvo Ramirez Brian Thomas Jodi Forrest
Dave Mallow
Mai Eiko Yamada Feminah Ethel Lizano Cynthia Cranz
Melodee Spevack
Soldiers Masato Hirano
Hirohiko Kakegawa
Hiroyuki Satō
Eddie Frierson
Dave Mallow
Barry Stigler
Dan Woren
Steve Kramer
Stephen Apostolina
Narrator Jōji Yanami Michael McConnohie Nesty Calvo Ramirez Christopher Sabat Ed Marcus

Music

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Releases

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Box office

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At the Japanese box office, the film sold 1.9 million tickets and earned a net distribution rental income of ¥650 million.[2][3]

English-language versions

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Harmony Gold USA broadcast their dub of this film and Curse of the Blood Rubies as a double feature on WPSG Philly 57 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and on other channels and cable systems in a select few test markets. It was also likely to have been released on home video in the early 90s. It was not widely noticed and went under the radar. Their dub changed the names of some of the characters and had parts of it censored, and the opening and ending sequence changed with; instead of the first Japanese sequence they used the second Japanese sequence, with the Japanese katakana removed from the Dragon Balls, the Japanese credits removed and replaced with the Harmony Gold credits, and they changed some of the dialog from the Japanese intro. The ending was changed from the Japanese ending to show a still picture of Goku flying away from Shenron (known as Dragon God in the Harmony Gold dub) taken from the intro, and using the intro theme song instead of the Japanese ending theme with the Harmony Gold credits. The script was more faithful to the Japanese script and all the background music was kept the same, unlike the Funimation and AB Groupe dubs.

There was also another English dub released exclusively to Video CD by Speedy Video. This English version, produced and released exclusively in Malaysia,[4] features an unknown cast and original music.

Funimation acquired the rights to the film in 2000 and released it with a new dub to VHS and bilingual DVD that year.

Madman Entertainment released the film on DVD in Australia and New Zealand on March 17, 2004 with the 2000 English dub and optional Japanese audio. However, the introduction, which began the narration of the Dragon Balls, a cameo sequence of Pilaf and his gang presenting a global dragon radar to Master Shen, and a different opening sequence to the film featuring Goku and Krillin in training were cut. Instead, the opening sequence and scenes aforementioned were replaced with the TV opening sequence. Another sequence cut was the closing credits featuring a summoned Shenron who fulfilled Upa's wish to bring Bora back to life. The scene was replaced with the TV closing sequence.

Subsequent versions of the FUNimation dub had restored its introduction and its opening/ending sequence. Unlike the Japanese version however, the opening sequence had many scenes in freeze-frame, as a way to block out the original Japanese credits that were in the sequence. The closing credits was restored with English credits censoring half the screen, also as a way to block out the original Japanese credits scrolling from the right.

The film was later available on DVD along with Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and Path to Power as part of FUNimation's Dragon Ball Movie Box set released on December 6, 2005.[5] The box set was re-released as a thinpack on February 12, 2008.[6] This set has since been discontinued.

The film was re-released to DVD in America on February 8, 2011, as a part of a Dragon Ball Movie 4-Pack remastered thinpack release from FUNimation along with the other Dragon Ball related films.[7] This release restored all of the previously edited video footage of the film, but no apparent English credits are shown.

An alternative English dub produced with an uncredited cast by AB Groupe in France was released in English speaking markets in Europe in the early 2000s. It aired on Toonami in the UK in 2005.

The film was edited and combined with the second film, into a compilation film titled Dragon Ball, released in the Philippines by Regal Home Video in the mid/late 1990s.[8][9] The cast is believed to have also dubbed the original Dragon Ball series and the first 26 episodes of Dragon Ball Z exclusively for airing in the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ All dialogue of this character is cut out in the UK airing.
  2. ^ "予約特典・ドラゴンボール最強への道・劇場版ご近所物語A5サイズ前売特典冊子". Dragon Ball: The Path to Power brochure (in Japanese). Toei Animation. 1996.
  3. ^ "Movie Guide: Dragon Ball Movie 03". Kanzenshuu. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ^ "[TADA] Dragon Ball movies (1987 - 1995) Malaysian-English Dubbed; Movies 2 & 3 (Dragon Ball) and Movies 1 - 13 (Dragon Ball Z)".
  5. ^ "Dragon Ball Movie 2, 3, 4". 6 December 2005 – via Amazon.
  6. ^ "Dragon Ball Movie 3-pack". 12 February 2008 – via Amazon.
  7. ^ "Dragon Ball Movie Complete Collection DVD (Hyb) Remastered". Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.
  8. ^ How I Found LOST Dragon Ball Dubs on VHS, 17 December 2021, retrieved 2022-05-10
  9. ^ "Lost Dragon Ball Dub Discovered on a Mysterious VHS • Kanzenshuu". www.kanzenshuu.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
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