Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

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Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
DBZ The Return of Cooler JP poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Written byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
Produced byChiaki Imada
Rikizō Kayano
StarringSee below
CinematographyYukio Katayama
Edited byShin'ichi Fukumitsu
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • March 7, 1992 (1992-03-07) (Japan)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.72 billion (Japan)[1]

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Clash!! 10 Billion Power Warriors (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Gekitotsu!! Hyaku-Oku Pawā no Senshi-tachi) or by Toei's own English title Dragon Ball Z: Fight! 10 Billion Power Warriors, is a 1992 Japanese anime science fiction martial arts film, the sixth Dragon Ball Z movie, originally released in Japan on March 7 at the Toei Anime Fair along with the second Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken and the third Magical Tarurūto-kun movie.

Plot[edit]

The Namekian people, now living on a new planet after their home world was destroyed by Frieza years prior, find New Namek under siege by a mysterious, sentient spaceship that has latched onto and began attacking their home. Dende, now the Earth's guardian, senses the plight of his people and telepathically calls on Goku for help.

Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Oolong, Yajirobe and Master Roshi travel to the New Namek and upon arrival encounter an army of large robots abusing the Namekians. They learn that Cooler, who Goku was thought to have killed, is responsible. Cooler, now with a metallic body, reveals that he is going to absorb the planet and its lifeforms to power his ship. Goku fights Cooler while the others battle his robots who have durable armor that they struggle to penetrate. All except Piccolo are captured along with a village of Namekians. Piccolo manages to destroys all of the robots in one large energy attack before making his way to rescue those who were captured. Elsewhere, Goku struggles against Cooler's new "Meta-Cooler" form which gives him the ability to regenerate himself. Cooler also reveals his ability to use the instantaneous movement technique, an ability which Goku also uses. Cooler explains that his ship constantly monitors his body, and fixes any damage it might incur and improves his design to increase his durability. Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan which is also ineffective against Meta-Cooler, and just before he is strangled to death, Vegeta saves him. The two Super Saiyans attack Meta-Cooler together and they manage to destroy him. However, his ship recreates one thousand manifestations of Meta-Cooler, tipping the balance of power decisively against the Saiyans. Goku and Vegeta attempt one final defense but are captured and transported to be converted into fuel.

As his ship is leeching their energy, Cooler explains that after his defeat, his brain was absorbed by the remnants of a spacecraft's computer system and fused together; which he eventually took control of. Goku and Vegeta begin to release all their energy which overloads the system. They encounter the true biological Cooler, who Goku manages to kill with an energy blast. Piccolo arrives and encounters a Meta-Cooler which explodes. All of the Meta-Coolers and robot soldiers subsequently explode and the heroes escape before the ship leaves New Namek's orbit and explodes.

Goku and Vegeta fall from the sky near their allies and everyone rejoices in the victory. In his spaceship, Vegeta crushes the computer chip that created Cooler's ship.

Cast[edit]

Character name Japanese voice actor English voice actor
(Creative Products Corp., c. 1995)[2][3] (Funimation, 2002) (AB Group, c. 2003)[4]
Goku Masako Nozawa Nesty Ramirez Sean Schemmel David Gasman
Gohan Masako Nozawa E.J. Galang Stephanie Nadolny Jodi Forrest
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Raymond Buyco Christopher R. Sabat Big Green
Paul Bandey
Vegeta Ryo Horikawa Bejita
Doug Rand
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Kririn Krillin Clearin
Apollo Abraham Sonny Strait Sharon Mann
Kame-sen'nin Kōhei Miyauchi Master Buten Master Roshi Ed Marcus
Nesty Ramirez Mike McFarland
Yajirobe Mayumi Tanaka Ethel Lizano
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Apollo Abraham Brad Jackson David Gasman
Dende Tomiko Suzuki Hazel Lizano Laura Bailey Paul Bandey
Mr. Popo Toku Nishio Apollo Abraham Christopher R. Sabat Doug Rand
Moori Kinpei Azusa
Metal Coola
(メタルクウラ, Metaru Kūra)
Ryūsei Nakao Meta-Cooler Metal Cooler
Andrew Chandler Ed Marcus
Guide Robo
(誘導ロボット, Yūdō robotto)
Toshio Kobayashi [ja] Ethel Lizano Chris Forbis Sharon Mann
Narrator Jōji Yanami Bob Karry Kyle Hebert Ed Marcus

Music[edit]

English dub soundtracks[edit]

The score for the English dub's 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 Hero (Kimi ga Hīrō).

The dub made in the Philippines contained English versions of the Japanese opening and ending theme songs.[5]

Releases[edit]

It was released on DVD and VHS in North America on August 13, 2002. It was later released in Double Feature set along with Cooler's Revenge (1991) for Blu-ray and DVD on November 11, 2008, both feature full 1080p format in HD remastered 16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced 5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in remastered thinpak collection on December 6, 2011, containing the second 4 Dragon Ball Z Movies.[6]

Reception[edit]

Other companies[edit]

A fourth English dub released in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown cast.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu (January 29, 2019). "Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Becomes Top-Grossing Film in The Franchise". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "DBZ Movie CBB".
  3. ^ "Behind the Voice Actors".
  4. ^ "Dragon Ball Z: Big Green Dub Cast - Behind The Voice Actors". www.behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. ^ End credits
  6. ^ Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection Two, Funimation Prod, 2011-12-06, retrieved 2016-04-12

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