Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Japanese DVD cover art
Directed by	Yoshihiro Ueda
Produced by	Chiaki Imada (Executive Producer) Yoshio Anzai (Shueisha)
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	See Cast
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 10, 1993 (1993-07-10) (Japan) August 17, 2004 (North America and Europe)
Running time	50:32

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 at the Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongside the Dr. Slump movie N-cha! Pengin-mura yori Ai wo komete and the first YuYu Hakusho movie. The English version was dubbed by FUNimation and released in 2004. This is one of the few films in the franchise that can be slid into the series timeline without serious issues, taking place sometime after the Cell Games and before the Buu saga. It was also the last movie for voice actor of Muten-Rôshi (Kōhei Miyauchi), who died two years after its Japanese release. The movie was re-released with Super Android 13! and Dragon Ball Z Season 8 on February 9, 2009.

Plot

• The movie has premiered in the US on Nicktoons Network on Thursday, September 29, 2011*

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 reap destruction upon the Earth.

The movie starts with a big martial arts tournament in which 200 elite fighters will compete, including Yamcha, Tien, Piccolo, Gohan, Future Trunks, and Krillin. The winner will get to face the famous champion "Mr. Hercule" (also known as "Mr. Satan" in the Japanese version). Goku is shown in Other World, watching the tournament with King Kai. The first round consists of 8 contests - 25 fighters are put on each fighting "stage", and the last one standing on each stage will advance to the semi-finals. Tien, Piccolo, A 13 year old Gohan, Krillin, and Future Trunks are among the 8 who advance. As the advancing fighters' names are announced, Mr. Hercule is shown getting increasingly nervous, as he is aware of the prowess of these fighters. He begins looking for a way to back out of the fighting, eventually claiming to have a "stomach ache". In the meantime, the semis pit Tien against Future Trunks and Krillin against Piccolo. Future Trunks beats Tien. Piccolo is disgusted by the lack of a challenge in this supposedly "elite" contest and forfeits against Krillin. Gohan, Krillin, and Future Trunks are among the 4 who advance to the finals, in which each of them will compete against a fighter from elsewhere in the galaxy. However, as the alien fighters are revealed, the fight promoter realizes that these are not the fighters that he had recruited for the contest.

Everyone soon begins to realize that there is something wrong as Trunks is challenged by Kogu, Krillin faces Zangya, and Gohan confronts Bujin. During this time, Mr. 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 space 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 abdomen, killing him. As he turns to leave, he is struck down in one blow by an unknown foe. Far away, Vegeta feels this power and knows something is wrong. Gohan continues his fight with Bujin until he is led out to where Krillin and Trunks are. After inspecting his fallen friend, Bojack introduces himself and tells Gohan 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 Bojack's henchmen while Bojack watches on in amusement. Gohan is beaten down and Bojack powers up an attack to finish him off, although it is deflected by Piccolo, who has come to Gohan's aid. Trunks comes back into action and they both challenge Bojack. After a period of fighting Trunks's sword appears; Trunks catches 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 Trunks realizes that Vegeta has truly changed. While Vegeta fights Bojack, the rest fight against his surviving henchmen. During his fight against Vegeta, Bojack beats Vegeta down and transforms. Gohan rushes to Piccolo's aid, but Piccolo tells him to not worry about him and fight Bojack. Bojack challenges Gohan to a fight and beats him thanks to the aid of Bido and Zangya's Untrapped ropes, which drains Gohan's energy away, but Gohan is freed when Mr. Hercule's incoming pod distracts them all. Annoyed at this, Bojack powers up an attack and blasts Mr. Hercule's pod, causing him to fall to the ground. Trying to save him, Gohan is struck down by Bojack's henchmen.

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 transforms into Super Saiyan 2, surprising Bojack and his crew. Gohan beats Bido and Bujin each in one hit, breaking them both in half, 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, 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 Goku broke the rules of going back to Earth while dead. After the events, everyone is in hospital watching the news that Mr. Hercule is a "true hero" who defeated the alien intruders; this results in several jokes. 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 4-year-old Gohan training with Piccolo [Saiyan Saga]
• Chi-Chi with a dressed-up (and embarrassed) 4-year-old Gohan as they are prepared to travel to Namek [Frieza Saga]
• A 9-year-old Gohan with Goku, both Super Saiyans, just before the Cell Games [Cell Saga]
• Finally, these graphics are surrounded as if in a frame by several of the main characters, including Krillin, Trunks, Roshi, and Yamcha, all dressed in different colored suits, similar to the Toriyama drawn picture before.

Cast

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
Chiaotzu	Hiroko Emori	Monika Antonelli
Mr. Satan	Daisuke Ghori	Chris Rager
Bujin	Hiroko Emori	Christopher Bevins
Bido	Hisao Egawa	Robert McCollum
Zangya	Tomoko Maruo	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Kogu	Toshiyuki Morikawa	Iman Nademzadeh
Bojack	Tesshō 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