Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Japanese 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 film, originally released in Japan on March 7 at the Toei Anime Fair along with the second Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken film and the third Magical Tarurūto-kun film.

Plot

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 destroy 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

Character Japanese English
Audio Captain Productions/Creative Products Corp. (c. 1996)[2][3] Chinkel Post-Production/AB Groupe, (c. 2001)[4] Funimation (2002)
Goku Masako Nozawa Nesty Calvo RamirezDavid GasmanSean Schemmel
Gohan Masako Nozawa E.J. GalangJodi ForrestStephanie Nadolny
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa Ray Buyco Big Green Christopher R. Sabat
Paul Bandey
Vegeta Ryo Horikawa Bejita
Doug Rand
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Kririn Clearin Krillin
Apollo AbrahamSharon MannSonny Strait
Kame-sen'nin Kōhei Miyauchi Master Buten Ed Marcus Master Roshi
Nesty Calvo Ramirez Mike McFarland
Yajirobe Mayumi Tanaka Ethel Lizano
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Apollo AbrahamDavid Gasman Brad Jackson
Dende Tomiko Suzuki Hazel LizanoPaul BandeyLaura Bailey
Mr. Popo Toku Nishio Apollo Abraham Doug Rand Christopher R. Sabat
Moori Kinpei Azusa
Metal Coola (メタルクウラ, Metaru Kūra) Ryūsei Nakao Metal Cooler Meta-Cooler
Ed Marcus Andrew Chandler
Guide Robo (誘導ロボット, Yūdō robotto) Toshio Kobayashi Ethel LizanoSharon Mann Chris Forbis
Narrator Jōji Yanami Bob KarryEd MarcusKyle Hebert

Music

English dub soundtracks

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 (You’re The Hero)".

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

Releases

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 films.[6]

Reception

Other companies

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

References

  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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