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Bio-Broly
''Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly'', known in Japan as or by Toei's own English title ''Dragon Ball Z: Attack! Super Warriors'', is a 1994 Japanese animated science fiction martial arts film and the eleventh ''Dragon Ball Z'' feature film. It was released in Japan on July 9 at the Toei Anime Fair alongside '' Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation'' and the second ''Slam Dunk'' film. It was the third ''Dragon Ball Z'' film to feature the character of Broly, albeit as a genetic clone. Plot In a laboratory, humanoids emerge from tanks after having been created by the scientist Dr. Collie whose employer, Mr. Jaguar, plans to use these humanoids to expose the "world's greatest fraud", and laughs madly as a muscular, nude man with a tail lays dormant in another tank. Android 18 harasses Mr. Satan as he has yet to pay her for purposely losing to him in the World Martial Arts Tournament final while Krillin, Trunks, Goten and Marron wait outside. A businessm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dragon Ball Films
'' Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. Since 1986, there have been 24 theatrical films based on the franchise, including twenty-one anime films produced by Toei Animation, two unofficial films and one official live-action film. Background Original run (1986–1996) During the franchise's original broadcast run (1986-1997), Toei produced ''Dragon Ball'' films rapidly, often two a year to match the Japanese spring and summer vacations. Seventeen films were produced in this period—three ''Dragon Ball'' films from 1986 to 1988, thirteen ''Dragon Ball Z'' films from 1989 to 1995, and finally a tenth anniversary film that was released in 1996 and adapted the Red Ribbon arc of the original series. These films have a running time below feature length (around 45–60 minutes each) except for the 1996 film, at 80 minutes. These films were mostly alternate retellings of certain story arcs involving new characters or extra side-stories that do n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Android 18
is a fictional character in the '' Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. Android 18 makes her debut in Chapter #349 "The Androids Awake!", first published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' on November 12, 1991. She and her twin brother, Android 17, were forcibly turned into cyborgs by Dr. Gero to serve his vendetta against Goku. The main-timeline version of the character has very little to no interest in fulfilling Gero's orders and becomes a major character in the series after marrying Goku's best friend Krillin. In an alternate future timeline, Android 18 is a ruthless killer who started a reign of terror along with Android 17 over Earth that lasted for twenty years until they are both killed by adult Trunks. Creation and conception Android 18, along with Android 17, were conceived after Akira Toriyama's former editor Kazuhiko Torishima expressed disapproval with Androids #19 and #20 as villains. Following their introduction into the series, Torishima soon a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broly
is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise. Two different versions of the character exist: the original Broly, a major villain created by anime screenwriter Takao Koyama who appeared in a trilogy of 1990s ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime films, '' Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan'' (1993), '' Broly – Second Coming'' (1994), and '' Bio-Broly'' (1994), followed by a newer and reworked version of the character by series creator Akira Toriyama that debuted in the film '' Dragon Ball Super: Broly'' (2018), where he initially served as one of the main antagonists, then eventually a supporting character in his later appearances. Creation and design The character of Broly was created by Takao Koyama, who was inspired to create a menacing and powerful Saiyan villain after watching Future Trunks transforming into his Super Saiyan Third Grade form during the Perfect Cell Saga, and designed by Dragon Ball creator, Akira Toriyama. Following the Saiyan race's usual naming tren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broly – Second Coming
is a fictional character in the '' Dragon Ball'' media franchise. Two different versions of the character exist: the original Broly, a major villain created by anime screenwriter Takao Koyama who appeared in a trilogy of 1990s ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime films, '' Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan'' (1993), '' Broly – Second Coming'' (1994), and ''Bio-Broly'' (1994), followed by a newer and reworked version of the character by series creator Akira Toriyama that debuted in the film '' Dragon Ball Super: Broly'' (2018), where he initially served as one of the main antagonists, then eventually a supporting character in his later appearances. Creation and design The character of Broly was created by Takao Koyama, who was inspired to create a menacing and powerful Saiyan villain after watching Future Trunks transforming into his Super Saiyan Third Grade form during the Perfect Cell Saga, and designed by Dragon Ball creator, Akira Toriyama. Following the Saiyan race's usual naming tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kai
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animals, Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deity, deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Goku, Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks (Dragon Ball), Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell (Dragon Ball), Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krillin
(known as Kuririn in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, and Kulilin in Japanese merchandise English translations) is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter #25 "A Rival? Arrival!!", first published in '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on May 21, 1985, as Goku's fellow martial arts student under Kame-Sen'nin. As the series progresses, Krillin becomes Goku's closest ally and best friend as he fights every villain along with Goku or before him and is often depicted as the comic relief. Design and appearance Toriyama originally created Krillin along with the Tenka'ichi Budōkai as a method to help add depth to the story, as his editor Kazuhiko Torishima had stated that the series' protagonist, Goku, was too plain. Torishima explained that in order to develop Goku's characterization, they needed someone petty and mischievous to provide contrast, thus leading to the introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marron (Dragon Ball)
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animals, Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deity, deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Goku, Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks (Dragon Ball), Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell (Dragon Ball), Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toei Animation
() is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including '' Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slump'', '' Dragon Ball'', '' Saint Seiya'', '' Sailor Moon'', ''Slam Dunk'', '' Digimon'', '' One Piece'', '' Toriko'', '' World Trigger'', '' The Transformers'' (between 1984–1990, including several Japanese exclusive productions) and the '' Pretty Cure'' series. History The studio was founded by animators Kenzō Masaoka and Zenjirō Yamamoto in 1948 as . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was renamed , doing business as Toei Animation Co., Ltd. outside Japan. In 1998, the Japanese name was renamed to Toei Animation. It has created a number of TV series and movies and adapted Japanese comics as animated series, many popular worldwide. Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Yasuji Mori, Leiji Matsumoto and Yōichi Kotabe have worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N-cha!! Excited Heart Of Summer Vacation
Since the debut of the anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama's ''Dr. Slump'' manga series in 1981, Toei Animation (formerly Toei Doga) has produced 11 animated films based on the franchise. In 2008, all eleven films were released in a remastered DVD box set titled ''Slump the Box Movies'' on September 21. On June 12, 2013, Discotek Media announced they acquired the first five ''Dr. Slump'' films for release in North America. They released all five in a two-disc DVD box set in Japanese with English subtitles on July 29, 2014. 1980s films The first film was produced just three months after the anime started, being shown at the alongside ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' and ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan''. was released on July 18, 1981. It adapts chapters 32 and 33 of the manga, following as Senbei Norimaki travels to Wonder Island in order to acquire an ingredient for a love potion. It was released on VHS on August 14, 1987. An anime comic adaptation was released in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goku
Son Goku is a Character (arts), fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Goku in Japan and Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' (16th century), combined with influences from the Hong Kong martial arts films of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Goku first made his debut in the first ''Dragon Ball'' chapter, ''Bulma and Son Goku'', originally published in Japan's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on December 3, 1984. Goku is introduced as an eccentric, monkey-tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses superhuman strength. He meets Bulma and joins her on a journey to find the seven wish-granting Dragon Balls. Along the way, he finds new friends who follow him on his journey to become a stronger fighter. As Goku grows up, he becomes the Earth's mightiest warrior and battles a wide variety of villains with the help of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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