''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

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and the eleventh ''

Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...

'' feature film. It was released in

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on July 9 at the Toei Anime Fair alongside '' Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation'' and the second ''

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'' film. It was the third ''Dragon Ball Z'' film to feature the character of

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'' ...

, albeit as a genetic clone.

Plot

In a laboratory,

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s 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.

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harasses

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as he has yet to pay her for purposely losing to him in the World Martial Arts Tournament final while

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 in ...

, Trunks,

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and

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wait outside. A businessman named Men-Men arrives and speaks with Mr. Satan, telling him that Mr. Jaguar, who was Mr. Satan's rival at summer camp, has requested his presence on his island laboratory to have him fight his special fighters, and threatens to expose Mr. Satan as a

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if he refuses. Mr. Satan reluctantly accepts with Android 18 accompanying them to make sure Mr. Satan keeps good on his promise for payment. Trunks and Goten stow away, hoping to find a challenging fight. On the island, a tournament is organized to pit Jaguar's bio-warriors against Mr. Satan. Android 18, Goten and Trunks ask to take part by posing as his pupils. Goten and Trunks easily defeat the bio-warriors and they observe the excommunicated

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from the village they encountered during their

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with

. Trunks and Goten explore the lab and find a tank which appears to house Broly who is supposed to be dead. They confront the shaman who tells them that after Broly was killed, he found a sample of the Legendary Super Saiyan's blood and took it to Jaguar, who used it to have a

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created. Goten and Trunks attempt to destroy the clone but he breaks out of the tank and attacks them. The ensuing struggle causes a major leak of a dangerous bio-fluid that instantly devours matter. The Broly clone is drenched in the bio-fluid and becomes deformed. Jaguar orders ''Bio-Broly'' to kill Mr. Satan but Android 18 saves him and is subsequently defeated. Goten and Trunks battle Bio-Broly while the bio-fluid kills all of the bio-warriors, scientists, and the shaman. Bio-Broly pummels Goten, Trunks, and Android 18.

saves Android 18 but is also defeated. Trunks lures Bio-Broly beneath a bio-fluid tank and destroys it, showering Bio-Broly in more of the fluid which appears to damage him. They attempt to evacuate the island but Dr. Collie tells them that the bio-fluid will continue to spread until it covers the entire Earth. However, they discover that the fluid turns to stone upon contact with seawater so Goten, Trunks and Krillin each fire a ''Kamehameha'' wave at the base of the island, causing a massive wave of seawater to flood the island and turn the fluid to stone. A colossal sized Bio-Broly suddenly emerges from the sea but before he is able to attack, he too becomes solidified. Goten, Trunks, and Krillin blast him with a combined Kamehameha wave which destroys him. In the Other World,

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receives orders from

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to help stop Broly who is rampaging in

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Voice cast

Notes

Music

*OP (Opening Theme): ** "

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" *** Lyrics by

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*** Music and arrangement by Keiju Ishikawa *** Performed by

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*IN (Insert Song): ** *** Lyrics by

*** Music by Tetsuji Hayashi *** Arranged by Osamu Totsuka *** Performed by Susumu Oya *ED (Ending Theme): ** *** Lyrics by

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*** Music by Tetsuji Hayashi *** Arranged by Osamu Totsuka *** Performed by

Singles

"Dragon Power ∞" was released as a single on 8 mm CD on July 21, 1994 in

. It was coupled with the image song "Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Tēma~" performed by Susumu Ōya. Another CD called was released on 12 mm CD at the same time as the 8 mm CD. This 12 mm CD features a third track, , also performed by Kageyama.

English dub soundtrack

The score for the English dub's composed by Mark Menza. The Triple Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by

Shunsuke Kikuchi was a Japanese composer who was active from the early 1960s until 2017. He specialized in incidental music for media such as television and film. Kikuchi was regarded as one of Japan's most highly demanded film and TV composers, working princi ...

, an opening theme of "We Gotta Power", and an ending theme of "Dragon Power ∞".

Releases

It was released on

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in North America on September 13, 2005. It was later released in Triple Feature set along with '' Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan'' (1993) and '' Broly – Second Coming'' (1994) for

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and DVD on March 31, 2009, both feature full

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format in HD

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ed 16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced

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mix. The film was re-released to DVD in final remastered thinpak collection on January 3, 2012, containing the last 4 ''Dragon Ball Z'' films.

Other companies

A second English dub produced and released exclusively in

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by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.

References

External links

Official anime website
of

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'', ' ...

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