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''Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn'' is a 1995 Japanese
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and the 12th film in the ''
Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' (''DBZ'') 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'' television series and adapts the latter 325 chapters ...
'' series. It was originally released in
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on March 4 at Toei Anime Fair, and dubbed into English by
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in 2006. It was preceded by '' Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly'' and followed by '' Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon''.


Plot

In the
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, a teenage
oni An ( ) is a kind of ''yōkai'', demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. They are believed to live in caves or deep in the mountains or in hell. Oni are known for their superhuman strength and have been associated with powers like th ...
is manning a cleansing machine and the loud volume of his
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distracts him, causing the machine to explode. The oni is engulfed by the freed evil spirit essence and transforms into Janemba, a massive childlike monster with dimensional manipulation abilities. As a result, the deceased are resurrected.
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and Pikkon are fighting in a tournament when they are interrupted by the appearance of a strange crystal-like substance and are sent to investigate the disturbance by the Grand Kai. They find the afterlife's "check-in station" to be encased in the crystal-like barrier which is also immune to their
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blasts. From inside of the station, its trapped attendant King Yemma directs them to the monster, Janemba, who refuses to drop the barrier. Goku lures Janemba to hell while Pikkon works to free Yemma. Meanwhile, Earth comes under siege by an array of zombies, soldiers and past villains led by
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who attack a city until
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and
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intervene with the former destroying him causing the villains to flee in terror. The two along with
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, Goten and Trunks gather the magical Dragon Balls and summon the dragon
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to ask him to rebuild the barrier between the living and dead, but he is unable to do so since only Yemma can control the boundaries of the afterlife. In hell, Janemba uses his unorthodox powers to best Goku until he powers up to Super Saiyan 3, shaking Other World while he does it, and seemingly kills Janemba. He merely transforms into a much smaller, albeit far more powerful and sinister form - Super Janemba. Goku is overwhelmed by Super Janemba but
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has regained his physical body and arrives in time to help. However, the two Saiyans are still no match for Super Janemba and are forced to hide. Goku proposes using the Fusion Dance technique, but Vegeta pridefully refuses to join bodies with Goku. Pikkon continues to try and free Yemma to no avail, and in his anger, insults the crystal substance which causes it to slightly crack. However, Pikkon's worst insults do not cause enough damage to rescue Yemma so he decides to aid Goku and Vegeta in their fight. After much persuasion, Vegeta agrees to fuse with Goku but Vegeta fails to extend his forefinger when required and the fusion fails, resulting in a weak,
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form named Veku. Super Janemba beats Veku severely and almost kills him, but the fusion wears off and Goku and Vegeta escape in time. Pikkon arrives to stall Super Janemba while Goku and Vegeta attempt the fusion again, this time successfully transforming into the immensely powerful Super Gogeta, who swiftly gains the advantage over Janemba and he uses his power to cleanse the demon of the evil essence inside him, causing him to revert into his oni form and force him to flee. With Super Janemba vanquished, his hold over reality disappears and the deceased return to the afterlife. After sharing a good-natured farewell with Goku, Vegeta reverts to his spirit form and disappears. Back on Earth, Gohan, Videl, Goten, and Trunks depart back home. In a
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, a still-summoned Shenron still awaits another wish.


Cast


Music

The song "
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" was used as the film's opening theme.


Saikyō no Fusion

is the closing theme song of the film and is a single by Japanese singer
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. It was released on 8 cm CD on March 1, 1995, in Japan only. It is coupled with the character song "Ai wa Barādo no Yō ni ~Vegeta no Tēma~" performed by Shin Oya. The single charted 95 on Oricon.


Track list

#最強のフュージョン
''Saikyō no Fyūjon/The Strongest Fusion'' #愛はバラードのように~ベジータのテーマ~
''Ai wa Barādo no Yō ni~Bejīta no Tēma~/Love is Like a Ballad: Theme of Vegeta''


English dub soundtrack

The score for the English dub's composed by Nathan Johnson and Dave Moran. The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by
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and an ending theme of "Saikyō no Fusion".


Box office

At the Japanese box office, the film sold 3.2million tickets and grossed (). On November 3 and 5, 2018, it had a joint limited theatrical release with the TV special '' Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku'' (1990), titled as ''Dragon Ball Z: Saiyan Double Feature'', by
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in the United States due to the upcoming release of '' Dragon Ball Super: Broly'' (2018). According to
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, as of November 7, 2018, the ''Saiyan Double Feature'' made a revenue of $540,707. This adds up to a total gross of in Japan and the United States.


Releases

It was released on
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in North America on March 28, 2006, It was later released in final Double Feature set along with '' Wrath of the Dragon'' (1995) for
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and DVD on May 19, 2009, both feature full
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format in HD
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ed 16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced 5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in the 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 Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast. The Speedy dub is notoriously known among fans for its poor grammar and voice acting, low-quality audio mixing, and limited pool of voice actors, as well as heavily compressed low-resolution video quality due to it being released on
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.


Notes


References


External links


Official anime website
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