movie

1995 · Japan

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 51 min
Age rating: PG
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Violence: Mild
Frights: Moderate

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

The Z Warriors discover an unopenable music box and are told to open it with the Dragon Balls. The contents turn out to be a warrior named Tapion who had sealed himself inside along with a monster called Hildegarn. Goku must now perfect a new technique to defeat the evil monster.

martial arts
fight
martial artist
demon
nostalgic
shounen
anime

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Masaharu Sato — Kame Sennin / Shenlong (voice)
Yuko Minaguchi — Videl (voice)
Ryo Horikawa — Vegeta (voice)
Hiro Yuuki — Tapion / Sharpner (voice)
Juji Matsuda — Hoi (voice)
Nobuhiko Kazama — Robber (voice)
Yasuhiko Kawazu — Captain (voice)
Ichiro Nagai — Rubbernecker (voice)
Makiko Ohmoto — Teacher (voice)
Yoshiyuki Yukino — Reporter (voice)
Shin Aomori — Hildegarn (voice)

Directed: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Written: Takao Koyama

Production

Rating: 7.3 / 10 · 810 ratings
Studio: Toei Company, Bird Studios, Toei Animation

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.