Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, also known by its Japanese title Dragon Ball Z: The Outstanding Strongest vs. Strongest (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō), or by Toei's own English title Dragon Ball Z: The Strongest Rivals, is a 1991 Japanese anime science fiction martial arts film and the fifth Dragon Ball Z animated feature movie, originally released in Japan on July 20 at the Toei Anime Fair.

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Japanese box art
Directed byMitsuo Hashimoto
Written byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
StarringSee below
CinematographyMasatoshi Fukui
Edited byShin'ichi Fukumitsu
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • July 20, 1991 (1991-07-20) (Japan)
Running time
47 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.38 billion (Japan)[1]

Plot

From his spaceship, Cooler watches as his younger brother Frieza destroys the Saiyan home world. Cooler's henchmen observe a pod fleeing the doomed planet that is transporting a Saiyan infant to Earth and prepare to destroy it, but Cooler allows it to go, accounting that it is Frieza's responsibility. More than twenty years later, this Saiyan, Goku, defeats Frieza on Planet Namek. After learning of his brother's death, Cooler takes his Armored Squadron - Salza, Neiz, and Doore, on a mission to reclaim his family's honor. On Earth, Cooler's forces ambush Goku and his friends while they are on a camping trip, and Goku is badly wounded when he takes an energy blast from Cooler that was intended for Gohan.

Krillin and Oolong find shelter in a cave with Goku while Gohan, riding on the back of the dragon Icarus to avoid being detected by Cooler's men, travels to obtain the healing Senzu beans that can save his father. Cooler orders his men to completely obliterate the forest, believing Goku is alive and in hiding. After obtaining the beans, Gohan is ambushed by Cooler's men who overwhelm him. As Gohan is about to be killed by Doore, he is saved by Piccolo who engages the Armored Squadron as Gohan flies off to complete his mission. Piccolo overwhelms the henchmen and he kills Doore and Neiz. As Piccolo and Salza fight, Cooler arrives and catches Piccolo off-guard and impales him through the chest with his Death Beam as he orders Salza to pursue Gohan. Salza manages to track Gohan to the cave and destroys the beans before Krillin attempts to fight him. However, Gohan successfully heals Goku with a spare bean tucked in his waistband. After Krillin and Gohan are quickly defeated by Salza, Goku appears, now fully healed. Cooler arrives, holding onto an unconscious Piccolo who he blasts with an unexpected energy attack. Now angered, Goku powers up, subsequently knocks Salza away, and proceeds to battle Cooler.

After Goku proves to be a worthy opponent, Cooler tells of his bleak history with Frieza and that he had intended to kill his brother himself. He then reveals that also like his brother, he can transform - but to a level even higher than Frieza. Now at full power, Cooler pummels the Saiyan and proceeds to destroy the landscape as he boasts and mocks Goku. However, after seeing a bird die from wounds inflicted by damage caused during the struggle, Goku reflects on the well-being of his loved ones. Goku retrieves the deceased bird and transforms into his Super Saiyan form, using his energy to revive the bird. Cooler finds himself grossly outclassed by Super Saiyan Goku. Cooler powers up an enormous Death Ball and launches the energy attack with the hopes to destroy Goku and the planet along with him. Goku manages to resist and overpower the attack with the Kamehameha wave and sends it hurdling toward Cooler who is launched into space and collides with the sun. As he is incinerated, Cooler realizes that Goku was the Saiyan infant he spared decades ago. As he laments over his mistake, he is seemingly disintegrated.

Goku, drained after his victory, is found by Krillin, Gohan, Oolong and Icarus. They celebrate the victory and search for Piccolo when Salza reappears and prepares to kill them. However, Salza is unexpectedly killed by Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon. Gohan yells out for Piccolo who is nowhere to be seen. The Namekian, having recovered, drinks some water and gazes skyward.

Cast
Character Japanese voice English voice
(Creative Products Corp., c. 1995)[2][3] (Funimation, 2002) (AB Group, c. 2003)[4]
GokuMasako NozawaNesty RamirezSean SchemmelDavid Gasman
GohanE.J. GalangStephanie NadolnyJodi Forrest
Hire Dragon Naoki Tatsuta Baby Camila Icarus
Ethel Lizano Christopher Sabat
PiccoloToshio FurukawaRaymond Buyco Big Green
Paul Bandey
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Kurin Sonny Strait Clearin
Apollo AbrahamSharon Mann
OolongNaoki TatsutaBrad JacksonDavid Gasman
Chi-ChiNaoko WatanabeMitch FrankenbergerCynthia CranzSharon Mann
Karin Ichirō Nagai Raymond Buyco Korin Paul Bandey
Mark Britten
YajirobeMayumi TanakaEthel Lizano Mike McFarlandEd Marcus
Kame-Sennin Kōhei Miyauchi Master Muten Master Roshi
Nesty Ramirez Mike McFarland
Cooler Ryūsei Nakao Apollo Abraham Cooler Andrew Chandler Doug Rand
Sauzer Shō Hayami R.J. Celdran Salza David Gasman
Michael Marco
Naise Masato Hirano David Soon Neiz Paul Bandey
Bill Townsley
Doore Masaharu Satō Barky Dore Ed Marcus
Mano AbelloMike McFarland
Burdock Masako Nozawa Nesty Ramirez Bardock Bardock
Sonny StraitDoug Rand
FriezaRyūsei NakaoApollo AbrahamLinda YoungEd Marcus
NarratorJōji YanamiBob KarryKyle Hebert

Music

English dub soundtrack

The following songs were present in the Funimation dub of Cooler's Revenge.

  1. Drowning Pool - Reminded
  2. Dust for Life - Poison
  3. American Pearl - Seven Years
  4. Breaking Point - Under
  5. Finger Eleven - Stay and Drown
  6. Breaking Point - Falling Down
  7. Drowning Pool - Mute
  8. Disturbed - The Game
  9. Drowning Pool - Told You So
  10. Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
  11. American Pearl - Revelation
  12. Breaking Point - Phoenix

The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi and an ending theme of Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō!.

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 January 22, 2002. It was later released in Double Feature set along with The Return of Cooler (1992) 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 November 1, 2011, containing the first 5 Dragon Ball Z Movies.[6][7]

Reception

Other companies

A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast. Creative Products Corporation made an English dub for the Philippines with the title Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Strongest.

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. "Behind the Voice Actors".
  5. End credits
  6. Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection One, Funimation Prod, 2011-11-01, retrieved 2016-07-04
  7. "Dragon Ball - Z Movie Pack Collection One". Amazon. November 2011.
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