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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Animation · Adventure · Fantasy · 1996

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.

Movie details

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

1996 Animation · Adventure · Fantasy 1h 20m

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TMDB

7.4 / 10

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A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Written by

Aya Matsui

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Son Goku (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Bulma (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Yamcha (voice)

Naoki Tatsuta

Naoki Tatsuta

Oolong (voice)

Naoko Watanabe

Naoko Watanabe

Puar (voice)

Kin'ya Aikawa

Kin'ya Aikawa

Master Roshi (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Umigame (voice)

Court is in session

Put Dragon Ball: The Path to Power on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.