- Frieza is one of the main villains in the Dragon Ball series, and responsible for nearly wiping out the entire race of Saiyans. Not much is known about his race, but he does have family members, including King Cold, Chilled, and Cooler. Obviously those names are related to the cold, and so are the first 4.
- Legendary Super Saiyan: W. Capital: Beat Broly) (Frieza's Brother + Hatred of Goku = Cooler Coolers Revenge: Goku Returns: Mountain Road: Beat Salza and Cooler Galactic Warrior can be used with two.
- Frieza (5th Form) Cooler (Perfect Form) - This form is a mix of Cooler's final form and his 5th form. Coolieza (Final Form) - Fusion of Cooler and Frieza through a new type of fusion. Coolieza (5th form) - Tournament Universe 6 vs Universe 7 / Baby Saga: Goku (Super Saiyan 4 / Super Saiyan 5) - Whis Gi; Vegeta (Super Saiyan 4 / Super Saiyan 5.
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge | |
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Directed by | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
Produced by | Chiaki Imada Rikizō Kayano |
Written by | Takao Koyama |
Based on | Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
Starring | See below |
Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Cinematography | Masatoshi Fukui |
Edited by | Shin'ichi Fukumitsu |
Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date | |
Running time | 47 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥2.38 billion(Japan)[1] |
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, also known by its Japanese title Dragon Ball Z: The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest (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 animescience fictionmartial arts film and the fifth Dragon Ball Z animated feature movie, originally released in Japan on July 20 at the Toei Anime Fair.
Plot[edit]
From his spaceship, Cooler watches on 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.
In Dragon Ball Z: Fusion reborn, Janemba breaks the boundary between worlds, allowing warriors from the afterlife (including Frieza himself) to attack the living. When you're defeated in the afterlife, we're told, your very spirit is destroyed, and you essentially cease to exist in any kind of form. Frieza can be found in either an S-Rift or you can get Frieza after a certain point when he becomes part of the boss encounter that has Zarbon and Dodoria in it. Obviously you are passed this (for others that are looking for him), until you fight him in a predetermined rift on Map 7 after beating the game you won't be able to recruit him even.
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 energy blast 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 wellbeing of his loved ones and the fate of Earth. Goku retrieves the deceased bird and transforms into his Super Saiyan form, using his energy to revive the bird. Cooler then finds himself, like his brother was, grossly outclassed by 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[edit]
Character | Japanese voice | English voice | ||
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(Creative Products Corp., c. 1995)[2][3] | (Funimation, 2002) | (AB Group, c. 2003)[4] | ||
Goku | Masako Nozawa | Nesty Ramirez | Sean Schemmel | David Gasman |
Gohan | E.J. Galang | Stephanie Nadolny | Jodi Forrest | |
Cooler | Ryūsei Nakao | Apollo Abraham | Andrew Chandler | Doug Rand |
Piccolo | Toshio Furukawa | Raymond Buyco | Christopher Sabat | Paul Bandey as Big Green |
Krillin | Mayumi Tanaka | Apollo Abraham as Kurin | Sonny Strait | Sharon Mann as Clearin |
Korin | Ichirō Nagai | Raymond Buyco | Mark Britten | Paul Bandey |
Yajirobe | Mayumi Tanaka | Ethel Lizano | Mike McFarland | Ed Marcus |
Master Roshi | Kōhei Miyauchi | Nesty Ramirez as Master Muten | ||
Salza | Shō Hayami | R.J. Celdran | Michael Marco | David Gasman |
Neizu | Masato Hirano | David Soon | William Douglas Townsley Jr. | Paul Bandey |
Doore | Masaharu Satō | Mano Abello as Barky | Charles Clegg | Ed Marcus |
Oolong | Naoki Tatsuta | Apollo Abraham | Bradford Jackson | David Gasman |
Chi-Chi | Naoko Watanabe | Mitch Frankenberger | Cynthia Cranz | Sharon Mann |
Frieza | Ryūsei Nakao | Apollo Abraham | Linda Young | Paul Bandey |
Bardock | Masako Nozawa | Nesty Ramirez | Sonny Strait | Doug Rand |
Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Bob Karry | Kyle Hebert | Ed Marcus |
A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
Music[edit]
- OP (Opening Theme):
- 'CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA'
- Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
- Music by Chiho Kiyooka
- Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
- Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
- 'CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA'
- ED (Ending Theme):
- Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō! (とびっきりの最強対最強, 'The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest')
- Lyrics by Dai Satō
- Music by Chiho Kiyooka
- Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
- Performed by Hironobu Kageyama and Ammy
- Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō! (とびっきりの最強対最強, 'The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest')
English dub soundtrack[edit]
The following songs were present in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge.
- Drowning Pool - Reminded
- Dust for Life - Poison
- American Pearl - Seven Years
- Breaking Point - Under
- Finger Eleven - Stay and Drown
- Breaking Point - Falling Down
- Drowning Pool - Mute
- Disturbed - The Game
- Drowning Pool - Told You So
- Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
- American Pearl - Revelation
- Breaking Point - Phoenix
On the Cooler Double Feature, there is an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi that is selected by default. To hear these songs, the original music must be selected from a disk sub-menu.
Cast[edit]
Character | Japanese voice | English voice | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
(Creative Products Corp., c. 1995)[2][3] | (Funimation, 2002) | (AB Group, c. 2003)[4] | ||
Goku | Masako Nozawa | Nesty Ramirez | Sean Schemmel | David Gasman |
Gohan | E.J. Galang | Stephanie Nadolny | Jodi Forrest | |
Cooler | Ryūsei Nakao | Apollo Abraham | Andrew Chandler | Doug Rand |
Piccolo | Toshio Furukawa | Raymond Buyco | Christopher Sabat | Paul Bandey as Big Green |
Krillin | Mayumi Tanaka | Apollo Abraham as Kurin | Sonny Strait | Sharon Mann as Clearin |
Korin | Ichirō Nagai | Raymond Buyco | Mark Britten | Paul Bandey |
Yajirobe | Mayumi Tanaka | Ethel Lizano | Mike McFarland | Ed Marcus |
Master Roshi | Kōhei Miyauchi | Nesty Ramirez as Master Muten | ||
Salza | Shō Hayami | R.J. Celdran | Michael Marco | David Gasman |
Neizu | Masato Hirano | David Soon | William Douglas Townsley Jr. | Paul Bandey |
Doore | Masaharu Satō | Mano Abello as Barky | Charles Clegg | Ed Marcus |
Oolong | Naoki Tatsuta | Apollo Abraham | Bradford Jackson | David Gasman |
Chi-Chi | Naoko Watanabe | Mitch Frankenberger | Cynthia Cranz | Sharon Mann |
Frieza | Ryūsei Nakao | Apollo Abraham | Linda Young | Paul Bandey |
Bardock | Masako Nozawa | Nesty Ramirez | Sonny Strait | Doug Rand |
Narrator | Jōji Yanami | Bob Karry | Kyle Hebert | Ed Marcus |
A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
Music[edit]
- OP (Opening Theme):
- 'CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA'
- Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
- Music by Chiho Kiyooka
- Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
- Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
- 'CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA'
- ED (Ending Theme):
- Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō! (とびっきりの最強対最強, 'The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest')
- Lyrics by Dai Satō
- Music by Chiho Kiyooka
- Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
- Performed by Hironobu Kageyama and Ammy
- Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō! (とびっきりの最強対最強, 'The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest')
English dub soundtrack[edit]
The following songs were present in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge.
- Drowning Pool - Reminded
- Dust for Life - Poison
- American Pearl - Seven Years
- Breaking Point - Under
- Finger Eleven - Stay and Drown
- Breaking Point - Falling Down
- Drowning Pool - Mute
- Disturbed - The Game
- Drowning Pool - Told You So
- Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
- American Pearl - Revelation
- Breaking Point - Phoenix
On the Cooler Double Feature, there is an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi that is selected by default. To hear these songs, the original music must be selected from a disk sub-menu.
The dub made in the Philippines contained English versions of the Japanese opening and ending theme songs.[5]
Releases[edit]
In 1996, Creative Products Corporation made an English dub for the Philippines with the title Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Strongest.
It was released on DVD and VHS in North America on January 22, 2002. It was later digitally remastered and released in Double Feature set with The Return of Cooler for Blu-ray and DVD on November 11, 2008, with featuring HDwidescreen format. The film was re-released to DVD on November 1, 2011 in remastered-widescreen box set containing the first five Dragon Ball Z movies.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ^Komatsu, Mikikazu (January 29, 2019). 'Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Becomes Top-Grossing Film in The Franchise'. Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^https://vimeo.com/23613741
- ^http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?p=117871
- ^http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15614
- ^End credits
- ^Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection One, Funimation Prod, 2011-11-01, retrieved 2016-07-04
- ^https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HVWW3K
External links[edit]
- Official anime website of Toei Animation
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge on IMDb
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia