Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure, known in Japan as Dragon Ball 魔訶不思議大冒険 (ドラゴンボールまかふしぎだいぼうけん, Doragon Bōru: Makafushigi Daibōken; Literally meaning "Dragon Ball: Mystical Great Adventure") was released in Japan on July 9, 1988 between "Prelude to Vengeance" and "Battle Cry" (during the fight against Piccolo Daimao).

Synopsis

Kuririn and Son Goku had finally finished training under Turtle Hermit. Turtle Hermit then told them that he would take them to Mifan Empire's Martial Arts Tournament (道大会, Budōtaikai). Meanwhile, the Emperor of Mifan, Chaozu, could not find Ran Ran. Minister Crane Hermit had the Pilaf Gang work on a large Dragon Radar, killed them, and used it to locate the Dragon Balls. Crane Hermit claimed that they would use the wish from Shen Long to locate Ran Ran, but actually planned to kill Chaozu and take over the country. Blue announced that one place that had not been searched was Crane Hermit's room. Tao Pai Pai appeared and fought against Blue, but he was killed by Tao.

In Karin, Bora and Upa had located the final Dragon Ball and decided to escape to Mifan to find out why they were trying to gather the Dragon Balls. Bora is tricked into entering the Budōkai (the winner of the Budōkai will be granted one wish by Chaozu), and is then killed by Taopaipai. Bulma, Oolong, Lunch and Pu'er are looking for the other six Dragon Balls, so Bulma can wish for a boyfriend. However, when the DBs are located, they are accidentally dropped to the bottom of the moat surrounding Chaozu castle. Tenshinhan realizes that he likes Chaozu too much, and doesn't kill his friend; instead, he blows away Master Shen. The story of Blue and Gokū entering Penguin village is included, but this time it is Taopaipai and Gokū that meet Arale-chan, and Gokū kills Taopaipai with Arale's help. Goku throws the final ball into the moat and asks Shen Long to resurrect Bora.

While the movie is clearly not canon (as it is a retelling of events from the anime/manga), FUNimation treated it as canon when they dubbed the Z series. This is evident in that they refer to Chaozu as an emperor and Tao as a general.

Current release

MGM DVD, Paramount DVD, and FUNimation released the film on DVD in North America, Australia, and New Zealand on March 17, 2004 with the English dub and optional Japanese audio.

Characters

Voice cast

Character	Japanese dub	FUNimation dub
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Ceyli Delgadillo
Arale Norimaki	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Yamucha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher Sabat
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Puar	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Emperor Chaozu	Hiroko Emori	Monika Antonelli
Kame	Daisuke Gōri	Christopher Sabat
Crane Hermit	Ichirō Nagai	Chuck Huber
Karin	Ichirō Nagai	Mark Britten
Tao Pai Pai	Chikao Ōtsuka	Kent Williams
Shen Long	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher Sabat
Lieutenant Blue	Toshio Furukawa	Sonny Strait
Sergeant Metallic	Shin Aomori	Chris Rager
Upa	Mitsuko Horie	Kara Edwards
Bora	Banjō Ginga	Dameon Clarke
Gajira Norimaki	Seiko Nakano	Mike McFarland
Narrator	Joji Yanami	Christopher Sabat

Music

OP (Opening theme)

"Makafushigi Adventure!" (魔訶不思議アドベンチャー!, Makafushigi Adobenchā!)

Lyrics: Yuriko Mori, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka, Performance: Hiroki Takahashi

Song lyrics

ED (Ending theme)

"Dragon Ball Densetsu" (ドラゴンボール伝説, Doragon Bōru Densetsu)

Lyrics: Onikado Izumi, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Seiichi Kyōda, Performance: Hiroki Takahashi