Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Clash!! The Power of 10 Billion Warriors (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Gekitotsu!! Hyaku-Oku Pawā no Senshi-tachi) or by Toei's own English title Dragon Ball Z: Fight! 10 Billion Power Warriors, is a 1992 Japanese anime science fiction martial arts film, the sixth Dragon Ball Z movie, originally released in Japan on March 7 at the Toei Anime Fair along with the second Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken and the third Magical Tarurūto-kun movie.

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Theatrical poster
Directed byDaisuke Nishio
Produced byChiaki Imada
Rikizō Kayano
Written byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
StarringSee below
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
CinematographyYukio Katayama
Edited byShin'ichi Fukumits
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • March 7, 1992 (1992-03-07) (Japan)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.72 billion (Japan)[1]

Plot

The Namekian people, now living in peace on a new planet after their home world was destroyed by Frieza years prior, find New Namek under siege by a mysterious, sentient spaceship that has latched onto and began attacking their home. The Namekian boy Dende, now the Earth's guardian, senses the plight of his people and telepathically calls on Goku for help.

Goku, Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Oolong, Yajirobe and Master Roshi travel to the New Namek and upon arrival encounter an army of large robots abusing the Namekians. They learn that Cooler, who Goku was thought to have defeated, is alive and responsible for the invasion. Cooler, now with a metallic body, reveals that he is going to absorb the planet and its lifeforms to power his ship, the Big Gete Star. Goku fights Meta-Cooler while the others battle his robots who have durable armor that they struggle to penetrate. All of the warriors except Piccolo are captured along with a village of Namekians. Piccolo manages to destroys all of the robots in one large energy attack before making his way to rescue those who were captured. Elsewhere, Goku struggles against Cooler's new metallic form which gives him the ability to regenerate himself. Cooler also reveals his ability to use the instantaneous movement technique, an ability which Goku also uses. Cooler explains that the Big Gete Star constantly monitors his body, and fixes any damage it might incur and improves his design to increase his power and durability. Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan which is also ineffective against the metallic tyrant and just before he is strangled to death by Meta-Cooler, Vegeta saves his life. The two Super Saiyans attack Cooler together and they manage to destroy him. However, the Big Gete Star recreates one thousand manifestations of Meta-Cooler, tipping the balance of power decisively against the Saiyans. Goku and Vegeta attempt one final defense but are captured and transported to be converted into fuel.

As the Big Gete Star is leeching their Super Saiyan power, Cooler explains that after his defeat, a computer chip floated among the debris of spacecraft and absorbed everything in its proximity and formed a spaceship. Despite having collided with the sun, small fragments of Cooler's remains, including pieces of his brain, were fused with the main computer allowing him to subsequently take control, and that effectively Cooler and the Big Gete Star are one in the same. Goku and Vegeta begin to release all their energy which overloads the system. They then encounter the true biological Cooler, who attempts to crush Goku, but his hand is severed by Vegeta, giving Goku enough time to blast him with the last of his energy which finally kills him. Piccolo arrives and encounters a Meta-Cooler which explodes. All of the Meta-Coolers and robot soldiers subsequently explode and the heroes escape before the Big Gete Star leaves New Namek's orbit and explodes.

Goku and Vegeta fall from the sky near their allies and everyone rejoices in the victory. Vegeta is nowhere to be seen but Goku acknowledges him for his crucial role in defeating Cooler. In his spaceship, Vegeta crushes the computer chip that created the Big Gete Star.

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
Metal Cooler (メタルクウラ, Metaru Kūra)Ryūsei NakaoApollo AbrahamAndrew ChandlerEd Marcus
PiccoloToshio FurukawaRaymond BuycoChristopher SabatPaul Bandey as Big Green
VegetaRyo HorikawaDoug Rand as Vejita
KrillinMayumi TanakaApollo Abraham as KurinSonny StraitSharon Mann as Clearin
Master RoshiKōhei MiyauchiNesty Ramirez as Master MutenMike McFarlandEd Marcus as Genius Turtle
YajirobeMayumi TanakaEthel LizanoEd Marcus
OolongNaoki TatsutaApollo AbrahamBradford JacksonDavid Gasman
DendeTomiko SuzukiHazel LizanoElle DeetsPaul Bandey
Mr. PopoToku NishioApollo AbrahamC.T. AngerDoug Rand
MooriKinpei Azusa
Guide Robo (誘導ロボット, Yūdō robotto)Toshio KobayashiEthel LizanoC. ForbisSharon Mann
NarratorJōji YanamiBob KarryKyle HebertEd Marcus

A fourth English dub released in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown cast.

Music

English dub soundtracks

The score for the Funimation English language version was composed by Mark Menza. The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi and original Japanese opening theme of "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" by Hironobu Kageyama.

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 August 13, 2002, over 10 years after its initial release. It was later digitally remastered and released in Double Feature set with Cooler's Revenge for Blu-ray and DVD on November 11, 2008, in feature full HD 16:9 aspect ratio 1080p format. The film was re-released to DVD on December 6, 2011 in remastered-widescreen set containing the second four Dragon Ball Z movies.[6]

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. https://vimeo.com/23613741
  3. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?p=117871
  4. "Dragon Ball Z: Big Green Dub Cast - Behind The Voice Actors". www.behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. End credits
  6. Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection Two, Funimation Prod, 2011-12-06, retrieved 2016-04-12
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