Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

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 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
Produced byChiaki Imada
Rikizō Kayano
Written byTakao Koyama
Based onDragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
StarringSee below
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
CinematographyMasatoshi Fukui
Edited byShin'ichi Fukumitsu
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
CoolerRyūsei NakaoApollo AbrahamAndrew ChandlerDoug Rand
PiccoloToshio FurukawaRaymond BuycoChristopher SabatPaul Bandey as Big Green
KrillinMayumi TanakaApollo Abraham as KurinSonny StraitSharon Mann as Clearin
KorinIchirō NagaiRaymond BuycoMark BrittenPaul Bandey
YajirobeMayumi TanakaEthel LizanoMike McFarlandEd Marcus
Master RoshiKōhei MiyauchiNesty Ramirez as Master Muten
SalzaShō HayamiR.J. CeldranMichael MarcoDavid Gasman
NeizuMasato HiranoDavid SoonWilliam Douglas Townsley Jr.Paul Bandey
DooreMasaharu SatōMano Abello as BarkyCharles CleggEd Marcus
OolongNaoki TatsutaApollo AbrahamBradford JacksonDavid Gasman
Chi-ChiNaoko WatanabeMitch FrankenbergerCynthia CranzSharon Mann
FriezaRyūsei NakaoApollo AbrahamLinda YoungPaul Bandey
BardockMasako NozawaNesty RamirezSonny StraitDoug Rand
NarratorJōji YanamiBob KarryKyle HebertEd Marcus

A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.

Music

English dub soundtrack

The following songs were present in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z: 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.

The dub made in the Philippines contained English versions of the Japanese opening and ending theme songs.[5]

Releases

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, in feature full HD 16:9 aspect ratio 1080p 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
  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. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15614
  5. End credits
  6. Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection One, Funimation Prod, 2011-11-01, retrieved 2016-07-04
  7. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HVWW3K
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