Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure, known in Japan as Dragon Ball: Makafushigi Daibōken (ドラゴンボール魔訶不思議大冒険, 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).

[edit] Synopsis

Another retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young Son Goku and young Kuririn are training for the Tenkaichi Great Tournament (天下一大武道大会) to be held in the country of Mifan. The Emperor of Mifan, Chaozu, is trying to find his lost Ran Ran. "Minister" Master Shen has Pilaf work on a Dragon Radar, takes it from him, and is using it to locate the Dragon Balls. Minister Master Shen and Taopaipai claim that they'll use the wish from Shenlong to locate Ran Ran, but are actually planning, with Tenshinhan's help, to kill Chaozu and take over the country. Blue announces that Ran Ran is being held in Master Shen's room, and is killed by Taopaipai for it. Bora and Upa have located the final Dragon Ball and they take it to Mifan to use it to demand that Mifan's soldiers be forced to leave the land near Karin Tower.

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.

[edit] Current release

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

[edit] Characters

[edit] Cast list

Character name	Voice actor (Japanese)	Voice actor (English)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Ceyli Delgadillo
Arale Norimaki	Mami Koyama	??
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Yamucha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher Sabat
Bulma Brief	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
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
General Blue	Toshio Furukawa	Sonny Strait
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

[edit] 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