Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (ドラゴンボール 魔訶不思議大冒険, Doragon Bōru: Makafushigi Dai-Bōken, lit. "Dragon Ball: Mysterious Adventure") is a 1988 Japanese anime fantasy martial arts adventure film and the third alternate continuity Dragon Ball feature film, originally released in Japan on July 9 at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival as part of a quadruple feature along with Bikkuriman 2: The Secret of Muen Zone, Tatakae!! Ramenman, and Kamen Rider Black: Terrifying! The Phantom House of Devil Pass.

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Japaneseドラゴンボール 魔訶不思議大冒険
HepburnDoragon Bōru Makafushigi dai-bōken
Directed byKazuhisa Takenouchi
Screenplay byYoshifumi Yuki
Based onDragon Ball and Dr. Slump
by Akira Toriyama
Starringsee below
CinematographyMotoaki Ikegami
Edited byShinichi Fukumitsu
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • July 9, 1988 (1988-07-09) (Japan)
Running time
46 minutes
CountryJapan
Box office$21.7 million (est.)

Unlike the previous two Dragon Ball films, Mystical Adventure does not introduce any original characters, but instead adapts characters from the Red Ribbon Army and 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament story arcs from the manga into the film's original storyline.

Plot

Another retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young Goku and young Krillin are training with Master Roshi for a World Martial Arts Tournament to be held in the country of Mifan. The Emperor of Mifan, Chiaotzu, is trying to find his lost "Ran Ran." "Minister" Master Shen has Emperor Pilaf work on a Dragon Radar, takes it from him, and is using it to locate the Dragon Balls. Shen and Mercenary Tao claim that they'll use the wish from Shenron to locate Ran Ran, but are actually planning, with Tien's help, to kill Chiaotzu and take over the country. General Blue announces that Ran Ran is being held in Shen's room, and is killed by Tao 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 Korin Tower.

Bora is tricked into entering the Tournament (the winner of the Tournament will be granted one wish by Chiaotzu), and is then killed by Tao. Bulma, Oolong, Launch and Puar are looking for the other six Dragon Balls, so Bulma can wish for a boyfriend. However, when the Dragon Balls are located, they are accidentally dropped to the bottom of the moat surrounding Chiaotzu castle. Tien realizes that he likes Chiaotzu too much, and doesn't kill his friend; instead, he blows away Shen. Then he gives Chiaotzu back Ran Ran (actually a porcelain doll, not a real girl) telling him he had hidden her because of Shen and Tao. The story of Blue and Goku entering Penguin village is included, but this time it is Tao and Goku that meet Arale and Goku kills Tao with Arale's help. Goku throws the final ball into the moat, and summons Shenron, whom Upa asks to resurrect Bora.

Cast

Character Japanese voice actor English voice actor
(Harmony Gold, 1989) (Funimation, 2000) (AB Groupe, c.2003)
Goku Masako Nozawa Zero Ceyli Delgadillo Jodi Forrest
Betty Gustafson
Arale Mami Koyama Arlene Banas Linda Young Sharon Mann
Yamcha Tōru Furuya Zedaki Christopher R. Sabat
Ryan O'Flannigan
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Lena Tiffany Vollmer Bloomer
Wendee SwanSharon Mann
Kame-Sen'nin Kōhei Miyauchi Master Roshi Master Roshi Crafty Turtle
Clifton "Clif" Wells Mike McFarland Ed Marcus
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Bongo Krillin Clearin
Wanda Nowicki Laurie Steele Sharon Mann
Lunch Mami Koyama Marilynn Launch Jodi Forrest
Penny Sweet Meredith McCoy
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Mao Mao Brad Jackson David Gasman
Colin Philips
Puar Naoko Watanabe Squeaker Monika Antonelli Jodi Forrest
Carole Wilder
Tenshinhan Hirotaka Suzuoki Shinto Tien Shinhan Tenshin
Christy Mathewson John Burgmeier David Gasman
Chaozu Hiroko Emori Reba West Chiaotzu Chaos
Monika AntonelliJodi Forrest
Turtle Daisuke Gōri Dan Woren Chris Sabat Paul Bandey
Sharon Mann (some lines)
Tsuru-Sen'nin
(Crane Hermit)
Ichirō Nagai Lord Wu Zu Master Shen Paul Bandey
Myron Mensah Chuck Huber
Taopaipai Chikao Ōtsuka General Tao Pei Mercenary Tao Ed Marcus
Jeffrey Platt Kent Williams
Shenlong Kenji Utsumi Dragon God Shenron Sacred Dragon
Steve Kramer Chris Sabat N/A[1]
Announcer Kenji Utsumi Dan Woren Justin Cook David Gasman
General Blue Toshio Furukawa Colin Philips Sonny Strait Ed Marcus (one line)
David Gasman
Sergeant Metallic Shin Aomori Major Fist Major Metallitron Agent Metallic
A. GregoryChris RagerPaul Bandey
Upa Mitsuko Horie Littlefoot Kara Edwards Sharon Mann
Arlene Banas
Bora Banjō Ginga Haymaker Dameon Clarke David Gasman
Bob Papenbrook
Karin Ichirō Nagai Whiskers the Wonder Cat Korin Sharon Mann
Ted Lehmann Mark Britten
Pilaf Shigeru Chiba Oculi Mike McFarland
Colin Philips
Shu Tesshō Genda Chow Unknown Jodi Forrest
Colin Philips
Mai Eiko Yamada Feminah Cynthia Cranz
Melodee Spevack
Narrator Jōji Yanami Jeffrey Platt Chris Sabat Ed Marcus

Music

  • OP (Opening Theme):
  • ED (Ending Theme):
    • Doragon Bōru Densetsu (ドラゴンボール伝説, "Dragon Ball Legend")
      • Lyrics by Onikado Izumi
      • Music by Takeshi Ike
      • Arranged by Seiichi Kyōda
      • Performed by Hiroki Takahashi

Releases

Box office

At the Japanese box office, the film sold 1.9 million tickets and earned a net distribution rental income of ¥650 million,[2][3] equivalent to estimated gross receipts of approximately ¥1.6 billion[4] ($12 million).[5]

In China, where the film released in July 2016, it grossed $9,714,846 in thirteen days,[6] bringing the film's total gross revenue to an estimated $21,714,846 in East Asia.

Home media

Harmony Gold USA broadcast their dub of this film and Curse of the Blood Rubies as a double feature on WPSG Philly 57 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and on other channels and cable systems in a select few test markets. It was also likely to have been released on home video in the early 90s. It was not widely noticed and went under the radar. Their dub changed the names of some of the characters and had parts of it censored, and the opening and ending sequence changed with; instead of the first Japanese sequence they used the second Japanese sequence, with the Japanese katakana removed from the Dragon Balls, the Japanese credits removed and replaced with the Harmony Gold credits, and they changed some of the dialog from the Japanese intro. The ending was changed from the Japanese ending to show a still picture of Goku flying away from Shenron (known as Dragon God in the Harmony Gold dub) taken from the intro, and using the intro theme song instead of the Japanese ending theme with the Harmony Gold credits. The script was more faithful to the Japanese script and all the background music was kept the same, unlike the Funimation and Ocean Productions dubs.

There was also another English dub released exclusively to Video CD by Speedy Video. A fourth English version, produced and released exclusively in Malaysia,[7] features an unknown cast and original music.

Funimation acquired the rights to the film in 2000 and released it with a new dub to VHS and bilingual DVD that year.

Madman Entertainment released the film on DVD in Australia and New Zealand on March 17, 2004 with the 2000 English dub and optional Japanese audio. However, the introduction which began the narration of the Dragon Balls, a cameo sequence of Pilaf and his gang presenting a global dragon radar to Master Shen, and a different opening sequence to the movie featuring Goku and Krillin in training were cut. Instead, the opening sequence and scenes aforementioned were replaced with the TV opening sequence. Another sequence cut was the closing credits featuring a summoned Shenron who fulfilled Upa's wish to bring Bora back to life. The scene was replaced with the TV closing sequence.

Subsequent versions of the FUNimation dub had restored its introduction and its opening/ending sequence. Unlike the Japanese version however, the opening sequence had many scenes in freeze-frame, as a way to block out the original Japanese credits that were in the sequence. The closing credits was restored with English credits censoring half the screen, also as a way to block out the original Japanese credits scrolling from the right.

The movie was later available on DVD along with Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle and Path to Power as part of FUNimation's Dragon Ball Movie Box set released on December 6, 2005.[8] The box set was re-released as a thinpack on February 12, 2008.[9] This set has since been discontinued.

The film was re-released to DVD in America on February 8, 2011 as a part of a Dragon Ball Movie 4-Pack remastered thinpack release from FUNimation along with the other Dragon Ball related movies.[10] This release restored all of the previously edited video footage of the film, however features no apparent English credits.

An alternative English dub produced with an uncredited cast by AB Groupe in France was released in English speaking markets in Europe in the early 2000s.

References

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