1994 Japanese film
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly[a] is a 1994 Japanese animated science fiction martial arts film and the eleventh Dragon Ball Z feature film. It was released in Japan on July 9 at the Toei Anime Fair alongside Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation and the second Slam Dunk film. It is the third Dragon Ball Z film to feature the character of Broly, albeit as a genetic clone. It was preceded by Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming and followed by Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.
Plot
In a laboratory, humanoids emerge from tanks after having been created by the scientist Dr. Collie whose employer, Mr. Jaguar, plans to use these humanoids to expose the "world's greatest fraud", and laughs madly as a muscular, nude man with a tail lays dormant in another tank.
Android 18 harasses Mr. Satan as he has yet to pay her for purposely losing to him in the World Martial Arts Tournament final while Krillin, Trunks, Goten and Marron wait outside. A businessman named Men-Men arrives and speaks with Mr. Satan, telling him that Mr. Jaguar, who was Mr. Satan's rival at summer camp, has requested his presence on his island laboratory to have him fight his special fighters, and threatens to expose Mr. Satan as a bed wetter if he refuses. Mr. Satan reluctantly accepts with Android 18 accompanying them to make sure Mr. Satan keeps good on his promise for payment. Trunks and Goten stow away, hoping to find a challenging fight.
On the island, a tournament is organized to pit Jaguar's bio-warriors against Mr. Satan. Android 18, Goten and Trunks ask to take part by posing as his pupils. Goten and Trunks easily defeat the bio-warriors and they observe the excommunicated shaman from the village they encountered during their fight with Broly. Trunks and Goten explore the lab and find a tank which appears to house Broly who is supposed to be dead. They confront the shaman who tells them that after Broly was killed, he found a sample of the Legendary Super Saiyan's blood and took it to Jaguar, who used it to have a clone created. Goten and Trunks attempt to destroy the clone but he breaks out of the tank and attacks them. The ensuing struggle causes a major leak of a dangerous bio-fluid that instantly devours matter. The Broly clone is drenched in the bio-fluid and deformed and weakened, but is not killed. Jaguar orders Broly to kill Mr. Satan but Android 18 saves him and is subsequently defeated. Goten and Trunks battle Broly while the bio-fluid kills all of the bio-warriors, scientists, and the shaman.
Broly pummels Goten, Trunks, and Android 18. Krillin saves Android 18 but is also defeated. Trunks lures Broly beneath a bio-fluid tank and destroys it, showering Broly in more of the fluid, apparently causing him to dissolve. They attempt to evacuate the island but Dr. Collie tells them that the bio-fluid will continue to spread until it covers the entire Earth. However, they discover that the fluid turns to stone upon contact with seawater, so Goten, Trunks and Krillin each fire a Kamehameha wave at the base of the island, causing a massive wave of seawater to flood the island and turn the fluid to stone. A gigantic Broly suddenly emerges from the sea but before he is able to attack, he too becomes solidified. Goten, Trunks, and Krillin blast him with a combined Kamehameha wave which destroys him for good.
In the Other World, Goku receives orders from King Kai to help Pikkon stop Broly, who has been allowed to keep his physical body and is rampaging in Hell.
Music
- OP (Opening Theme):
- IN (Insert Song):
- Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Tēma~ (小さな戦士～悟天とトランクスのテーマ～, "The Young Warriors ~Theme of Goten and Trunks~")
- Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
- Music by Tetsuji Hayashi
- Arranged by Osamu Totsuka
- Performed by Susumu Oya
- ED (Ending Theme):
- Doragon Pawā Mugendai (ドラゴンパワー∞, "Dragon Power ∞")
Singles
"Dragon Power ∞" was released as a single on 8 mm CD on July 21, 1994 in Japan. It was coupled with the image song "Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Tēma~" performed by Susumu Ōya.
Another CD called ~Sūpā Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu no wa Ore da~ Single +1 (～超戦士撃破！！勝つのはオレだ～Ｓｉｎｇｌｅ＋１, ~Super Warrior Defeat!! I'll Be the Winner~ Single + 1) was released on 12 mm CD at the same time as the 8 mm CD. This 12 mm CD features a third track, "Kung Fu Taisō" (カンフー体操), also performed by Kageyama.
English dub soundtrack
The score for the English dub's composed by Mark Menza. The Triple Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi, an opening theme of "We Gotta Power", and an ending theme of "Dragon Power ∞".
Releases
It was released on DVD in North America on September 13, 2005. It was later released in Triple Feature set along with Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) and Broly – Second Coming (1994) for Blu-ray and DVD on March 31, 2009, both feature full 1080p format in HD remastered 16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced 5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in final remastered thinpak collection on January 3, 2012, containing the last 4 Dragon Ball Z films.
Other companies
A second English dub produced and released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.
