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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

19886.70h 48m

Overview

Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.

Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Written by Akira Toriyama, Yoshifumi Yûki
Box Office0Revenue: $9.7M

Top Cast

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Son Goku (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Bulma (voice)

Mayumi Tanaka

Mayumi Tanaka

Krillin (voice)

Kohei Miyauchi

Kohei Miyauchi

Master Roshi (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Tenshinhan (voice)

Hiroko Emori

Hiroko Emori

Chaozu (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Yamcha (voice)

Mitsuko Horie

Mitsuko Horie

Upa (voice)

Banjo Ginga

Banjo Ginga

Bora (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Arale Norimaki/Lunch (voice)

Themes & Keywords

martial artsassassinemperorresurrectiontournamentshounenanime

About Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure is a action, animation film released in 1988 exploring themes of martial arts, assassin, emperor, resurrection, tournament, shounen. Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi, it stars Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Mayumi Tanaka. Master Roshi has succeeded at the one mission he valued most: to train Goku and Krillin to become ultimate fighters. So, he arranges for them to test their mettle at a competition hosted by Emperor Chiaotzu. Not everyone's playing by the rules, however, as a member of the ruler's household schemes to use the Dragonballs to extort money and power from the royal.

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