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Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock

20117.00h 20m

Overview

A spin-off scenario taking place after the events of the TV special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku, in which Bardock survives the destruction of Planet Vegeta and is sent into the past, combating Frieza's ancestor Chilled and turning into a Super Saiyan.

Directed by Yoshihiro Ueda
Written by Makoto Koyama, Naho Ooishi, Akira Toriyama
Produced by Kazuhiko Torishima
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Top Cast

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Bardock (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Chilled / Frieza (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Berry (voice)

Masashi Ebara

Masashi Ebara

Ipana (voice)

Keiji Hirai

Keiji Hirai

Toobi (voice)

K

Kazuyuki Ishikawa

Kyabira (voice)

H

Hiroaki Miura

Zarbon (voice)

Takashi Nagasako

Takashi Nagasako

Dodoria (voice)

Joji Yanami

Joji Yanami

Narrator (voice)

T

Tomoyo Sasaki

Inhabitant of Plant (voice)

Themes & Keywords

time travelbased on mangabased on video gameanimetv specialalternate ending

About Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock is a action, animation, science fiction film released in 2011 exploring themes of time travel, based on manga, based on video game, anime, tv special, alternate ending. Directed by Yoshihiro Ueda, it stars Masako Nozawa, Ryusei Nakao, Houko Kuwashima. A spin-off scenario taking place after the events of the TV special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku, in which Bardock survives the destruction of Planet Vegeta and is sent into the past, combating Frieza's ancestor Chilled and turning into a Super Saiyan.

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