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Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

20086.50h 35m

Overview

Following the defeat of Majin Buu, Son Goku and friends travel to Mr. Satan's newly-opened hotel for an all-you-can-eat banquet, when they are paid a visit by Vegeta's younger brother Tarble. They are informed by Tarble that the terrible brother duo of Abo and Cado have terrorized his planet and are on their way to Earth.

Directed by Yoshihiro Ueda
Written by Takao Koyama, Akira Toriyama
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Top Cast

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)

Takeshi Kusao

Takeshi Kusao

Trunks (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Vegeta (voice)

Yusuke Numata

Yusuke Numata

Abo (voice)

Kazunari Tanaka

Kazunari Tanaka

Cado (voice)

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Yasunori Masutani

Aka (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Yamcha (voice)

Mayumi Tanaka

Mayumi Tanaka

Kuririn / Yajirobe (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Piccolo (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Bulma (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! is a animation, action, adventure, science fiction, comedy film released in 2008 exploring themes of martial arts, fight, alien, shounen, anime, tv special. Directed by Yoshihiro Ueda, it stars Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Ryo Horikawa. Following the defeat of Majin Buu, Son Goku and friends travel to Mr. Satan's newly-opened hotel for an all-you-can-eat banquet, when they are paid a visit by Vegeta's younger brother Tarble. They are informed by Tarble that the terrible brother duo of Abo and Cado have terrorized his planet and are on their way to Earth.

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