Dragon Ball Movie 4: Saikyou e no Michi


Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ドラゴンボール 最強への道
English: Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
German: Dragon Ball Film 4: Der Weg zur Macht
Spanish: Dragon Ball Película 4: El Camino más Fuerte
French: Dragon Ball Film 4: L'aventure mystique
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 2, 1996
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Toei Animation
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, ComedyComedy, FantasyFantasy, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 1 hr. 19 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.141 (scored by 3494334,943 users)
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Ranked: #36782
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Popularity: #2877
Members: 65,665
Favorites: 52

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Synopsis

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.

(Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

Son, Gokuu

Main
Nozawa, Masako
Japanese

Bulma

Main
Tsuru, Hiromi
Japanese

Oolong

Main
Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Muten-Roushi

Supporting
Aikawa, Kinya
Japanese

Yamcha

Supporting
Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Pu'ar

Supporting
Watanabe, Naoko
Japanese

Shen Long

Supporting
Utsumi, Kenji
Japanese

Umigame

Supporting
Gouri, Daisuke
Japanese

Jinzouningen 8-gou

Supporting
Iizuka, Shouzou
Japanese

Staff Officer Black

Supporting
Satou, Masaharu
Japanese

Staff

Salva, Laurence
Script
Sakai, Izumi
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Ending Theme

"DAN DAN Kokoro Hikareteku" by FIELD OF VIEW




Reviews

Apr 17, 2013
This movie is just amazing! Despite being, in some ways, a retelling of the original story, I can say that it's an improved DB's beginning, with all main characters (some with minor changes in their appearance, like Staff Officer Black and General White).

Better renderized, it just became beautiful and gives joy to watch. The original magic got stronger with this special animation and it surely won't disappoint anyone who loves DB, and even the ones who had never watched it.

Some characters were excluded, like Pilaf and his comrades, and some members from RR (Colonel Silver, Captain Yellow etc.), but those were less important in the ...
Jul 13, 2016
Mixed Feelings
It's better than Curse of the Blood Rubies. I would never say this is worth watching over the actual series. Nor would I even really recommend watching it unless you were just curious. As a retelling, it really adds nothing to Dragon Ball. As far as a retelling goes this one is decent.

The art and sound are more or less Dragon Ball. The animation feels a lot cleaner. Music sounds slightly better, but they did a good job of not straying too much in this aspect. Unlike Curse of the Blood Rubies you have the proper English voice actors too.

The story is a weird mixture ...
Mar 7, 2017
To preface: I watched the Funimation Dub.

Story:
For starters, Sikyou e no Michi is noncanon and sorta mashes the first bits of Dragon Ball with the Red Ribbon arc. It spends a lot of time on the former and not so much on the latter, ending with an awkward blend of disjointed scenes that aren't all that engaging or interesting. Now, that last comment is extremely relative, I understand that. How engaged someone is depends on, quite literally, their knowledge of the source material. I couldn't find myself enjoying it all that much because the source material was being butchered in favor of telling an alternate ...

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