Dragon Ball Z: Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku

So, they made Trunks use an icicle as a sword. Yeah, that was the most memorable part of this OVA.

I mean it's fine, nothing really good about it, but nothing terrible either. So why did I give it a 7/10 instead of 5/10 it deservers? Because like I said before, Trunks using an icicle as a sword is too hilarious and goody for me to not give it an extra 2 points. The OVA that came with the game Raging Blast 2 is basically the same plot as this so go watch that one instead because find that version more entertaining. But sadly, in ... that version Trunks does not use an icicle as a sword, truly a missed opportunity.

What else? Well fun fact, I guess. So, this Ova series is part of an old dragon ball game where you made choices along the way that would impact the game. Thats why the ending has a fadeout where Vegeta supposedly takes out the main villain cut to credits only to cut back to the main villain still alive. In the game the main villain even has a super form he can go into if you do not make the right choices.

Aside from one good fakeout gag near the end and the final boss's admittedly decent character design, this OVA is the bottom of the barrel for Dragon Ball, with a nothing-plot and terrible animation to boot. It's a recap movie for some Super Nintendo RPG, so nobody should really be expecting more out of it, but the worst part is that the backstory lore stuff was almost interesting enough to make it worthwhile. This would have been a pretty good 4-5 episode TV arc if done correctly.

For some reason they remade this later, and removed the video game tie-in stuff... I wonder about it, ... but I also really don't want to have to watch this story again because that version has an even worse reputation somehow.