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This movie is clearly superior over the first one. I was actually impressed by the Animation and Colorization, it looks splendid. The snowy scenery helped to built a good atmosphere and even inside the building they did a very good job imo.

Also it was a smart decision to implement 2 main villains (Willow is the main guy sure, but Dr. Kochin served a good part of it too). Willow remained the mystery guy for a long time until he gets revealed, which adds another layer of tension in the movie as you want to see who this person is.

Even the secondary cyborg henchmen were all ... nicely designed and had interesting short fights. The climax fight in the end was also really diverse and entertaining and Goku used all of his famous attacks at this point (around Ep 40 of the DBZ series). I even see some character resemblance between Dr. Willow and the later Dr. Gero of the main series.

Also it felt really fresh to see Muten Roshi fight which happens rarely in the DBZ series.

I would clearly recommend this movie for DBZ Fans who haven't watched it so far.

This first DBZ movie should be watched before you start watching Episode 108 of the DBZ series to understand the return of Garlic Jr.

But is it really worth watching or only for die hard DBZ fans? I think its the latter.

Sound & Art is on the level you'd expect from a DBZ Movie from that era although I would have prefered a slightly different opening. Even with some small changes it reminds too much of the series imo.

The tension in this movie never reaches the same quality as the highlights from the series and the story is rather thin and never really builds excitement. Also ... not much of a fan of the design from Antagonist Garlic Jr. Looks like a namekian Pilaf and his underlings are plain boring to me in design.

Some funny but shallow jokes are thrown in for some humor.

The climax fight in the end is rather untypical but mediocre at best.

I think this movie is in a range around 5/10. Certainly not the highest quality I've seen. I wouldn't necessarily recommend to see it if you watch the normal series.