Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Japanese box art
Directed by	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Written by	Takao Koyama
Based on	Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Masatoshi Fukui
Edited by	Shin'ichi Fukumitsu
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Production company	Toei Animation
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	July 20, 1991 (1991-07-20) (Japan)
Running time	47 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥2.38 billion (Japan)[1]

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge^[a] is a 1991 Japanese anime science fiction martial arts film and the fifth Dragon Ball Z animated feature film, originally released in Japan on July 20 at the Toei Anime Fair. It was preceded by Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug and followed by Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler. Set in an alternate continuity to the main story, the movie introduces Cooler, the estranged older brother of Frieza, who travels to Earth to challenge and defeat Goku after hearing that he defeated Frieza.

Plot

Cooler watches as his younger brother Frieza destroys the Saiyan home world. His henchmen prepare to destroy a space pod fleeing the doomed planet that is transporting a Saiyan infant to Earth; but Cooler allows it to go, accounting that it is Frieza's responsibility. More than twenty years later, this Saiyan, Goku, defeats Frieza. After learning of his brother's death, Cooler takes his men – Salza, Neiz, and Dore, on a mission to reclaim his family's honor. On Earth, Cooler's forces ambush Goku and his friends while they are on a camping trip. Goku is badly wounded when he protects Gohan from an energy blast launched by Cooler.

Krillin and Oolong find shelter in a cave with Goku, while Gohan travels to obtain the magic Senzu beans that can heal his father. Cooler orders his men to completely obliterate the forest, believing Goku is in hiding. After obtaining the beans, Gohan is ambushed by Cooler's men before Piccolo arrives to save him. Piccolo kills 'Dore and Neiz, but Cooler arrives and impales him with an energy beam. Salza manages to track Gohan to the cave and destroys the beans. However, Gohan successfully heals Goku with a spare one. Krillin and Gohan are quickly defeated by Salza but Goku soon emerges. Cooler taunts Goku by further injuring Piccolo. Goku incapacitates Salza and attacks Cooler.

After Goku proves to be a worthy opponent, Cooler reveals that he discovered a new transformation above Frieza's capabilities. Goku is pummeled by Cooler, who boasts and mocks him. However, after seeing a bird die from wounds inflicted by their fight, Goku reflects on the well-being of his loved ones. Goku retrieves the deceased bird and transforms into his Super Saiyan form, using his energy to revive it.

Cooler finds himself grossly outclassed by Super Saiyan Goku. Cooler powers up an enormous energy sphere and launches the attack with the hopes to destroy Goku and the Earth along with him. After Goku manages to resist and overpower the attack, he sends it hurdling toward Cooler who is launched into space and collides with the sun. As he is incinerated, Cooler realizes that Goku was the Saiyan infant he spared decades ago. As he laments over his mistake, he is disintegrated.

Goku, drained after his victory, is found by his loved ones. They celebrate and search for Piccolo when Salza reappears and prepares to kill them, but he is killed by Piccolo, who fires a Special Beam Cannon through him from afar. Gohan yells out for Piccolo who is nowhere to be seen. Piccolo, having recovered, drinks some water and gazes skyward.

Cast

Character name	Voice actor
	Japanese	English
		Audio Captain Productions/Creative Products Corp. (1996)[2][3]	Chinkel-Post Production/AB Groupe (c. 2001)[4]	Funimation (2002)
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Nesty Calvo Ramirez	David Gasman	Sean Schemmel
Gohan		E.J. Galang	Jodi Forrest	Stephanie Nadolny
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Ray Buyco	Big Green	Christopher Sabat
			Paul Bandey
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Kririn	Clearin	Krillin
		Apollo Abraham	Sharon Mann	Sonny Strait
Hire Dragon	Naoki Tatsuta	Baby Camila	Jodi Forrest	Icarus
		Ethel Lizano		Christopher Sabat
Oolong		Apollo Abraham	David Gasman	Brad Jackson
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Mitch Frankenberger Pelicer	Sharon Mann	Cynthia Cranz
Karin	Ichirō Nagai	Ray Buyco	Paul Bandey	Korin
				Christopher Sabat[note 1] Eric Vale (one line, 2008 redub)
Yajirobe	Mayumi Tanaka	Ethel Lizano	Ed Marcus	Mike McFarland
Kame-Sennin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Master Buten		Master Roshi
		Nesty Calvo Ramirez		Mike McFarland
Coola	Ryūsei Nakao	Apollo Abraham	Cooler
			Doug Rand	Andrew Chandler
Sauzer (サウザー, Sauzā)	Shō Hayami	R.J. Celdran	David Gasman	Salza
				Michael Marco
Naise (ネイズ, Neizu)	Masato Hirano	David Soon	Paul Bandey	Neiz
				Bill Townsley
Doure (ドーレ, Dōre)	Masaharu Satō	Barky	Ed Marcus	Dore
		Manuel R. Abello		Mike McFarland
Burdock	Masako Nozawa	Badag	Doug Rand	Bardock
		Nesty Calvo Ramirez		Sonny Strait
Freeza	Ryūsei Nakao	Apollo Abraham	Freezer	Frieza
			Ed Marcus	Linda Young
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Bob Karry		Kyle Hebert

Cast notes

1. Despite that Christopher Sabat did lines as Korin in the Funimation dub, Mark Britten is nonetheless credited as Korin; Britten had already left Funimation by the time this film was dubbed. Eric Vale dubbed over one of Korin's lines with different dialogue for the 2008 version of the dub.

A fourth English version released exclusively in Malaysia by Speedy Video features an unknown voice cast.

Music

• OP (Opening Theme):
  • "Cha-La Head-Cha-La"
    • Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
    • Music by Chiho Kiyooka
    • Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
    • Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
• ED (Ending Theme):
  • Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō! (とびっきりの最強対最強, "The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest")
    • Lyrics by Dai Satō
    • Music by Chiho Kiyooka
    • Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
    • Performed by Hironobu Kageyama and Ammy

English dub soundtracks

The following songs were present in the 2002 Funimation dub of Cooler's Revenge.

1. Drowning Pool - Reminded
2. Dust for Life - Poison
3. American Pearl - Seven Years
4. Breaking Point - Under
5. Finger Eleven - Stay and Drown
6. Breaking Point - Falling Down
7. Drowning Pool - Mute
8. Disturbed - The Game
9. Drowning Pool - Told You So
10. Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
11. American Pearl - Revelation
12. Breaking Point - Phoenix

The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi and an ending theme of "The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest".

The 1996 dub made by Creative Products contained English versions of the Japanese opening and ending theme songs, performed by Gino Padilla along with a children's chorus known as the Age of Wonder.^[5] These songs were featured on the album Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z: Songs of a High Spirited Saga - Volume I, along with other English versions of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z songs.

Releases

It was released on DVD and VHS in North America on January 22, 2002. It was later released in Double Feature set along with The Return of Cooler (1992) for Blu-ray and DVD on November 11, 2008, both feature full 1080p format in HD remastered 16:9 aspect ratio and an enhanced 5.1 surround mix. The film was re-released to DVD in remastered thinpak collection on November 1, 2011, containing the first 5 Dragon Ball Z films.^[6][7]

Other companies

Creative Products Corporation made an English dub for the Philippines, combined with its follow-up film, to make a feature-length film titled Dragon Ball Z: The Greatest Rivals. This feature was released in over 30 Metro Manila theaters on July 11, 1996. Later that year, on November 6, it received an extremely limited VHS release, only sold at Dragon Ball-based promotional events that were hosted by Gino Padilla, who performed the theme music for this version.^[8]

Reception

Notes

1. Also known by its Japanese title Dragon Ball Z: The Outstanding Strongest vs. Strongest (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto: Tobikkiri no Saikyō tai Saikyō), or by Toei's own English title Dragon Ball Z: The Strongest Rivals

References

1. Komatsu, Mikikazu (January 29, 2019). "Japan Box Office: Dragon Ball Super: Broly Becomes Top-Grossing Film in The Franchise". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
2. "DBZ Movie CBB". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
3. "Behind the Voice Actors". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
4. "Behind the Voice Actors". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
5. "End credits". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
6. Dragon Ball Z: Movie Pack Collection One, Funimation Prod, 2011-11-01, archived from the original on 2015-12-31, retrieved 2016-07-04
7. "Dragon Ball - Z Movie Pack Collection One". Amazon. November 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
8. "This video was recorded back in November 2, 2019 just hours before I sent the Greatest Rivals VHS tape to @Fumeicom and have it digitally restored!". Twitter. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

External links

• Official anime website of Toei Animation
• Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge at IMDb
• Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia