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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Part of Dragon Ball Collection

1996•1h 20m•7.4/10
AnimationAdventureFantasy

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7.4/10(389)

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.

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Production

Toei Animation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Son Goku (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Bulma (voice)

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Yamcha (voice)

Naoki Tatsuta

Naoki Tatsuta

Oolong (voice)

Naoko Watanabe

Naoko Watanabe

Puar (voice)

Kin'ya Aikawa

Kin'ya Aikawa

Master Roshi (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Umigame (voice)

Kenji Utsumi

Kenji Utsumi

Commander Red/Shenlong (voice)

Masaharu Sato

Masaharu Sato

Staff Officer Black (voice)

Bin Shimada

Bin Shimada

General Blue (voice)

Hirohiko Kakegawa

Hirohiko Kakegawa

General White (voice)

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

Colonel Violet (voice)

Hisao Egawa

Hisao Egawa

Sergeant Metallic (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Shozo Iizuka

Android 8 (voice)

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