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The Tree Of Might
''Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might'', also known by its Japanese title or Toei's own English title ''Super Battle in the World'', is a 1990 Japanese anime science fantasy martial arts film and the third '' Dragon Ball Z'' feature film. It was originally released in Japan on July 7 between episodes 54 and 55 of DBZ, at the "Toei Anime Fair" film festival, where it was shown as part of an Akira Toriyama-themed triple feature titled ''Toriyama Akira: The World'' (the other two films were anime versions of his one-shot stories ''Kennosuke-sama'' and ''Pink''). Plot A forest fire interrupts a camping trip enjoyed by Gohan, Krillin, Bulma and Oolong. Gohan and Krillin manage to put out the fire and use the Dragon Balls to restore the forest and the animals that were killed by the inferno, and Gohan befriends a small dragon he names Icarus. Unbeknownst to the group, the fire was started by a probe sent by a Saiyan space pirate named Turles, who bears a striking resemblance to Gok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daisuke Nishio
is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga (now Toei Animation) as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on '' Dr. Slump - Arale-chan'' in 1982. He debuted as director for '' Dragon Ball'' in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with '' Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong''. Nishio also directed its sequel TV series, '' Dragon Ball Z'', and several of its films. Filmography Director *'' Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong'' (1986) - Director *'' Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'' (1987) - Director *'' Dragon Ball'' (1987-1989) - Series Director (#83-153), Storyboard, Episode Director *'' Crying Freeman: Episode 1 - Portrait of a Killer'' (1988) - Director *'' Dragon Ball Z'' (1989-1993) - Series Director (#1-199), Storyboard, Episode Director *'' Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!!'' (1989) - Director *'' Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest'' (1990) - Director *'' Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulma
is a fictional character featured in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, first appearing in the manga series created by Akira Toriyama. She debuted in the first chapter "Bulma and Son Goku", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on June 19, 1984 issue 51, meeting Goku and recruiting him as her bodyguard to travel and find the wish-granting Dragon Balls. Bulma is the daughter of Dr. Brief, the founder of the Capsule Corporation, a company that creates special small capsules that shrink and hold objects of various sizes for easy storage. Being the daughter of a brilliant scientist, Bulma is also a scientific genius, as well as an inventor and engineer. Along with creating the Dragon Radar, a device that detects the energy signal emitted by a Dragon Ball, Bulma's role as an inventor becomes important at several points in the series; including the time machine that brings her future son Trunks to the past. Characterization Bulma's appearance in the anime is slightly differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', '' Danganronpa: The Animation'', ''Golden Kamuy'', and ''Seraph of the End'' among many others. Their North American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Studios
Ocean Productions, Inc., is a Canadian media production and voice acting company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that is part of the Ocean Group of businesses. Ocean Group is involved in intellectual property acquisition and development, co-production and the creation of English versions of animation for worldwide distribution. The Group also works with global toy companies and producers to create and distribute animation properties in conjunction with game development as well as licensing and merchandising programs. Ocean Media Inc. creates world master versions of programming to promote intellectual properties on a global basis. The company's productions are recorded at Ocean Studios (originally known as Ocean Sound) in Vancouver and Blue Water Studios in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. History Founded by Ken Morrison and Dave Thomas in the early 1970s, the company, then known as Ocean Sound, originally started as a North Vancouver-based music recording studio. Musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funimation
Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex that specializes in the dubbing and distribution of East Asian media, with a long history of working with Japanese anime. The company was founded in May 1994 as Funimation Productions by Gen Fukunaga and his wife Cindy Brennan in Silicon Valley, with funding by Daniel Cocanougher and his family, who became investors in the company, which then relocated to North Richland Hills, later to Flower Mound, Texas, and after that in Coppell, Texas. Funimation was one of the leading distributors of anime and other foreign entertainment properties in North America. It licensed popular series, such as ''Dragon Ball'', ''One Piece'', ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', ''My Hero Academia'', '' Attack on Titan'', ''Fairy Tail'', '' Black Clover'', ''Fruits Basket'', '' Assassination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saban Entertainment
Saban Entertainment, Inc. (along with Saban International; currently operating under the legal name is BVS Entertainment, Inc.) was a worldwide-served independent American-Israeli television production company formed in 1980 by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, which was originally founded as a music production company Saban Productions. The first TV show produced by Saban is the live action/animated show ''Kidd Video''. The company imported, dubbed, and adapted several Japanese series such as ''Maple Town'', ''Noozles'', ''Funky Fables'', ''Samurai Pizza Cats'', and the first three ''Digimon'' series to North America and international markets syndication, including both animation and live-action shows. Saban also adapted various tokusatsu shows from Toei Company, including ''Power Rangers'' (based on the ''Super Sentai'' series), ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' (based on ''Juukou B-Fighter''), ''VR Troopers'' (featuring elements of ''Metal Hero'' series like ''Space Sheriff Shaider'', ''Jik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise created by Akira Toriyama. He is first seen in chapter #161 "Son Goku Wins!!", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on February 9, 1988, as the reincarnation of the evil Piccolo Daimaō, who was positioned as a demonic antagonist of the series. However, it is later revealed that he is in fact a member of an extraterrestrial humanoid species called Namekians, those able to create the series' eponymous wish-granting Dragon Balls. After losing to Son Goku, Piccolo decides to team up with him and his friends in order to defeat newer, more dangerous threats, such as Vegeta, Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu, Beerus, Zamasu, Jiren, Broly, and Moro. He also trains Goku's eldest son, Gohan, in martial arts, with the two forming a strong bond. Piccolo is one of the most popular and recognizable characters of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise. The character has been consistently well received by fans and video game publications, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tien Shinhan
, known as Tenshinhan in Japanese media and Viz Media's release of the manga, is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter #113 "The 22nd Tenka'ichi Budōkai", first published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on February 24, 1987, entering the martial arts tournament to kill Son Goku and his fellow-students. However, he later teams up with them to defeat Piccolo Daimaō, accompanied by his best friend Chaozu. Tien becomes Goku's rival for a period and is notable for being the first person in the series to fly using and to use the technique. The character of Tien has received praise from reviewers of manga and anime. They praised his quest for redemption in the Piccolo arc and his fights have been celebrated as dramatic, intense, and entertaining. Numerous pieces of merchandise have been released bearing his likeness including action figures, key chains, and capsule toys. Design The character's is named a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamcha
is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is first introduced as a desert bandit and an antagonist of Son Goku in chapter #7 "Yamcha and Pu'ar", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on September 11, 1984, alongside his constant companion Pu'ar. He is eventually depicted as being reformed, becoming an ally of Goku's. Yamcha has received mixed reviews since his inception, being criticized for his weak abilities compared to other characters, but he has also been praised as being a fun character. Creation When Toriyama decided to create ''Dragon Ball'', he used Chinese author Wu Cheng'en's ''Journey to the West'' as a prototype for his own series. Yamcha took the role of Sha Wujing. His name is a pun on a form of Cantonese brunch called ''yum cha''. A prototype for Yamcha was Gojō, the river monster, from Toriyama's one-shot series ''Dragon Boy''. Voice actors In the original Japanese version, Yamcha is voiced by Tōru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telepathically
Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), and has remained more popular than the earlier expression ''thought-transference''.Glossary of Parapsychological terms – Telepathy – . Retrieved December 19, 2006. Telepathy experiments have historically been criticized for a lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no good evidence that telepathy e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henchmen
A henchman (''vernacular:'' "hencher"), is a loyal employee, supporter, or aide to some powerful figure engaged in nefarious or criminal enterprises. Henchmen are typically relatively unimportant in the organization: minions whose value lies primarily in their unquestioning loyalty to their leader. The term ''henchman'' is often used derisively, or even comically, to refer to individuals of low status who lack any moral compass of their own. The term ''henchman'' originally referred to one who attended a horse for his employer, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like ''constable'' and ''marshal'', also originally stable staff, ''henchman'' became the title of a subordinate official in a royal court or noble household. Etymology The first part of the word, which has been in usage since at least the Middle Ages, comes from the Old English ''hengest'', meaning "horse", notably stallion, cognates of which also occur in many Germanic languages, such as Old Frisian, Danish ''hingst'', Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
