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Cooler's Revenge
''Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge'', also known by its Japanese title , or by Toei's own English title ''Dragon Ball Z: The Strongest Rivals'', 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsuo Hashimoto (director)
is a Japanese storyboard artist and director of television, OVA, and anime films. He previously worked under 橋本 光夫 (pronounced the same), but changed as someone else was using that name. While he was under contract with Toei Animation, he also did work for other companies under the name . Hashimoto is known for his work on series such as the '' Dr. Slump & Arale-chan'' TV and film series, all three '' Dragon Ball'' TV series, as well as several of the ''Dragon Ball'' features. In recent years, he has worked as a director on mostly independent (or "hobby") anime works. Works Anime television series Credits are for director unless otherwise indicated. *'' Dr. Slump & Arale-chan'' (1981-1986, assistant director) *'' Dragon Ball'' (1986-1989, assistant director) **'' Dragon Ball Z'' (1989-1996, director, OP/ED credits director) **''Dragon Ball GT'' (1996-1997) *''Ninku'' (1995-1996, storyboards, director (as Tachibana)) *''Midori no Makibaō'' (1996-1997, storyboards, direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goku
Son Goku is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Goku in Japan and Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'' (16th century), combined with influences from the Hong Kong martial arts films of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. Goku first made his debut in the first ''Dragon Ball'' chapter, ''Bulma and Son Goku'', originally published in Japan's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on December 3, 1984. Goku is introduced as an eccentric, monkey-tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses superhuman strength. He meets Bulma and joins her on a journey to find the seven wish-granting Dragon Balls. Along the way, he finds new friends who follow him on his journey to become a stronger fighter. As Goku grows up, he becomes the Earth's mightiest warrior and battles a wide variety of villains with the help of his friends and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Furukawa
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actor Shino Kakinuma. Career He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (''Keroro Gunso''), Kai Shiden ('' Mobile Suit Gundam''), Shin (''Fist of the North Star''), Asuma Shinohara ('' Mobile Police Patlabor''), Piccolo ('' Dragon Ball''), Ataru Moroboshi (''Urusei Yatsura''), Portgas D. Ace (''One Piece''), and Jann Lee ('' Dead or Alive''). His debut voice role is a soldier in '' Brave Raideen''. Toshio is a veteran who has played a variety of characters from comedians like Ataru of ''Urusei Yatsura'' and Inumaru of '' Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!'', to calm, serious ones like Shin from ''Fist of the North Star'' and Piccolo of the ''Dragon Ball'' series. Furthermore, Toshio is capable of performing with a "boy voice" and has played noble hot-blooded heroes such as Prince Mito of '' Saikyō Robo Daiōja'' and Kento Tate of '' Future Robo Daltanius''. He p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Nadolny
Stephanie Nadolny is an American voice actress, known for her English dubbing role as the child version of Son Goku, the protagonist of the '' Dragon Ball'' series and the child version of Goku's son, Son Gohan, in '' Dragon Ball Z''. She reprised both roles in several ''Dragon Ball'' related video games and media. She formerly worked for Funimation and ADV Films. In 2013, Nadolny voiced K.O. in the pilot of the Cartoon Network Studios original program '' Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' and Cartoon Network's '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' from 2017 to 2018. Filmography Animation * ''Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' (2013) – K.O., Gladys * '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' – K.O. (Episodes 4, 5, 6, 11, and 43) ** '' TV Shorts'' (2016–2017) ** '' TV Series'' (2017–2018) Video games * ''OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo'' – K.O. (2016) Dubbing roles Voice roles dubbing (as Goku and Gohan in '' Dragon Ball'' series) Series * '' Dragon Ball'' - Goku (Young) * '' Dragon Ball Z'' - Gohan (Young/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gohan (Dragon Ball)
is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series, created by Akira Toriyama. Gohan is introduced as the first son of the protagonist Goku, and his wife Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball), Chi-Chi, in chapter #196 "Kakarrot", published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine on October 8, 1988. Chi-Chi is a strict and protective mother to Gohan, forcing him to focus on his studies and forbidding him from practicing martial arts. However, due to the various threats to the Earth, she reluctantly allows him to fight. Gohan is initially trained by his father's former nemesis Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Piccolo, ultimately becoming one of the strongest characters in the series due to his hidden potential, awakened by his rage. Gohan has been well received by both fans and critics, the latter usually citing the character's growth from his initial appearance to his defeat of Cell (Dragon Ball), Cell. However, his characterization after the Cell Saga has received a more mixed reception. Creation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gasman
David Gasman is an American television, film and voice actor. He has appeared in many cartoons and video games, such as '' Rayman'', ''Code Lyoko'', and ''Dragon Ball'' films. In his acting career, he acted in '' Jefferson in Paris'', '' The Bourne Identity'', '' Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard'', ''Babylon A.D.'', '' Largo Winch'' and many theatrical productions, including several musicals. He had a recurring role in ''Kaboul Kitchen'', a French TV series. He appeared in all of the Quantic Dream games: ''The Nomad Soul'', ''Fahrenheit'', ''Heavy Rain'', '' Beyond: Two Souls'' and '' Detroit: Become Human''. Biography and career Gasman was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the professional acting conservatory at Cornish College of the Arts. While pursuing an interest in poetry and Shakespeare, he became an English-speaking actor and voice actor living in Paris, France. Gasman also dubbed various characters, mainly Goku and Oolong, in the ''Dragon Ball'' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Schemmel
Sean Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR director and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime and video games. His most notable voice role has been the adult version of Son Goku in the Funimation dub of the '' Dragon Ball'' franchise. He has worked for Funimation, OkraTron 5000, NYAV Post, Central Park Media, 4K Media Inc. and DuArt Film & Video. Career Initially, Schemmel never planned on becoming a voice actor; he trained to be a classical French horn player. When a friend persuaded him to audition for '' Dragon Ball Z'', he tried out for a minor character who was going to be killed in the first season of the show. He had been recording for two weeks before he was told that he was going to be the lead. Since being cast as Son Goku by Funimation in 1999, he has been the most consistent English voice actor for the main protagonist of the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, having voiced the character's older teen and adult incarnati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masako Nozawa
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor. Nozawa is the voice of Son Goku, Son Gohan, & Son Goten in the popular anime franchise '' Dragon Ball''. She has also voiced Tetsurō Hoshino (''Galaxy Express 999'') and Kitarō (''GeGeGe no Kitarō'', first and second series and '' Hakaba Kitarō'' and '' Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu''). In addition, she has also voiced two separate characters named "Hiroshi"; a character in '' Dokonjō Gaeru'', and the characters known in the U.S. as "Pidge" and "Haggar" in '' Hyakujūō Golion''. She also voiced Doraemon in the 1973 anime, replacing Kōsei Tomita, who voiced the character in the first 26 episodes. In the 1979 anime, she was replaced by Nobuyo Ōyama, however, Nozawa voiced Doraemon again in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediawan Thematics
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting. It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, .... On October 11, 2018, AB Groupe was rebranded to Mediawan Thematics after the purchase by Mediawan in 2017. Television Former channels AB sold many channels, notably the free national channels TMC and NT1 taken over by TF1 when they were the main shareholder of AB Groupe. References External links Mediawan ThematicsBIS Television networks in France French-language television networks {{France-tv-stub ... [...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] |
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 publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oolong (Dragon Ball)
''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, ''Dr. Slump''. While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animals, Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deity, deities who govern the world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Goku, Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma, Master Roshi, and Trunks (Dragon Ball), Trunks; rivals such as Tien Shinhan, Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Piccolo, and Vegeta; and villains such as Frieza, Cell (Dragon Ball), Cell, and Majin Buu. Goku's group of associates, known as the , bolsters its ranks throughout the series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the or Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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