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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 78.1 / 100
1996·Action / Adventure / Animation·1h 20m

DRAGON BALL: THE PATH TO POWER

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.

Above the Line
Shigeyasu Yamauchi·DirectorAya Matsui·WriterAkihito Tokunaga·Original Music ComposerShinichi Fukumitsu·Editor
Cast
Masako Nozawa·Son Goku (voice)Hiromi Tsuru·Bulma (voice)Toru Furuya·Yamcha (voice)Naoki Tatsuta·Oolong (voice)Naoko Watanabe·Puar (voice)Kin'ya Aikawa·Master Roshi (voice)Daisuke Gori·Umigame (voice)Kenji Utsumi·Commander Red/Shenlong (voice)Masaharu Sato·Staff Officer Black (voice)Bin Shimada·General Blue (voice)
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 2
Shigeyasu Yamauchi·DirectorMunehisa Sakai·Assistant Director
Writing· 1
Aya Matsui·Writer
Editing· 1
Shinichi Fukumitsu·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Akihito Tokunaga·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 1
Junichi Higashi·Art Direction
Other Departments· 24
Naoki Tate·Key AnimationMinoru Murao·Key AnimationNaotoshi Shida·Key AnimationYuki Kinoshita·Key AnimationTakaaki Yamashita·Key AnimationYoshiyuki Ichikawa·Key AnimationTadayoshi Yamamuro·Animation DirectorTadayoshi Yamamuro·Key AnimationJun Takagi·Key AnimationOsamu Ishikawa·Key AnimationYasuhiro Hayashi·Key AnimationShigenobu Nagasaki·Key AnimationHirohide Shikishima·Key AnimationYoshitaka Yashima·Key AnimationNobuyoshi Hoshikawa·Key AnimationMitsuru Aoyama·Key AnimationMasahiro Naoi·Key AnimationTakahiro Kuroishi·Key AnimationTakashi Honda·Key AnimationToshiyuki Kanno·Key AnimationKiyotoshi Aoi·Key AnimationChuji Nakajima·Key AnimationKazuya Hisada·Key AnimationTakashi Abe·Key Animation
By the Numbers
78.1
OF 100
Master Score
7.2
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
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