Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
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{{Infobox_Film
| name = Dragon Ball Z Movie 1: The Dead Zone
| image =
| caption = '''Japanese box art'''
| director = Daisuke Nishio
| producer = Kōzō Morishita
| writer = '''Story:'''<br>[[Akira Toriyama]]<br>'''Screenplay:'''<br>Takao Koyama
| starring = [[Masako Nozawa]]<br>[[Akira Kamiya]]<br>[[Hiromi Tsuru]]<br>[[Mayumi Tanaka]]<br>[[Daisuke Gori]]<br>[[Mayumi Sho]]<br>[[Kohei Myauchi]]<br>[[Toshio Furukawa]]<br>[[Takeshi Aono]]<br>[[Kenji Utsumi]]<br>[[Joji Yanami]]
| music = [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]
| cinematography =
| editing = Shinichi Fukumitsu
| distributor = [[Toei Company]]
| released = {{start date|1989|07|15}}
| runtime = 41:00
| language = Japanese, English
| budget =
| imdb_id =
| preceded_by = ''[[Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure]]''
| followed_by = ''[[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest]]''
|}}
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'''''Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|ドラゴンボールZ オラの悟飯を返せッ!!|DoragonbōruZetto Ora no Gohan o Kaese!!|"Dragon Ball Z: Return my Gohan!!"}} and originally titled simply '''''Dragon Ball Z''''' during its theatrical release, is the first movie in the ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' franchise. (It was preceded by three ''[[Dragon Ball (anime)|Dragon Ball]]'' movies.) It was originally released in Japan on [[July 15]], [[1989]], between episodes 11 and 12. It was translated in the US by [[FUNimation Entertainment|FUNimation]]; FUNimation and Bridge Entertainment's title is '''''The Pursuit of Garlic'''''. In its television airings in North America, it was retitled '''''Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Vortex'''''. In the US it was first released on VHS and DVD in 1997 with the original Ocean Group voice actors, and re-released on DVD in 2006, with the FUNimation voice actors, first it was released separately and then re-released as part of a movie box set titled "'''First Strike'''", also containing movies 2 and 3. It was also released, along with [[Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest|The World's Strongest]], on [[Blu-Ray]] and DVD on [[May 27]], [[2008]].
==Plot==
The movie begins with [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]] being attacked and supposedly killed by a group of shadowed fighters. The movie then cuts to [[Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball)|Chi-Chi]] along with her father, Ox King, and [[Son Gohan|Gohan]] being attacked by an unknown group of fighters. [[Goku]] is out fishing during the attack and after sensing danger, he returns only to find his son has been kidnapped. The group responsible for the attack are [[List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball#Garlic Junior|Garlic Jr.'s]] henchmen, and it is later revealed that they were not so much holding Gohan ransom for any reason, but because they were after the four-star [[Dragon Ball (artifact)|Dragon Ball]] that was attached to his hat. After retrieving the remaining Dragon Balls, Garlic Jr. summons [[Shenlong (Dragon Ball)|Shenron]] and he immediately wishes for immortality. Shenron never having to grant this type of demand before, grants Garlic Jr. his wish. A furious Goku arrives to try and take back his son, but soon discovers Garlic Jr.'s new power. [[Kami (Dragon Ball)|Kami]] makes an appearance (which surprises Garlic Jr., who thought that his henchmen had killed Piccolo) and meets up with Goku, and describes a brief history of Garlic Jr. and his father Garlic. Goku then proceeds to try to find Gohan when he is attacked by the villain's gang, whilst Kami faces Garlic Jr.
After brief fighting, [[Kuririn|Krillin]] and Piccolo appear and together they defeat Garlic Jr.'s henchmen Ginger, Nicky, and Sansho. Meanwhile, Kami is getting brutally outmatched by Garlic Jr., until Goku rescues him. And with Garlic Jr.'s newly obtained immortality and a new muscular second form, it seems not even Earth's warriors can take him down. But when Goku & Piccolo work together, two-against-one prevails, and Garlic Jr. is outclassed. Angry at his defeat, Garlic Jr. unleashes his ultimate attack, and bursting with anger, he opens up a portal known as the "Dead Zone" (hence the name of the film). Intending to suck his enemies into the void, Garlic Jr. becomes frustrated with Goku's ability to avoid the Dead Zone, and he decides to handle Goku himself, and later force him into the Dead Zone. Things looking extremely difficult for Earth's hero, Goku's son, Gohan, becomes enraged witnessing his father and friends in danger and releases his latent energy, blasting Garlic Jr. into his own vortex to be trapped for an eternity. Remarkably, in the end of it all, Gohan doesn't remember a thing of what happened, and with amazement, Goku figures his son is no ordinary boy, but one with a great hidden potential. At the end of the movie, Piccolo is seen from above, looking down on Goku and his friends and vows that one day, he will defeat Goku.
==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Character Name
! Voice Actor (Japanese / Toei Animation)
! Voice Actor (English / Ocean Group)
! Voice Actor (English / FUNimation)
|-
| [[ Goku (Dragon Ball)| Gokū]] || [[Masako Nozawa]]|| [[Peter Kelamis]] || [[Sean Schemmel]]
|-
| [[ Gohan]] || [[Masako Nozawa]] || [[Saffron Henderson]] || [[Stephanie Nadolny]]
|-
| [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]] || [[Toshio Furukawa]] || [[Scott McNeil]] || [[Christopher Sabat]]
|-
| [[Bulma]] || [[Hiromi Tsuru]] || [[Lalainia Lindbjerg]] || [[Tiffany Vollmer]]
|-
| [[Krillin]] || [[Mayumi Tanaka]]|| [[Terry Klassen]] || [[Sonny Strait]]
|-
| [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Gyumao|Gyū-Maō/Ox Kng]] || [[Daisuke Gōri]]|| [[Dave Ward (voice actor)|Dave Ward]] || [[Kyle Hebert]]
|-
| [[Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball)|Chi-Chi]] || [[Mayumi Shō]]|| [[Lisa Ann Beley]] || [[Cynthia Cranz]]
|-
| [[Master-Rôshi]] || [[Kōhei Miyauchi]] || [[Dave Ward (voice actor)|Dave Ward]] || [[Mike McFarland]]
|-
| [[Kami (Dragon Ball)|Kami-sama]] || [[Takeshi Aono]] || [[Dale Wilson]] || [[Christopher Sabat]]
|-
| [[Shenron (Dragon Ball)|shenron]] || [[Kenji Utsumi]] || [[Don Brown]] || [[Christopher Sabat]]
|-
| [[List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball#Garlic Junior|Garlic Jr.]] || [[Akira Kamiya]] || [[Don Brown]] || [[Chuck Huber]]
|-
| [[List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball#Garlic Jr.'s Minions|Ginger]] || [[Kōji Totani]] || [[Terry Klassen]] || [[Troy Baker]]
|-
| [[List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball#Garlic Jr.'s Minions|Sansho]] || [[Yukitoshi Hori]] || [[Ward Perry]] || [[Eric Dillow]]
|-
| [[List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball#Garlic Jr.'s Minions|Nicky]] || [[Shigeru Chiba]] || [[Don Brown]] || [[Doug Burks]]
|-
| Narrator || [[Jōji Yanami]] || Doc Harris || [[Kyle Hebert]]
|}
==Music==
*OP (Opening Theme)
*# "[[CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA]]" (Chara Hetchara) (OP animation 1)
*#* Lyrics: ''Yukinojō Mori'', Music: ''Chiho Kiyoka'', Arrangement: ''Kenji Yamamoto'', Vocals: '''Hironobu Kageyama'''
*#** [http://www.daizex.com/multimedia/lyrics/jap-cha_la_head_cha_la.html Song Lyrics]
*IN (Insertion Song)
*# {{nihongo|天下一ゴハン|Tenkaichi Gohan|World's Greatest Gohan}}
*#* Lyrics: ''Sakiko Iwamuro'', Music: ''Takeshi Ike'', Arrangement: ''Kenji Yamamoto'', Vocals: '''Masako Nozawa (Son Gohan)'''
*#** [http://www.daizex.com/multimedia/lyrics/jap-tenkaichi_gohan.html Song Lyrics]
*ED (Ending Theme)
*# {{nihongo|でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー!|Detekoi Tobikiri ZENKAI Pawā!|Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!}}
*#* Lyrics: ''Toshihisa Arakawa'', Music: ''Takeshi Ike'', Arrangement: ''Kenji Yamamoto'', Vocals: '''Manna'''
*#** [http://www.daizex.com/multimedia/lyrics/jap-zenkai_power.html Song Lyrics]
*#*Additional orchestral music composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi
==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=265160|title=Dead Zone}}
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