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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

1996

1h 20m

7.4(405 votes)

Animation

Adventure

Fantasy

Overview

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 Companies

Toei Animation

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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)

Creative team

Directed by: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Written by: Aya Matsui

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