DragonBall
Movie # 3
"Makafushigi
Dai-Bôken"
("Mystical Great Adventure")
"Mystical
Adventure"
Basic
Synopsis
Another
retelling of the Dragon Ball story. This time, young
Goku and young Kuririn are training for a Budôkai
to be held in the country of Mifan. The Emperor
of Mifan, Chiao-tzu,
is trying to find his lost "Ran Ran."
"Minister" Tsuru-Sen'nin has Pilaf work
on a Dragon Rader takes it from him, and is using
it to locate the Dragon Balls. Minister Tsuru-Sen'nin
and T'ao Pai-pai claim that they'll use the wish
from Shenlong to locate Ran Ran, but are actually
planning, with Tenshinhan's help, to kill Chiao-tzu
and take over the country. Blue announces that Ran
Ran is being held in Tsuru-Sen'nin's room, and is
killed by T'ao Pai-pai for it. Bora and Upa have
located the final Dragon Ball and they take it to
Mifan to use it to demand that Mifan's soldiers
be forced to leave the land near Karin Tower.
Bora
is tricked into entering the Budôkai (the
winner of the Budôkai will be granted one
wish by Chiao-tzu),
and is then killed by T'ao Pai-pai. Bulma, Oolong,
and Lunch are looking for the other six balls, so
Bulma can wish for a boyfriend. However, when the
balls are located, they're accidently dropped to
the bottom of the moat surrounding Chiao-tzu's
castle. Tenshinhan realizes that he likes Chiao-tzu
too much, and doesn't kill his friend; instead,
he blows away Tsuru-Sen'nin. The story of Blue and
Goku entering Penguin village is included, but this
time it is T'ao Pai-pai and Goku that meet Arale-chan,
and Goku kills T'ao Pai-pai with Arale's help.
Goku
throws the final ball into the moat, and asks Shenlong
to resurrect Bora.
[
paraphrased
synopsis courtesy Curtis Hoffman's movie descriptions
]
Release
/ General Information
Japanese
Premiere Date: |
9
July 1988 |
Japanese
Premiere Location: |
Toei
Manga Festival |
Japanese
Availability: |
VHS |
Domestic
Release Date: |
27
February 2001 |
Domestic
Availability: |
VHS
(English Dubbed, Uncut)
VHS (English Dubbed, Edited)
DVD (Hybrid English / Japanese, Uncut) |
Opening
Theme : |
"Makafushigi
Adobenchâ!"
("Mystical Adventure!")
[ Lyrics
] |
Ending
Theme: |
"Doragonbôru
Densetsu"
("The Dragon Ball
Legend")
[ Lyrics
] |
Main
Staff
Executive
Producer: |
Chiaki
Imada |
Original
Story: |
Akira
Toriyama (Weekly Shônen Jump Serialization) |
Planning: |
Keizô
Nanajô |
Production
Supervisor: |
Matsuji
Kishimoto |
Screenplay: |
Yoshifumi
Yuki |
Background
Music: |
Shunsuke
Kikuchi |
Art
Direction: |
Yûji
Ikeda Yasuo Yamamoto Shigenori Takada |
Animation
Director: |
Minoru
Maeda |
Director: |
Kazuhisa
Takenouchi |
Principal
Cast