Hirudegarn
| Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon | |
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| Directed by | Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| Screenplay by | Takao Koyama |
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Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Cinematography | Masao Shimizu |
| Edited by | Shinichi Fukumitsu |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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52 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥1.10 billion (US$12.2 million) |
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Goku Can't Do It, Who Will? (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 龍拳爆発!!悟空がやらねば誰がやる Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto Ryū-Ken Bakuhatsu!! Gokū ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru), is the thirteenth Dragon Ball Z feature movie. It was originally released in Japan on July 15, 1995 at the Toei Anime Fair. It was later dubbed into English by Funimation in 2006, just like most of the other Dragon Ball films. It was also released on VCD in Malaysia by Speedy Video with the subtitle Explosion of Dragon Punch.
Set after the events of the final battle with Majin Buu, the film focuses on the efforts of an evil magician, Hoi, to release the deadly monster Hirudegarn onto the Earth, forcing Goku and his friends to enlist the aid of a warrior named Tapion, who may be the only one capable of defeating the monster. Series creator Akira Toriyama designed the Tapion and Minoshia characters.
On a distant planet, a young alien boy frantically searches his surroundings, sword at the ready, but before he can react, he is crushed by a giant foot while someone laughs maniacally in the background.
On Earth, Gohan and Videl (as the Great Saiyaman I and II, respectively) are summoned to the city to rescue an old, alien-like man trying to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. Once they rescue him and take him elsewhere, the man introduces himself as Hoi and presents them with a music box, inside which he claims a hero named Tapion is trapped, and may be the Earth's last chance against an approaching evil. When even Goku fails to open the music box, the Z Fighters gather the Dragon Balls and ask Shenron to open it for them. Tapion is released, but expresses anger at Hoi and Goku for freeing him, explaining that inside him is the essence of half of the ferocious monster, Hirudegarn, before fleeing into isolation. Trunks, however, takes an instant liking to Tapion, and frequently sneaks off to his location to bring him food, despite Tapion angrily telling him to leave him alone.
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