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Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (special)

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Alternative title:
Dragon Ball Z Especial 2: Los Dos Guerreros del Futuro! Gohan y Trunks (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z Special 2 : L'histoire de Trunks (French)
Dragon Ball Z Special 2: La storia di Trunks (Italian)
Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks
Dragon Ball Z: Die Geschichte Von Trunks [Das Trunks Special] (German)
Dragon Ball Z: Drengen fra fremtiden (Danish)
Dragon Ball Z: Gohan & Trunks (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: Gohan e Trunks, os Guerreiros do Futuro (Portuguese)
Dragon Ball Z: Resist Despair!! The Surviving Fighters - Gohan and Trunks
Dragon Ball Z: Trunks Historia (Swedish)
Dragon Ball Z: Un futuro diferente - Gohan y Trunks (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: Zetsubō e no Hankō!! Nokosareta Chō Senshi - Gohan to Trunks (Japanese)
ドラゴンボールZ 絶望への反抗!! 残された超戦士 悟飯とトランクス (Japanese)
드래곤볼 Z: 절망을 향한 대반격!! 남겨진 초전사 오반과 트랭크스 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. He takes Bulma's son Trunks as a student and even gives his own life to save Trunks's. Now Trunks must figure out a way to change this apocalyptic future.
User Ratings: 1105 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 57 votes (dub:33, sub:20, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Excellent: 153 votes (dub:90, sub:52, edit.dub:2, others:9
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 French dubbed
)
 Very good: 280 votes (dub:160, sub:90, edit.dub:4, ?:4, raw:1, others:21
12 Spanish dubbed
3 Portuguese dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Good: 330 votes (dub:194, sub:106, ?:10, edit.dub:6, others:14
4 Spanish dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 188 votes (dub:115, sub:59, edit.dub:4, ?:3, raw:1, others:6
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 So-so: 49 votes (dub:27, sub:16, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:4
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 27 votes (dub:21, sub:3, edit.dub:3)
 Weak: 14 votes (dub:12, sub:2)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (edit.dub:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 3196 users, rank: #331 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.264 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4844, rank: #2658 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.194 (Good+), rank: #2755 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.21 / seen some: 5.68 / won't finish: 5.83)
Bayesian estimate: 7.197 (Good+), rank: #2515 (of 7243)
Running time: 47 minutes
Vintage:
1993-02-24
2003-09-12 (USA, Toonami)
Opening Theme:
"Cha-La Head-Cha-La" by Hironobu Kageyama
"Dragon Ball Z Theme" by Andy Baylor [US Version]
Ending Theme:
"Aoi Kaze no HOPE" by Hironobu Kageyama
"Closing Theme" by Mark Menza [US Version]
"Goku Is Falling" by Bruce Faulconer [US Version - broadcast edit]
"Through Her Eyes" by Dream Theater [US Version]
Insert song:
"Ascension" by Mr. C-E-No-G [US Version]
"Havoc" by Recoolie [US Version]
Trivia: We have 2
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Dragon Ball Z - Bardock / Trunks Double Feature (Blu-ray) 2008-07-15 (from $22.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Dragon Ball Z - Bardock / Trunks Double Feature [SteelBook] (DVD) 2008-02-19 (from $58.00)
    Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (DVD) 2000-10-25 (from $35.00)
    Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (DVD) 2009-09-15 (from $19.49)
VHS
    Dragon Ball Z - Trunks Box Set [Edited] (Dub.VHS 33-35) 2001-10-09
    Dragon Ball Z - Trunks Box Set [Uncut] (Dub.VHS 33-35) 2001-10-09

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Daisuke Nishio
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Script: Hiroshi Toda
Original author: Akira Toriyama
Character Design: Minoru Maeda
Art Director: Hiroshi Washizaki
Animation Director: Minoru Maeda
Art design: Hiroshi Washizaki
Sound Director: Nobuhiro Komatsu

Advertising: Etsuko Kawasaki
Art Advancement: Minoru Nakamura
Assistant Director: Junichi Fujise
Assistant producer: Seiichi Hiruta
Music Selection: Shigeru Miyashita
Paint Advancement: Yōichi Shimizu
Planning:
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Kōzō Morishita
Production Advancement:
Etsuko Fushimi
Toshiro Takamizu
Production manager: Akihiko Yamaguchi
Record Keeping: Mamiko Ogawa
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Shibue
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai
Theme Song Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto
Theme Song Composition: Chiho Kiyooka
Theme Song Lyrics:
Dai Sato (ED)
Yukinojo Mori (OP)
Theme Song Performance: Hironobu Kageyama
Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma
Masako Nozawa as Gohan
Miki Itō as Android #18
Shigeru Nakahara as Android #17
Takeshi Kusao as Trunks

Daisuke Gouri as Gyuumaou
Jouji Yanami as Narrator
Kōhei Miyauchi as Kame-Sen'nin
Mayumi Tanaka as Kuririn
Naoki Tatsuta as Oolong
Naoko Watanabe as
Chichi
Pu'erh
Ryō Horikawa as Vegita
Toshio Furukawa as Piccolo

Daisuke Gouri as Umigame
Hiromi Tsuru as Baby Trunks
Kazunari Tanaka as Head Clerk
Masako Nozawa as Son Goku
Naomi Nagasawa as Woman
Shinichirō Ōta as Shopkeeper
Shinobu Satouchi as Announcer

Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Music:
Andy Baylor ("Gohan's Theme"; "Low Grunge"; Ra Masai Publishing)
Bootsy Collins ("Exterminate"; "Shakler"; "Hole in my Bucket"; "Animated Zombie"; Mash-A-Mugg Music )
Buckethead ("Exterminate"; "Shakler"; "Hole in my Bucket"; "Animated Zombie"; CyberOctave Music/Sony Records)
Dale D. Kelly
Dream Theater (Ytse Jams, Inc. and Elektra Entertainment Group; "Home"; Dance of Eternity"; "Beyond This Life"; "Strange Deja-Vu"; "Overture"; "Regression"; "Love Overture"; "Fatal Tragedy"; "Chant"; "Through Her Eyes")
Mark Akin
Slaughter ("Prelude"; "Unknown Destination"; Topless Music/Chrysalis Songs [BMI])
Tendril (Toonami; "Time to Burn"; "Pisleen"; "Moonbender")
Translation: Steven J. Simmons
Additional Music: Bruce Faulconer (broadcast version)
Additional Paint Editing:
Byron Watson 
Carly Hunter 
Animation/Paint Editing:
Byron Watson
Carly Hunter
Assistant Mixing Engineer:
Matthew Piersall
Neal Malley
Assistant Voice Director: John Burgmeier
Blu-Ray Authoring: Matthew O'Hara
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Duane Deering
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Kris Pierce
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Anthony Benavides
Caesar Lopez
DJ Fonner
Closed Captioning Engineer: Jordan Allen
Cover Design: Rick Lebo
Design/Layout: Carly Hunter
DVD Authoring:
Matthew O'Hara (FUNimation; Remastered)
Trace Furniss (FUNimation; Remastered)
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez (Remastered)
DVD Menu Audio: Duane Deering (Remastered)
DVD Menu Design: Kris Pierce (Remastered)
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp (Remastered)
DVD Production Assistant:
Alese Johnson (Remastered)
Chiye Green (Remastered)
Jacob Martin (Remastered)
DVD QC:
Anthony Benavides (Remastered)
DJ Fonner (Remastered)
Rob Schindlbeck (Remastered)
Editing Assistant: Jeremy Jimenez
Insert Song Composition:
Andy Baylor ("Havoc"; Ra Masai Publishing)
Mark Akin ("Ascension")
Insert Song Performance:
Mr. C-E-No-G ("Ascension")
Recoolie ("Havoc")
Mix Engineer:
Adrian Cook (Remastered)
Evan O'Connor Jones
Production Assistant:
Jessie Mancilla (broadcast version)
Shane Ray (broadcast version)
Soundtrack Producer: Dale D. Kelly
Theme Song Composition:
Andy Baylor (OP)
Mark Menza (FUNimation Double Feature release; OP in 5.1 dub, ED in 2.0 dub)
Version Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez (broadcast version)
Video Editing:
Daniel Mancilla (Remastered)
Jeremy Jimenez (Remastered)
Jessie Mancilla (Remastered)
Voice Direction: Christopher R. Sabat
Voice Recording Engineer: Moises Vega
Chuck Huber as Android 17
Dameon Clarke as Future Gohan
Eric Vale as Trunks
Meredith McCoy as Android 18
Tiffany Vollmer as Bulma

Brad Jackson as Oolong
Christopher R. Sabat as
Piccolo
Vegeta
Cynthia Cranz as Chi-Chi
Kyle Hebert as Narrator (Revised Dub)
Mark Britten as Ox-King
Mike McFarland as Master Roshi
Sonny Strait as Krillin
Stephanie Nadolny as Gohan (Young)

Amanda Menix as Granddaughter
Brian Thomas as Son
Christopher R. Sabat as
Male Super World Announcer
OBC Reporter
Turtle
Yamcha
Dale D. Kelly as Narrator
Dameon Clarke as Barely Missed Person
David Gasman as
Gohan (AB Group dub)
Oolong (AB Group dub)
Doug Rand as
Trunks (AB Group dub)
Vegeta (AB Group dub)
Edward Marcus as Narrator (AB Group dub)
Jodi Forrest as
Bulma (AB Group dub)
Gohan (young - AB Group dub)
John Burgmeier as
Pepper City Civilian B
Tien
Justin Cook as CQV Reporter
Kyle Hebert as Ox-King (Revised Dub)
Matthew Géczy as C-17 (Android 17 - AB Group dub)
Mike McFarland as Pepper City Civilian A
Paul Bandey as
Big Green (Piccolo - AB Group dub)
Narrator (AB Group dub)
Ox-King (AB Group dub)
Rick Lebo as Bridgetown Anchor
Sean Schemmel as
Clothing Shopkeeper
Goku
Security Chief of Super World
Sharon Mann as
Chichi (AB Group dub)
Krillin (AB Group dub)
Tenshinhan (AB Group dub)
Sonny Strait as
Grandfather
Security Guard
Stephanie Nadolny as
Baby Trunks
Female Super World Announcer

Edward Marcus (AB Group dub)
English companies
Closed Captioning: FUNimation Studios
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia)
DVD Authoring: Vision Wise, Inc.
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Nicktoons Network
Post Production: FUNimation Entertainment
Recording Studio: FUNimation Studios
French cast
French staff
(none)
Mark Lesser as Trunks
Patrick Borg as Sangohan

Brigitte Lecordier as
C.18
Son Gohan
Celine Monsarrat as
Bulma
Chichi
Claude Chantal as Krilin
Eric Legrand as
C.17
Végéta

Claude Chantal as Plume
Georges Lycan as
Gyamao
Narrateur
Philippe Ariotti as Oolong
Pierre Trabaud as Tortue géniale

French companies
ADR Production: SOFI
Broadcaster:
Mangas
MCM
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Mario Castañeda
Translation: Ivars Barzdevics (Spain dub)
Executive producer:
Carolina Marina Costanzi (Entertainment Supplies)
Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Luis de Val (Manga Films)

Theme Song Performance: Jordi Vila (OP, Catalan dub)
Aleix Estadella as Trunks (Catalan dub)
Luis Fernando Ríos as Trunks (Spain dub)
Marta Calvo as Son Gohan (Catalan dub)
Miguel Ángel Montero as Son Gohan (Spain dub)
Roser Aldabó as Son Gohan (Catalan DUb)
Sergio Bonilla as Trunks

Alberto Hidalgo as Vegeta (Spain dub)
Ana Fernández as C-18 (Spain dub)
Ana Lemos as Bulma (Galician dub)
Angeles Neira as Krilín (Spain dub)
Anton Pazos as Trunks (Galician dub)
Cristina Camargo as Android 18
Genaro Vasquez as Android 17
Isabel Muntaner as Chichi (Catalan dub)
Joaquim Sota as A-17 (Catalan dub)
Julia Oliva as Chichi (Spain dub)
Manuel Fernández as C-17 (Spain dub)
Manuel Pombal as Oolong (Galician dub)
María Jose Collazo as Son Gohan (Galician dub; child)
Monica Manjarrez as Bulma
Nonia de la Gala as Bulma (Spain dub)
Óscar Fernández as Krilin (Galician dub)
Pilar Morales as A-18 (Catalan dub)
Roser Contreras as Bulma (Catalan dub)
Suso Álvarez as Vegeta (Galician dub)
Teresa Santamaría as Chichi (Galician dub)

Alberto Hidalgo as
Themepark Guard (Spain dub)
Umigame (Turtle) (Spain dub)
Ana Cremades as Son Gohan (Young) (Spain dub)
Antonio Crespo as Tortuga de mar (Catalan dub)
Antonio Inchausti as Oolong (Spain dub)
Arturo Mercado as Oolong
Eduardo Garza as Krillin
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Narrador (Catalan dub)
Jesus Collin as Master Roshi
Joan Sanz as Vegeta (Catalan dub)
Jorge Pedrosa as Narartor (Galician dub)
Jorge Tomé as
Dependant (Spain dub)
Narrator (Spain dub)
José Lavat as Narrator
Juan Fernández as
Gyumaoh (Spain dub)
TV Presenter (Spain dub)
Laura Torres as Gohan (child)
Luisita Soler as Puar (Catalan dub)
Manel Català as Ox Satan (Catalan dub)
María Sarmiento as Trunks (Young) (Spain dub)
María Del Pilar Valdés as Puar (Spain dub)
Mariano Peña as Mutenroshi (Roshi) (Spain dub)
Mario Sauret as Ox Satan
Marta Barbará as Krilín (Catalan dub)
Miquel Bonet as Oolong (Catalan dub)
Patricia Acevedo as Milk (Chichi)
Rene Garcia as Vegeta
Vicens Manuel Doménech as Follet Tortuga (Catalan dub)

Joan Sanz (Catalan dub)
Marta Barbará (Catalan dub)
Ramón Hernández (Catalan dub)
Ramón Llenas (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
America TV (Perú)
Cartoon Network L.A.
Citytv (Colombia)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)
Warner Channel (Latin America)
Distributor:
Cloverway (Latin America)
Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD)
Dubbing: Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico (Latin America)
Dubbing Studio: Alta Frecuencia (Sevilla, Spain)
DVD Distribution: Manga Films (Spain)
Licensed by:
Entertainment Supplies (Argentina)
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2009)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Fabrizio Mazzotta (1st edition)
Paolo Torrisi (2nd edition)

Dialogues:
Manuela Scaglione (2nd edition)
Tullia Piredda (2nd edition)
Mixing: Moreno Grossi Pometti (2nd edition)
Synchronization: Giancarlo Martino (2nd edition)
Transcription: Stefano Di Modugno (2nd edition)
Video Post-Production: Marco Sestan (2nd edition)
Davide Garbolino as Gohan (2nd edition)
Debora Magnaghi as C-18 (2nd edition)
Giorgio Borghetti as Son Gohan (1st edition)
Massimiliano Alto as Trunks (1st edition)
Patrizio Prata as C-17 (2nd edition)
Rosalinda Galli as C-18 (1st edition)
Simone D'Andrea as Trunks (2nd edition)
Stefano Onofri as C-17 (1st edition)

Alberto Olivero as Junior (Piccolo; 2nd edition)
Alessio De Filippis as Son Gohan (kid, 1st edition)
Barbara De Bortoli as Chichi (1st edition)
Claudio Ridolfo as Tensing (Tenshihan; 2nd edition)
Davide Lepore as Crilin (1st edition)
Davide Marzi as Narrator (1st edition)
Diego Sabre as Iamko (Yamcha; 2nd edition)
Elisabetta Spinelli as Chichi (2nd edition)
Emanuela Pacotto as Bulma (2nd edition)
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Olong (1st edition)
Francesca Guadagno as Bulma (1st edition)
Gianluca Iacono as Vegeta (2nd edition)
Marcella Silvestri as Crilin (2nd edition)
Mario Scarabelli as
Genio delle Tartarughe (Muten; 2nd edition)
Narrator (2nd edition)
Massimo De Ambrosis as Vegeta (1st edition)
Michele Kalamera as Giumaho (1st edition)
Oliviero Dinelli as Maestro Muten (1st edition)
Piero Tiberi as Piccolo (1st edition)
Riccardo Peroni as Oscar (Olong; 2nd edition)
Roberto Del Giudice as Tenshinhan (1st edition)
Tony Fuochi as Giumaho (2nd edition)
Vittorio Guerrieri as Yamcha (1st edition)

Patrizia Scianca as Gohan (kid; 2nd edition)
Stefano De Filippis as Gohan (kid, 1st edition)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 1 (2nd edition)
Italia 2 (2nd edition)
Rai 2 (1st edition)
Distributor:
DeAgostini (VHS, 1st edition, DVD, 2nd edition)
Dynamic Italia (VHS, 1st edition)
Dubbing:
Coop. Eddy Cortese (1st edition)
Merak Film (2nd edition)
Translation: C.I.T.I. (2nd edition)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Robin Kahnmeyer as Son Gohan (adult)
Sebastian Schulz as Trunks (Mirai Trunks)
Tommy Morgenstern as Son Goku 

David Nathan as Piccolo 
Julia Ziffer as ChiChi
Julien Haggege as Tenshinhan 
Karlo Hackenberger as Yamchu 
Oliver Siebeck as Vegeta
Wanja Gerick as Kuririn

Bernhard Völger as Oolong
Karl Schulz as Muten Roshi
German companies
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Bridge Entertainment
Dutch cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director:
José Parisi Jr (Brazil)
Wendel Bezerra (Alamo)

Theme Song Performance: Rodrigo Firmo (OP)
Fátima Noya as Gohan(Child) (Álamo redub)
Marcelo Campos as Mirai Trunks (Parisi and Álamo dubs)
Vagner Fagundes as Mirai Gohan (Álamo redub)
Wendel Bezerra as Goku (Parisi and Álamo dubs)
Yuri Chesman as Gohan (Mirai Gohan; Parisi dub)

Alfredo Rollo as Vegeta (Álamo redub)
Elcio Sodré as Kuririn (Parisi Dub) 
Fábio Lucindo as Kuririn (Álamo redub)
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Piccolo (Parisi and Álamo dubs)
Raquel Marinho as
Bulma (Parisi Video dub)
Chi-Chi (Parisi and Álamo dubs) 
Tânia Gaidarji as Bulma (Álamo redub)
Wellington Lima as Vegeta

Angelica Santos as
Andróide 18 (Álamo Redub)
Oolong (Álamo redub)
António Semedo as
Gyuumao (PT)
Narrator (PT)
Umigame (PT)
Cláudio Satiro as Oolong (Parisi Video dub)
Cristina Cavalinhos as
Bulma (PT)
C18 (PT)
Daoiz Cabezudo as Narrator
Eleonora Prado as ANdróide 18 (Parisi dub)
Fernanda Figueiredo as
Kika (PT)
Krillin (PT)
Puar (PT)
Figueira Júnior as Andróide 17 (Parisi Video and Álamo dubs)
Francisco Freitas as
Gohan (Young) (Parisi Video dub)
Pual (Parisi Video dub)
Henrique Feist as
Son Gohan (PT)
Trunks (PT)
João Loy as Vegeta (PT)
José Parisi Jr as
Mestre Kame (Parisi dub)
Rei Cutelo (Parisi dub)
Mário Jorge as Tartaruga Marinha/Umigame (Parisi Video and Álamo dubs)
Ricardo Spínola as
C17 (PT)
Oolong (PT)
Tartaruga Genial (PT)
Rita Almeida as Pual (Álamo redub)
Roseli Gonçalves as Chichi (Parisi Vídeo dub)

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network Brasil
SIC K (Portugal)
Dubbing Studio:
Álamo (Re-dubbed version)
Parisi Vídeo (Brazil)

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