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Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power

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[ alternate retelling of Dragon Ball (TV) ]

Alternative title:
Bola de Drac: El Camí cap a el més fort
Dragon Ball - O caminho do poder (Portuguese)
Dragon Ball Tenth Anniversary Special
Dragon Ball The Movie - Il cammino dell'eroe (Italian)
Dragon Ball The Movies: The Way to the Strongest
Dragon Ball Z Movie 14
Dragon Ball: El camino hacia el más fuerte (Spanish)
Dragon Ball: L'Armée du ruban rouge (French)
Dragon Ball: Saikyou e no Michi (Japanese)
七龍珠 邁向最強之路 (Chinese (Taiwan))
最強への道 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: 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.
User Ratings: 250 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (dub:9, sub:4)
 Excellent: 29 votes (dub:15, sub:11, Por.dub:1, ?:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Very good: 53 votes (dub:26, sub:22, Spa.dub:2, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Good: 76 votes (sub:43, dub:22, ?:4, Spa.dub:3, Por.dub:2, Fre.dub:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 45 votes (dub:21, sub:20, Spa.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:9, dub:4, ?:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
 Weak: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:1, Spa.sub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 959 users, rank: #641
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.984 (Good-.01), std. dev.: 1.7157, rank: #1788
Weighted mean: 6.957 (Good-.04), rank: #1684 (seen all: 6.98 / seen some: 5.68)
Bayesian estimate: 6.978 (Good-.02), rank: #1400
Vintage: 1996
Premiere date:
1996-03-04 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ku" by Field of View
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Screenplay: Aya Matsui

Music: Akihito Tokunaga

Original Manga: Akira Toriyama

Art director: Junichi Higashi

Animation director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro

Art design: Tadanao Tsuji

Director of Photography: Masaru Sakanishi

Art Advancement: Hiroshi Misono

Assistant Animation Director:
Akio Serita
Akira Inagami
Jin Inaba
Kazuya Komai
Kazuya Kuda
Masahiro Shimanuki
Naoki Miyahara
Naozumi Ito
Seizo Toma
Takaaki Yamashita
Takeo Ide
Toshiyuki Sugano
Yoshihiro Kitano
Yoshikazu Tomita

Assistant director:
Hideki Hiroshima
Munehisa Sakai
Takahiro Imamura
Tatsuya Nagamine

Background Art:
Aya Shimizu
Eiko Sawada
Junichi Taniguchi
Kaori Fujii
Keita Suzuki
Ken Tokushige
Kenji Matsumoto
Koji Sakaki
Masato Itou
Mitsuo Yoshino
Miyuki Sato
Morihito Ohara
Nobuaki Ishihara
Sadako Minamisawa
Tomoko Takahashi
Tsuneo Ozeki
Yoshito Watanabe

Chief Production Supervisor:
Tan Takaiwa
Tomio Anzai
Tsutomu Tomari

Color design: Satoko Asai

Computer Graphics:
Akio Suzuki
Atsuhiko Tanaka
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Masayuki Iida
Mutsuhiro Harada
Takanobu Kimura

Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu

Finish Check:
Ayumi Tada
Susumu Kuroda
Takehiro Maeda
Yoko Sakamoto

Finishing Advancement: Keiji Inoue

In-Between Animation:
Akemi Iwai
Azusa Dote
Chieko Kohara
Chikayuki Abe
Etsuko Shinohara
Hisako Matsuda
Hisashi Umahama
Ichirō Mutō
Junnosuke Kawaguchi
Kazuko Kiriyama
Kei Kunii
Kumi Nakajou
Kyoko Sato
Kyouko Arita
Miho Tachibana
Mika Sato
Misa Watanabe
Miyoko Yamada
Noriko Tanaka
Rumiko Ōmiya
Takako Shirakawa
Teruko Akama
Tomoyuki Minagawa
Tsutomu Yamamoto
Yasuko Miyazaki
Yōko Matsushima
Yoshiko Kuriihara
Yuka Takemori
Yumiko Sugano
Yuya Kishi

In-Between Check:
Emi Noguchi
Kumiko Horikoshi
Maki Yamada
Michiko Nagatomi
Nobuyuki Harada

Key Animation:
Akemi Ueda
Akio Uchino
Chuji Nakajima
Fujio Oda
Hideki Kubo
Hideki Takahashi
Hirohide Shikishima
Hisashi Nakayama
Hitoshi Kamata
Jun Takagi
Kazue Kinoshita
Kazuo Takigawa
Kazuya Komai
Kazuya Kuda
Kazuya Miura
Ken Ueno
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Koji Nashizawa
Mamoru Hosoda
Masahiro Aizawa
Masahiro Naoi
Masahiro Shimanuki
Masaki Suda
Miharu Irie
Minoru Murao
Mitsuru Aoyama
Naoki Tate
Naotoshi Shida
Naozumi Ito
Noboru Koizumi
Nobuhiro Masuda
Nobushige Nagasaki
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa
Osamu Ishikawa
Ryutarou Shimakawa
Shigeo Matoba
Shoichi Nakayama
Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Takaaki Yamashita
Takahiro Kuroishi
Takashi Abe
Takashi Honda
Toshiyuki Sugano
Yasuhiko Ōyama
Yasuhiro Hayashi
Yoshihiro Kitano
Yoshihiro Watanabe
Yoshitaka Yajima
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa
Youichi Ohnishi
Yuki Kinoshita

Negative Editing: Yoshihiro Aso

Paint:
Aiko Seguchi
Keiko Yoshizawa
Masae Motohashi
Shinichi Toyonaga
Yasuko Sugano
Yukimi Toyonaga

Photography:
Jun Takagi
Masao Shimizu
Masatoshi Fukui
Motoi Takahashi
Satoshi Nakae
Shigeru Ando
Takeshi Koyano
Takumi Wakao
Tamio Hosoda
Tetsuya Numako
Toshiharu Takei
Yoshitada Ishii
Yoshiyuki Tashiro
Yukio Katayama
Yumiko Kajiwara

Planning:
Kenji Shimizu
Koji Kaneda
Kozo Morishita
Seiichi Hiruta

Production Advancement:
Kiichirō Yamada
Kouichi Hirose
Nobuyuki Kurihara
Yukio Noda

Production manager: Ryuichi Sugimoto

Publicity:
Mikiaki Iwanami
Mitsue Aida
Reiko Hoshi
Toshiyuki Hoshi

Recording: Kenji Ninomiya

Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Shibue

Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai (Fizz Sound Creation)

Special Effects:
Chiaki Hirao
Masayuki Kawachi
Nobuhiro Shimokawa
Shoji Sato
Toshio Katsuoka
Yoshiaki Okada

Technical Assistance: Mikio Mori

Theme Song Performance: Field of View

Trace: Yoko Ohori

Xerograph:
Sachiko Torimoto
Tomoko Totsuka

 

Masako Nozawa as Son Goku

Daisuke Gouri as Umigame

Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma

Kinya Aikawa as Kame Sennin

Naoki Tatsuta as Oolong

Naoko Watanabe as Pu'erh

Tohru Furuya as Yamcha

Bin Shimada as Blue

Hirohiko Kakegawa as White

Hisao Egawa as Metallic

Jouji Yanami as Narrator

Kenji Utsumi as Red

Masaharu Satou as Black

Shozo Iizuka as Hatchan

Japanese companies 

Film Developing: Toei Laboratory

Production:
Bird Studio
Toei Animation

Recording Studio:
Tabac
Toei-Tokyo Studio

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Mike McFarland

Script: Jared Hedges

Translation: Clyde Mandelin

Executive producer:
Cindy Brennan Fukunaga
Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Barry Watson
Daniel Cocanougher

ADR Engineer: Aaron Hatch

Animation/Paint Editor:
Aaron Davidson
Byron Watson
Derrik Poitevint

Assistant Mixing: Neal Malley

Mix Engineer: Evan Jones

Production Assistant:
Jesse Mancilla
Matthew Piersall
Richie DeMeglio
Shane Ray
Tyler Walker

Script Supervisor: Jeremy Carlile

Talent Coordinator: Patti Nichol-Ringler

Version Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez

 

Stephanie Nadolny as Son Goku

Tiffany Vollmer as Bulma

Brad Jackson as Oolong

Brice Armstrong as Narrator

Christopher R. Sabat as
Commander Black
Umigame
Yamcha

Kyle Hebert as Commander Red

Mike McFarland as
Android 8
Kame Sennin

Monika Antonelli as Puar

Sonny Strait as Commander Blue

English companies 

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Dubbing: FUNimation Studios

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

French cast 
French staff 
(none)

Brigitte Lecordier as Sangoku

Antoine Nouel as Yamcha

Celine Monsarrat as Bulma

Gérard Surugue as Tortue Géniale

Philippe Ariotti as Oolong

Gérard Surugue as N°8

Jean-François Laley as le narrateur

Serge Bourrier as Colonel Rouge

Vincent Barazzoni as Plume

French companies 

ADR Production: SOFI

Broadcaster: Mangas

Distributor: AK Video

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Mario Castañeda

 

Laura Torres as Goku

Mònica Padrós as Son Goku (Catalan dub)

Enric Serra Frediani as Tortuga de Mar (Catalan dub)

Isabel Martiñon as Bulma

Luisita Soler as Puar (Catalan dub)

Miquel Bonet as Oolong (Catalan dub)

Oscar Muñoz as Yamsha (Catalan dub)

Roser Contreras as Bulma (Catalan dub)

Vicens Manuel Doménech as Follet Tortuga 'Mutenroshi' (Catalan dub)

Claudi García as General Suprem Red (Catalan dub)

Cristina Camargo as Puar

Enric Cusí as General Blue (Catalan dub)

Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as
General Black (Catalan dub)
Narrador (Catalan dub)

Ernesto Lezama as Oglong

Herman Lopez as Turtle

Ismael Larumbe as Shen-Long

Jesus Collin as Master Roshi

Joaquin Martal as Narrator

Jordi Royo as General White (Catalan dub)

Jose Luis Castañeda as General Black

Mario Sauret as Octavio (Hatchan)

Norbert Ibero as A-8 'Hashan' (Catalan dub)

Oscar Flores as Yamcha

Rafael Rivera as General White

Roberto Spriu as General Red

Salvador Delgado as General Blue

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network L.A.
Cinema Golden Choice (DirectTV Latin America)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)

Distributor: Cloverway, Inc.

Dubbing: Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico

DVD Distribution: Manga Films (Spain)

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 
(none)
 

Ursula Bezerra as Goku

Angelica Santos as Oolong

Daoiz Cabezudo as Narrador

Gileno Santoro as Mestre Kame

Márcio Araújo as Yamcha

Mário Jorge as Tartaruga

Rita Almeida as Pual

Tânia Gaidarji as Bulma

Wellington Lima as General Black

Isabel Cristina de Sá as Comandante Violet

Luiz Carlos de Moraes as General Red

Sílvio Giraldi as General Blue

Tatá Guarnieri as General White

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Cartoon Network L.A. (Brasil)


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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