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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

1996 · 80 min

A bright, bouncy adventure that races from gag to fight with cheerful energy and a few surprisingly tender beats.

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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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • coming-of-age
    • addiction
    Places
    • wilderness
    • countryside
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action7
    Horror1
    Humour6
    Realism2
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness3
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, adventure, fantasy
    Directed by
    Shigeyasu Yamauchi
    Written by
    Aya Matsui
    Starring
    Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Toru Furuya, Naoki Tatsuta, Naoko Watanabe, Kin'ya Aikawa, Daisuke Gori, Kenji Utsumi
    Music
    Akihito Tokunaga
    Runtime
    80 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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