Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate The Saiyans Release Date, Voice Cast, Plot, And Everything We Know So Far

An updated version of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans is the 2010 anime original video animation Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans. Originally, only Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 by Bandai Namco Games featured this updated version. However, on February 3, 2012, the weekly publication Saiky Jump released a coupled DVD release of it and Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock.

With the notable exception of Shinji Ogawa, whose voice was replaced by Hiroshi Iwasaki for the role of Dr. Lychee in the remake, most of the voice cast from the original 1993 OVA returned.

Voice Cast

• Masako Nozawa Voiced as Goku
• Masako Nozawa Voiced as Gohan
• Masako Nozawa Voiced as Turles
• Ryō Horikawa Voiced as Vegeta
• Toshio Furukawa Voiced as Piccolo
• Takeshi Kusao Voiced as Trunks
• Hiromi Tsuru Voiced as Bulma
• Naoko Watanabe Voiced as Chi-Chi
• Toku Nishio Voiced as Mr. Popo
• Tomiko Suzuki Voiced as Dende
• Ryūsei Nakao Voiced as Frieza and Cooler
• Hisao Egawa Voiced as Monster / Goddo Gadon
• Yusaku Yara Voiced as Slug
• Shinji Ogawa Voiced as Dr. Raichi
• Jōji Yanami Voiced as Kaio-sama / Narration
• Hideo Ishikawa Voiced as Hatchihyack
• Mr. Popo, the Monsters, and Goddo Gadon are absent from the remake included in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.

What is the Releases Date on Home Media Of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans?

In Japan, the original was made available on VHS in 1993. Later, in 2003, the OVA was included in Dragon Boxes. The 2011 anime version of Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock is formed on a bonus DVD released with the March 2012 issue of Saiky Jump and the 2010 remake.

What is the Original Release Date of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans?

Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku, the Famicom game with the same name, preceded Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans’ 1993 release as two VHS cassettes dubbed “Official Visual Guides,” as the OVA served as a sort of “animated walkthrough” for the game. Earth Saga and Space Saga, two video games for the Playdia system, featured original animation in 1994.

Who is The Director of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans?

Yoshihiro Ueda is a Japanese director who works for Toei Animation. Ueda has been episode director for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. He also worked on Dr. Slump movies (Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle and Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Dream Capital Mecha Police), and he directed Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound, Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends!, Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, and Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock.

What is The Timeline placement of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans?

The events of Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan are followed by the ten days before the Cell Games in this OVA’s plot (as Goku states that Hatchiyack might be even stronger than Broly).

The appearances of the main antagonists in this OVA also suggest that it takes place in the same continuity as Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug, and Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge.

What is the Plot of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans?

The only surviving member of the Tuffles, a race that had previously inhabited Planet Plant before the Saiyans arrived, is Dr. Raichi. In addition to destroying the entire Tuffle race, the Saiyans also stole their technology, conquered the planet, and gave it the new name Planet Vegeta in tribute to their king. After escaping, Raichi took refuge on the Dark Planet and began planning to exterminate the last remaining Saiyans.

He sends equipment to Earth that can extinguish all life by emitting Destron Gas. When Mr. Popo learns that the planet will be destroyed in a matter of hours, Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, and Piccolo rush to take out the equipment around the planet. All but one are destroyed, and an impenetrable energy barrier shields that one. However, the heroes are confronted by Frieza, Cooler, Turles, and Lord Slug. King Kai reveals that the bad guys are ghost warriors who, unless killed in the same way their lives were originally ended, will keep reviving after being killed.

 

The heroes locate Dr. Raichi on the Dark Planet and confront him there after learning that the ghost warriors he summons are produced by a machine called Hatchihyack that is run on the Tuffles’ rage. The fact that Dr. Raichi is a ghost warrior created by Hatchihyack is also known. Hatchihyack reaches its limit when Vegeta vaporizes Raichi, preventing him from rematerializing due to Dr. Raichi’s hatred. Hatchihyack makes an appearance in a strong android body. Before the Saiyans, after becoming their Super Saiyan forms, combine their powers into one enormous wave of energy and end the threat, Hatchiyack decimates the heroes.

Earth Saga

Dr. Lychee is one of the last remaining members of the Tuffles. This race inhabited Planet Plant before the Saiyans arrived. In addition to eradicating the entire Tuffle race, the Saiyans also stole their technology, conquered the planet, and gave it the new name Planet Vegeta in tribute to their king. With the help of a capsule, Lychee could escape and seek safety on the Dark Planet, a planet at the edge of the cosmos. Now, all he wants is to wipe out the last of the Saiyans.

Dr. Lychee achieves this by placing on Earth machinery that emits Destron Gas, which kills all life, and by dispatching numerous monsters to guard the Destron Gas emitter. When Mr. Popo/Bulma learns that the planet will be destroyed in hours, Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Future Trunks, and Piccolo rush to take out the evil machinery around the Earth. All but one are destroyed, and an impenetrable energy barrier shields that one. However, Frieza, Cooler, Turles, and Lord Slug show up and start a fight with the heroes one on one. King Kai reveals that the bad guys are Ghost Warriors who, unless killed in a manner identical to how their lives were originally ended, will keep reviving after being killed.

Space Saga

When the heroes confront Dr. Lychee on the Dark Planet, they learn that his Ghost Warriors are produced by a device known as Hatchiyack, fueled by the enmity of the Tuffles. Dr. Lychee’s identity as a Ghost Warrior created by Hatchiyack is also known. The heroes destroy Dr. Lychee, but he later rematerializes. Thankfully, Vegeta turns Dr. Lychee into vapor, stopping him from rematerializing. However, Goku asserts that Dr. Lychee’s animosity toward the Saiyans causes Hatchiyack to surpass its limit and manifest in a full android body, possibly with power equal to or even more significant than Broly’s.

Until the Saiyans, in their Super Saiyan states, combine all of their energy sources into a single, potent Energy Wave, Hatchiyack destroys the heroes. Goku uses Super Kamehameha, Gohan uses Super Masenko, Future Trunks uses Burning Attack, Vegeta uses Final Flash (but fired in a Maximum Flasher-style). Piccolo uses Special Beam Cannon (Piccolo only takes part in the final battle in the 2010 version). Goku and the Dragon Team are sent back to Earth via Instant Transmission before the fierce competition causes the entire planet to erupt.