Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Release Date, Voice Cast, Plot, And Everything We Know So Far
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, also known as Dragon Ball Z: The Decisive Battle for the Whole Earth in Japan and Super Battle in the World in the United States, is a 1990 Japanese anime scientific fantasy martial arts film and the third Dragon Ball Z feature film. It was first screened in Japan on July 7, between episodes 54 and 55 of Dragon Ball Z, at the “Toei Anime Fair,” as part of an Akira Toriyama-themed triple feature named Akira Toriyama’s The World (the other two films were anime versions of his one-shot stories Kennosuke-Sama and Pink).
Voice cast
- Son Goku / Kakarot voiced by Sean Schemmel
- Turles, voiced by Chris Patton
- Son Gohan, voiced by Stephanie Nadolny
- Krillin, voiced by Sonny Strait
- Piccolo voiced by Christopher Sabat
- Tien Shinhan voiced by John Burgmeier
- Yamcha, voiced by Christopher Sabat
- Chiaotzu voiced by Monika Antonelli
- King Kai / North Kai, voiced by Sean Schemmel
- Cacao, voiced by Jeff Johnson
- Daiz, voiced by Mark Lancaster
- Amond, voiced by J Paul Slavens
- Rasin, voiced by Robert McCollum
- Lakasei, voiced by Robert McCollum
- Bulma, voiced by Tiffany Vollmer
- Chi-Chi, voiced by Cynthia Cranz
- Master Roshi, voiced by Mike McFarland
- Puar, voiced by Monika Antonelli
- Oolong, voiced by Brad Jackson
- Ape Great, voiced by Shane Ray
- Shenron, voiced by Christopher Sabat
- Icarus, voiced by Christopher Sabat
What Is Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might’s Release date?
On March 17, 1998, Pioneer Entertainment re-dubbed and released the film uncut on VHS and DVD, containing the then-current English voice cast from the TV series, lines more exactly translated from the original Japanese background music, and the original Japanese script. Then, on August 13, 2013, Funimation published an edited film of Rock the Dragon Edition set with Ocean dub on DVD; it contains 53 trimmed episodes of the TV series and two edited movies of Dead Zone and The World’s Strongest as they aired on Toonami. When their sub-license expired, Funimation released the film on DVD in “Ultimate Uncut Edition” on November 14, 2006, as part of a film package dubbed “First Strike,” which also included Dead Zone (1989) and The World’s Strongest (1990), with an entirely new dub performed by Funimation’s voice cast. On September 16, 2008, it was released as a Double Feature collection alongside Lord Slug (1991) for Blu-ray and DVD, both in full 1080p format in HD restored 16:9 aspect ratio and an upgraded 5.1 sound mix. On November 1, 2011, the picture was re-released on DVD in a remastered thinpak compilation with the first five Dragon Ball Z films.
Who is Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might’s Director?
Daisuke Nishio is The director of Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might. Daisuke Nishio is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga as an animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on Dr. Slump – Arale-chan in 1982.
What Is Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might About?
One night as Bulma, Krillin, Oolong, and Gohan are out on a camping trip, an unknown cosmic object heading towards Earth crash lands in the forest nearby, causing a fire. Gohan and Krillin are successful in putting out the fire and using the Dragon Balls to repair the forest and the creatures who were killed by the flames. Gohan befriends Icarus, a tiny dragon. Unbeknownst to the group, the fire was started by a probe sent by Turles, a Saiyan space pirate who bears a striking resemblance to Goku and has chosen the Earth to plant the tree of might, which absorbs the life of a planet and converts it into fruit that, when consumed, grants the consumer massive power increases. Turles’ henchman plant the seed, and King Kai informs Goku mentally of the danger. He, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu try and fail to destroy the tree with energy blasts. Turles’ henchmen strike and wholly overrun them. As water evaporates and plants and animals perish, the Earth begins to succumb to the devastation caused by the tree’s life absorption. Turles enters the fighting after recognizing that Gohan is part-Saiyan and deduces that he is Goku’s son, who he claims is from the same class of Saiyan fighters, explaining their similar features. Turles is impressed with Gohan’s ability and invites him to join his conquest. Nonetheless, he resists and tries to fight Turles before Piccolo intervenes to save him. Piccolo is forced to defend Gohan by Turles, and the Namekian is eliminated. Turles constructs a fake moon and compels Gohan to see it, transforming him into an oozaru, who assaults Goku but is soothed by the presence of Icarus. Turles injures Icarus with an energy blast, sending Gohan into a frenzy before Goku uses an energy disc to break his son’s tail, converting him back to normal and sparing him from Turles’ approaching energy shots. Goku eliminates Turles’ henchmen and battles his demonic doppelganger. Goku gains the upper hand over Turles until he acquires and consumes a fully grown piece of fruit from the Tree of Might. Turles overwhelms Goku with an unexpected rush of power until his comrades arrive for his help. As they struggle to defeat Turles, Goku begins to build a Spirit Bomb. Still, the Earth, having been drained by the Tree of Might, does not have the energy left to fuel Goku’s bomb, which Turles destroys properly. On the other hand, the energy from the Tree of Might pours into Goku, allowing him to generate another, more powerful Spirit Bomb. Goku meets Turles beneath the tree’s roots and directs the attack at him, sending him up the tree and killing them both. As the heroes celebrate their triumph, the Earth begins to recover. Piccolo sits alone by a waterfall to contemplate.
What happens in Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might?
Due to the Tree of Might absorbing the Earth’s energy, the Spirit Bomb lacked sufficient power, so Goku decided to take energy from inside the Tree of Might itself. Eventually, successfully recreating the Spirit Bomb, Goku fires it at Turles, who tries to counter with his ki wave.
What does the Tree of Might do?
It increases his strength, speed, ki, and defense for a limited duration (which is further reduced if he does a Blast 1, Blast 2, or Ultimate Blast) and regenerates one life bar. The fruit of the Tree of Might also appears in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.
What saga is the Tree of Might?
Namek Saga
“The Tree of Might” is a three-part edited Namek Saga episode that airs between “Immortality Denied” and “Big Trouble for Bulma.” It aired on November 15, 1997, and was repeated on November 22, 1997. It is a shorter version of the 1990 film Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might.
What is the Tree of Might based on?
The idea of the Tree of Might originated from Asian ginseng that producer Morishita Kouzou received as a souvenir. Hearing the Asian ginseng sucks up a field’s nourishment to grow larger, he was given the idea for the Tree of Might.
