

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.
Direction
Yamauchi compresses 23 episodes into 80 minutes without whiplash.
Score
Shunsuke Kikuchi bangers that hit harder than ever.

Director
Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the final Dragon Ball production with Kikuchi's original score before GT's switch to modern themes.
Released for the franchise's 10th anniversary, it deliberately echoes the 1986 'Curse of the Blood Rubies' but with Z-era animation muscle.
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