Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Dragon Ball Z: The Tree Of Might
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Screenplay by	Takao Koyama
Starring	See below
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Cinematography	Motoaki Ikegami
Editing by	Shinichi Fukumitsu
Studio	Toei Animation
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date(s)	July 7, 1990 (1990-07-07) (Japan)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	Japan
Money made	¥2 billion (est.)

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might, also known by its Japanese title Dragon Ball Z: The Decisive Battle for the Entire Earth (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Zetto: Chikyū Marugoto Chōkessen) or Toei's own English title Super Battle in the World, is a 1990 Japanese anime science fantasy martial arts film and the third Dragon Ball Z feature film. It was originally released in Japan on July 7 between episodes 54 and 55 of DBZ, at the "Toei Anime Fair" film festival, where it was shown as part of an Akira Toriyama-themed triple feature titled Toriyama Akira: The World (the other two films were anime versions of his one-shot stories Kennosuke-sama and Pink).

Plot

A forest fire interrupts a camping trip enjoyed by Gohan, Krillin, Bulma and Oolong. Gohan and Krillin manage to put out the fire and use the Dragon Balls to restore the forest and the animals that were killed by the inferno, and Gohan befriends a small dragon he names Icarus. Unbeknownst to the group, the fire was started by a probe sent by a Saiyan space pirate named Turles who has chosen the Earth to plant the Tree of Might which absorbs the life of a planet and converts it into fruit that when eaten, gives the consumer a massive power increase. Turles' henchmen plant the seed and King Kai telepathically warns Goku of the danger. He, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu attempt to destroy the tree using energy blasts but fail and Turles' henchmen attack and overwhelm them. The Earth begins to feel the devastation of the tree's life absorption as water vanishes and plants and animals begin to perish.

Turles confronts Gohan after he realizes the child is part Saiyan and deduces that he is Goku's son, who he states is from the same class of Saiyan warrior and thus explains their strikingly similar appearances. Gohan impresses Turles with his power level and is invited to join his conquest but he refuses and attempts to fight Turles before Piccolo intervenes to rescue him. Turles forces Piccolo to protect Gohan and the Namekian is dispatched. Turles creates an artificial moon and forces Gohan to observe it, causing him to transform into a massive Great Ape, who attacks Goku but is calmed by the appearance of Icarus. Turles injures Icarus with an energy blast causing Gohan to go into a frenzy before Goku severs his son's tail with an energy disc, transforming him back to normal and saving him from Turles' incoming energy blasts. Goku kills Turles' henchmen and engages his evil doppelganger in battle.

Goku bests Turles until he obtains a fully grown piece of fruit from the Tree of Might and consumes it. With the sudden surge of power, Turles overwhelms Goku until his allies come to his aid. As they fight Turles, Goku begins to form a Spirit Bomb, but the Earth, having been drained by the Tree of Might, does not have the energy left to properly fuel Goku's bomb which Turles destroys. However, the energy from the Tree of Might begins to flows into Goku and this allows him to create another, more powerful Spirit Bomb. Goku's new Spirit Bomb ultimately kills Turles and destroys the Tree of Might. The Earth begins to heal as the heroes celebrate their victory.

Cast

Music

• OP (Opening Theme):
  • "Cha-La Head-Cha-La"
    • Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori
    • Music by Chiho Kiyooka
    • Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
    • Performed by Hironobu Kageyama
• ED (Ending Theme):
  • Marugoto (まるごと, "The Whole World")
    • Lyrics by Dai Satō
    • Music by Chiho Kiyooka
    • Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto
    • Performed by Hironobu Kageyama ft. Ammy

Both songs were included on the 1990 compilation Akira Toriyama: The World.

English dub soundtracks

1997

• OP (Opening Theme):
  • "Rock the Dragon"
    • Performed by Jeremy Sweet
• ED (Ending Theme):
  • "End Title"
    • Performed by Jeremy Sweet

The score for the 1997 Saban TV version was composed by Ron Wasserman (although credited to Kussa Mahehi and Shuki Levy for contractual reasons). The background music and opening theme "Rock the Dragon" were recycled from his Saiyan / Namek Saga dub soundtrack.

2006

• OP (Opening Theme):
  • "Dragon Ball Z Movie Theme"
    • Performed by Mark Menza
• ED (Ending Theme):
  • "Dragon Ball Z Movie Theme"
    • Performed by Mark Menza

Funimation's 2006 in-house dub featured a new score by Nathan Johnson. The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

The 1998 Pioneer release, 2003 AB Groupe dub and Speedy Video dub all kept the original Japanese songs and background music.

Images for kids

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  The title card used for Saban's three "The Tree of Might" TV episodes from 1997.

See also

In Spanish: Dragon Ball Z: Chikyū Marugoto Chōkessen para niños