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Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power

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Alternative title:
Bola de Drac: El Camí cap a el més fort
Dragon Ball - O caminho do poder (Portuguese)
Dragon Ball Special - La nascita degli eroi (Italian)
Dragon Ball Tenth Anniversary Special
Dragon Ball The Movie - Il cammino dell'eroe (Italian) 
Dragon Ball The Movies: The Way to the Strongest
Dragon Ball Z Movie 14
Dragon Ball: El camino hacia el más fuerte (Spanish)
Dragon Ball: Il cammino dell'eroe (Italian)
Dragon Ball: L'Armée du ruban rouge (French)
Dragon Ball: La nascita degli eroi (Italian)
Dragon Ball: Saikyou e no Michi (Japanese)
ドラゴンボール 最強への道 (Japanese)
七龍珠 邁向最強之路 (Chinese (Taiwan))
드래곤볼: 최강으로 가는 길 (Korean)
Plot Summary: 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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User Ratings: 389 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 23 votes (dub:15, sub:7, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 38 votes (dub:18, sub:16, ?:1, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
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 Very good: 80 votes (dub:41, sub:32, raw:2, others:5
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 121 votes (sub:67, dub:40, ?:4, others:10
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 70 votes (dub:36, sub:29, ?:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:17, dub:9, raw:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
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 Not really good: 14 votes (dub:7, sub:5, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
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 Weak: 9 votes (sub:5, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (dub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1543 users, rank: #798 (of 9791)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.977 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6451, rank: #4129 (of 9927)
Weighted mean: 6.880 (Good), rank: #4302 (of 9927) (seen all: 6.90 / seen some: 5.55)
Bayesian estimate: 6.899 (Good), rank: #3868 (of 7497)
Running time: 79 minutes
Vintage: 1996
Premiere date:
1996-03-04 (Japan)
Ending Theme:
"DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ku" by Field of View
Review:
Dragon Ball Movies DVD Box Set (Movies 2-4) DVD (Mar 26, 2008)
News: Show:
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DVD (Region 1)
    Dragon Ball - Movie 4: The Path to Power [Edited] (DVD) 2003-04-29 (from $33.32)
    Dragon Ball - Movie 4: The Path to Power [Uncut] (DVD) 2003-04-29
    Dragon Ball - Movie Box [Movies 2-4] (DVD) 2005-12-06 (from $68.01)
    Dragon Ball - Movie Box [Movies 2-4] (DVD) 2008-02-12 (from $35.99)
    Dragon Ball - Complete Collection Movie 4 Pack (DVD) 2011-02-08 (from $42.24)
VHS
    Dragon Ball - Movie 4: The Path to Power [Edited] (Dub.VHS) 2003-04-29
    Dragon Ball - Movie 4: The Path to Power [Uncut] (Dub.VHS) 2003-04-29

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Screenplay: Aya Matsui
Music: Akihito Tokunaga
Original author: Akira Toriyama
Original Manga: Akira Toriyama
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Animation Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Art design: Tadanao Tsuji
Director of Photography: Masaru Sakanishi
Executive producer:
Tan Takaiwa
Tomio Anzai (Shueisha)
Tsutomu Tomari

Art Advancement: Hiroshi Misono
Assistant Animation Director:
Akio Serita
Akira Inagami
Hitoshi Inaba
Kazuya Hisada
Kazuya Komai
Masahiro Shimanuki
Naoki Miyahara
Naoyuki Itō
Seizō Toma
Takaaki Yamashita
Takeo Ide
Toshiyuki Kanno
Yoshihiro Kitano
Yoshikazu Tomita
Assistant Director:
Hideki Hiroshima
Munehisa Sakai
Takahiro Imamura
Tatsuya Nagamine
Background Art:
Aya Shimizu
Eiko Sawada
Junichi Taniguchi
Kaori Fujii
Keita Suzuki
Keito Watanabe
Ken Tokushige
Kenji Matsumoto
Koji Sakaki
Masato Itō
Mitsuo Yoshino
Miyuki Satō
Morihito Ōhara
Nobuaki Ishihara
Sadako Minamisawa
Tomoko Takahashi
Tsuneo Ozeki
CG:
Akio Suzuki
Atsuhiko Tanaka
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Masayuki Iida
Mutsuhiro Harada
Takanobu Kimura
Chief Production Supervisor:
Tan Takaiwa
Tomio Anzai
Tsutomu Tomari
Color design: Satoko Asai
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Finish Check:
Ayumi Tada
Susumu Kuroda
Takehiro Maeda
Yōko Sakamoto
Finishing Advancement: Keiji Inoue
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Iwai
Azusa Dote
Chieko Kohara
Chikayuki Abe
Etsuko Shinohara
Hisako Matsuda
Hisashi Umahama
Ichirō Mutō
Junnosuke Kawaguchi
Kazuko Kiriyama
Kei Kunii
Kumi Nakajō
Kyōko Satō
Kyouko Arita
Miho Tachibana
Mika Sato
Misa Watanabe
Miyoko Yamada
Noriko Tanaka
Rumiko Ōmiya
Takako Shirakawa
Teruko Akama
Tomoyuki Minagawa
Tsutomu Yamamoto
Yasuko Miyazaki
Yōko Matsushima
Yoshiko Kuriihara
Yuka Takemori
Yumiko Kanno
Yuya Kishi
In-Between Check:
Emi Noguchi
Kumiko Horikoshi
Maki Yamada
Michiko Nagatomi
Nobuyuki Harada
Key Animation:
Akemi Ueda
Akio Uchino
Chūji Nakajima
Fujio Oda
Hideki Kubo
Hideki Takahashi
Hirohide Shikishima
Hisashi Nakayama
Hitoshi Kamata
Jun Takagi
Katsuichi Nakayama
Kazue Kinoshita
Kazuo Takigawa
Kazuya Hisada
Kazuya Komai
Kazuya Miura
Ken Ueno
Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Kōji Nashizawa
Mamoru Hosoda
Masahiro Aizawa
Masahiro Naoi
Masahiro Shimanuki
Masami Suda
Miharu Irie 
Minoru Murao
Mitsuru Aoyama
Naoki Tate
Naotoshi Shida
Naoyuki Itō
Noboru Koizumi
Nobuhiro Masuda
Nobushige Nagasaki
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa
Osamu Ishikawa
Ryutarou Shimakawa
Shigenobu Nagasaki
Shigeo Matoba
Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Takaaki Yamashita
Takahiro Kuroishi
Takashi Abe
Takashi Honda
Toshiyuki Kanno
Yasuhiko Ōyama
Yasuhiro Hayashi
Yōichi Ōnishi
Yoshihiro Kitano
Yoshihiro Watanabe
Yoshitaka Yashima
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa
Yūki Kinoshita
Negative Editing: Yoshihiro Asō
Paint:
Aiko Seguchi
Keiko Yoshizawa
Masae Motohashi
Shinichi Toyonaga
Yasuko Sugano
Yukimi Toyonaga
Photography:
Jun Hamaki
Masao Shimizu
Masatoshi Fukui
Motoi Takahashi
Satoshi Nakae
Shigeru Andō
Takeshi Koyano
Takumi Wakao
Tamio Hosoda
Tetsuya Numako
Toshiharu Takei
Yoshitada Ishii
Yoshiyuki Tashiro
Yukio Katayama
Yumiko Kajiwara
Planning:
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Kōzō Morishita
Seiichi Hiruta
Production Advancement:
Kiichirō Yamada
Kouichi Hirose
Nobuyuki Kurihara
Yukio Noda
Production manager: Ryūichi Sugimoto
Publicity:
Mikiaki Iwanami
Mitsue Aida
Reiko Hoshi
Toshiyuki Hoshi
Recording: Kenji Ninomiya
Recording Assistant: Hiroyuki Shibue
Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai (Fizz Sound Creation)
Special Effects:
Chiaki Hirao
Masayuki Kawachi
Nobuhiro Shimokawa
Shōji Satō
Toshio Katsuoka
Yoshiaki Okada
Technical Assistant: Mikio Mori
Theme Song Arrangement: Takeshi Hayama
Theme Song Composition: Tetsuro Oda
Theme Song Lyrics: Izumi Sakai
Theme Song Performance: Field of View
Trace: Yōko Ōhori
Xerograph:
Sachiko Torimoto
Tomoko Totsuka
Masako Nozawa as Son Goku

Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma
Jouji Yanami as Narrator
Kenji Utsumi as Shenlong
Kinya Aikawa as Kame Sennin
Naoki Tatsuta as Oolong
Naoko Watanabe as Pu'erh
Tōru Furuya as Yamcha

Bin Shimada as Blue
Daisuke Gouri as Umigame
Hirohiko Kakegawa as White
Hisao Egawa as Metallic
Kenji Utsumi as Red
Masaharu Satō as Black
Naoko Watanabe as Colonel Violet
Shōzō Iizuka as Hatchan
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Mike McFarland
Script: Jared Hedges
Translation: Clyde Mandelin
Executive producer:
Cindy Brennan Fukunaga
Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Barry Watson
Daniel Cocanougher

ADR Engineer: Aaron Hatch
Animation/Paint Editing:
Aaron Davidson
Byron Watson
Derrik Poitevint
DVD Authoring:
John Andreas (2011 DVD release)
Matthew O'Hara (2011 DVD release)
Trace Furniss (2011 DVD release)
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan (2011 DVD release)
Jacob Martin (2011 DVD release)
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio:
Christopher R. Sabat
Gino Palencia (2011 DVD release)
DVD Menu Design:
Bill Townsley
Young Wang (2011 DVD release)
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp (2011 DVD release)
DVD Quality Control:
Caesar Lopez (2011 DVD release)
Christine Bertolino (2011 DVD release)
DJ Fonner (2011 DVD release)
Jason Gee (2011 DVD release)
Jesse Kirstein (2011 DVD release)
Kris Bryan (2011 DVD release)
Rob Schindlbeck (2011 DVD release)
Mix Engineer: Evan Jones
Mixing Assistant: Neal Malley
Production Assistant:
Alese Watson (DVD)
Brian Thomas (DVD)
Jeremy Newton (DVD)
Jessie Mancilla
Matthew Piersall
Richie DeMeglio
Shane Ray
Tyler Walker
Production Supervision:
Carly Hunter
Susie Nixon (2011 DVD release)
Script Supervision: Jeremy Carlile
Subtitling:
Ashley Hayward (2011 DVD release)
Ben Phillips (2011 DVD release)
Freddie Arnold (2011 DVD release)
Jon Uzzel (2011 DVD release)
Talent Coordination: Patti Nichol-Ringler
Telecine Colorist: Steve Franko (Video Post & Transfer)
Version Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Stephanie Nadolny as Son Goku

Brad Jackson as Oolong
Brice Armstrong as Narrator
Christopher R. Sabat as
Shenron
Yamcha
Mike McFarland as Kame Sennin 
Monika Antonelli as Puar
Tiffany Vollmer as Bulma

Aaron Hatch as Red Ribbon Pilot B
Chris Rager as Sergeant Metallic 
Christopher Bevins as Red Ribbon Pilot A
Christopher R. Sabat as
Commander Black
Umigame 
John Burgmeier as Muscle Tower Operator
Josh Martin as Commander Red
Justin Cook as Red Ribbon Scout
Kasey Buckley as Colonel Violet
Kyle Hebert as General White
Mike McFarland as
Android 8
Muscle Tower Commando
Sonny Strait as
Commander Blue
Red Ribbon Pilot C

Aaron Hatch
Christopher Bevins
John Burgmeier
Justin Cook
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia)
Dubbing: FUNimation Studios
DVD Authoring: Vision Wise, Inc.
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
Post Production: FUNimation Entertainment
French cast
French staff
(none)
Brigitte Lecordier as Sangoku

Antoine Nouel as Yamcha
Celine Monsarrat as Bulma
Gérard Surugue as Tortue Géniale
Mathieu Buscatto as Black
Philippe Ariotti as Oolong

Gérard Surugue as N°8
Jean-François Laley as le narrateur
Patrice Keller as White
Serge Bourrier as Colonel Rouge
Vincent Barazzoni as
Blue
Plume
French companies
ADR Production: SOFI
Broadcaster: Mangas
Distributor: AK Video
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Mario Castañeda
Executive producer:
Carolina Marina Costanzi (Entertainment Supplies)
Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Luis de Val (Manga Films)
Laura Torres as Goku
Mònica Padrós as Son Goku (Catalan dub)

Enric Serra Frediani as Tortuga de Mar (Catalan dub)
Isabel Martiñon as Bulma
Luisita Soler as Puar (Catalan dub)
Miquel Bonet as Oolong (Catalan dub)
Oscar Muñoz as Yamsha (Catalan dub)
Roser Contreras as Bulma (Catalan dub)
Vicens Manuel Doménech as Follet Tortuga 'Mutenroshi' (Catalan dub) 

Abel Rocha as Shen Long
Claudi García as General Suprem Red (Catalan dub)
Cristina Camargo as Puar
Enric Cusí as General Blue (Catalan dub)
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as
General Black (Catalan dub)
Narrador (Catalan dub)
Ernesto Lezama as Oglong
Félix Benito as Follet Tortuga (Catalan Dub)
Herman Lopez as Turtle
Jesus Collin as Master Roshi
Joaquin Martal as Narrator
Jordi Royo as General White (Catalan dub)
Jose Luis Castañeda as General Black
Maria Lluïsa Magaña as Coronel Violeta (Catalan Dub)
Mario Sauret as Octavio (Hatchan)
Norbert Ibero as A-8 'Hashan' (Catalan dub)
Oscar Flores as Yamcha
Rafael Rivera as General White
Roberto Sen as Commander Red
Salvador Delgado as General Blue

Joan Gibert (Catalan dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network L.A.
Cinema Golden Choice (DirectTV Latin America)
Citytv (Colombia)
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)
Tooncast (Latin America)
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Distributor:
Cloverway
Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD)
Dubbing: Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico
DVD Distribution: Manga Films (Spain)
Internet Streaming: iTunes (Latin America)
Licensed by:
Entertainment Supplies (Argentina)
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2009)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Fabrizio Mazzotta (1st edition)
Paolo Torrisi (2nd edition)

Dialogues:
Manuela Scaglione (2nd edition)
Tullia Piredda (2nd edition)
Mixing: Moreno Grossi Pometti (2nd edition)
Synchronization: Giancarlo Martino (2nd edition)
Transcription: Stefano Di Modugno (2nd edition)
Video Post-Production: Marco Sestan (2nd edition)
Diego Sabre as Iamko (Yamcha; 2nd edition)
Emanuela Pacotto as Bulma (2nd edition)
Ennio Coltorti as Commander Red (1st edition)
Enrico Bertorelli as Commander Red (2nd edition)
Francesca Guadagno as Bulma (1st edition)
Lorenzo De Angelis as Goku (1st edition)
Mario Bombardieri as Secretary Black (1st edition)
Mario Scarabelli as Genio delle Tartarughe (Muten; 2nd edition)
Oliviero Dinelli as Muten (1st edition)
Patrizia Scianca as Goku (2nd edition)
Stefano Albertini as Secretary Black (2nd edition)
Vittorio Guerrieri as Yamcha (1st edition)

Claudio Moneta as General Blue (2nd edition)
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Olong (1st edition)
Federica Valenti as Pual (2nd edition)
Ilaria Latini as Pual (1st edition)
Marco Baroni as General Blue (1st edition)
Marco Pagani as General White (2nd edition)
Mario Scarabelli as Narrator (2nd edition)
Mario Zucca as
Sergeant Metallic (2nd edition)
Shenron (2nd edition)
Michele Kalamera as Narrator (1st edition)
Neri Marcoré as Shenron (1st edition)
Paolo Buglioni as General White (1st edition)
Pietro Ubaldi as Android n° 8 (2nd edition)
Riccardo Peroni as Oscar (Olong; 2nd edition)
Saverio Indrio as Android n° 8 (1st edition)
Tony Fuochi as Umigame (2nd edition)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 2 (2nd edition)
Italia Teen Television (2nd edition)
Rai 2 (1st edition)
Distributor:
DeAgostini (DVD, 2nd edition)
Dynamic Italia (VHS, 1st edition)
Dubbing:
CAR FILM - Roma (1st edition)
Merak Film (2nd edition)
Translation: C.I.T.I. (2nd edition)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Ann Vielhaben as Son Goku

Sonja Spuhl as Bulma
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Paulo Espirito Santo as Goku (Portugal)
Ursula Bezerra as Goku

Angelica Santos as Oolong
Daoiz Cabezudo as Narrador
Gileno Santoro as Mestre Kame
Guilherme Lopes as Androide 8
João Loy as
Red (Portugal)
Tartaruga (Portugal)
Márcio Araújo as Yamcha
Mário Jorge as Tartaruga
Nuno Rosário as
C-8 (Portugal)
Oolong (Portugal)
Yamcha (Portugal)
Paulo Espirito Santo as Black (Portugal)
Rita Almeida as Pual
Tânia Gaidarji as Bulma
Wellington Lima as General Black

Cristina Cavalinhos as Bulma (PT)
Dora Cruz as Puar (Portugal)
Emerson Caperbat as General White
Isabel de Sá as Comandante Violet
Luiz Carlos de Moraes as General Red
Márcio Sharrembroich as Narrator
Mauro Castro as
Metallic
Shen-Long
Paulo Espirito Santo as
Dragão Sagrado (Shenron; Portugal)
Narrator (Portugal)
Sílvio Giraldi as General Blue
Tatá Guarnieri as General White
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network Brasil
Dubbing Studio: DPN (Brazil)
Internet Streaming: iTunes (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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