Doragon bôru Z: Tatta hitori no saishû kessen ~Furîza ni idonda Z senshi Son Gokû no chichi~
Tags: tragedy, violence

Plot synopsis:
Dragon Ball Z picks up five years after the end of the Dragon Ball anime, with Son Goku as a young adult and father to his son Gohan. A humanoid alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a spacecraft and tracks down Goku, revealing to him that he is his long-lost big brother and that they are members of a nearly extinct extraterrestrial race called the Saiyans (サイヤ人, Saiya-jin). The Saiyans had sent Goku (originally named "Kakarrot") to Earth as an infant to conquer the planet for them, but he suffered a severe head injury soon after his arrival and lost all memory of his mission, as well as his blood-thirsty Saiyan nature. Goku refuses to help Raditz continue the mission, which results in Raditz kidnapping Gohan. Goku decides to team up with his former enemy Piccolo in order to defeat Raditz and save his son, while sacrificing his own life in the process. In the afterlife, Goku trains under Kaiō-sama until he is revived by the Dragon Balls a year later in order to save the Earth from Raditz' comrades; Nappa and the Saiyan prince Vegeta. During the battle Piccolo is killed, along with Goku's allies Yamcha, Tenshinhan and Chaozu, and the Dragon Balls cease to exist because of Piccolo's death. Goku arrives at the battlefield late, but avenges his fallen friends by defeating Nappa with his new level of power. Vegeta himself enters into the battle with Goku and after numerous clashes Goku manages to defeat him as well, with the help of Gohan and his best friend Kuririn. At Goku's request, they spare Vegeta's life and allow him to escape Earth. During the battle, Kuririn overhears Vegeta mentioning the original set of Dragon Balls from Piccolo's home planet Namek (ナメック星, Namekku-sei). While Goku recovers from his injuries at the hospital, Gohan, Kuririn and Goku's oldest friend Bulma depart for Namek in order to use these Dragon Balls to revive their dead friends. However, they discover that Vegeta's superior, the galactic tyrant Lord Freeza, is already there, seeking the Dragon Balls to be granted eternal life. A fully healed Vegeta arrives on Namek as well, seeking the Dragon Balls for himself, which leads to several battles between him and Freeza's henchmen. Realizing he is overpowered, Vegeta teams up with Gohan and Kuririn to fight the Ginyu Force, a team of mercenaries summoned by Freeza. After Goku finally arrives on Namek, the epic battle with Freeza himself comes to a close when Goku transforms into a fabled Super Saiyan (超サイヤ人, Sūpā Saiya-jin) and defeats him.
Upon his return to Earth a year later, Goku encounters a time traveler named Trunks, the future son of Bulma and Vegeta, who warns Goku that two Artificial Humans (人造人間, Jinzōningen, lit. "Artificial Humans") will appear three years later, seeking revenge against Goku for destroying the Red Ribbon Army when he was a child. During this time, an evil life form called Cell emerges and after absorbing two of the Artificial Humans to achieve his "perfect form," holds his own fighting tournament to decide the fate of the Earth, called the "Cell Games". After Goku sacrifices his own life a second time, to no avail, Gohan avenges his father by defeating Cell after ascending to the second level of Super Saiyan. Seven years later Goku, who has been briefly revived for one day and meets his youngest son Goten, and his allies are drawn into a fight by the Kaioshin against a magical being named Majin Buu. After numerous battles resulting in the destruction and recreation of the Earth, Goku (whose life is permanently restored by the Elder Kaioshin) destroys Majin Buu with a Genki Dama attack containing the energy of everyone on Earth. Goku makes a wish for Buu to be reincarnated as a good person and ten years later, at another martial arts tournament, Goku meets Buu's human reincarnation, Uub. Leaving the match between them unfinished, Goku departs with Uub to train him to become Earth's new defender.

Review: Originally broadcast almost 11 yrs ago, this tv special shows how advanced japanese animation is, nowadays people have jumped on the DBZ bandwagon.
Now DBZ is the most popular cartoon out there, and yet it ended almost 6 yrs ago.This special "Story of Bardock" reveals Goku's father and his battle with Freeza, who would be very familiar to DBZ fans.Bardock has dreams of a future son ,Goku who will save the universe from Freeza and all enemies.Bardock at first denies this, thinking he is hallucinating,but when Freeza kills his friends and sets his sight on him, he knows it's more than a dream.Like in the movie Superman, Bardock must send his son Guku, in a space pod so Freeza won't get to him.The final showdown between Bardock and Freeza is memorable along with the action.Goku would later become a great warrior and avenge his father by killing Freeza.Later Freeza's brother, Koola would seek revenge on Goku.As you can see what makes DBZ great are it's complex stories and it always follows up to the events in it.Great DBZ special..
Bardock - you rule, baby!!.
Well, I only saw this two days ago for the first time - and as a newly recruited Dragonball Z fan (that is, a solid fan for the past 2 years), I have to say that this was fantastic.
Bardock was beautiful (and that is a term I only usually use for Piccolo and Vegeta).
I have to say, that at the start, I couldn't see much resemblance between Bardock's personality and Kakarot's (Goku's).
But as the film progresses, you can't help but notice the same self-sacrificing and caring nature they both share  although Bardock's was kinda buried.
They are both willing to die for the people and planet that they love.
And Vegeta!
Well, he was beautiful.
Very true to character  arrogant and proud.
(I'd like to take a moment here and point out how sorry I feel for Vegeta, named after his father and his planet!).
As was Frieza.
I couldn't help but find myself despising that cold-hearted lizard all over again  and I must admit I had a great laugh when he was defeated by Goku on Namek (albeit temporarily) and permanently by Trunks on Earth.
But anyway, all I have to say is that this is a classic piece of Dragonball Z work..
Normally, Dragonball Z movies have weak plots, horrible dubbing, censorship up the wazoo, and pretty useless fighting.
However, this one is an excellent example of what the movies SHOULD have been like.Bardock is a saiyan who, like everyone else on his home planet Vegeta, works for Freeza.
One day, his team of low-level soldiers take out a planet that was giving even Freeza's highest elite teams a run for their money.
However, the last survivor curses Bardock by giving him the power to see the future.Bardock begins to dream about Goku's future back on Vegeta, while the rest of his team is sent to another planet on Freeza's orders.
Bardock dreams that Goku will become a great warrior, but thinks nothing of it.
However, as the plot unfolds, and he learns what Freeza is planning, he realizes that Goku will be the only hope for the universe someday.The stuff I can't give away is what really makes the plot so wonderful.
There are only a few fights, but that's to be expected; the plot is the main focus here.
However, two fights do stand out: a little Vegeta destroys a bunch of Saibamen, and Bardock's final confrontation with Freeza.
Overall, I recommend that any moderate to hardcore DBZ fan get this movie sometime.
Trust me, you won't regret it..
The best Dragon Ball Z Movie There Ever Was..
Bardock the Father of Goku is a great DBZ Movie because you learn everything about what happened before the series and all the secrets of Goku's past.It's a very good movie, I saw this movie with my brother at his dorm at a college campus and I downloaded the movie to on my pc.
The untold story of Goku's dad..
Goku's father, Bardock was a low ranking Saiyan soldier working for Frieza along with the rest of the Saiyan.
His son, Goku was only an infant and is being schedule to be sent to Earth to destroy.
But little did his dad know, is that his son will be a savor for the Earth in years to come.This tells the full story of Bardock, who was only mentioned briefly in the anime.
As well as featuring familiar characters including Nappa, a Young Vegeta, Zarbon, Frieza, and Grandpa Gohan.It's highly recommended for those who want to see what Bardock was really like, and what was his thoughts on the son he hardly seen or knew in person..
Another Great DBZ Special.
Another Great DBZ Special.
Another Great DBZ Special.
Originally broadcast almost 11 years ago, this tv special shows how advanced japanese animation is, nowadays people have jumped on the DBZ bandwagon.This special "Story of Bardack" reveals Goku's father and his battle with Freeza, who would become a familiar character to DBZ fans.Freeza would die and later get resurrected numerous times as well as Goku.The story mainly is about Freeza killing of of Bardack's friends when he finds out Bardack is a super saiyan.
Bardack has dreams that he will have a son who is a mighty warrior.
Soon  he realizes this dreams are real when Freeza target s him.
Bardacks knows he has to protect his futher son, and so like in the movie "Superman" Goku is sent in a space pod, to live on Earth and avenge his father Bardack.Great DBZ special..
The Sins of the Saiyans.
Another one of the recently re-released TV DBZ movies, and one of the few 45 minute features with a real story.
This one centers around the back story behind the Frieza's betrayal and untimely genocide of the Saiyans.
The main reason to see this, overall, to see how much of a bad ass Goku's father(Sonny Strait) was!
But on a serious note, this movie is great because it shows the barbarity of the Saiyans without sugar coating it at all.
And yet we still sympathy for them, personified mostly threw Vegeta, who we see as a child here.
Very early on we see the greater evil of Frieza, who is as menacing as ever.Very good voice acting throughout, and a flowing story as well.
The action is brutal, bloody and just plain awesome to boot.
This movie is an essential if you're a fan and for animation and anime fans in general..
Best DBZ Movie Ever!!!.
This story is number one out of all fifteen of them.It tells about Goku's father who was given psychic powers while on a mission.Bardock appears a couple of times in the TV episodes during the frieza saga and this tells all of bardock's story.Now i understand why they showed him in the series and in the beginning of movie number five.I hope everyone else likes it as much as i did.It's better than outlaw star movies.We learn how grandpa gohan found goku and why named him that.A good movie for people of all ages.A great back story like the history of trunks was.Rent or buy it someday.I give it a 10 out of 10.=It's too bad they don't show re-runs every day on toonami like the old days.The plot is great,no sex or curse words.i wish that they would have showed it when i was a kid.better than the gay crap they have on nowadays like Lupin the 3rd ,ben 10,that Yu-Gi-Oh rip-off Duel Masters,Megas XLR or naruto.It's on par with Tenchi Muyo,Yu-Gi-Oh,Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho.Watch when it's on TV again and you m,ight agree with me..
Where it all began.
Can you guess where I'm going with this?
That's right, I'm going to watch the whole "Dragon Ball" anime, that includes "Z", "GT", and "Super".
So I figured I should start where the anime canon begins, with "Father of Goku".
For only being 40-some minutes long, they cram a lot in it.
The story's good, dark, and is a fine note for me to start the series on.
I tried covering a previous anime, "Yu Yu Hakusho", some months ago, but I watched and reviewed it from the perspective of it just being another animated show.
I'll get back to that show soon, but for now, I'll be covering "Dragon Ball" different.
A lot of the episode ratings will be arbitrary, and I won't be posting reviews for many of them.
I might post one at the end of a saga, just to recap, but this'll be a much more passive time for me in terms of reviews.
Every 10 episodes or so I'll take a break and watch a PPV or something unrelated, just so I don't burn myself out.
This is gonna be an adventure to say the least, but with Goku and friends at my side, I'm up for it.