Aside from one good fakeout gag near the end and the final boss's admittedly decent character design, this OVA is the bottom of the barrel for Dragon Ball, with a nothing-plot and terrible animation to boot. It's a recap movie for some Super Nintendo RPG, so nobody should really be expecting more out of it, but the worst part is that the backstory lore stuff was almost interesting enough to make it worthwhile. This would have been a pretty good 4-5 episode TV arc if done correctly.
For some reason they remade this later, and removed the video game tie-in stuff... I wonder about it,
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Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku, Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Destroy the Saiyajin
Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ: 外伝・サイヤ人絶滅計画
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Type:
OVA
Episodes:
2
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Jul 23, 1993
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None found, add some
Licensors:
Bandai
Studios:
Toei Animation
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
30 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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So, they made Trunks use an icicle as a sword. Yeah, that was the most memorable part of this OVA.
I mean it's fine, nothing really good about it, but nothing terrible either. So why did I give it a 7/10 instead of 5/10 it deservers? Because like I said before, Trunks using an icicle as a sword is too hilarious and goody for me to not give it an extra 2 points. The OVA that came with the game Raging Blast 2 is basically the same plot as this so go watch that one instead because find that version more entertaining. But sadly, in ... |