Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn

Fusion Reborn!! Gokū and Vegeta
Japanese box art
Written by	Takao Koyama (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū / Son Goten / Son Gohan) Tesso Genda (Jan'emba) Takeshi Kusao (Trunks) Yūko Minaguchi (Videl) Ryo Horikawa (Vegeta) Daisuke Ghori (Mr. Satan / Enma Daiou) Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma) Naoko Watanabe (Chi Chi) Hikaru Midorikawa (Paikuhan) Ryuusei Nakao (Freeza) Toku Nishio (South Kaio) Keiko Yamamoto (East Kaio) Bin Shimada (West Kaio) Saikachi Ryuuji (Dai Kaio) Kenji Utsumi (Shenron) Joji Yanami (North Kaio / Narration)
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release dates	March 4, 1995
Running time	55 minutes
Language	Japanese

Fusion Reborn!! Gokū and Vegeta (復活のフュージョン!!悟空とベジータ, Fukkatsu no fyūjon!! Gokū to Bejīta) is the twelvth movie based on the Dragon Ball Z anime. FUNimation's title is Fusion Reborn. It was originally released in Japan on March 4 1995. It was again released to select theaters March 17, 2006, making it the first Dragon Ball movie to be released theatrically in the United States. Following that, it had been released March 28th, 2006 in North America on DVD. Template:Spoilers

Outline

This movie is set in the middle of the Majin Buu Saga. It shows a teenage "psyche ogre" guarding an evil-purification machine, but he is distracted with his heavy metal music. He accidentally doesn't pay attention and the machine gets too full and breaks, releasing the souls of all evil beigns back into the world. As a result, on Earth, many of the dead have been brought back to life, (previous villains from Dragon Ball Z series and movies) and Videl and Son Gohan are summoned to take care of them.

Bulma and the others gather the Dragon Balls, and summon Shenlong. They wish for all the souls to return to the underworld, but Shenron informs them that he does not have power over the realm of the dead, and that something is wrong there and only Lord Enma can solve the problem.. Son Goten defies his power, but Trunks covers his mouth.

In the Other World, Son Goku and Paikuhan are sparring, but are called to go to Lord Yemma and see whats going on. When they arrive, they find that Hell has been changed into a colorful, weird world filled with colorful stones. Emma has been imprisoned in a barrier, and the teenager has become a big ugly monster named Jan'emba. Pikkon attempts to break the barrier, and Goku begins fighting the monster. The monster has strange powers that allow him to defy reality(such as creating a portal to punch through that leads right to Goku), and even as a Super Saiyan 2 Goku is losing. He then powers up to Super Saiyan 3 and can defeat the monster.

On Earth, Mr. Satan is winning over the Zombies. Freeza arrives shortly after Son Gohan and Videl get rid of a large group of zombies and Freeza starts to taunt Gohan. However, Gohan defeats him and all the other villains, while Goten and Trunks fight Hitler's army. In the other world, Paikuhan discovers that cursing at the ice causes it to break, and the monster which Goku thought he had defeated has transformed into a smaller, more powerful form. He makes a sword, and starts to easily beat Goku. He traps him in a triangular cage, then cuts it down to just fit Goku.

Vegeta comes to help Goku. He starts to fight Jan'emba , but is no match for him. Vegeta becomes weak. Goku breaks out of Blood Pond to help, but also is defeated. Both Goku and Vegeta take cover in a cage of spikes.

Goku knows they cannot win as separate entities, so he suggests using the fusion technique. Vegeta becomes skeptical, first off that the pose for the Fusion Dance is embarrassing, and furthermore tells him he would rather die than to fuse with a low class Saiyan. But Goku calmly retorts that Vegeta already is dead. Goku persuades him to agree, and then they try the Fusion Dance. Vegeta, however, fails to extend his forefinger at the last second, and Veku is created. This fighter is weak and can do little but fart in Jan'emba's face. Right when Jan'emba is about to destroy him, the Fusion runs out and Goku and Vegeta escape. Vegeta curses Goku, saying Fusion is useless, but Goku points out that it is Vegeta's fault. They re-attempt the Fusion Dance; this time it is successful.

Back on Earth, Goten and Trunks sense their dads fusing, and also fuse to create Gotenks. Gotenks defeats Hitler's army with Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack x 100 Ghosts in one shot. Gogeta is formed, and he defeats Jan'emba with his deadly attack: the Soul Punisher/Stardust Breaker(as it's called in Budokai Tenkaichi). As a result, the teenage demon returns. Scared by Gogeta, he runs away. Hell is returned to normal and Emma-Daiō is freed. Gogeta defuses, and Vegeta must go back. Goku and Paikuhan return to the Great Kai Planet. All of the souls are returned to the machine, which is restored.

On Earth, Gohan, Goten, Videl and Trunks are returning home. Goten and Trunks know who it was that saved them, but refuse to tell anyone. Meanwhile, Shenron remains summoned, and asks if anyone still wants to use the wish.

Characters

• Gogeta
• Goku
• Goten
• Janemba
• Pikkon
• Trunks
• Vegeta
• Vaku
• Gotenks
• Son Gohan
• Videl
• The Kais
• The Dictator

Continuity

As with most Dragon Ball Z movies, this movie does not fit into the continuity of the television show. Obviously, it is set in the time when both Gokū and Vegeta are dead, and after Trunks and Goten learn how to fuse. In the continuity of the show, everyone would be preoccupied with fighting Majin Buu. The movie is possibly meant to have Jan'emba as an altenate version of Majin Buu, as they have several similarities (start in a fat childish form then change to very evil small form, very strange powers, seeming invincibility). Goku slightly mentions Majin Buu in the movie however after transforming into his Super Saiyan 3 form.

In the videogame Dragon Ball Z: Buu's Fury, an attempt to merge the two stories is made when Goku and Vegeta fuse and kill Jan'emba in the underworld. However, this only allows continuity in the underworld and not in the living world, where all of the souls have escaped into the world. It is noted that Jan'emba was incorporated in the game as well, long before the movie was released in the US on 3/28/06.

When Shenron is summoned in this movie, he states that he can grant Gohan and the others 3 wishes. Only Porunga, the Namekian dragon, has the power to grant three wishes. Shenron has only been able to grant one wish through Kami's dragonballs and two wishes through Dende's dragonballs.

North American DVD Features

• Full-Screen English "2.0 Stereo" dub with optional subtitles.
• Full-Screen English "5.1 Dolby Surround Sound" dub with optional subtitles (same subtitle track as above).
• Full-Screen Uncut Japanese version (in Mono) with optional, English translated subtitles.
• Interactive DVD Menus.
• Scene Selection.
• Character Profiles on 12 different characters in the movie.
• FUNimation Trailers advertising DragonBall Z, the DragonBall Z TCG, the "Z" Store, Mr. Stain, and Degrassi.

Music

• OP
  1. "WE GOTTA POWER"
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyooka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

• ED
  1. "Saikyō no Fyūjon" (The Mightiest Fusion)
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Tetsuji Hayashi, Arrangement: Yūzō Hayashi, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

External links

• Announcement on FUNimationFilms