Doragon Bôru Z [12]: Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Gokuu to Vegeta

• Japan • 1995 • 51m •

• Directed by: Shigeyasu Yamauchi. • Starring: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao, Daisuke Gôri, Hiromi Tsuru, Naoko Watanabe, Yûko Minaguchi, Hikaru Midorikawa, Jôji Yanami, Toku Nishio, Bin Shimada, Keiko Yamamoto, Ryûji Saikachi. • Music by: Nathan Johnson, Shunsuke Kikuchi.

When a worker at King Yemma's spiritual check-in station is accidentally covered in spiritual waste, he is transformed into a powerful monster named Janemba, who destroys the barrier between the real world and Other World, allowing the dead to walk the Earth. As the living Z Fighters fend off the dead, it is up to Goku, Pikkon, and Vegeta to stop Janemba.

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After the horrible movie eleven, I thought good DBZ films were gone for good. Luckily, this one proves me wrong. From the looks of it, this film takes place shortly after the events of the eleventh movie, and focuses on the DBZ characters who are still dead at this point(Goku, Vegeta, and the anime-exclusive Paikuhan). When the evil spirits take over one careless soul, they cause the afterlife to get screwed up, as well as dead souls to come back to life. Frieza once again returns to screw with everybody's heads(how many times do they have to kill him!?), and is of course killed again. Goku fights it out with the evil spirits, which have taken the form of a demon named Janemba, but after he changes into his second form our hero is defeated. Vegeta shows up and saves Goku at the last minute, but he too is beaten. Goku then realizes that there's only one way for them to beat Janemba: Fusion.

This film is a good balance of action and humor, unlike the horrible movie 7. The fights are good, but the comedy is even better! Funny scenes include a reunion between Romeo and Juliet(apparently, Romeo didn't die in this timeline), Hitler trying to take over the world again, and fighting Goten and Trunks as a result(I love it when he calls them punks when they go SSJ and he thinks they dyed their hair!), and a funny nod to Captain Ginyu the Frog. However, the icing on the cake is when Goku and Vegeta try to fuse. They fail the first time, creating an idiotic, fat Gogeta. As a result, we get a HILARIOUS scene of Fat Gogeta getting beaten up by Janemba. This scene is so funny! I never remember laughing so much! This scene alone is worth the price of the film!

There's only one real complaint I have. Gogeta(after being fused correctly) beats Janemba too quickly. I would have loved seeing a long, cool fight scene between the two. But with the humor, it can be overlooked.

BOTTOM LINE: You will be laughing your head off.

Review by SSJAniFan from the Internet Movie Database.

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