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Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku

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[ prequel of Dragon Ball Z (TV) ]

Alternative title:
DBZ: A Final Solitary Battle! The Z Warrior Son Goku's Father Challenges Furiza
Dragon Ball Z Special 1 : Le père de Sangoku (French)
Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Le origini del mito (Italian)
Dragon Ball Z: El último combate (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: La batalla de Freezer contra el padre de Goku (Spanish)
Dragon Ball Z: O Pai de Goku (Portuguese)
Dragon Ball Z: Tatta Hitori no Seishou Kessen Furiza ni Chounda Z Senshi Songokuu Otosan (Japanese)
Dragon Ball Z:Son-Gokus Vater [Das Bardock Special] (German)
The Lonely Final Battle
ドラゴンボールZ・たったひとりの最終決戦フリーザに挑んだZ戦士孫悟空の父 (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, science fiction
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyajin soldier was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of his race and must now do his best to stop Furiza's impending massacre.
Video:
User Ratings: 760 ratings have been given [details]
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Seen in part or in whole by 2150 users, rank: #231
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.9339 (Good-.06), std. dev.: 1.6365, rank: #1834
Weighted mean: 6.8296 (Good-.17), rank: #1757
Bayesian estimate: 6.83769 (Good-.16), rank: #1524
Running time: 47 minutes
Vintage: 1990-10-17
Opening Theme:
"Cha-La Head-Cha-La" by Hironobu Kageyama
Ending Theme:
"Hikari no Tabi" by Hironobu Kageyama
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Related releases:
    Dragon Ball Z Bardock/Trunks Double Feature BluRay (Blu-Ray) 2008-07-15 (from $21.16)
    Dragon Ball Z Bardok/Trunks Double Feature (DVD) 2008-02-19 (from $16.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Daisuke Nishio

Screenplay:
Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Takao Koyama

Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi

Original Manga: Akira Toriyama

Character Design:
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru
Minoru Maeda

Animation director: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru

Planning:
Kenji Shimizu
Kozo Morishita

Sound Effects: Hidenori Arai

Theme Song Performance: Hironobu Kageyama

 

Masako Nozawa as Bardock

Ryusei Nakao as Freeza

Banjou Ginga as Tooro

Jouji Yanami as Narrator

Kazuyuki Sogabe as Toma

Kinpei Azusa as Son Gohan

Kôzô Shioya as TotaPo

Masako Nozawa as Son Goku

Ryo Horikawa as Vegeta

Sho Hayami as Zarbon

Shozo Iizuka as Nappa

Takeshi Watabe as Pumbukin

Yukitoshi Hori as Dodoria

Yuko Mita as SelyPa

Chie Satou as Saiya-jin C

Hirohiko Kakegawa as Saiya-jin A

Michio Nakao as Saiya-jin E

Shinobu Satouchi as Saiya-jin D

Yuji Machi as Saiya-jin B

Japanese companies 

Broadcaster: Fuji TV

Development: Toei Chemical Industry

Production:
Bird Studio
Toei Animation

Recording Studio: Tavac Studio

Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation


English cast 
English staff 

Script: Christopher Neel

Translation: Steven J. Simmons

Additional Paint Editing:
Byron Watson
Carly Hunter

ADR Looping:
Aaron Davidson
Brian Thomas
Justin Cook

Assistant Editor: Jeremy Jimenez

Assistant Voice Director: John Burgmeier

Closed Captioning Engineer: Jordan Allen

Cover Design: Rick Lebo

Mix Engineer: Evan O'Conner Jones

Subtitling:
Cassie Lancella
Jordan Allen

Version Editor: Daniel Mancilla

Voice Direction: Christopher R. Sabat

Voice Recording Engineer: Moises Vega

Linda Young as Frieza

Sonny Strait as Bardock

Christopher R. Sabat as
Nappa
Vegeta
Zarbon

Linda Young as Fasha

Mike McFarland as Tora

Sean Schemmel as Goku

Stephanie Nadolny as Goku (baby)

Chris Cason as Doctor (Revised Dub)

Christopher R. Sabat as Grandpa Gohan

Chuck Huber as Guard

Dale D. Kelly as Narrator

Kent Williams as Carass Commander

Kyle Hebert as
Horned Gang Leader
Narrator (Revised Dub)

Mark Britten as Doctor

Phil Parsons as Nappa (Revised Dub)

Bart Meyer

Ceyli Delgadillo

Chris Rager

Dameon Clarke

John Burgmeier

Justin Cook

Kyle Hebert

Mark Britten

Mike McFarland

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network
YTV (Canada)

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring: Vision Wise Inc.

Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment

Post Production: FUNimation Entertainment

Recording Studio: FUNimation Studios

French staff 
French cast 

Voice Direction: Pierre Trabaud

 

Patrick Borg as
Baddack
Son Gokû

Philippe Ariotti as Freezer

Brigitte Lecordier as
Son Gokû (baby)
Végéta (child)

Celine Monsarrat as Celipa

Eric Legrand as
Panboukin
Végéta

Georges Lykan as Totepos

Mark Lesser as Zarbon

Philippe Ariotti as
Nappa
Tomas

Pierre Trabaud as
Dodoria
Sangohan (old)

French companies 

ADR Production: SOFI

Broadcaster:
Mangas
MCM

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Dubbing Director: Mario Castañeda (Latin America Dub)

Translation: Ivars Barzdevics (Spain dub)

 

Angel Corpa as Freezer (Spain dub)

Antonio Villar as Bardock (Spain dub)

Enrique Cervantes as Freezer

Mario Castañeda as Bardock

Alberto Hidalgo as Vegeta (Spain dub)

Alejandro Albaiceta as Toma (Spain dub)

Ana Cremades as Goku (Spain dub)

Idilio Cardoso as Tooro (Spain dub)

José Manuel Seda as Zabon (Spain dub)

Rafael Cuevas as Nappa (Spain dub)

Ricardo Brust as Toma

Alberto Hidalgo as
Saiyajin #2 (Spain dub)
Toteppo (Spain dub)

Alejo De La Fuente as
Dodoria (Spain dub)
Saiyajin #1 (Spain dub)

Arturo Mercado as Zabon

Idilio Cardoso as Soldier (Spain dub)

Jorge García Tomé as Narrator (Spain dub)

José Lavat as Narrator

Jose Luis Castañeda as Nappa

Luis Daniel Ramirez as Vegeta (child)

Manuel Duarte as Pambukin (Spain dub)

María Dolores Seco as
Selypa (Spain dub)
Vegeta (Young) (Spain dub)

Ricardo Hill as Dodoria

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
America TV (Perú)
Canal Caracol (Colombia)
Cartoon Network L.A.
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)

Distributor: Cloverway, Inc. (Latin America)

Dubbing Studio:
Alta Frecuencia Sevilla España (Sevilla, Spain)
Intertrack S.A. de C.V. Mexico (Latin America Dub)

DVD Distribution: Manga Films (Spain)

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Thomas-Nero Wolff as Freezer

Tommy Morgenstern as Bardock 

Andreas Müller as Mitarbeiter

Ann Vielhaben as Seripa

Björn Schalla as Bardock

Gerald Paradies as Nappa

Gerd Holtenau as Arzt 1

Helmut Gauss as Dodoria

Jörg Döring as Arzt 2

Klaus Lochthove as Soldat

Oliver Feld as Zarbon

Oliver Siebeck as Vegeta

Rainer Doering as Pambukin

Thomas Schmuckert as Toma

Tommy Morgenstern as Son Goku

Uli Krohm as Tooro

Wolfgang Thal as Grandpa Gohan

German companies 

Distributor: Polyband

Dubbing: MME Studios Berlin

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: José Parisi Jr (Brazil)

 

Afonso Amajones as Zarbon

Carlos Campanile as Freeza

Gilberto Baroli as Dodoria

Rita Almeida as Goku (Young)

Rodrigo Andreatto as Vegeta (Young)

Wellington Lima as Bardock

Alfredo Rollo

Ivo Roberto

Rodrigo Andreatto

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Cartoon Network L.A. (Brasil)

Dubbing Studio: Parisi Vídeo (Brazil)

 
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