The third DBZ film, “A Super Decisive Battle for Earth” or “The Tree of Might”, holds a special place in my heart as, for whatever reason, I’ve always loved Turles / Tullece as a villain. I think it was the voice work for the original pre-FUNimation dub of the film that sold it, and then when I got into the Japanese dub hearing Masako Nozawa do an evil version of her Goku voice didn’t hurt my opinion either. Much later on I found out that all of the “Tullece Crusher Corps.” had a paragraph of backstory written for them as well, weirdly fleshing them out too. But fun villain cast aside, is there much else to like about Movie 3? Let’s find out!

Continue reading →

The second DBZ movie, titled “The World’s Strongest Guy” in Japan and just “The World’s Strongest” in English speaking markets (one of the least edited titles of the bunch!) sees Goku and co. take on Dr. Wheelo, a scientist who has put his large brain in an equally large mech and wishes to transplant it into the world’s strongest body… for some reason. I mean, if he’s a scientist rather than a fighter I don’t really get the appeal, but whatever! It gives us Goku, Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin at their Saiyan Arc levels of power and throws in some love for Master Roshi while it’s at it, so it can’t be all bad. Let’s take a look!

Continue reading →