Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might is one of several English dubs of ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦. It was aired in syndication in three parts over a two-week period in November 1997, between the 45th and 46th episodes of the edited Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. It later aired as a compiled movie on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, on January 29, 1999, and was shown at least seven more times through 2001. This version never got a home release until 2013, when Funimation released the Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Edition DVD box set, which included the Ocean dub episodes and movies as they were aired on Toonami.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Goku
|
Ian James Corlett | |
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Master Roshi
| ||
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Piccolo
|
Scott McNeil | |
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Gohan
|
Saffron Henderson | |
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Krillin
|
Terry Klassen | |
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Oolong
|
Alec Willows | |
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King Kai
|
Don Brown | |
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Bubbles
|
Doug Parker | |
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Icarus
| ||
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Yamcha
|
Ted Cole | |
|
Tien Shinhan
|
Matt Smith | |
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Chiaotzu
|
Cathy Weseluck | |
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Puar
| ||
| Little Girl | |||
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Chi-Chi
|
Laara Sadiq | |
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Bulma
|
Lalainia Lindbjerg | |
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Turles
|
Ward Perry | |
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Cacao
|
Alvin Sanders | |
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Amond
|
Paul Dobson | |
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Daiz
|
Scott McNeil | |
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Lakasei
|
Alec Willows | |
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Rasin
|
Don Brown | |
|
Shenron
| ||
Narrator
|
Doc Harris (transitional scenes, televised version only) | ||
| Technical staff | |||
Produced by
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FUNimation Productions, Inc. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Executive Producers
|
Gen Fukunaga | ||
| Cindy Brennan Fukunaga | |||
Producers
|
Daniel Cocanougher | ||
| Barry Watson | |||
Director
|
Barry Watson | ||
Writers
|
Chris Forbis | ||
| Gregg Hurwitz | |||
| Terry Klassen | |||
| Ian Corlett | |||
| Christopher Neel | |||
Voice Director
|
Karl Willems | ||
Casting Coordinator
|
Janet Willoughby | ||
Recording Engineer
|
Rob Crang | ||
Assistant Engineer
|
Chris Farley | ||
Dialogue Editors
|
Gina Mueller | ||
| Trevor Smith | |||
SFX Editors
|
Matthew Wilson | ||
| Tim Bavis | |||
| David Koop | |||
Re-Recording Mixer
|
Gina Mueller | ||
Production Coordinator
|
Diana Gage | ||
Produced in Association with
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The Ocean Group Vancouver | ||
Music by
|
Shuki Levy | ||
| Kossa Mahchi | |||
Music Produced by
|
Ron Wasserman | ||
| Jeremy Sweet | |||
Executive in Charge of Music
|
Ron Kenan | ||
Music Supervisor
|
David Leon | ||
Music Editors
|
Jay Bolton | ||
| Karl Warme | |||
Music Engineer
|
Barron Abramovitch | ||
Assistant Engineers
|
Jimmy DiJulio | ||
| Frank Bailey-Meier | |||
Music Assistant
|
Tim Gosselin | ||
Post Production
|
FUNimation Productions | ||
Version Editors
|
Moises Vega | ||
| Daniel Mancilla | |||
Logo Animation
|
Johnathon Vought | ||
Animation Paint Editing
|
Byron Watson | ||
| Carly Hunter | |||
Censorship[]
This televised version was heavily edited for content and length, much like every episode in the Ocean dub.[1]
- Several scenes were extended in order to padded out the film's runtime to fit into the length of three episodes.
- Blood was completely edited out on characters. The violence in general was toned down by adding flash-like jagged-edge shapes that cover most of the screen whenever there was a blow to someone's head.
- Perhaps the most infamous of these edits is when Turles forces Gohan to stare at the false moon he generated. Originally, Turles holds onto Gohan's head, prying his eyes open; the edited dub now has Turles grab him by the shoulders instead, with his fingers digitally painted out in close-up shots of Gohan. (Strangely, the shot where Gohan starts to transform appeared unedited in the Ocean dub's "Rock the Dragon" theme, likely due to absence of context.)
- All parts displaying Gohan's nudity when he reverts from his Great Ape form are mostly cut out; there is one shot that is zoomed in where Goku holds Gohan's body as he glares up at Turles, although Gohan's private parts are still awkwardly shown. A bush is digitally painted in over Gohan's private parts in one scene.
These edits were left out when Pioneer Entertainment (now NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan) acquired the rights to the film and released it uncut with its own dub by Ocean in 1998.
One of many censorship edits made to the film.