Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (ドラゴンボール超スーパー スーパーヒーロー)
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is a 2022 Japanese computer-animated martial arts fantasy/adventure film, directed by Tetsuro Kodama, produced by Toei Animation and written by Dragon Ball series creator Akira Toriyama. It is the twenty-first Dragon Ball feature film overall, the fourth produced with Toriyama's direct involvement, the second to carry the Dragon Ball Super branding, and the first to be produced mainly using 3D animation. The film follows Piccolo and his former student Gohan as they go on a mission to save the world from the newly reformed Red Ribbon Army.
DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO ANIME INFO
- Japanese Name : ドラゴンボール超スーパー スーパーヒーロー
- Romaji Name : Doragon Bōru Sūpā Sūpā Hīrō
- English Name : Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
- Directed By : Tetsuro Kodama
- Distributed By : Toei Company, Crunchyroll & Sony Pictures Releasing
- Music By : Naoki Satō
- Starring : Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Ryō Horikawa, Yūko Minaguchi, Mayumi Tanaka, Aya Hisakawa, Bin Shimada, Hiroshi Kamiya, Mamoru Miyano & Miyu Irino
- Produced By : Norihiro Hayashida
- Written By : Akira Toriyama
- Runtime : 99 minutes
- Country : Japan
- Language : Japanese
- Release Date : 2022.06.11
DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO ANIME MOVIE PLOT
Magenta, CEO of Red Pharmaceuticals, seeks to revive the Red Ribbon Army that his father Commander Red led and was ultimately destroyed by Goku and his friends. Magenta and his assistant Staff Officer Carmine seek to recruit Dr. Gero's surviving grandson Dr. Hedo, a superhero-obsessed mad scientist who was released from jail after serving a grave robbing sentence. Hedo accepts the offer despite his initial reservations after Magenta made him assume that Capsule Corp and the Z Fighters are an evil organization. While Goku and Vegeta are training under Whis on Beerus' planet alongside Broly, who is being taught to control his power, Piccolo is annoyed over Gohan wasting his potential while training the latter's daughter Pan. Piccolo is then attacked by a Red Ribbon android named Gamma 2, managing to elude the android and follow him to the Red Ribbon Army's base.
Piccolo disguises himself as a Red Ribbon soldier to infiltrate a Red Ribbon meeting, learning that Gamma 2 was created by Hedo along with Gamma 1 as superheroes to deal with the Z-Fighters and that Hedo reluctantly used his grandfather's schematics on Cell to create an improved version: Cell Max. Piccolo contacts Bulma of the situation to contact Goku and Vegeta while convincing Dende to upgrade the Dragonballs so he can wish Shenron to unlock his full potential. After granting the wish while learning Bulma is unable to contact Whis, Piccolo learns of Magenta's scheme to kidnap Pan to force Gohan to face them. Piccolo volunteers himself for the kidnapping party and talks Pan into playing along, with Gohan launching a full-scale assault upon learning of his daughter's "abduction" and fights Gamma 1. Gohan assumes an "Ultimate" form during his fight with Gamma 1 while Piccolo discards his disguise to face Gamma 2, his full potential manifesting in a new form dubbed "Orange Piccolo". Piccolo manages to convince Gamma 2 that Magenta was lying about the Z Fighters as Carmine is knocked out by Pan as he attempted to kill her when Magenta runs off to prematurely activate Cell Max, with the Gammas having a change of heart soon after.
Despite managing to kill Magenta, Hedo was unable prevent Cell Max's activation in time while Bulma arrives with Goten, Trunks, Android 18 and Krillin as reinforcements. Krillin remains behind with the others while Gohan, Piccolo and Gammas, Goten, Trunks, and Android 18 fight Cell Max while learning Hedo removed Cell's regeneration ability while adding a weakness in the monster's skull. After Cell Max's head is damaged by a botched Gotenks formation, Gamma 2 sacrifices himself in an attempt that only destroyed Cell Max's left arm. Piccolo is overpowered Cell Max after combining his "Orange Piccolo" and "Great Namekian" forms to battle the monster, with the eruption of Gohan's inner rage evolving his "Ultimate" form into "Gohan Beast". Piccolo restrains Cell Max so Gohan can finish him off with a supercharged Special Beam Cannon, the group escaping the blast radius when Cell Max's corpse detonates. With the battle over, a repentant Hedo and Gamma 1 are given positions in the Capsule Corporation.
In a post credits scene, Vegeta technically defeated Goku, for comedic effect, when the two engaged in a long sparring match to the point of exhaustion. Whis finally responds to Bulma's message while Cheelai is overall irritated by the sparring match despite Broly and Lemo being awestruck of it.
DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO ANIME MOVIE CHARACTERS & VOICE ARTIST
Gohan
- Japanese Voice Artist: Masako Nozawa
- English Voice Artist: Kyle Hebert
Piccolo
- Japanese Voice Artist: Toshio Furukawa
- English Voice Artist: Christopher Sabat
Pan
- Japanese Voice Artist: Yūko Minaguchi
- English Voice Artist: Jeannie Tirado
Goku
- Japanese Voice Artist: Masako Nozawa
- English Voice Artist: Sean Schemmel
Vegeta
- Japanese Voice Artist: Ryō Horikawa
- English Voice Artist: Christopher Sabat
Krillin
- Japanese Voice Artist: Mayumi Tanaka
- English Voice Artist: Sonny Strait
Bulma
- Japanese Voice Artist: Aya Hisakawa
- English Voice Artist: Monica Rial
Trunks
- Japanese Voice Artist: Takeshi Kusao
- English Voice Artist: Eric Vale
Goten
- Japanese Voice Artist: Masako Nozawa
- English Voice Artist: Robert McCollum
Gotenks (Fat)
- Japanese Voice Artist: Masako Nozawa & Takeshi Kusao
- English Voice Artist: Robert McCollum & Eric Vale
Android 18
- Japanese Voice Artist: Miki Itō
- English Voice Artist: Meredith McCoy
Broly
- Japanese Voice Artist: Bin Shimada
- English Voice Artist: Johnny Yong Bosch
Beerus
- Japanese Voice Artist: Kōichi Yamadera
- English Voice Artist: Jason Douglas
Whis
- Japanese Voice Artist: Masakazu Morita
- English Voice Artist: Ian Sinclair
Yajirobe
- Japanese Voice Artist: Mayumi Tanaka
- English Voice Artist: Mike McFarland
Korin
- Japanese Voice Artist: Ken Uo
- English Voice Artist: Christopher Sabat
Dende
- Japanese Voice Artist: Aya Hirano
- English Voice Artist: Justin Cook
Cheelai
- Japanese Voice Artist: Nana Mizuki
- English Voice Artist: Erica Lindbeck
Lemo
- Japanese Voice Artist: Tomokazu Sugita
- English Voice Artist: Bruce Carey
Videl
- Japanese Voice Artist: Yūko Minaguchi
- English Voice Artist: Kara Edwards
Gamma 1
- Japanese Voice Artist: Hiroshi Kamiya
- English Voice Artist: Aleks Le
Gamma 2
- Japanese Voice Artist: Mamoru Miyano
- English Voice Artist: Zeno Robinson
Dr. Hedo
- Japanese Voice Artist: Miyu Irino
- English Voice Artist: Zach Aguilar
Magenta
- Japanese Voice Artist: Volcano Ota
- English Voice Artist: Charles Martinet
Carmine
- Japanese Voice Artist: Ryota Takeuchi
- English Voice Artist: Jason Marnocha
Cell Max
- Japanese Voice Artist: Norio Wakamoto
- English Voice Artist: Dameon Clarke