Status: Completed Studio: Toei Animation Released: 1989 Duration: 24 min. per ep. Season: Spring 1989 Type: TV Episodes: 291 Director: Nishio Daisuke Casts: Furukawa Toshio, Horikawa Ryo, Kusao Takeshi, Masuoka Hiroshi, Nakao Ryusei, Nozawa Masako, Tanaka Mayumi, Tsuru Hiromi

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Martial Arts Shounen

Five years after winning the World Martial Arts tournament, Gokuu is now living a peaceful life with his wife and son. This changes, however, with the arrival of a mysterious enemy named Raditz who presents himself as Gokuu's long-lost brother. He reveals that Gokuu is a descendant of the once powerful but now virtually extinct Saiyan race, whose homeworld was annihilated. When he was sent to Earth as a baby, Gokuu's sole purpose was to conquer and destroy the planet; but after suffering amnesia from a head injury, his violent and savage nature changed, and instead was raised as a kind and well-mannered boy, now fighting to protect others. With his failed attempt at forcibly recruiting Gokuu as an ally, Raditz warns Gokuu's friends of a new threat that's rapidly approaching Earth—one that could plunge Earth into an intergalactic conflict and cause the heavens themselves to shake. A war will soon be fought over the seven mystical Dragon Balls, magic objects that can grant any wish. Only the strongest will survive. [Written by MAL Rewrite]