Curse of the Blood Rubies

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Curse of the Blood Rubies
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Written by	Toshiki Inoue (screenplay) Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū) Shuuichirou Moriyama (Gourmeth) Tomiko Suzuki (Pansy) Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma) Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong) Kohei Myauchi (Kamesennin) Toru Furuya (Yamcha) Naoko Watanabe (Puar) Daisuke Ghori (Umigame) Mami Koyama (Pasta) Kenji Utsumi (Shenron) Joji Yanami (Narration)
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	December 20, 1986
Running time	50 min.
Language	Japanese
IMDb profile

Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong (Japanese: ドラゴンボール　神龍の伝説, Rōmaji: Doragon Bōru: Shenron no Densetsu) is the first Dragon Ball movie. Originally released in Japan December 20, 1986, between episodes 43 and 44. In its original theatrical run, it was just titled Dragon Ball, but for subsequent video release in Japan it was renamed. FUNimation's title is Curse of the Blood Rubies.

In specific, this movie is a heavily modified retelling of the gathering of the Dragon Balls in the "Son Gokū Saga" (FUNimation's saga: Emperor Pilaf Saga), but with King Gurumes taking Pilaf's role as the center villain. (Some footage from this movie, or perhaps vice versa, was used in the first handful of episodes of the series.) Like that initial saga, it depicts how Son Gokū meets up with Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong, and Pu'er, and the first quest for the Dragon Balls. (These events would be retold again in the 10th Anniversary Movie, The Path to Ultimate Strength.)

The original Japanese movie featured a surprising amount of cartoon nudity, as did the early episodes of the series. For the US video release, this was censored out. Although the movie was released with the first 13 episodes on an uncut DVD set in Australia and New Zealand by FUNimation, it's still the edited dub from 1995.

Contents 1 Cast list 2 Synopsis 3 Music 4 External links

[edit] Cast list

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese)	Voice Actor (English)
Son Gokū	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Doug Parker
Pu-erh	Naoko Watanabe	Kathy Morse
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Ted Cole
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Michael Donovan
Pasta	Mami Koyama	Teryl Rothery
Pansy	Tomiko Suzuki	Andrea Libman
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi
Pansy's Dad	Shouzou Iizuka	Michael Donovan
Pansy's Mom	Reiko Suzuki
Umigame	Daisuke Ghori	Doug Parker
Pilot	Ryouichi Tanaka Michitaka Kobayashi
Soldier	Kouji Totani
Villager	Masaharu Satou Kazumi Tanaka Masato Hirano
Bongo	Gorou Naya
Gourmeth	Shuuichirou Moriyama	Gary Chalk
Narration	Joji Yanami	Doc Harris

[edit] Synopsis

A once peaceful kingdom has now been corrupted by the discovery of a precious gemstone beneath its farmland known as a Blood Ruby, and King Gurumes's massive obsession with them. Disgusted by the king and his henchmen's mistreatment of the regular townsfolk, including her father, a little girl named Penny decides to run away from home in search of someone to aid her in saving her home. She hopes to enlist the help of the turtle hermit Master Roshi, but instead finds aid in Son Goku, Bulma and Oolong. Together, as well as being tailed by Yamcha and Pu'ar, they hope to defeat the ruthless king and his cohorts and bring peace once more to the kingdom.

[edit] Music

• OP (Opening Theme)
  1. "Makafushigi Adobenchā!"; 魔訶不思議アドベンチャー! (Mystical Adventure!)
     • Lyrics: Yuriko Mori, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka, Performance: Hiroki Takahashi
       • Song Lyrics

• ED (Ending Theme)
  1. "Romantikku Ageru Yo"; ロマンティックあげるよ (I’ll Give You Romance)
     • Lyrics: Takemi Yoshida, Music: Takeshi Ike, Arrangement: Kōhei Tanaka, Performance: Ushio Hashimoto
       • Song Lyrics

[edit] External links

• Anime News Network - Curse of the Blood Rubies
• Curse of the Blood Rubies at the Internet Movie Database