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Dragon Ball Z - Bardock: The Father of Goku Actor: Dragon Ball Z Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Goldhil Home Media 2 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-01-30 Buy from Amazon

From Amazon.com Bardock was one of the Saiya-jin Frieza used as mercenaries to conquer other worlds. Although he was only a "low-level" warrior, Bardock grew so powerful that Frieza and his lieutenant Doodoria feared he might become a threat to them. Doodoria brutally murdered the other members of Bardock's squadron; Frieza destroyed the entire Saiya planet--Vegeta, Nappa, and Goku (né Kakarot) were the only survivors. Before he was killed, the fishlike Tooro cursed Bardock with the ability to see the future, including his own brutal death. But his new psychic powers enable Bardock to establish a mysterious bond with his infant son, who will grow up to defeat the monstrous Frieza. Bardock the Father of Goku uses some of the same characters as the popular Dragon Ball Z TV series, but the continuities don't necessarily match. The one-hour TV special, which first aired in Japan in 1990, has been so heavily edited, it feels fragmented. The viewer is never told who Goku's mother is or why the infant is sent into space in a tiny ship, and the rock soundtrack can't quite marry the scenes that are often jarringly cut together. Unrated: suitable for ages 8 and up for cartoon violence and slight nudity. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.5 "One of the few good DBZ Movies" Many of the DBZ movies I have watched had a weak story line and plot. But this movie goes into the deep history of Goku's father(Bardock)and how Goku came to Earth. This movie shows how cruel both the saiyan race and Frieza could be at times. At the same time though, it shows the good side of a saiyan and how powerful they can be. Some people don't like this movie because of its lack of action and that there is no Super Saiyan transformations in it, but they do not understand the whole meaning behind the movie. It is part of the actual DBZ storyline and you understand in this movie why Frieza was starting to get so concerned about the saiyan race. As for the translations, I watched both the Japanese and American version, and they are nearly identical. Some the words were changed, but I would just watch the English version. The voices are great, and I think they did a great job on the music in this movie. To any DBZ fan who wants to know more about the background of Goku and the Saiyans, I highly recommend this movie to you. "Goku's roots" Bardock and his other four saiyan team members are on this planet conquearing it, Bardock was cast with powers by a fishlooking creature giving him the power to see the future and read minds. Bardock keeps seeing images of his son Goku as a kid & growing up fighting villins saving the earth and universe by defeating Frieza. Bardock's crew was killed by Doodoria cause they were a treat to Frieza by them keep on getting stronger after every battle. I hated the person that voiced Doodoria in this movie it's not the same voice actor on the Frieza sagas, another thing I couldn't under stand is why did they only showed Vegeta and Nappia as the only two saiyans left alive after their planet was distroyed and no Raditz the brother of Goku was not even seen one time during this movie were was he. "BAD TRANSLATION" THE TRANSLATION REALY SUCK IN THIS MOVIE IS DIFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL VERSION IN JAPANESE CHANGING EVERITHING IN A WAY THAT THEY WERE CREATING THEIR OWN DIALOG EVEN KNOWING THYAT HAS NO SNECE FIRST FRIEZAQ WAS NOT AFRAID OF BARDOCK LATER IN THE DBZ SEREIES YOU SEE THAT THE REAL REASON WAS THAT THAT HE WAS AFRAI OF ALL SAIYANS SPECIALLY THE OZARU BEAST OR THE LEGENDARY SUPER SAIYAN "Average mini-movie pleases non-fan..." I've never really been into "Dragonball Z," but I approached this hour long movie with an open mind and was pleased with what I got. This is like the prequel story to "Dragonball Z," telling the story of Goku's father Bardock and how he is given special psychic abilities to see into the future. The animation is not all that great, which is why it only gets a 3/5 in my book, but I liked the story and am interested in seeing other DBZ stuff. This is a good starting point for the "Dragonball" series. "Not that great, but gave a lot of history" I was very excited to buy this movie. Once I saw it, it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. It did however give a great history of the planet Vegeta and Goku's father. I loved seeing little Vegeta, arrogant little man. It also gave me an insight as to why Vegeta always wants to be the best, because everyone from Frieza's gang was pestering him about being strong and having great pride. Whenever Vegeta is beaten, he probably hears the voices of people like Zarbon mocking him. I would recommend this movie, but don't get your hopes up.