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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
	; Japanese box art
Directed by	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Produced by	Tan Takaiwa; Yoshio Anzai (Shueisha); Tsutomu Tomari
Written by	Aya Matsui (screenplay); Akira Toriyama (story)
Starring	Masako Nozawa (Son Gokū); Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma); Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong); Tōru Furuya (Yamcha); Naoko Watanabe (Pu'er); Daisuke Gōri (Umigame); Kin'ya Aikawa (Kame-sen'nin); Masaharu Satō (Adjudant Black); Bin Shimada (General Blue); Hirohiko Kakegawa (General White); Hisao Egawa (Mettalic); Shōzō Iizuka (Jinzō'ningen #8); Kenji Utsumi (Commander Red / Shenlong); Jōji Yanami (Narration)
Music by	Akihito Tokunaga
Release date(s)	March 4, 1996
Running time	80:00
Language	Japanese, English
Preceded by	Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
Followed by	Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (ドラゴンボール最強への道, Doragon Bōru Saikyō e no Michi^?), is the seventeenth Japanese animated feature film based on the Dragon Ball manga, following the first three Dragon Ball films and thirteen Dragon Ball Z films. It is also the longest film in the franchise. It was originally released in Japan on March 4, 1996 and was produced to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Dragon Ball franchise.

[edit] Cast

Character Name	Voice Actor (Japanese)	Voice Actor (English)
Goku	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Bradford Jackson
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher Sabat
Puar	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Turtle	Daisuke Gōri	Christopher Sabat
Master Roshi	Kin'ya Aikawa	Mike McFarland
Commander Red	Kenji Utsumi	Kyle Hebert
Adjudant Black	Masaharu Satō	Christopher Sabat
General Blue	Bin Shimada	Sonny Strait
General White	Hirohiko Kakegawa	Kyle Hebert
Sergeant Metallic	Hisao Egawa	Chris Rager
Android #8/Eighter	Shōzō Iizuka	Mike McFarland
Shenron	Kenji Utsumi	Christopher Sabat
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong

[edit] Music

Ending Theme: DAN DAN 心ひかれてく (DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ’ku, Gradually, You’re Charming My Heart^?); Lyrics: Izumi Sakai; Music: Tetsurō Oda; Arrangement: Takeshi Hayama; Performance: Field of View; Song Lyrics

[edit] Releases

The English dubbed version was released in 2003 as part of FUNimation's Dragon Ball Movie Box, along with Mystical Adventure and Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle. The dub has received great reception from fans and praises Funimation for its writing and leaving in the original score.