Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13
Japanese box art
Directed by	Daisuke Nishio
Produced by	Chiaki Imada Rikizô Kayano
Written by	Story: Akira Toriyama Screenplay: Takao Koyama
Starring	Masako Nozawa Takeshi Kusao Ryo Horikawa Toshio Furukawa Mayumi Tanaka Naoki Tatsuta Kohei Myauchi Naoko Watanabe Kazuyuki Sogabe Hisao Egawa Toshio Kobayashi Kōji Yada Joji Yanami
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Release date(s)	July 11, 1992 February 4, 2003 in North America and Europe
Running time	46:00
Language	Japanese English
Preceded by	Dragon Ball Z: Return of Cooler
Followed by	Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Kyokugen Battle!! San Dai Super Saiyajin (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人, Doragon Bōru Zetto Kyokugen Batoru!! San Dai Sūpā Saiyajin^?, lit. "Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans"), is the seventh Dragon Ball Z movie. Originally released in Japan on July 11th 1992 between episodes 147 and 148. The movie was released in North America, in 2003. The movie was re-released with Bojack Unbound and Dragon Ball Z Season 8 on February 10, 2009. Early concept art for the reissue used the title "Android Assault", but the final product went back to using FUNimation's original title for the film.

[edit] Plot

The film opens with the introduction showing the death of Dr. Gero at the hands of the Androids 17 and 18, and also revealing that Gero is still around in the form of an underground computer, still working on three new Androids.

The real film now opens with the completion of Androids 14 and 15, who attack Goku while he is shopping with Chi-Chi and Gohan. Not wanting to destroy the city they're in, Goku and Future Trunks, who had arrived just then, leave for an uninhabited Arctic area. The fight seems even until Android 13 shows up - at least until Vegeta and Piccolo arrive. At that point of time, both Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks ascend to their Super Saiyan forms and 14 and 15 are destroyed by Trunks and Vegeta, respectively. Just when the fight seems won, 13 shows off his "Super" form by absorbing two components of the two fallen Androids, transforming into a blue behemoth and vastly increasing his power, changing the battle's outcome yet again. Despite all their efforts, Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Trunks are subsequently beaten by the powerful android. But then Goku prepares his Spirit Bomb, and, after transforming into a Super Saiyan, he absorbs its energy into his body (Krillin remarks that Goku's ability to transform shows that he retains his pure heart in Super Saiyan form) and destroys the Android menace. As 13, 14, and 15 are ultimately destroyed, Dr. Gero's computer shuts down for good, while still shouting the words "Goku must die!". The film closes Goku and his friends healing in the hospital.

[edit] Notes

• In the FUNimation dub of the movie, during the scenes at the shopping mall and the restaurant early on, the song Pachelbel's Canon can be heard in the background.
• The edited version of the film cuts out the scene where Android 13 grabs Goku by the leg and punches him in the groin, replacing it with a white flash of light. This scene is frequently used in internet memes.

[edit] Music

• OP (Opening Theme)
  1. "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" (Chara Hetchara) (OP animation 1)
     • Lyrics: Yukinojō Mori, Music: Chiho Kiyoka, Arrangement: Kenji Yamamoto, Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama
       • Song Lyrics

• ED (Ending Theme)
  1. "GIRI GIRI Sekai Kyokugen"
     • Lyrics: , Music: , Arrangement: , Vocals: Hironobu Kageyama' & Yuka

[edit] Cast list