Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
1995 anime film directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Z: Fukkatsu no Fusion!! Gokū to Bejīta (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ 復活のフュージョン!!悟空とベジータ; lit. 'Dragon Ball Z: The Rebirth of Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta'), is a 1995 Japanese animated fantasy martial arts film and the 12th film in the Dragon Ball Z series. It was originally released in Japan on March 4 at Toei Anime Fair, and dubbed into English by Funimation in 2006. It was preceded by Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly and followed by Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon.
Plot
In the other world, a teenage oni is manning a cleansing machine and the loud volume of his walkman distracts him, causing the machine to explode. The oni is engulfed by the freed evil spirit essence and transforms into Janemba, a massive childlike monster with dimensional manipulation abilities. As a result, the deceased are resurrected.
Goku and Pikkon are fighting in a tournament when they are interrupted by the appearance of a strange crystal-like substance and are sent to investigate the disturbance by the Grand Kai. They find the afterlife's "check-in station" to be encased in the crystal-like barrier which is also immune to their energy blasts.
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