Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)

Name: Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
Director: Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1996
Duration: 80 min

ドラゴンボール最強への道

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👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

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AnimationAdventureFantasy

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Director

Shigeyasu Yamauchi

Runtime

1h 20m

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

TMDB Rating

7.4/10 (413 votes)

Cast

Masako Nozawa as Son Goku (voice) · 85% avg

Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma (voice) · 84% avg

Toru Furuya as Yamcha (voice) · 78% avg

Naoki Tatsuta as Oolong (voice) · 82% avg

Naoko Watanabe as Puar (voice) · 85% avg

Kin'ya Aikawa as Master Roshi (voice)

Daisuke Gori as Umigame (voice) · 81% avg

Kenji Utsumi as Commander Red/Shenlong (voice) · 81% avg

Is Dragon Ball: The Path to Power good?

Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 413 TMDB ratings.

Overview

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them. Wikipedia ↗