Broly

Broly

Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan, known in Japan as Nessen Ressen Cho-Gekisen, "Dragon Ball Z: Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Fierce Battle"?), is the eighth Dragon Ball Z movie. The original release date in Japan was on March 6, 1993 between episodes 177 and 178. It was released on VHS and DVD in America by FUNimation Entertainment on August 26, 2003.

During the San Diego Comic Con, FUNimation announced that they will release two Dragon Ball Z movies on Blu-ray High Definition format. These two movies include "Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan" and "Broly: Second Coming", and both feature full HD 1080p resolution with digitally remastered animation, and an enhanced 5.1 surround mix. Both movies were released on November 13.

This story begins at a picnic, during a painful singing session courtesy of Krillin, when a massive ship arrives. Out comes Paragas, one of the few surviving Saiyans. He invites Vegeta to rule a new Planet Vegeta. Vegeta initially refuses until Paragas appeals to Vegeta's ego by asking him to kill the Legendary Super Saiyan that has completely destroyed the south galaxy.

Gohan, Trunks, Krillin, Master Roshi and Oolong depart with Vegeta.

Meanwhile, Goku is at a school interview with Chi-Chi, who is trying to get Gohan into the school. Goku is summoned telepathically by King Kai during the interview, and immediately teleports to him upon hearing the south galaxy has been destroyed, leaving the school staff confused and Chi-Chi very annoyed.. King Kai had sensed the Legendary Super Saiyan in the south galaxy so he sent Goku to stop him. By the time Paragas had arrived, Goku had already been searching for the Legendary Super Saiyan.

At first the group believes that Paragas has good intentions and honestly wants to create a new Planet Vegeta. Later on it is revealed that the planet is on a collision course with a large comet, Comet Kimori.

Soon after Gohan, Trunks, Krillin, Roshi, Oolong, and Vegeta arrive, a report comes in that the Legendary Super Saiyan is attacking another planet. Vegeta takes Paragas's son, Broly, and investigates.

While Vegeta and Broly are investigating the attack, Gohan, Trunks and Krillin go out to investigate the new Planet Vegeta. They find a slave colony strip mining the planet to send energy to the palace. Gohan, Trunks and Krillin quickly break up the slave labor going on at the colony. This is also when Goku arrives on the planet to be accidentally punched by Krillin. Paragas also first meets Goku during this scene, and immediately identifies him as Bardock's son.

The first time that Broly sees Goku he immediately recognizes him and gets extremely infuriated. Broly and Goku begin powering up in a standoff, until Paragas brings him back under control by using a mind-control device put on him when he was a teenager. Unfortunately for Paragas, Broly has found a way to bypass the mind-control which the device has over him.

During this scene we are told, by Paragas, that Goku and Broly were born on the same day. Broly was born with an extreme fighting power of 10,000 while Goku was born with a weak power level of 2. This is quite unusual since a grown human male has a power level of 5. It is said that Goku cried constantly, keeping Broly awake for days on end. From then on Broly would constantly hold a grudge against Goku.

After Paragas reflects on the past, Broly attacks Goku during the night. It is in this fight that we see Broly in his restrained mastered Super Saiyan form. Towards the end of the fight Paragas reasserts control over Broly and forces him to stop attacking Goku. He barely manages to do so, foreshadowing things to come.

Eventually Gohan, Trunks and Krillin bring the slaves they freed back to the palace, and they identify Broly as the one that attacked their planet. Broly walks towards Goku shouting, "Kakarrot!" repeatedly. Broly goes into his restrained mastered Super Saiyan form again while in the walk towards Goku. Vegeta transforms into his Super Saiyan form and attacks Broly with a Big Bang Attack but the attack has no effect. Then Paragas decides to reveal the entire story. Broly soon rages out of Paragas's control and becomes a monsterous behemoth of a Super Saiyan, his true and most powerful form. Vegeta, stunned by Broly's power, falls to the ground in shock, eyes wide with fear, realizing that Broly is the feared Legendary Super Saiyan.