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Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone, originally released theatrically in Japan as simply Dragon Ball Z and later as Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!! for its Japanese VHS and Laserdisc release, is a 1989 Japanese anime fantasy martial arts film, the fourth alternate continuity film in the Dragon Ball franchise, and the first one under the Dragon Ball Z moniker. It was originally released in Japan on July 15 at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival along with the 1989 film version of Himitsu no Akko-chan, the first Akuma-kun movie, and the film version of Kidou Keiji Jiban.
Original Release
07/15/1989
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Masako Nozawa | Son Gohan (voice) / Son Gokû / Son Gohan |
| Toshio Furukawa | Piccolo (voice) / Piccolo |
| Hiromi Tsuru | Bulma (voice) / Bulma |
| Mayumi Tanaka | Kuririn (voice) / Kuririn |
| Daisuke Gori | Gyû-maô (voice) / Gyû-maô |
| Mayumi Sho | Chichi |
| Kohei Miyauchi | Kame-sen'nin (voice) / Kame-sen'nin |
| Takeshi Aono | Kami-sama (voice) / Kami-sama |
| Kenji Utsumi | Shenron (voice) / Shenron |
| Akira Kamiya | Garlic Jr. (voice) / Garlic Jr. |
Directors
Writers
Akira Toriyama, Takao Koyama, Eric Vale
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Masako Nozawa | Son Gohan (voice) / Son Gokû / Son Gohan |
| Toshio Furukawa | Piccolo (voice) / Piccolo |
| Hiromi Tsuru | Bulma (voice) / Bulma |
| Mayumi Tanaka | Kuririn (voice) / Kuririn |
| Daisuke Gori | Gyû-maô (voice) / Gyû-maô |
| Mayumi Sho | Chichi |
| Kohei Miyauchi | Kame-sen'nin (voice) / Kame-sen'nin |
| Takeshi Aono | Kami-sama (voice) / Kami-sama |
| Kenji Utsumi | Shenron (voice) / Shenron |
| Akira Kamiya | Garlic Jr. (voice) / Garlic Jr. |
| Kôji Totani | Ginger (voice) / Ginger |
| Yukitoshi Hori | Sansho (voice) / Sansho |
| Shigeru Chiba | Nicky (voice) / Nicky |
| Jôji Yanami | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
| Lisa Ann Beley | Chi-Chi |
| Don Brown | Garlic Jr. / Master Roshi / Shenron |
| Chris Cason | Evil Warrior |
| Paul Dobson | Nicky |
| Doc Harris | Narrator |
| Saffron Henderson | Gohan |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Gen Fukunaga | Executive Producer |
| Chiaki Imada | Executive Producer |
| Christopher Bevins | Producer |
| Z. Charles Bolton | Producer |
| Justin Cook | Producer |
| Carly Hunter | Producer |
