Dragon Ball Z Movie 02: Kono Yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu

In his laboratory, biotechnology expert Dr. Kochin gathers the dragon balls intending to free his master Dr. Uirou, a mad scientist hellbent on ruling the world, forever frozen in the never-melting ice of the Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains. Attempting to locate the dragon balls, Gohan Son and Oolong arrive at the scene and are ambushed by several creatures known as "Bio-Men." Training nearby, Piccolo attempts to save them but is then attacked by three mysterious warriors. When the ice beneath them breaks, it cuts their altercation short, burying Gohan and Oolong within.

After regaining consciousness, they return home to Kame House only to encounter Bio-Men, demanding Muten-Roushi to follow them. Refusing, he easily defeats the creatures, piquing Dr. Kochin's interest. Under the impression of Muten-Roushi being the strongest man in the world, Dr. Kochin takes Bulma hostage, forcing Roushi's agreement to accompany him in mysterious plans involving his master. Who are Dr. Kochin and Dr. Uirou? What even is their purpose?

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Son, Gokuu

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Nozawa, Masako
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Son, Gohan

Main

Nozawa, Masako
Japanese

Piccolo

Main

Furukawa, Toshio
Japanese

Bulma

Supporting

Tsuru, Hiromi
Japanese

Muten-Roushi

Supporting

Miyauchi, Kouhei
Japanese

Kuririn

Supporting

Tanaka, Mayumi
Japanese

Chi-Chi

Supporting

Shou, Mayumi
Japanese

Oolong

Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Shen Long

Supporting

Utsumi, Kenji
Japanese

Umigame

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Gouri, Daisuke
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Cook, Justin

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Watson, Barry

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Nishio, Daisuke

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Vale, Eric

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Opening Theme

"CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" by Hironobu Kageyama

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Ending Theme

"I・KU・SA (戦)" by Hironobu Kageyama

Reviews

Sep 28, 2022

WhatAGoodShow

Recommended

Dragon Ball Z movie 2 The world's strongest is about an evil scientist Dr. Wheelo of whom only the brain is left wanting to transfer his mind on the body of the worlds strongest.

Like most Dragon Ball Z movies, this one can't fit into the main timeline but can be watched after finishing the Saiyan Saga. Like many others, it uses homages to recently used techniques of the most recent arc.
The appeal of the movie is also that this is the only time Master Roshi is involved in fighting in the Z era since he retired in the original Dragon Ball from fighting since the ... younger generation all surpassed him. But because the antagonist still believes that Roshi is the world strongest, he ended up being involved giving them a reality call when that turns out not to be the case.

The henchmen in this movie also possess unique powers and giving visually amazing fighting scenes where Goku has to use a move for different reasons to overcome these powers.

The main cast of characters behave as they do normally. Gohan struggles with his needs and wants meaning his studies or spending time with Piccolo. That being a trend in the movies continuities of Dragon Ball. Krillin would usually help him out in combat while Piccolo starting the tradition of coming to save Gohan from whatever.
Goku is his generic heroic self which is typical in DBZ movies.
Dr. Wheelo is very analytic and doesn't recklessly rush into action unlike his assistant Dr. Kochin who is a close friend who did a mistake that cost his life despite Wheelo's warning.

The movie struggles to stand on its own. While Dr. Wheelo has a unique goal, he is still a Dragon Ball Z villain who does what most Dragon Ball Z villains do when cornered. Another thing is that the movie doesn't have any grandiose moment in the final. The fights are good but nothing feels amazing enough to go back and rewatch it since most of the best scenes are homages. Even the Student-Mentor Kamehameha isn't remembered well by fans which is unique to this movie.
There is also the confusing part with timeline placement. While DBZ movies are considered their own story far removed from the main plot since they can't fit in, there are references made directly about stuff that happened in the anime which can confuse viewers.
Lastly how Wheelo is defeated is similar to how many other movie characters get defeated which can't be used against the movie since it is the first time it happens but doesn't make it any better.

Overall to get most out of this movie, you need to watch it before the movies that come after it since it will end up feeling repetitive. It is still a good movie and if you haven't you should give it a shot.

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Dec 25, 2024

N0T3LI_

Mixed Feelings

Another solid DBZ movie. The plot is kind of stupid- A scientist freezes his brain in ice to cheat death, and his assistant collects the Dragon Balls to wish him back.
The designs of the villains and goons are pretty lackluster and boring, but it's made up for by the hands thrown. Roshi gets an insane 3v1, and the final battle looks super pretty. If you can say nothing else good about the early movies, they look fantastic. The line art, color schemes, and fight coreography are all staples.

I also liked the representation of Gohans trauma, however brief. Overall this is reccomended if you wanna see ...

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Dec 21, 2019

PeterFromRussia

Not Recommended

"Hey Gohan, let's not tell anyone about evil guys, who just kicked Piccolo butt just to extend this movie and make it a disgraceful replica of Goku and Vegeta fight". I did not expect The World's Strongest to be a low budget replica of Saiyan saga, and I come out pretty angry after watching it.

The World's Strongest is a non-canon movie (luckily) meaning it's anime original, and these events do not happen in DBZ manga. Without further ado, let's get into this movie.

My positives from TWS:
1, Art and Sound are in DBZ coat. You can't go wrong with this one.

My neutrals from TWS:
1, Fights ... with the minions were pretty much average entertaining, but nothing special, but there was one thing that will get attention in negatives.

My negatives from TWS:
1, This movie starts being a joke, when Oolong for some reason (movie length extension) wants Gohan to remain silent about some old guy using Dragon Balls in F***ing ANTARCTICA followed by bad guys beating Piccolo. Nope, this isn't anything to be concerned about.
2, Gohan drugged sequence and yes, I am fully aware he's not on drugs, but since the last movie had a similar singing thing, I am calling this lazy and worse reskin of Gohan scene from Garlic jr. movie.
3, Scientist wants to do an evil thing, destroy the world, because people laughed at him and called him eccentric cliche.
4, Are you telling me that two doctors could create such a colossal laboratory with all its features, and they were able to run it on its own for more than 50 years? Make them an organization then and not just two old robots.
5, Piccolo, who fought Saiyans for some reason, isn't concentrating whenever he sees Gohan or whenever the plot demands it. Same with Roshi when he lets villain minions capture Bulma. Are you telling me that the world best martial artists with extensive ki sensing training cannot tell when their opponent is still in fighting condition and why our characters in some cases cannot DOOOODGE (Team Four Star reference)?
6, Fight between Goku and Uiro is a disgraceful joke to the Saiyan saga. This movie did a great job to stomp every fantastic aspect from S saga and makes it mediocre and emotionless nonsense of fight. Kaio-ken times 4, Genki Dama (spirit bomb), both techniques had deep emotional and consequential value behind them in Saiyan saga, well this movie doesn't care.

Let's summer this up: This movie takes fantastic features of the Saiyan saga and replicates them so disgracefully. The movie setup is a joke. Oolong not telling about an old guy using Dragon Balls in ANTARCTICA bad guys appearing is a dumb excuse for this movie to be 1 hour long. If I were to rank it just from my feelings about this movie, it gets 2/10, maybe even 1/10. But if I somehow watched it before DBZ, I would probably like it to some degree, but it wouldn't stand the test against Saiyan saga.

Final Ranking: Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest earns 4/10, surprised after all my negatives and toxic comments? How to put it, this movie isn't the worst. Its only fault was the effort to replicate one of the greatest moments in DBZ. Of course, it was going to fail miserably. If we put that aside TWS is a mediocre movie with some good moments.