< The Curtain Opens on the Battle! Son Goku Returns (2009)

EPISODE 1.1 (Dragon Ball Z Kai) | "Prologue to Battle! The return of Goku!" | 24m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.6 (949)

Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | The episode begins telling the story of Goku up to the present of the series. The episode goes on to introduce his son Gohan, named after Goku's grandfather. Although a stranger appears in a space pod in search of someone by the name of Kakarot. Who is he, and who is Kakarot?

• Director: Yasuhiro Nowatari
• Director: Osamu Kasai
• Director: Daisuke Nishio
• Masako Nozawa (73) - Son Gokû // Son Gohan // Bardock
• Mayumi Tanaka (54) - Kuririn
• Hiromi Tsuru (49) - Bulma
• Toshio Furukawa (63) - Piccolo
• Naoko Watanabe (50) - Chichi
• Shigeru Chiba (55) - Raditz // Grandfather Son Gohan
• Ryûsei Nakao (58) - Freeza
• Takahiro Fujimoto (36) - Umigame
• Keiichi Sonobe (49) - Nôfu
• Daisuke Matsubara (25) - Freeza no teshita
• Shunzô Miyasaka - Freeza no teshita
• Masaharu Satô (63) - Kame Sen'nin
• Jôji Yanami (78) - Narration
• Marc Zanni - Son Goku
• Chris Cason (35) - Turtle // Malaka
• Colleen Clinkenbeard (29) - Gohan // Young Goku
• Justin Cook (33) - Raditz // Planthorr
• Cynthia Cranz (40) - Chi-Chi
• Mike McFarland (39) - Master Roshi
• Doc Morgan - Narrator