Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
A what-if sequel to Bardock – The Father of Goku.
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Naho Ōishi created a three-chapter manga series, "Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock," which is a work derived from Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise.[1] After his planet's destruction, Bardock survives, travels back in time, and ends up on an unfamiliar world where he fights Chilled, a forefather of Frieza.[1]
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Akira Toriyama
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
An anime adaptation by Toei Animation was confirmed on November 21, 2011.[1] Jump Festa 2012 hosted the short film's debut on December 17 and 18, 2011.[2] The movie was paired with "Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans" on a DVD that came with the March 2012 issue of Saikyō Jump, which hit stores on February 3, 2012.[3] Kazé published a steelbook set called Golden Box Dragon Ball Z in France on June 20, 2018, which included the "Episode of Bardock" film on DVD and Blu-ray.[4][5]
What the cited sources add
The set includes a golden slipcase and contains two films and two OVAs.[5] The March 2014 issue of Saikyō Jump was published by Shueisha and is written in Japanese.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dragon Ball Episode of Bardock Spinoff Manga Gets Anime", Anime News Network, 2011-11-21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock to Be Shown in December", Anime News Network, 2011-11-21 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "2 Dragon Ball Anime Specials Get DVD Release", Anime News Network, 2012-01-03 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gokuda003, "Date de sortie de la Golden Box Dragon Ball Z regroupant les derniers films et OVAs", Dragon Ball Ultimate, 6 April 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Gokuda003, "Date de sortie de la Golden Box Dragon Ball Z regroupant les derniers films et OVAs", Dragon Ball Ultimate, 6 April 2018. facts only, no text reused. dragonball-ultimate.com
- "Saikyo JUMP 2014 March Issue", CDJapan. facts only, no text reused. cdjapan.co.jp
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- Wikipedia: Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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