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Trunks: Mysterious Youth and Trunks: Prelude to Terror came out in stores about one month ago. These were the next in the DBZ series after Garlic Junior. It begins with Robo Frieza and King Cold (Frieza's dad) landing on earth to destroy the Z-team. The Z-team is quietly sneaking up on them to suprise attack them. Before they do, Trunks appears on the scene and destroys both villians in just under five minutes. He like Goku is also a Super Sayjin. He then proceeds to take the Z-team to where Goku is going to arrive. They are all shocked but sure enough he arrives there very soon. Trunks takes Goku aside and explains that he is Vegita and Bulma's son from the future! He also tells of the coming Androids in three years and of Goku's death. He gives Goku the medicine and then leaves. The others then go and prepare for battle.
RATINGS
fighting: 8 / 10 (great but not enough)
Trunks' Voice: 10 / 10 (way to go Funimation)
music: 9.5 / 10 (excellent choices)
story: 10 / 10 (of course, it is DBZ!)
Androids: Invasion and Androids: Dr. Gero came into stores on July 4, 2000. There was actually 7 episodes on it. Bascially what happened was that two Androids appeared on the island as told by Trunks and the battle was on. Yamacha almost dies right off the bat but is healed by a senzu. The Androids destroy the island and then Goku convinces them to go fight some where else. They then begin battle, and every one but Vegeta is there. Goku turns Super Sayjin but is not himself. The heart disease has begun to takes its course. He is beating on the first Android and then he practically falls over. Fortunately Vegeta shows up and saves his life only to say that he wants to kill him later. Vegeta goes Super Sayjin and completely rocks the Android. Android 20 gets away and they all search for him. In a stand off the Android gets a hold of Piccolo and almost kills him if Gohan didn't save Piccolo. Piccolo then gets healed and challenges the Android. Piccolo then proceeds to rock him and cut off his hand. Android 20 escapes and try's to get to his lab first to activate the next 2 androids. The race is on.
RATINGS
fighting: 9.3 / 10 (SSJ Vegeta and Piccolo rock)
Androids: 7 / 10 (Kind of dorky looking and Android 19's voice was dumb)
music: 8 / 10 (Android music is like circus music)
story: 9 / 10 (added twist with changing future is nice effect, I hate it when Goku leaves the fight)
The Trunks's Special is one of the best movies in Dragonball Z, although it is also very sad. It is bascially the destruction of every single character in Dragonball Z except Trunks. It begins with Goku's death of the heart disease and then proceeds to Android's 17 and 18 killing the Z-team. The only one that survived the fight was Gohan, Trunks was very young so he did not fight. The Android's then went on to destroy most of the world. Occasionally Gohan would return to fight the Androids but he wasn't strong enough to fight both of them together. Trunks grows up and then trains with Gohan. Unfortunately Trunks can not go Super Sayjin so he isn't much help against them. In the final battle Gohan and Trunks go off to fight them together. Just before they go, Gohan knocks out Trunks, because he knows he will not survive and he is their only hope. Gohan goes and fights them by himself. He dies in this battle. When Trunks goes to find him and see's he is dead, he Finally goes Super Sayjin. After another scirmish with the Androids he realizes he can't win and Bulma sends him back in time to give Goku heart medicine because only if Goku could fight the Andorids, things would have been different.
THE TRUNK'S SPECIAL
