Product Details

• Actors: Jôji Yanami, Masako Nozawa, Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Doc Harris
• Writers: Andrew Rye, Eric Vale, Jack Phelan
• Producers: Terry Klassen, Ian James Corlett
• Format: Animated, Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• VHS Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004YKPD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #160,548 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Should probably be the 'Future' History of Trunks <hehe>, August 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragonball Z - The History of Trunks (Uncut) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Aka the "Trunks Special". This is about what would happen (have happened?) to the world if Trunks hadn't gone back in time to save Goku and warn the others of the coming of the Androids. (Alternate timelines can be so confusing!) Gohan, who is the last living Z-Warrior, realizes that he can not defeat the androids and begins training a young Trunks. I have only seen the Japanese version, so far, but I know that all Trunks and Gohan lovers will want this one. It has some really heart-wrenching moments in it.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a fan of DBZ, get a hold of this dvd if you can!, September 11, 2002

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mtllcARMS (Mission, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Ball Z - The History of Trunks (DVD)

This dvd is mainly for the widestream American fans of DBZ. If you watched the series,(like so many), on Cartoon Network, it left out alot of story. There is a huge mystery as to where exactly trunks came from, how bad it really was, and how devistating the androids really were. Believe me, any questions you may of had, are definetly answered here in this dvd.

The story starts off explaining the "real" story line to Dragon Ball Z, as to where Goku gets infected with a radical new strain of virus, which affects super saiyans. He passes away, and six months after that, the androids show up, and start destroying everything. Vegeta, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, Chizazu, and Piccillo all fell to the androids awesome power. (excuse me if I misspelled any of their names) All that were left was Trunks, and Gohan. I don't want to give away any more, so just to sum it up (for those who actually saw the series), alot of fighting and battling, and then he decides to travel to the past to give Goku the antidote, and to warn him of the dangers to take place in 3 years from that point.

Watch the dvd, and really see something. I still like to watch it even though I have seen it a couple dozen times. The one last thing that you must know, is the two languages play a key role in this dvd. If you play the english edition, it is good enough to make you understand exactly what is going on, but if you REALLY would like to know the true story, watch it in its original japanese edition. There you will see a different story all together. :) thanks for listening(reading). ENJOY!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The future that never was, and the future that never will be, December 15, 2001

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Dante Bathory (Cretinville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Ball Z - The History of Trunks (DVD)

Chances are, if you're reading this review, you're a DBZ fan. And chances are, if you're a DBZ fan, you know of Trunks, the purple-haired pretty boy, and offspring of Vegita and Bulma. Trunks comes into the main DBZ story right at the end of the Frieza saga: he's from the future, an ugly future that is overrun by the two all-powerful androids, 17 and 18. They've killed off all the Z fighters (sans Goku, who fell victim to a mysterious heart virus before the androids came about) and the world lives in fear. This is the history of the future Trunks, and even though those who've seen DBZ already know what will happen, it's still a fairly good 48-minute DVD. The story is, admittingly, lacking (not only is this feature short, but it's, well, DBZ) and the fighting scenes aren't on the same level as some of the epic brawls in the main story, but the animation is solid, and FUNImation -- gasp! -- actually handled the video transfer well: everything looks extremely smooth; no grain, no jumpy screens, no rainbow. The dub is, as you'd guess, completely botched: dumbed down script, voice actors don't even fit their characters, and heinous music playing throughout nearly every scene (Slaughter, anyone?) -- simply put, the Japanese version has been mangled. There's also a lack of extras, but this is FUNImation, after all, so I guess it's my fault for actually expecting something good out of them. Still, The History of Trunks is a neat feature for DBZ fans -- Trunks fans especially -- with its surprisingly touching scenes, excellent video quality, good fighting sequences, and interesting take on a "What if?" world, but it won't win any new fans over.