Product Details

• Actors: Jon Allen (II), Enuka Okuma, Jessie Cody, Travis Willingham, Matthew Piersall
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001
• Run Time: 62 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005M2C4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,171 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dragonball Z: Lord Slug" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The end of the world is fast approaching in the form of a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Not if Goku has anything to say about it! Goku and Krillin race to the rescue. Using their incredible powers they narrowly deflect the asteroid from its deadly course. The Earth is saved or is it?A dark vessel descends from the surface of the asteroid carrying a powerful new enemy - the evil overlord Lord Slug.His forces have come to take control of the Earth and steal its natural resources only in the process they intend to wipe out the entire human race! And when Lord Slug discovers the seven magic Dragon Balls it seems nothing can stop his diabolical plans from coming to pass!Now that Lord Slug has the power of the Dragon Balls in his grasp can even Goku save the Earth from the clutches of this mysterious invader?System Requirements: Running Time 62 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: NR UPC: 704400030734 Manufacturer No: FN03073

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Seen the Japanese version on VHS and that was very good, June 7, 2001

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Gavin (Murfreesboro, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Ball Z - Lord Slug Feature (DVD)

I have this movie on VHS, in Japanese. and I thought it was good, so it on DVD will probably be very good too. This takes place after Gokou had returned on Earth after the Freezer encounter on Namek. It deals with an evil Namek-jin who comes to earth, Planning to use earth as his new Planet Cruiser. Yes, a planet cruiser, they had figured out how to make the planets cruise around space. He was born on Namek, but sent away around the same time Piccolo did, except he landed on the Planet Slug. Thanks to being raised on that planet, he and the rest of his teams couldnt take the sunlight, because Slug was a dark planet. So they first had a machine that took away the sunlight, which would end up killing most all life on Earth and also used the Dragonballs to make him young again. But it also turns out that he's a Super Namek-jin, like Piccolo, a mutated one because he can grow taller than the buildings on earth. But Piccolo is able to find his weakness, because Piccolo has the same weakness..... but dont worry, I'm not going to spoil the ending for you all.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-drawn animation, and an easy-to-understand plot!, December 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragon Ball Z - Lord Slug - Feature [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The fourth DBZ movie, Lord Slug was originally released in Japan under the title "Super Saiya-Jin Gokuu" but was changed into Lord Slug after being dubbed into English and released in the U.S.A. This movie is a bit shorter than the others, but it is still good. I love the first song, besides the theme, played on this movie, I was "playing the music" in my head 'cause it was so cool. It wasn't all that funny when Gohan and Higher Dragon annoyed Piccolo in the beginning, but it was a little. This movie practically gets right to the point, basically right after that scene the movie gets down to business. First we see a so-called "computer simulation" of a giant meteor destroying the planet, then some more kick ... music starts to play and it shows Goku and Krillin trying to deflect the asteroud with their Kamehameha beams fused together (I'm not telling what happens to the asteroid). Let's jump forward to after Goku starts fighting Lord Slug, now, Slug gets him enraged and Goku gets really strong, people say that he went Super Saiyan but actually Goku never goes Super Saiyan until DBZ movie 5 (which is Cooler's Revenge). Still, the way Goku charged like a bull straight at Lord Slug was really cool, but after that, then it wasn't cool again until Goku was back on his feet after a thorough ...-whoopin' from Slug and powers up a Kaio-Ken attack. Unlike the first three movies, Goku sounds like he does in the series. It's kind of disappointing to hear Goku raged up in the first three DBZ movies 'cause he kinda sounds like a girl. The Super Saiyan transformation was great (it's easier just to call it Super Saiyan, so let's do just that, 'kay?) and he looked cool with waving black hair, red shadowing (his hair, I mean) and his pupils cannot be seen. Some people say it looks stupid, but I think it looks fairly cool. All in all, this was a great DBZ movie and you should buy it right away.

Oh yeah, that first song besides the theme that I was talking about, it is by Finger Eleven and it is called Drag You Down.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An average venture for DBZ, October 14, 2003

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Ryk E. Spoor "Author, Gamer, Geek God" (Troy, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragonball Z: Lord Slug (DVD)

Noted mainly for the fearsome "Whistle of Doom" -- a happy, perky whistled tune that just happens to be in a pitch range that Namek-seijin simply cannot stand (imagine a thousand fingernails scraping down a blackboard) -- this is even for DBZ a pretty lightweight offering. After the Z-team deflects an asteroid from hitting the Earth, an alien craft filled with nasty but light-sensitive aliens lands on Earth and begins to cover it with dark clouds. They are led by an incredibly aged Namek who is still a very powerful warrior. When he sees a Dragon Ball, he recognizes it for what it is and has his people gather them and wishes himself back to full power.

There are some decent fight sequences in this (Piccolo gets some very cool moments), but overall it's not all that great. The ending has a nice moment -- a sort of prequel of the later "fusion technique" shown in the Buu sequence -- but there are sufficient stupid or pedestrian moments which drop this back down to a so-so entertainment effort.