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Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)

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Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power poster

Overview

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate

Overview

A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Fandango
Prime Video logoPrime Video
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Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

The film's narrative primarily focuses on apolitical themes of adventure, friendship, and the defeat of a universally recognized evil through individual heroism and teamwork, rather than promoting specific left or right ideologies.

The film features a diverse cast of characters, which is typical for the anime genre and the Dragon Ball universe, rather than resulting from explicit DEI-driven casting choices. Its narrative focuses on adventure and character development without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.

Secondary

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on adventure, martial arts, and the search for the Dragon Balls, with all character relationships and identities presented as heterosexual or platonic, resulting in no depiction of queer elements.

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on action and adventure, with all characters depicted within conventional gender roles without exploration of gender identity beyond their assigned sex.

The film features Bulma, who primarily contributes through her inventions and technology, and Launch, who uses firearms. Neither character engages in or wins close-quarters physical combat against male opponents as defined by the criteria.

This film is a retelling of the original Dragon Ball story. All major characters, such as Goku, Bulma, and Master Roshi, retain their established canonical genders from the source manga and previous anime adaptations.

This animated film is a direct adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga, maintaining the established visual designs and implied racial characteristics of its characters from the source material. No characters canonically established as one race are portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.2
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7.4

Critic Ratings

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