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Shown at Jump Festa 2012, held in December, 2011.
Bardock, Goku's father, who was supposed to have died when Freeza's attack hit him along with the Planet Vegeta, was sent way back in time where the planet was inhabited by strange creatures. There, he meets Freeza's ancestor, a space pirate named Chilled, and fights him to protect the planet.
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| Adaptation: | Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock |
| Parent story: | Dragon Ball Z |
| Prequel: | Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Tatta Hitori no Saishuu Kessen |
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| Ueda, Yoshihiro Director, Episode Director |
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| Koyama, Takao Script |
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| Toriyama, Akira Original Creator |
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| Cook, Justin ADR Director |
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Dec 26, 2011
Alpharon
Recommended
In the Jump Anime Tour (version 2008) we received Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!, the first thing DB related in more than 13 years. And it was pretty good, since, only three years later in the Jump Festa 2012, we received Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, a 20-minute special that adapts the manga of the same name.
The story show us that Bardock, Goku's father (and Raditz too, but nobody cares about him, thx to team four stars :P), survives that ginormous attack launched by Freiza, that killed all his companions and destroyed planet Vegeta. If he didn't die... what happened to ...
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Dec 27, 2011
Gleam_Queen
Mixed Feelings
Forget about the Dragonball manga and forget about the Dragonball/Z anime - view this as a stand alone story...
Following the above steps only makes this special worst!
The reason why?
The story has little substance - a higly basic and short plot dependent entirely on the well known franchise.
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Story...
Goku's dad, Bardock, in his last special, faced off against Friezer.
Within this special, instead of dying within the blast theat blew up his planet, he was somehow teleported into a past time period.
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Apr 7, 2018
zenmodeman
Not Recommended
Episode of Bardock is a spin-off that doesn’t need to exist. Breaking pre-established rules from the Dragon Ball canon while ruining the point of the superior Bardock Special, this OVA is essentially a fanfiction with next to no merit.
The original Bardock special emphasized how ordinary and insignificant Bardock is. Although granted the power to see the future, he dies while having no impact whatsoever. He wasn't the hope to save the Saiyan race from Friezaa but merely an ordinary individual who strived to make a change but accomplished nothing. In a franchise of extraordinary individuals, Bardock is effectively special by not being special. ...
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Manga 'Dragon Ball Episode of Bardock' To Be Animated [Update Dec 19]
According to V Jump magazine, a spin-off manga of Dragon Ball, "Episode of Bardock" was announced to get an anime adaptation. Source: Scan of V Jump Update on Decemb...read more
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