As with all of the Dragon Ball movies, there isn't a lot of background or explanation given at the beginning of this film.  They assume that the viewer is familiar with the series and they hit the ground running.  This also takes place outside of regular Dragon Ball continuity, though it seems to fall sometime during the Majin Buu saga.

This movie only last 55 minutes, so it wastes no time getting to the action.  In the realm of the dead, a teenage ogre is running the evil purification machine while listening to loud music on his walkman.  Distracted by the tunes, he lets the machine overload and explode.  This causes all of the dead evil beings to be released back into the world.

On Earth, things don't look good.  Freeza and the Ginyu Force have appeared, along with hundreds of other villains.  It's up to Gohan and his girlfriend Videl to take care of them in the air, while Mr. Satan handles zombies on the ground.  Trunks and Goten get into the act two with the pair of youngsters taking on a reincarnated Hitler and the entire Third Reich.

In the other dimension, things are even worse.  Son Goku finds that the clean up ogre has been transformed into a monster, Janempa.  This large chubby looking fellow is a child at heart but still very dangerous.  Goku has fights the giant tot, and eventually transforms into Super Saiyan 3 to take him down.  This only causes the monster to transform too, into Janemba, an even more powerful creature.  Even in SS 3, Goku is no match for Janemba, and when Vegeta (who is dead) shows up, he gets his but handed to him in nothing flat.  There's only one thing that may stop the creature: a fusion of Son Goku and Vegeta, but will the Saiyan prince ever agree to merge with his sworn enemy?

I generally prefer the show to the movies.  The movies are just too short and rushed.  That complaint is valid for this movie too, though it is a lot of fun.  The scenes with Trunks and Goten battling Hitler are played for laughs and quite amusing.  At one point the two young heros go into Super Saiyan mode which causes Hitler to ponder out loud: "Blond hair?  Blue eyes?  Super strength?  I should be recruiting them!"

The fan-boy in me also really enjoyed when Goku and Vegeta finally fused correctly too.  Having the two powerful warriors in one body was neat, and the battle at the end was exciting.

While this movie won't win any awards for best anime disc of the year, Dragon Ball fans will sure get a kick out of it.

Audio:

This DVD has three audio options: the original mono Japanese track, an English stereo dubs, or an English 5.1 soundtrack.  I preferred the original soundtrack over the English dub, though the English actors did a good job.  The English track has music added to the background, and though it fits in well with the show, I liked the more spartan sounding original track.  The sound is very good for a show of this age, there isn't any noticeable hum or distortion, and the range is fine.

Video:

This show looks good for the most part.  The colors are bright and the lines are tight.  There is some mosquito noise in all of the shows, but it's not too bad.  There's also a bit of aliasing.  There was a minor amount of print damage, just an occasional white speck, but this was fairly rare.   Overall a nice looking disc.

Extras:

The only extras on this disc are some character profiles and a few trailers.

Final Thoughts:

Though the Dragon Ball movies are a bit rushed, don't have much of a story, and fall outside of regular Dragon Ball continuity, this was still a fun ride.  If you've never seen DBZ, you're better off starting with the first volume of the series, but fans of the show will get a kick out of this short story.  Well worth watching, this is Recommended.