DRAGON BALL 'THE MOVIE' : EVOLUTION
Goku’s lifelong love interest, Chi Chi, is an attractive, tom boy-ish young woman who has grown up with Goku. She has studied martial arts and has always suspected that Goku possesses talents that are unusual and extraordinary. However, Goku is considered uncool and unpopular at school. He is in fact an extremely talented martial arts fighter who gets rigorous training from his grandfather, Gohan. Gohan looks like he's in his 70s but moves like Jet Li. An accomplished martial artist who trains Goku on the bow staff, he loves his grandson and is happy to prepare a special feast for him on his 18th birthday, as well as a special gift: a 3 star Dragon Ball. Tragically, Gohan is struck down by the high ninjas of the Namek-Jins, and as he dies he sends his grandson out to do face his destiny and do battle against them...Lord Piccolo, commander of the Namek-Jins, is searching the globe for all of the DragonBalls, leaving nothing but destruction in his path...However, hope lies within an old hermit, Master Roshi. This older man is a good friend of Goku's grandfather, Gohan, and Goku comes to enlist his help after his grandfather is killed. Although he looks like a beggar, Roshi is one of the world’s most fearsome fighters. Master Roshi begins Goku's rigorous training to prepare him for the adventure of finding and fighting for the seven Dragon Balls to save the world.
Once upon his journey, Goku befriends many helpful allies. One such allie, Bulma, is a determined, competitive young woman whose father's five star Dragon Ball was stolen by Lord Piccolo, and who believes that she can harness their unlimited energy and change the world like Edison or Einstein. Bulma, who has a DBE (a Dragon Ball locator device), teams up with Goku, and with him meets up with Master Roshi as they attempt to collect the missing Dragon Balls before Piccolo can destroy the world. Goku, Bulma and Master Yoshi, upon their search for the DragonBalls, become trapped in a sand cave. A dashing young man, Yamcha, sees them in destress. Rather than helping them with his rope ladder, he taunts them....trying to pull off a bad-boy persona. However, after overhearing Master Roshi's tale of Piccolo once nearly destroyed the Earth and are preparing to do so again, Yamcha has a change of heart and not only helps the three in the desert, but becomes a valuable part of the team. An ingenious young man whose utililty truck is the Swiss Army Knife of trucks--every tool and gear imaginable sprouts from its body--Yamcha joins Goku, Bulma (with whom he becomes romantically involved) and Master Roshi on their quest to find the seven Dragon Balls before Piccolo...Chi Chi meets up with Goku and his crew at a tournament of champions where their mutual attraction finally heats up during a training session.
An ancient being with a humanoid appearance, Piccolo is from an alien race determined to take over the world. Piccolo is the cursed ruler of a demonic race who nearly destroyed Earth 2000 years ago, and with the coming of the eclipse and the possession of all seven Dragon Balls, he's prepared to free himself and do the job right this time. Crafty and smart, Piccolo has some disturbing news for Goku, namely that the boy is actually a Saiyan who's destined to join Piccolo as his right hand in destroying and enslaving the planet. Mai, Piccolo's trusted ally, uses her ability to shapeshift near the climax of the movie and takes on the form of Chi Chi, a young martial arts expert who's romantically involved with Goku and later saves Piccolo from Master Roshi's curse; once she is revealed she ends up in the fight of her life.
