Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans

Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Japanese covers VHS volume.
ドラゴンボールZ外伝 サイヤ人絶滅計画 (Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku)
Genre	Action, fantasy
Game
Developer	Tose
Publisher	Bandai
Platform	Family Computer
Released	August 6, 1993
Original video animation
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku ドラゴンボールZ外伝 サイヤ人絶滅計画
Directed by	Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Produced by	Kozo Morishita
Written by	Takao Koyama
Music by	Keiju Ishikawa
Studio	Bird Studio, Toei Animation
Released	September 6, 1993
Runtime	26 minutes (each)
Episodes	2
Original video animation
Doragon Bōru: Suupaa Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku ドラゴンボール　超サイヤ人絶滅計画
Directed by	Yoshihiro Ueda
Produced by	Tomoaki Imanishi Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Written by	Hitoshi Tanaka
Music by	Hiroshi Takaki
Studio	Bird Studio, Toei Animation
Released	November 11, 2010
Runtime	30 minutes
Game
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku - Chikyū Hen ドラゴンボールZ 真サイヤ人絶滅計画 -地球編-
Developer	Bandai
Publisher	Bandai
Platform	Playdia
Released	September 23, 1994
Game
Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Shin Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku - Uchū Hen ドラゴンボールZ 真サイヤ人絶滅計画 -宇宙編-
Developer	Bandai
Publisher	Bandai
Platform	Playdia
Released	December 16, 1994
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Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ外伝 サイヤ人絶滅計画, Hepburn: Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku) is a video game released for the Family Computer (Famicom/NES) game console in Japan.^[1] The game takes the form of a card battle role-playing game, where the player's movement and battle choices are dictated by the randomly generated playing cards. Multiplayer is a six player tournament using difficulty level of computer players that are in the save file. Players can choose between Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Trunks and Vegeta. Winner records are kept in the game data, as well as any moves the player might learn. The Famicom game sold 300,000 units in Japan.^[2]

Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans was adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVA) series directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi and released on August 6, 1993 as strategy guides.^[3][4] In 1994, footage from the OVA was reused in a two-part game for the Bandai Playdia, True Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, with some new scenes.^[5]

Plot[]

Dr. Raichi is the lone survivor of the Tuffles, a race that once lived on Planet Plant before the invasion of the Saiyans. The Saiyans not only massacred the entire Tuffle race, but also stole their technology and conquered the planet; renaming it Planet Vegeta in honor of their king. Raichi managed to escape and found refuge on the Dark Planet and prepared to eradicate the last remaining Saiyans.

On Earth, he sends devices that emit a substance called Destron Gas that can destroy all life. When Mr. Popo finds out that only a few hours remain until the planet's destruction, Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, and Piccolo rush to destroy the devices located around the planet. They manage to destroy all but one that is protected by an impenetrable energy barrier. However, Frieza, Cooler, Turles and Lord Slug appear and engage the heroes. It is revealed by King Kai that the villains are ghost warriors and will continually come back to life when killed unless defeated in the same way their lives were originally ended.

The heroes track Dr. Raichi down to the Dark Planet and engage him, discovering that his ghost warriors are generated by a machine called Hatchihyack, a device powered by the hate of the Tuffles. It is also revealed that Dr. Raichi is a ghost warrior himself, generated by Hatchihyack. When Vegeta vaporizes Raichi, preventing him from re-materializing, the hate Dr. Raichi had causes Hatchihyack to exceed its limit. Hatchihyack appears in a powerful android body. Hatchiyack devastates the heroes until the Saiyans, after having transformed into their Super Saiyan forms, combine their powers together into one massive wave of energy, ending the threat.

New characters[]

Hatchiyack[]

The main villain from Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans. Hatchiyack is an android whose strength is fueled by the previously beaten villains' hatred for Saiyans. He comes to full power and materializes once Vegeta destroys Dr. Raichi, and is estimated by Goku to rival or exceed Broly's strength. He had many different forms in alternate endings, including a giant form, a multi form, and a super form.

Dr. Raichi[]

Dr. Raichi is a Tuffle scientist who wants revenge against the Saiyans and is the creator of Hatchiyack. He appears (slightly redesigned) in the special as well as its 2010 remake, Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans along with Hatchiyack, Frieza, Slug, Cooler, and Turles.

Cast (OVA)[]

• Masako Nozawa as Goku, Gohan and Turles
• Ryō Horikawa as Vegeta
• Toshio Furukawa as Piccolo
• Takeshi Kusao as Trunks
• Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma
• Naoko Watanabe as Chi-Chi
• Toku Nishio as Mr. Popo
• Tomiko Suzuki as Dende
• Ryūsei Nakao as Frieza and Cooler
• Hisao Egawa as Monster / Goddo Gadon
• Yusaku Yara as Slug
• Shinji Ogawa as Dr. Raichi
• Jōji Yanami as Kaio-sama / Narration
• Hideo Ishikawa as Hatchihyack

The remake featured with Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 doesn't include Mr. Popo, the Monsters or Goddo Gadon.

Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans[]

The original 1993 OVA (top) compared to the 2010 remake (bottom). The animation was redone and the plot was altered too, as seen with Goku no longer being transformed in this scene.

Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (Japanese: ドラゴンボール　超 (スーパー)サイヤ人絶滅計画, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru: Sūpā Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku) is a 2010 anime original video animation and an updated version of Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans. Originally, this updated version was only available in the Bandai Namco Games video game Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.^[6][7] However, it later received a coupled DVD release with Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock in the March issue of the weekly magazine Saikyō Jump, which was released on February 3, 2012.^[8]

Most of the voice cast from the original 1993 OVA returned for the remake, with the notable exception of Shinji Ogawa, who was replaced by Hiroshi Iwasaki as the voice of Dr. Lychee.

References[]

External links[]

• Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Destroy the Saiyajin (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia