Doragon bôru Z 3: Chikyû marugoto chô kessen (Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might) Reviews

Possesses one of the more interesting stories of the movies, boasting a decently strong albeit a tad underdeveloped villain (Why does Turles look like Goku?). A little slow at the beginning but once things get going, it is DBZ action goodness. I loved that the Z fighters are given at least some role in the plot and action. The part with Gohan in Great Ape-form and Goku/Turles final battle were definite highlights. Fans will be pleased.

Fantastic movie, I really enjoyed this movie. The animation is incredible, has a great story and a pretty cool battle.

The continuity of Dragonball Z versus this film is off by miles!
The one thing that's for sure is this happens right after the arrival and defeat of all three Saiyans, since King Kai's helping out, Son Goku is alive, he mentions his son Gohan becoming a giant ape before, and he's familiar with the artificial moon trick Turles does...

However, the entire supporting cast of fighters are around as well including Piccolo, who were all dead by the end of the Saiyan Saga and only alive prior when Goku was dead, so it should be impossible since this takes place before the Namek trip and Goku couldn't become Super Saiyan.

(SHIT! I said too much already)

Excellent for those DBZ fans and those just getting into it, or any other anime of the shounen/action genre of anime.

It's very good but they needed go into Turles' backstory more. Why does he look like Goku? Great action and I'm glad the movie used the entire Z team.

DBZ always seems more personal when the baddies are Saiyans or Saiyan related. Tree of might is a great addittion to the DBZ canon because it plays into the existing story line well and it doesn't feel like a "filler episode" the way that many of the DBZ movies do.

The best DBZ movie in my opinion.

Possesses one of the more interesting stories of the movies, boasting a decently strong albeit a tad underdeveloped villain (Why does Turles look like Goku?). A little slow at the beginning but once things get going, it is DBZ action goodness. I loved that the Z fighters are given at least some role in the plot and action. The part with Gohan in Great Ape-form and Goku/Turles final battle were definite highlights. Fans will be pleased.

Probably the only time the Z-Fighters (as they were around the Saiyan/Frieza Sagas), unite to fight an enemy. Better than it's predecessor, it's a fair entry.

One of the many Dragonball Z movies that were not good but still not bad. I still wouldn't recommend it though, maybe to only watch it once and that's it.

It's good, but mostly anti-climatic.

Why didn't Goku just eat the damn fruit?! And why does Turles look exactly like Goku? Oh well. I still generally liked it. There are quite a few elements of Dragon Ball Z in it that I obviously like, like all the senseless fighting and Goku beating the shit out of people for justice, lol.

Would have liked more back-story on the history between Turles and Goku, but this is a nice addition to the dbz film collection. Large cast compared to the other films and great fight scenes.

Another average DBZ movie. It has more heart and emotion than the previous films, but once again falls short of the magic that the manga and anime bring. Uses recycled plots of a Saiyan coming to take over the world, and has numerous timeline issues with the series.

Turles (Masako Nozawa), a mysterious Saiyan bearing a strong resemblance to Goku (Masako Nozawa), visits the earth, where he and his five henchmen plant the Tree of Might. The so-called Tree of Might grows to colossal proportions and sucks the life out of the planet to bear a potent fruit which will give an exponential power boost to anyone who eats it. Goku and friends, not about to sit idly as the Earth is sucked dry, take off to do battle with the alien invaders when King Kai (Joji Yanami) informs Goku of the sinister plot via telepathy. Soon it seems Goku and the gang have bitten off more than they can chew and, when Turles sinks his own teeth into one of the super-fruits, their chances appear grimmer than ever.

I have a vague recollection of having seen The Tree of Might about a decade ago and I was genuinely looking forward to revisiting it since I always found the premise of a giant tree that sucks the nutrients from the earth to bear super-fruit intriguing. Intriguing, it remains, but, unfortunately, I can't say the same about the movie as a whole. With a runtime of one hour though, it never comes as a surprise that the Dragon Ball Z films don't meet the same standard as the 291-episode television series. Also like other Dragon Ball Z films, it's impossible to say how or where The Tree of Might fits into the Dragon Ball Z chronology because, no matter where you try to place it, you're bound to find dozens of contradictions. I've always found the inconsistency with the television series distracting.

The battles are mostly uninteresting. I'd like to have seen more of Cacao, the cyborg guy with magmatic flesh. Cacao was by far the most interesting character design for the film, especially given that the main villain, Turles, is just Goku with a moderately different color scheme and some Saiyan armor. Of course, being uncanonical, it's never explained where Turles comes from. Goku and Vegeta were supposed to be the only full-blooded Saiyans remaining, so what hole did this guy crawl out of?

Unfortunately, so many questions are raised that it's difficult to enjoy The Tree of Might, but I will say it's a minor step up from the first two Dragon Ball Z films, Dead Zone (1989) and The World's Strongest (1990). It's a shame such an intriguing premise wasn't better handled.