Japan Synopsis
ドラゴンボール 最強への道
A retelling of Dragon Ball's origin with a different take on the meeting of Goku, Bulma, and Kame-Sen'nin. It also retells the Red Ribbon Army story; but this time they find Goku rather than Goku finding them.
Audience Engagement
309 audience reviews — more than 90% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 88th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dragon Ball: The Path to Power. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedDragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
★ 6.5 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
★ 6.8 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedGintama: The Very Final
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedJujutsu Kaisen 0
★ 8.2 · Japan
2 sharedBlack Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
★ 8.1 · Japan
Other Titles From Toei Animation
Animation + Adventure in Japan
1018 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dragon Ball: The Path to Power itself).
The 1995–1997 Japan Window
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power holds position #46 of 142 Japan films in the 1995–1997 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dragon Ball: The Path to Power premiered alongside 42 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 42 other Japan films in 1996.
The 1058th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gi · 3
- android · 19
- resurrection · 8
- quest · 6
- anime · 711
- martial arts · 369
- shounen · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,542 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,140 of 2,532 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation |
| Runtime | 1h 20m |
| Release Date | March 4, 1996 |
| IMDb | tt0142250 |