Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
1996 1h 20m movie Film Japan

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

ドラゴンボール 最強への道

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
Reviews
90th
Review-volume percentile
88th
Popularity percentile

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.

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.

  1. Romeo and the Black Brothers
    #1

    Romeo and the Black Brothers

    ★ 8.9 · 1995
  2. Sasuke
    #2

    Sasuke

    ★ 8.8 · 1997
  3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
    #3

    Neon Genesis Evangelion

    ★ 8.6 · 1995
  4. Revolutionary Girl Utena
    #4

    Revolutionary Girl Utena

    ★ 8.6 · 1997
  5. Long Vacation
    #5

    Long Vacation

    ★ 8.6 · 1996
  6. Rurouni Kenshin
    #6

    Rurouni Kenshin

    ★ 8.5 · 1996
  7. Berserk
    #7

    Berserk

    ★ 8.5 · 1997
  8. Hell Teacher Nube
    #8

    Hell Teacher Nube

    ★ 8.4 · 1996

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.

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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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • gi · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • android · 19
  • resurrection · 8
  • quest · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • martial arts · 369
  • shounen · 42

Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
309
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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 CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesToei Animation
Runtime1h 20m
Release DateMarch 4, 1996
IMDbtt0142250