Japan Synopsis
ドラゴンボールZ とびっきりの最強対最強
After defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin. Everything is normal until Cooler – Frieza's brother – sends three henchmen after Goku. A long fight ensues between our heroes and Cooler, in which he transforms into the fourth stage of his evolution and has the edge in the fight… until Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan.
Audience Engagement
579 audience reviews — more than 94% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedDragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
★ 6.8 · Japan
4 sharedRiki-Oh: The Wall of Hell
★ 7.0 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
★ 7.1 · Japan
Other Titles From Toei Animation
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge itself).
The 1990–1992 Japan Window
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge holds position #41 of 107 Japan films in the 1990–1992 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 Z: Cooler's Revenge premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other Japan films in 1991.
The 852nd 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 Z: Cooler's Revenge, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- camping · 4
- transformation · 16
- ambush · 6
- anime · 711
- martial arts · 369
- based on manga · 297
- revenge · 210
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,299 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (50th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #915 of 1,714 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation, Toei Company |
| Runtime | 48m |
| Release Date | July 20, 1991 |
| IMDb | tt1125254 |