

Dr. Gero's Androids #13, #14, and #15 are awakened by the laboratory computers and immediately head to the mall where Goku is shopping. After Goku, Trunks, and Vegeta defeat #14 and #15, #13 absorbs their inner computers and becomes a super being greater than the original three separately were. Now it is up to Goku to stop him.
Visual Effects
That SSJ transformation sequence still hits different
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn destruction porn before digital ruined everything
Stunts
Goku literally punches someone through an ice cream shop

Director
Daisuke Nishio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first DBZ film to use digital ink and paint for select scenes, though most remained hand-colored cel animation.
Android 13's southern trucker aesthetic in his super form was reportedly inspired by American action movie villains popular in Japan during the late '80s—specifically the Terminator and Die Hard archetypes.
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