Piccolo are forced to work together and are able to eventually defeat him. Still possessing disdain for one another and mistakenly believing Garlic Jr. to be dead, Goku and Piccolo prepare to fight when Garlic Jr. opens up a portal into another dimension; a void of darkness known as the Dead Zone. Gohan becomes enraged as he witnesses his father and friends in danger and releases his latent power, hurdling Garlic Jr. into his own vortex to be trapped for all eternity. Unable to recall the events, Gohan believes that his father defeated Garlic Jr. while Goku realizes his son has amazing hidden potential. Piccolo vows to defeat Goku while watching him and his friends depart. Cast Toshio Furukawa's voice from the original Japanese version is retained in the AB Groupe dub at the beginning of this film, when Piccolo screams and destroys a large rock formation. In Funimation's English credits, Christopher R. Sabat is miscredited as playing the Ox King, a mistake carried over to the 2006 dub of The World's Strongest. Music OP (Opening Theme): "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" Lyrics by Yukinojō Mori Music by Chiho Kiyooka Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto Performed by Hironobu Kageyama IN (Insert Song): Lyrics by Sakiko Iwamuro Music by Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto Performed by Masako Nozawa ED (Ending Theme): Lyrics by Naruhisa Arakawa Music by Arranged by Kenji Yamamoto Performed by Manna English dub soundtracks The 1997 Pioneer release kept the original Japanese music. There is a discrepancy that states the 2005 English dub score was composed by Mark Menza, which it was not. It was composed by Nathan Johnson. The Double Feature release contains an alternate audio track containing the English dub with original Japanese background music by Shunsuke Kikuchi and an ending theme of "Come Out, Incredible Zenkai Power!". Box office At the Japanese box office, the film sold tickets and earned a net distribution rental income of . International releases North America The film was licensed in North America by Funimation and the home video rights were sub-licensed to Pioneer Entertainment. Pioneer was released on VHS, LaserDisc, and DVD on December 17, 1997. They used the same voice cast as the TV series did at the time, and was dubbed by Ocean Productions. They released the film as Dead Zone. As a feature on the Pioneer DVD, deleted scenes from the original episodes 1 and 9 are shown in Japanese with