This is a doozy. Much like another OVA, Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans is a title that was never released in the US, as well as being the first OVA made of the series. Well, I'd say that would be true for good, but it made it's official US appearance in 2010, reanimated as part of the game Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, featuring graphic detail seen in the opening to the DBZ: Budokai games, the previously mentioned OVA I'll cover later, and in the opening to Dragon Ball Z Kai.
The OVA starts off as the Saiyans wreak havoc on the Tuffle planet, something mentioned by Baby in Dragon Ball GT. A survivor, Dr. Raichi, plots revenge against them after seeking refuge in the Dark Planet. It was told that the Saiyans not only massacred the race, but stole their technology and planet, renaming it to Planet Vegeta. Among this technology were the formerly prominent Scouters. Part of his revenge is using Destron Gas, which kills all life on the planet once released. The remaining Saiyans (Goku/Kakarot, Vegeta, Gohan, and Future Trunks) and Piccolo sets out to destroy the devices, but still has foes to deal with: Ghost Warriors of the past, as well as the machine that makes them: Hatchiyack!!
The first OVA was made in 1993, 3 years before the show itself would ever find its way to the US. At this point, in Japan, based on what was in the OVA, it was around pre-Cell Games saga, though it's not canon to the story. Moreover, the Ghost warriors were from the DBZ movies, save for Frieza who was in the anime series itself from his namesake saga prior to any movie features. This would later be packaged with DB: Raging Blast 2 as a bonus feature in game, remastered, reanimated and re-scripted from its older counterpart. Even while remastered, it still wasn't in official English, though subtitled according to region. This title would be bundled in with an in-game storyline of the OVA, as well as Hatchiyack as a playable character, making the first official American appearance alongside Tarble. However, there's a load of irony in it, mainly dealing with Turles. Note how the title is "Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans." I guess you can say using Turles sort of contradicts this. Even more so when he states his hatred of the Saiyans exceed that of his phantom comrades. I found this a bit hard to swallow, considering Turles is one himself, in fact, the very definition of what Raichi depicts as an evil Saiyan, and in his movie The Tree of Might, he is highly proud of his heritage.
Still, for the first one, I admit: it seemed mundane, so I'll leave it at a 6.3 of 10 for now, and will update if I ever catch the remake of it in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2.
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