Young Goku joins Bulma’s search for the Dragon Balls and comes into conflict with the Red Ribbon Army.
Bulma’s search for all seven Dragon Balls puts Goku against the Red Ribbon Army, which wants to use the wish to dominate the world. That gives the film’s road adventure a clear contest over who gets to make the wish.
The search begins with objects that mean different things to the people seeking them: Goku’s keepsake, Bulma’s promised wish and a resource for an armed organisation. Moving between those motives gives the journey both comic encounters and escalating battles. Consider it for a feature-length return to early Dragon Ball material, with a young Goku and the Red Ribbon Army at its centre. It is a separate 1996 film, so its events should not be treated as the next television arc.
