Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
| Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock | |
| ドラゴンボール エピソード オブ バーダック (Doragon Bōru Episōdo obu Bādakku) | |
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| Created by | Akira Toriyama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Naho Ōishi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Magazine | V Jump |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | June 21, 2011 – August 21, 2011 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Yoshihiro Ueda |
| Produced by | Kazuhiko Torishima |
| Written by | Makoto Koyama |
| Music by | Hiroshi Takaki |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released |
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| Runtime | 20 minutes |
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (Japanese: ドラゴンボール エピソード オブ バーダック, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Episōdo obu Bādakku) is a three-chapter Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naho Ōishi, based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball. It serves as a what-if spin-off sequel to the 1990 animated television special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku. Bardock, having survived the destruction of his home planet, is sent into the past to a strange planet where he battles Frieza's ancestor, Chilled.
The manga was serialized in V Jump in three chapters between June 21 and August 21, 2011. It was adapted into a short anime film by Toei Animation that premiered on December 17, 2011, at Jump Festa 2012. The film was released internationally in October 2012, as a subtitled extra to the Xbox 360 video game Dragon Ball Z: For Kinect.