Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (絶望への反抗!!　残された超戦士・悟飯とトランクス, Zetsubō e no Hankō!! Nokosareta Chō-Senshi • Gohan to Torankusu) is the second Dragon Ball Z TV special. Originally airing in Japan on February 24, 1993, between episodes 175 and 176, the special is based on an extra chapter of the manga series. It depicts an alternate version of the future in which Goku dies from a virus and a teenage Trunks tries to defeat the androids ravaging Earth.

Dubbing History
The Special was first dubbed by FUNimation in 2000, being released on VHS and DVD the same year. The DVD featured a new soundtrack by American rock bands, such as Dream Theater and Bootsy Collins with Buckethead, along with a score done by Dale Kelly, Andy Baylor and Mark Akin. It premiered on Toonami on September 12, 2003 as part of a month-long event called "DBZ Movies," during which a Dragon Ball Z feature aired every Friday.

In 2003, AB Groupe produced their own dub for European distribution, airing on Toonami in the United Kingdom under the title of Dragon Ball Z: Gohan and Trunks.

As with what was done with the series itself, FUNimation went back to their dub of the specials and remastered their dub for them as well. They cleaned up certain performances, and replaced certain voices, namely Mark Britten with Kyle Hebert as Ox-King. It was released together with Bardock - The Father of Goku on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2008, with the option to watch to the dub with the original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi.

Speedy Video also released a VCD of this special, subtitled The History of Trunk, but it is uncertain which language audio the disc uses.

Video Releases

 * released in double pack with Bardock - The Father of Goku