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)
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	December 17, 2011 (2011-12-17)
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.^[1] 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.