Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle is the second animated feature film based on the Dragon Ball manga by Akira Toriyama. It was originally released in Japan on July 18, 1987 at the "Toei Manga Matsuri" film festival as part of a quadruple feature along with the original Saint Seiya movie and the film versions of Hikari Sentai Maskman and Choujinki Metalder. An English dub by Funimation was released on home video in 1997, though an alternative English dub was also released in Europe from AB Groupe sometime in the early 2000s. Twelve year old Goku seeks out Master Roshi to ask to... be accepted as a student, while the little monk, Krillin, arrives for the same reason . Roshi sends them on a quest far to the west, where "five mountains stand, called the 'Devil's Hand'." Inside a castle, there lies the legendary, and beautiful, "Sleeping Princess." Whoever brings back the Sleeping Princess will become Master Roshi's student. The two boys set out, and Krillin uses all the standard tricks to trip Goku up.
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| Release date: | July 18, 1987 |
| Directed by: | Daisuke Nishio |
| Runtime: | 45 Minutes |
| Music by: | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Screenplay by: | Keiji Terui, Akira Toriyama |