"Introduction" GT Carddass n0 Son Goku and Friends

GT Carddass n0 Son Goku and Friends card

Simultaneously to the beginning of Dragon Ball GT airing, Toei released one final Dragon Ball movie called "Dragon Ball: The Path to Power" (ドラゴンボール 最強への道 in Japanese). It was to be a retelling of Son Goku's early adventures fighting the Red Ribbon army. The movie came out on March 2 of 1996. This would be the last time Dragon Ball would be in theaters until 2013 with the release of Dragon Ball Z Battle of the Gods (ドラゴンボールZ 神と神 in Japanese).

Both to promote advance ticket sales to the movie, and to promote the brand new Carddass part 26 (featuring Dragon Ball GT for the first time) Bandai gave advance ticket buyers a present Carddass card: the GT Carddass n0 card (in most cases along with a movie poster).

The card features a wonderful group illustration of the Son family, with Trunks and Uub also included. The card is numbered card n0 (as Carddas GT cards began from 1 again), and is called the "Son Goku and friends" card. 

The edge reads: "I'm Goku! I've become smaller!". The lower box reads: "Look for a new part of DB! The beginning of Son Goku’s new adventure!!".

GT Carddass n0 Son Goku and Friends card back

 

This is only one of two "card prism" (hard prism) Bandai Carddass gift cards, the other being the "Ultimate Exhibit 1994 Invitation ticket card". It was also the last prism gift card, as the two limited present cards that followed were non prism cards (the A-course and B-course Tokubetsudan campaign cards).

There also exists a "seal type" (soft prism) version of this card, which was distributed in Hong Kong exclusively and is significantly rarer. I assume the distribution method of that version was the same as it was in Japan (a gift for purchasing advance tickets for the latest movie).

The back of the card uses the Carddass part 26 back design. The center character is the one for "dragon" (龍) and the lower right box reads: "Finally, the new TV original story Dragon Ball GT has started!"

I'm very fond of this card. The background with monochrome Goku and Uub and the other characters in the foreground in color is a really cool choice, and the end result feels so colorful! It was such an exciting time with GT Carddass cards beginning, and soon followed by GT Super Battle cards!

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