It was released in Japan on July 10, 1993 at the Toei Anime Fair, where it was shown alongside the Dr. Slump movie N-cha! Pengin-mura yori Ai wo komete and the first YuYu Hakusho movie. The antagonist Bojack was designed by series creator Akira Toriyama.[1] The film is the last to feature Kōhei Miyauchi as Kame-Sennin, who died two years after its release.