Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock is a special anime that premiered in fall 2011, produced by Toei Animation.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there is 1 episode of about 19 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, adventure, comedy and sci-fi, with themes such as Shounen, Super Power, Martial Arts and Aliens.

On AniList, Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock has an average score of 68%, a good score, and appears on 32,831 users' lists.

Shown at Jump Festa 2012 hold in December, 2011. Bardock, Goku's father who was suppose to die when Freeza's attack hit him along with the Planet Vegeta, he was sent way back in time, where the planet was inhabited by a strange creatures. There, after a while he met Freeza's ancestor, a space pirate named Chilled and fought him to protect the planet.

Official synopsis from AniList.