| Premiered: | 26 February 1986 (7:00 – 7:30PM, Wednesday, Fuji TV) |
| Ratings Share: | 27.4% |
| Opening Animation: | “Mystical Adventure!” (First Animation) |
| Eyecatch: | 1st Eyecatch |
| Ending Animation: | “I’ll Give You Romance” (First Animation) |
| Corresponding: | Chapter 001, “Bulma and Son Goku” |
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| Availability: |
Dragon Ball DVD Box – Dragon Box; Disc #01 (07 July 2004) Dragon Ball Individual DVD Volume #01 (04 April 2007) |
In West City, Bulma learns from a book in her home of the existence of the Dragon Balls, said to grant any single wish if all seven are gathered. She builds a Dragon Radar that picks up the electric waves emitted by the Dragon Balls, and sets out on a journey to find them. Midway through her journey, she meets the peculiar tailed boy Son Goku! Bulma recognizes that Goku’s keepsake from his adoptive grandfather is the Four-Star Ball, one of the Dragon Balls. She invites him on her journey to collect the Dragon Balls, and the two set out for an adventure!!
The background music for this episode, as with all Dragon Ball TV series background music, was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Certain pieces of this music from the original Dragon Ball television series has been made available on two home format releases:
The table below outlines all of the musical pieces used during this episode, and which (if any) CD releases contain said music. Most Dragon Ball background music collections compile multiple pieces of music into a single track; as such, individual pieces tend to not have their own unique titles, but rather exclusively have catalog numbers. The CD listings below indicate which disc (if applicable), which specific track, and which individual piece within that track’s suite of music is that scene’s corresponding background music.
| Scene Description | Catalog No. | Ongakushū (1986/2003) | Daizenshū (1994) |
| Beginning + Title Card | H1 + H4 | TBD | D2:7(b)+(d) (meshed together) |
| The Rolling Log | H3 | TBD | D2:7(c) |
| Rolling Faster | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Bulma’s First Appearance | B2-B | TBD | D2:4(a) |
| Goku in His Element | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Attack of the Sabre-Tiger | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| The Chase is On! | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Talking Fish | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Bulma Follows Goku Home | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Eyecatches | C4 + C2B-2 | TBD | D2:23(e) + D2:19(e) |
| Grandpa the Dragon Ball | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Glowing Dragon Balls | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Pilaf Discovers a Dragon Ball | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Mai Explains the Legend | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Bulma’s Dirty Offer | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Goku Joins Bulma | G2 | TBD | D2:4(d) |
| Their Journey Begins | I1 | TBD | D2:11(c) |
| The Pterodactyl | F48 | TBD | D2:3(c) |
| Goku and the Flying Bike | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Goku Hits the Pterodactyl | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| Bulma’s Accident | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
| What Happens Next? | (Unreleased) | N/A | N/A |
All credits listed below are as originally presented in the episode. The credit structure used in Dragon Ball is actually quite simple; the staff involved with the production of the series as a whole are listed in the opening credits and the staff involved with this specific episode are listed in the ending credits. All original credit errors have been corrected to maintain accurate spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series staff, visit the Production Guide.
The cast credits are listed in order of character importance within the series. For more detailed information about the series cast, visit the Cast Guide.
