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Episode Guide

Dragon Ball Episode 006

真夜中の訪問者たち

Mayonaka no Hōmonsha-tachi

The Midnight Visitors

Episode Information

Premiered: 02 April 1986 (7:00 – 7:30PM, Wednesday, Fuji TV)
Ratings Share: 20.8%
Opening Animation: “Mystical Adventure!” (First Animation)
Eyecatch: 1st Eyecatch
Ending Animation: “I’ll Give You Romance” (First Animation)
Corresponding: Chapter 009, “The Dragon Balls in Danger!!”
Chapter 010, “A Grand Robbery Scheme”

Availability: Dragon Ball DVD Box – Dragon Box; Disc #01 (07 July 2004)
Dragon Ball Individual DVD Volume #01 (04 April 2007)

Episode Synopsis

Yamcha attacks at night in an attempt to steal Oolong’s capsules! As Yamcha looks into the condition of their opponents, he learns about the Dragon Balls. Yamcha and Pu’er try to steal Goku and the others’ Dragon Balls through any means necessary, but fail!! At this point, they come up with the plan of waiting for Goku and the others to gather all seven Dragon Balls, and then steal them. Unaware of this, Goku and the others aim for Mt. Frypan in search of the sixth Dragon Ball.

Next Time:
“Gyūmaō of Mount Frypan”

Musical Score

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 have been made available on two home format releases:

  • The Ongakushū (“Music Collection”), originally released on vinyl 21 April 1986 (CX-7272), and re-released on CD under the budget-priced ANIMEX 1200 series 25 September 2003.
  • The five-disc Daizenshū collection released on 01 April 1994, with the second disc specifically containing music from the original Dragon Ball television series.

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 Daizenshū
Yamcha Makes a Plan H3 7(c) D2:7(c)
Title Card C3 N/A D2:14(a)
Spanning the Landscape H4 7(d) D2:7(d)
Shuu and Mai Unknown 6(c) D2:6(c)
Bulma’s Shower B3 4(e) D2:4(e)
The Sleeping Drug Unknown 11(b) D2:11(b)
Eyecatch A C2B-2 N/A D2:19(e)
Eyecatch B C4 N/A D2:23(e)
The Bomb is Reset I22 2(d) D2:2(d)
Oolong Goes Upstairs G13 5(c) D2:5(c)
Oolong is Almost Successful (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Oolong Panics at Fake Goku G9 8(c) D2:8(c)
Yamcha Sneaks Upstairs G3 9(d) D2:9(d)
Yamcha is Traumatized (Unreleased) N/A N/A
The Bomb is Planted G12 13(c) D2:13(c)
Bulma the Bunny-Girl (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Yamcha Comes Attacking (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Yamcha Fires the Panzerfaust (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Yamcha’s Plan (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Driving to Mt. Frypan D1 5(d) D2:5(d)

Episode Credits

The overall credits listed follow a straight forward structure; 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 credits listed below are presented as they originally appeared in the episode’s initial broadcast, although errors have been corrected to maintain accurate and consistent spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series’ staff, visit the Animation Production Guide.

Cast Credits

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.

孫悟空

Son Goku

野沢雅子

Masako Nozawa

ブルマ

Bulma

鶴 ひろみ

Hiromi Tsuru

ヤムチャ

Yamcha

古谷 徹

Tōru Furuya

ウーロン

Oolong

龍田直樹

Naoki Tatsuta

プーアル

Pu’er

渡辺菜生子

Naoko Watanabe

ピラフ

Pilaf

千葉 繁

Shigeru Chiba

シュウ

Shuu

玄田哲章

Tesshō Genda

マイ

Mai

山田栄子

Eiko Yamada

ナレーション

Narration

八奈見乗児

Jōji Yanami

Opening Credits

企画

Planning

七條敬三

Keizō Shichijō

原作

Original Author

鳥山 明

Akira Toriyama

集英社 (週刊少年ジャンプ) 連載

Shueisha (Weekly Shōnen Jump) Serialization

音楽

Music

菊池俊輔

Shunsuke Kikuchi

チーフアニメーター

Chief Animator

前田 実

Minoru Maeda

チーフデザイナー

Chief Designer

辻 忠直

Tadanao Tsuji

オープニング テーマ

Opening Theme

作詞

Lyrics

作曲

Composition

編曲

Arrangement

うた

Vocals

「魔訶不思議アドベンチャー!」

“Mystical Adventure!”

森 由里子

Yuriko Mori

いけたけし

Takeshi Ike

田中公平

Kōhei Tanaka

高橋洋樹

Hiroki Takahashi

(コロムビアレコード)

(Columbia Records)

エンディング テーマ

Ending Theme

作詞

Lyrics

作曲

Composition

編曲

Arrangement

うた

Vocals

「ロマンティックあげるよ」

“I’ll Give You Romance”

吉田健美

Takemi Yoshida

いけたけし

Takeshi Ike

田中公平

Kōhei Tanaka

橋本 潮

Ushio Hashimoto

(コロムビアレコード)

(Columbia Records)

シリーズディレクター

Series Director

岡崎 稔

Minoru Okazaki

西尾大介

Daisuke Nishio

フジテレビプロデュサー

Fuji TV Producer

土屋登喜蔵

Tokizō Tsuchiya

清水賢治

Kenji Shimizu

制作

Production

フジテレビ

Fuji TV

東映

Toei

Ending Credits

製作担当

Production Manager

岸本松司

Matsuji Kishimoto

脚本

Script

平野靖士

Yasushi Hirano

声の出演

Voice Performances

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[ Cast Credits ]

協力

In Cooperation With

青二プロ

Aoni Production

原画

Key Animation

白須順子

Yoriko Shirosu

小原太一郎

Tai’ichirō Ohara

片田亜起夫

Akio Katada

金田康宏

Yasuhiro Kinda

動画

In-Between Animation

佐藤和香子

Wakako Satō

三柴直樹

Naoki Mishiba

佐野哲郎

Tetsurō Sano

鈴木初枝

Hatsue Suzuki

志田直俊

Naotoshi Shida

水梨ひとみ

Hitomi Mizunashi

望月啓史

Hiroshi Mochizuki

中村まゆみ

Mayumi Nakamura

背景

Backgrounds

高田茂祝

Shigenori Takada

山元健生

Tatsuo Yamamoto

土井則良

Noriyoshi Tsuchī

石橋美佳

Miyoshi Ishibashi

美術進行

Art Manager

森 英樹

Hideki Mori

仕上

Finishing Touches

鈴木安子

Yasuko Suzuki

松尾朱美

Akemi Matsuo

荻野 優

Yoshi Ogino

久保田信司

Shinji Kuboda

特殊効果

Special Effects

橋本由香里

Yukari Hashimoto

撮影

Photography

池上元秋

Motoaki Ikenoue

録音

Recording

二宮健治

Kenji Ninomiya

編集

Editing

福光伸一

Shin’ichi Fukumitsu

音響効果

Sound Effects

新井秀徳

Hidenori Arai

選曲

Music Selection

宮下 滋

Shigeru Miyashita

オーディオディレクター

Audio Director

小松亘弘

Nobuhiro Komatsu

演出助手

Assistant Director

橋本光夫

Mitsuo Hashimoto

製作進行

Assistant Production Manager

石川敏浩

Toshihiro Ishikawa

録音スタジオ

Recording Studio

タバック

TAVAC

現像

Film Development

東映化学

Toei Chemistry

美術

Art Director

池田祐二

Yūji Ikeda

作画監督

Animation Supervisor

内山まさゆき

Masayuki Uchiyama

演出

Director

竹之内和久

Kazuhisa Takenōchi