Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

Perfect form Cell informs the defeated Trunks that he will open a tournament in ten days, and then flies off. Vegeta and Kuririn find Trunks after rushing to the island, but the injured Artificial Human No. 16 appears, saying he wants to enter the tournament, and asks for his body to be repaired. Kuririn complies, and the three of them and No. 16 head to Capsule Corporation. Kame-Sen’nin, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Chi-Chi and the rest all come there as well. Meanwhile, in a field, Cell creates an arena out of stone. Goku piles on his training in the Room of Spirit and Time, together with Gohan. Meanwhile, after Bulma returns to Capsule Corporation from the Heavenly Realm, the TV there transmits a disturbance in the studio. Having attacked the TV station, Cell begins a broadcast to the entire world announcing the opening of the Cell Games!! Kame-Sen’nin and the rest all gasp as Cell declares that if all of the challengers lose to him, he will kill every human! Vegeta and Trunks resolve to enter the Room of Spirit and Time once again.

Episode Notes

• While the original broadcast of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement. The credits below reflect those from the original broadcast in which Kenji Yamamoto is credited as the series’ musical composer, although Shunsuke Kikuchi is credited as such in all subsequent re-airings and all home video releases of this episode.

Re-animated Scene Gallery

This collection compiles all re-animated scenes featured in this episode’s original broadcast, listed in order of appearance. Each re-animated scene will be presented with a screen shot from the original Dragon Ball Z TV series (left) and another taken from the Dragon Ball Kai TV broadcast (right). In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was broadcast in widescreen, so these comparisons will maintain this proper aspect ratio. All original comparison screen shots were taken from the Japanese Dragon Boxes and maintain their proper 4:3 aspect ratios. It should be noted that some of these re-animated scenes only appear in the widescreen presentation of the series and were possibly omitted from fullscreen releases, both domestically and internationally.

Episode Credits

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.

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.

Opening Credits

Ending Credits