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Episode Guide

Dragon Ball Episode 009

うさぎオヤブンの得意技

Usagi Oyabun no Tokui Waza

The Boss Rabbit’s Special Skill

Episode Information

Premiered: 23 April 1986 (7:00 – 7:30PM, Wednesday, Fuji TV)
Ratings Share: 20.6%
Opening Animation: “Mystical Adventure!” (First Animation)
Eyecatch: 1st Eyecatch
Ending Animation: “I’ll Give You Romance” (First Animation)
Corresponding: Chapter 016, “Rabbit Ears”
Chapter 017, “The Boss’s Special Skill”

Availability: Dragon Ball DVD Box – Dragon Box; Disc #02 (07 July 2004)
Dragon Ball Individual DVD Volume #02 (04 April 2007)

Episode Synopsis

Goku and the others visit a stand in order to fill up on gasoline. The townspeople are all frightened of Bulma, who is wearing rabbit ears. They don’t understand why, but then some scoundrels calling themselves the Rabbit Gang show up! Their boss, the Carrotizor, has the power to turn anyone who touches his hand into a carrot!! Bulma is turned into a carrot by him. Unable to merely watch, Yamcha rescues Bulma. Goku and the others defeat the Rabbit Gang, and once again set out to search for the Dragon Balls!!

Next Time:
“The Dragon Balls Are Stolen!!”

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
The Mushroom Kingdom I1 11(c) D2:11(c)
Title Card C3 N/A D2:14(a)
Turban Town Unknown 5(b) D2:5(b)
Capsule Shopping G2 4(d) D2:4(d)
The Rabbit Gang (Unreleased) N/A N/A
The Gang Approaches G5 9(c) D2:9(c)
Bulma’s New Outfit (Unreleased) N/A N/A
The Rabbit Gang Makes Trouble (Unreleased) N/A N/A
The Gang Spies Bulma (Unreleased) N/A N/A
The Gang Confronts Bulma G9 8(c) D2:8(c)
Goku Beats the First Goon A10 8(c) D2:8(c)
Goku Beats the Second Goon (Unreleased) N/A N/A
The Town in a Panic (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Eyecatch A C2B-2 N/A D2:19(e)
Eyecatch B C4 N/A D2:23(e)
Waiting for the Boss Unknown 6(c) D2:6(c)
Here Comes the Boss G13 5(c) D2:5(c)
Goku vs the Carrotizor M9 N/A D2:15(b)
Yamcha’s Help Unknown 11(b) D2:11(b)
Pu’er Takes Carrot-Bulma (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Pu’er Flies Away (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Trying to Catch the Carrot (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Two Carrotizors (Unreleased) N/A N/A
Carried Up Into the Sky I17 2(a) D2:2(a)
On the Moon (Unreleased) N/A N/A

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

亀仙人

Kame-Sen’nin

宮内幸平

Kōhei Miyauchi

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

人参化

The Carrotizor

大竹 宏

Hiroshi Ōtake

ウサギ団員

Rabbit Gang Member

二又一成

Issei Futamata

ウサギ団員

Rabbit Gang Member

佐藤正治

Masaharu Satō

店員

Store Employee

小林通孝

Michitaka Kobayashi

主人

Employer

玄田哲章

Tesshō Genda

母親

Mother

中野聖子

Seiko Nakano

ナレーター

Narrator

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

島田 満

Michiru Shimada

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

荒牧園美

Sonomi Aramaki

青木雅之

Masayuki Aoki

谷沢泰史

Yasushi Tanizawa

動画

In-Between Animation

小松良江

Yoshie Komatsu

岩井美登理

Midori Iwai

佐々木章子

Akiko Sasaki

清水保行

Yasuyuki Shimizu

背景

Backgrounds

今野良子

Ryōko Imano

佐藤美幸

Miyuki Satō

千田国広

Kunihiro Chida

谷口淳一

Jun’ichi Taniguchi

美術進行

Art Manager

中村 実

Minoru Nakamura

仕上

Finishing Touches

河野佐枝子

Saeko Kōno

伊藤弘子

Hiroko Itō

大鐘貴美子

Kimiko Ōgane

小林弘二

Hiroji Kobayashi

特殊効果

Special Effects

熊井芳貴

Yoshitaka Kumai

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

演助進行

Assistant Director

佐藤 豊

Yutaka Satō

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

辻 忠直

Tadanao Tsuji

作画監督

Animation Supervisor

前田 実

Minoru Maeda

演出

Director

岡崎 稔

Minoru Okazaki