Dragon Ball Episode 30

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Pilaf and the Mysterious Army
Japanese English
ピラフと謎の軍団 Pirafu to Nazo no Gundan
Air Date	17 September 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Insert Song	Dragon Ball Legend
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Filler Episode
TV Rating	21.6%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Keiji Terui
Art	Yūji Ikeda Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Mitsuo Shindō
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Pilaf and the Mystery Force
Air Date	12 February 2002 (Cartoon Network)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Pilaf and the Mysterious Army
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Red Ribbon Army Saga
Release Date	25 February 2003

"Pilaf and the Mysterious Army" is the thirtieth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 17 September 1986, receiving a ratings share of 21.6%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

After the Dragon Radar is stolen by a thief, Goku spots it in a secondhand goods store. A Dragon Ball signal shows up there! However, the Dragon Ball that Pilaf and co. buy from the store owner is a complete fake! The store owner also tries to sell a fake to a mysterious army who are searching for the Dragon Balls, but they see through this and shoot him. The real Dragon Ball turns out to be in a bird's nest on the roof of the shop!! Startled by the sound of gunfire, the bird flies off with the Dragon Ball.

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Chuck Huber
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Chris Cason
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Julie Franklin
Colonel Silver	Banjō Ginga	Christopher R. Sabat
Shopkeeper	Hiroshi Ōtake	Unknown
Boy	Yumiko Hayami
Father	Kōzō Shioya
Mother	Yuka Ōno
Girl	Noriko Taguchi
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong

Main Staff

The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this episode as credited in this specific episode's ending credits.

• Scenario: Keiji Terui
• Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Mitsuo Shindō
• Art Director: Yūji Ikeda, Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Kazuko Hirose, Noriko Iitani, Tsuyako Yamamuro, Teruhisa Ryū
• Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Production Progression: Toshihiro Ishikawa

Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, and our in-house K-catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him.

None of the background music (BGM) tracks have official titles, but the officially-released tracks generally do have official catalogue numbers, which are prefaced by letters other than K. These are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from kenisu's Magicant.

^† First usage in Dragon Ball.

Dragon Ball Episode 30: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
Insert	Goku and Kinto'un	Dragon Ball Legend	E Minor	Daizenshuu 1:15
K-129	Pilaf goes flying	M121	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-131	Red Ribbon Army	M106†	C Minor	Daizenshuu 2:16(a)
K-115	Goku takes a swim	A8	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:8(b)
K-132	Mai and Pilaf go to town	J5†	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:12(a)
K-111	The thief runs into town	I4		Daizenshuu 2:12(c)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-131	Silver comes to town	M106	C Minor	Daizenshuu 2:16(a)
K-124	House search	K-124	F Minor	Unreleased
K-43	Goku comes to town	K-43	F Major
K-46	Goku smells the thief	K-46	F Minor
K-58	Goku chases the thief	K-58	F Major
K-6 K-44	A Dragon Ball?!	K-6 K-44	C+
K-133	Goku chases Pilaf	M118†	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:17(b)
K-31	Goku catches Kinto'un	A7		Daizenshuu 2:5(a)
K-41	Shopkeeper vs Silver	G13		Daizenshuu 2:5(c)
K-61	Silver wins	H9		Daizenshuu 2:8(e)
ED	Ending	I'll Give You Romance (TV Size)	E♭ Major	Daizenshuu 2:27
K-23	Next Episode Preview	M23	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:26(c)

The opening song "Mystical Adventure!" and the insert song "Dragon Ball Legend" are performed by Hiroki Takahashi, and the ending song "I'll Give You Romance" is performed by Ushio Hashimoto.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 30