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Enter Ninja Murasaki
	Japanese English
忍者ムラサキ参上; Ninja Murasaki Sanjō
忍者ムラサキ参上; Ninja Murasaki Sanjō
Air Date	05 November 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 60; Dragon Ball Chapter 61 (Pages 1-10)
TV Rating	26.2%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Iwamitsu Itō
Animation	Mitsuo Shindō
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Ninja Murasaki is Coming!
Air Date	21 February 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Enter Ninja Murasaki
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Red Ribbon Army Saga
Release Date	25 February 2003
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"Enter Ninja Murasaki" is the thirty-seventh episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 05 November 1986, receiving a ratings share of 26.2%. It was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

After infiltrating the pitch black fourth floor, Goku is hit by Master Sergeant Murasaki's ninja attacks. He has a difficult battle against these relentless attacks! But Goku reads Murasaki's movement, and his attacks turn the situation around. Goku breaks through Murasaki's ninjutsu, one after the other. Finally, Murasaki's sword breaks! Murasaki challenges Goku to an unarmed match, and Goku puts away the Nyoi-Bō. Murasaki takes advantage of this opening to throw a boomerang shuriken. Goku is caught off guard, and is hit directly in the back of the head!! Goku is in grave danger!!

Cast

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

Character	Cast
Character	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong
White	Tesshō Genda	Kyle Hebert
Sno	Naoko Watanabe	Carol Hope
Murasaki	Takeshi Aono	Duncan Brannan

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: Michiru Shimada
Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
Animation Supervisor: Mitsuo Shindō
Art Director: Iwamitsu Itō

Key Animation: Kazuko Hirose, Teruhisa Ryū, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Noriko Iitani
Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
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.^[1]

**^† First usage in *Dragon Ball*.**
Dragon Ball Episode 37: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-129	Recap	M121		Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-147	Murasaki, Messenger of Death	K-147^†		Unreleased
K-28	Sno prays for Goku	G12		Daizenshuu 2:13(c)
K-148	Goku dodges ninja attacks	K-148^†	C⁷	Unreleased
K-133	Goku searches for Murasaki	M118	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:17(b)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-82	Goku searches for Murasaki	K-82	E˚⁷	Unreleased
K-31	Goku takes off running	A7	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:5(a)
K-147	Goku on Murasaki's tail	K-147^[a]		Unreleased
K-55	Murasaki draws his sword	G9		Daizenshuu 2:8(c)
K-137	Murasaki attacks	M109		Daizenshuu 2:18(b)
K-133	Sword vs Nyoi-bō	M118		Daizenshuu 2:17(b)
K-125	Goku defeated?!	M114	C⁺	Daizenshuu 2:16(b)
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!" is 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 37

Notes

↑ Here, K-147 is sped up partway through in a way that raises the pitch to higher frequencies.

References

↑ "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.

[2] Here, K-147 is sped up partway through in a way that raises the pitch to higher frequencies.

[1] "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.

[1]

[a]

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 | eng_title     = Enter Ninja Murasaki
 | air_date      = [[Template:November 5|05 November 1986]] ([[Fuji TV]])
-| opening       = [[Makafushigi Adobenchā!|Mystical Adventure!]]
+| opening       = [[Makafushigi Adventure!|Mystical Adventure!]]
 | eyecatch      = 1st Eyecatch
-| ending        = [[Romantikku Ageru Yo|I'll Give You Romance]]
+| ending        = [[Romantic Ageru Yo|I'll Give You Romance]]
 | chapters      = [[Dragon Ball Chapter 60]]<br />[[Dragon Ball Chapter 61]] (Pages 1-10)
 | rating        = 26.2%
@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 | animation     = [[Mitsuo Shindō]]
 | storyboard    =
-| director      = [[Kazuhisa Takenōchi]]
+| director      = [[Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi]]
 | ocean_title   =
 | ocean_date    =
 | funi_title    = Ninja Murasaki is Coming!
-| funi_date     = 21 February 2002 ([[Cartoon Network]])
+| funi_date     = 21 February 2002 ([[Toonami]])
+| sub_title     = Enter Ninja Murasaki
+| funi_trans    = [[Clyde Mandelin]]
+| sub_debut     = [[Red Ribbon Army Saga]]
+| sub_date      = 25 February 2003
 }}
-"'''Enter Ninja Murasaki'''" is the thirty-seventh episode of the Japanese animated television series ''[[Dragon Ball]]''. The episode first aired in Japan on [[Fuji TV]] on '''05 November 1986''', receiving a ratings share of 26.2%. It was written by [[Michiru Shimada]] and directed by [[Kazuhisa Takenōchi]].
+"'''Enter Ninja Murasaki'''" is the thirty-seventh episode of the Japanese animated television series ''[[Dragon Ball]]''. The episode first aired in Japan on [[Fuji TV]] on '''05 November 1986''', receiving a ratings share of 26.2%. It was written by [[Michiru Shimada]] and directed by [[Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi]].
 ==Synopsis==
@@ Line 47: / Line 51: @@
 |[[Son Goku]]||[[Masako Nozawa]]||[[Stephanie Nadolny]]
 |-
-|[[Narrator]]||[[Jōji Yanami]]||[[Kyle Hebert]]
+|[[Narrator]]||[[Jōji Yanami]]||[[Brice Armstrong]]
 |-
 |[[General White|White]]||[[Tesshō Genda]]||[[Kyle Hebert]]
@@ Line 61: / Line 65: @@
 *'''Scenario:''' [[Michiru Shimada]]
-*'''Director (Storyboard):''' [[Kazuhisa Takenōchi]]
+*'''Director (Storyboard):''' [[Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi]]
 *'''Animation Supervisor:''' [[Mitsuo Shindō]]
 *'''Art Director:''' [[Iwamitsu Itō]]
@@ Line 69: / Line 73: @@
 *'''Assistant Director:''' [[Tatsuya Orime]]
 *'''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 [[Shunsuke Kikuchi catalogue|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''.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://kenisu.webs.com/dragonballbgm.htm|Website=The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant|Title="The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu"|Date=11 June 2008|AccessDate=30 June 2019}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="min-width:70%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
+!colspan=5|''Dragon Ball'' Episode 37: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
+|+ style="caption-side:bottom;text-align:left;font-size:10px"|'''<sup>†</sup> First usage in ''Dragon Ball''.'''
+|-
+!scope=col|Catalogue
+!scope=col|Scene
+!scope=col|Catalogue/Title
+!scope=col|Tonality
+!scope=col|Releases
+|-
+!scope=row|OP
+|Opening
+|[[Mystical Adventure|Mystical Adventure<br>(TV Size)]]
+|rowspan=5|F Minor
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:1]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-129
+|Recap
+|[[M121]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:23(c)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-24
+|Title Card
+|[[C3]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:14(a)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-147
+|Murasaki, Messenger of Death
+|[[K-147]]<sup>†</sup>
+|Unreleased
+|-
+!scope=row|K-28
+|Sno prays for Goku
+|[[G12]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:13(c)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-148
+|Goku dodges ninja attacks
+|[[K-148]]<sup>†</sup>
+|C<sup>7</sup>
+|Unreleased
+|-
+!scope=row|K-133
+|Goku searches for Murasaki
+|[[M118]]
+|rowspan=3|F Minor
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:17(b)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-13
+|Eyecatch A
+|[[C2B-2]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:19(e)]]
+|- style="border-top: 2px solid #AAA"
+!scope=row|K-12
+|Eyecatch B
+|[[C4]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:23(e)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-82
+|Goku searches for Murasaki
+|[[K-82]]
+|E˚<sup>7</sup>
+|Unreleased
+|-
+!scope=row|K-31
+|Goku takes off running
+|[[A7]]
+|rowspan=5|F Minor
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:5(a)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-147
+|Goku on Murasaki's tail
+|[[K-147]]{{efn|Here, [[K-147]] is sped up partway through in a way that raises the pitch to higher frequencies.}}
+|Unreleased
+|-
+!scope=row|K-55
+|Murasaki draws his sword
+|[[G9]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:8(c)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-137
+|Murasaki attacks
+|[[M109]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:18(b)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-133
+|Sword vs ''Nyoi-bō''
+|[[M118]]
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:17(b)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-125
+|Goku defeated?!
+|[[M114]]
+|C<sup>+</sup>
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:16(b)]]
+|-
+!scope=row|ED
+|Ending
+|[[I'll Give You Romance|I'll Give You Romance<br>(TV Size)]]
+|E♭ Major
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:27]]
+|-
+!scope=row|K-23
+|Next Episode Preview
+|[[M23]]
+|F Minor
+|[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Daizenshuu|Daizenshuu 2:26(c)]]
+|}
+The opening song "[[Mystical Adventure!]]" is performed by [[Hiroki Takahashi]], and the ending song "[[I'll Give You Romance]]" is performed by [[Ushio Hashimoto]].
 ==External Links==
-*[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/episode/dbz/eps-037/ Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 37]
+*[http://www.kanzenshuu.com/episode/db/eps-037/ Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 37]
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
 ==References==
@@ Line 79: / Line 201: @@
 [[Category: Dragon Ball (anime)|037]]
 [[Category: Michiru Shimada|1-037]]
-[[Category: Kazuhisa Takenōchi|1-037]]
+[[Category: Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi|1-037]]
 [[Category: Mitsuo Shindō|1-037]]
 [[Category: Iwamitsu Itō|1-037]]