Dragon Ball Episode 44

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Goku, Friends, and Tons of Danger
Japanese English
悟空と仲間と危険がいっぱい Gokū to Nakama to Kiken ga Ippai
Air Date	24 December 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 69
TV Rating	25.5%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Master Thief, Hasky
Air Date	04 March 2002 (Cartoon Network)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Goku and Friends and Tons of Danger
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Red Ribbon Army Saga
Release Date	25 February 2003

"Goku, Friends, and Tons of Danger" is the forty-fourth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 24 December 1986, receiving a ratings share of 25.5%. It was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

Goku finally reunites with Bulma. However, Bulma and Yamcha are right in the middle of an argument! Riding on Kinto-Un with Bulma, who has become small using the micro-band, Goku reunites with Yamcha and the others. But Yamcha, unaware of the shrunken Bulma, talks bad about her right to her face!! Goku and the others set off for the floating amusement park, with Bulma in a completely bad mood. Husky is there, an entrepreneur hired by the Red Ribbon Army, and is aiming for Goku's Dragon Balls.

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
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Commander Red	Kenji Utsumi	Josh Martin
Mama	Mariko Mukai	Unknown
Policeman	Kōji Totani	Unknown
Assistant Black	Masaharu Satō	Christopher R. Sabat
Middle-Aged Woman	Seiko Nakano	Unknown
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: Michiru Shimada
• Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Akio Katada, Tai'ichirō Ohara, Yasuhiro Kinda, Naotoshi Shida
• 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 44: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-17	Recap	I1	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:11(c)
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
U-301	Bulma's Blues	U-301†	G Major	Unreleased
K-45	Bulma's Mom	K-45	F Major
K-10	Red Ribbon Headquarters	K-10	C♯˚7
K-139	Husky	K-139	F Minor
K-29	Husky descends	I21		Daizenshuu 2:8(d)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
U-115	Husky in West City	U-115	A Major	Unreleased
K-5	Back at Capsule Corp.	B2-B	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:4(a)
K-31	Flying over the city	A7	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:5(a)
U-302	Mid-Air Amusement Park	U-302†	C Major	Unreleased
K-93	Husky spies	K-93	F Minor
K-30	Husky's plan	I22		Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
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 44