Dragon Ball Episode 61

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Karin-sama of Karin Tower
Japanese English
カリン塔のカリン様 Karin Tō no Karin-sama
Air Date	6 May 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 87 (14) Dragon Ball Chapter 88
TV Rating	24.8%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Tomekichi Takeuchi
Director	Yoshihiro Ueda
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Korin Tower
Air Date	4 November 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Karin-sama of Karin Tower
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Commander Red Saga
Release Date	11 November 2003

"Karin-sama of Karin Tower" is the sixty-first episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 6 May 1987, receiving a ratings share of 24.8%. It was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Yoshihiro Ueda.

Synopsis

Goku struggles his way to the top of the tower, and there he meets the cat sage Karin, who has the appearance of a cat. In order to drink the Super Holy Water that will multiple his power many times over, Goku must actually steal the jar that contains the Super Holy Water from Karin-sama! Goku pursues Karin-sama with all his might, but is unable to even touch the jar!! Karin-sama says that the only one to have ever drunk the Super Holy Water was Muten Roshi, 300 years ago. Yet Karin-sama says it took him three years to manage to drink the water!!

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
Upa	Mitsuko Horie	Kara Edwards
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Tao Pai-pai	Chikao Ōtsuka	Kent Williams
Cat Hermit	Ichirō Nagai	Christopher R. Sabat
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
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): Yoshihiro Ueda
• Animation Supervisor: Tomekichi Takeuchi
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi, Masahiro Shimanuki, Yōko Iizuka, Masako Misumi
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Production Progression: Akihiko Yamaguchi

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 61: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-315	Recap	M309		Daizenshuu 2:18(a)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-320	Still climbing	M317	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:19(a)
K-128	Goku's vision of Chi-Chi	M116		Daizenshuu 2:26(a)
K-321	Centipede of the Future	K-321†	D Minor	Unreleased
K-27	Back in the village	K-27	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:5(b)
K-311	Assassinate the assassin	M312	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:22(a)
K-318	Tao's hotel	K-318		Unreleased
K-314	Tao's bath	K-314	G+
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-318	Upa waits for Goku	K-318		Unreleased
K-309	Up the Tower...	K-309	F Major
K-322	Goku moves on the water	M306†	E˚7	Daizenshuu 2:19(b)
K-317	Goku vs. Karin	M308	A˚7	Daizenshuu 2:21(c)
K-319	Muten Rōshi rides the storm	K-319	F Minor	Unreleased
K-62	Three years	K-62
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 61