Dragon Ball Episode 51

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The Ocean Bottom's Guardman
Japanese English
海底のガードマン Kaitei no Gaadoman
Air Date	18 February 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 75 (4-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 76 (1-3)
TV Rating	24.0%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Keiji Terui
Art	Iwamitsu Itō
Animation	Katsumi Aoshima
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Beware of Robot
Air Date	13 March 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	The Security Guard at the Bottom of the Ocean
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	General Blue Saga
Release Date	23 September 2003

"The Ocean Bottom's Guardman" is the fifty-first episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 18 February 1987, receiving a ratings share of 24.0%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

Goku and Kuririn challenge the skeleton robot to a battle. However, the robot is strong! Goku is buried in rubble, and Bulma and Kuririn are cornered inside a building. Just as the two are in a hopeless situation, Goku emerges from the rubble and saves them! After Bulma and Kuririn run off, Goku performs a dive-bomb attack from the roof!! This makes even the powerful robot explode, and Goku follows after the two. However, Blue alters the sign left by Bulma and Kuririn!!

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
General Blue	Toshio Furukawa	Sonny Strait
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: Keiji Terui
• Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Katsumi Aoshima
• Art Director: Iwamitsu Itō

• Key Animation: Katsumi Aoshima
• Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima
• Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
• 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.

Dragon Ball Episode 51: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-125	Recap: pirate traps	M114	C+	Daizenshuu 2:16(b)
K-86	Recap: pirate robot	M9	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:15(b)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-149	The pirate robot fires	M107		Daizenshuu 2:20(a)
K-124	Goku runs up the stairs	K-124		Unreleased
K-126	Bulma and Kuririn board the submarine	K-126	F Major
K-88	The robot heads for the sub	K-88	F Minor
K-78	Nyoi-bō captured	K-78
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-89	Goku is pulled underwater	K-89		Unreleased
K-94	Bulma and Kuririn run	K-94
K-93	Blue stands over Goku	K-93
K-99	Bulma and Kuririn still running	K-99
K-79	The person in the control room	K-79	F+
K-55	The robot's flamethrower	G9	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:8(c)
K-109	Goku jumps	M16	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:15(c)
K-129	Goku runs after Bulma and Kuririn	M121	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-125	Goku took the wrong path	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 51