Dragon Ball Episode 23

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He's Here! The Mighty Foe Giran
Japanese English
出たーっ!強敵ギラン Detā! Kyōteki Giran
Air Date	30 July 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 39 Dragon Ball Chapter 40
TV Rating	24.9%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshiki Inoue
Art	Iwamitsu Itō
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Daisuke Nishio
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Monster Beast Giran
Air Date	19 September 2001
FUNimation English Subs
Title	He's Here! The Mighty Foe Giran
Subtitles	Steven J. Simmons
Sub Debut	Tournament Saga
Release Date	28 January 2003

"He's Here! The Mighty Foe Giran" is the twenty-third episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 30 July 1986, receiving a ratings share of 24.9%. The episode was written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Synopsis

At last it's Goku's turn! The one facing Goku in the fourth match was the powerful opponent Giran!! Goku is knocked around by Giran's stream of unfair attacks! Giran traps Goku in the rubbery Guru-Guru Gum that he shoots from his mouth!! Goku is in an absolutely desperate pinch! Just as he is about to be thrown out of the ring, his chopped-off tail suddenly grows back, and his power multiplies! Seeing this, Giran surrenders!!

Summary

Prologue

With the first three matches of the Tenka'ichi Budōkai concluded, it is time for the fourth match between Goku and Giran to begin. The tournament announcer tells the audience that the skies are growing doubtful; he does not know what will happen with the weather or the match! He tells the contestants to enter the ring. Oolong is excited that it is finally Goku's turn; Bulma wonders what sort of person Giran will be, while Pu'er cheers for Goku to hang in there on behalf of Yamcha. Giran steps into the ring and roars; Oolong is surprised to see that he is a monster. Goku hops into the ring and introduces himself to the audience; Bulma shouts encouragement, telling Goku that Giran will be easy for him. Giran laughs, and the announcer tells them it is time to begin. They take their stances and face off, but then it starts raining, and everyone in the audience goes running for shelter. The announcer confers with the head priest, and then announces that the match will resume after the rain has stopped. Goku and Giran continue to stare each other down.

Part A

In a restaurant on the tournament grounds, Yamcha tells Goku to be careful; this Giran guy seems to be really good. Goku asks if he is strong, and Yamcha tells him that Giran has won tournaments far and wide, and he will fight dirty. Oolong does not think that Goku can lose to someone like that, and Goku is impatient to fight him. Kuririn looks around, wondering where Muten Rōshi has gone. Bulma hopes he has not gotten lost. Yamcha looks suspiciously at "Jackie Chun" who is sipping from a mug nearby, and determines to get to the bottom of this mystery in the next match no matter what.

Suddenly Giran stomps toward the restaurant and then enters. He approaches the bar and asks for milk. Some men from Kuririn's Ōrin Temple are amused by this. A friend of theirs enters to join them and trips over Giran's tail. Angry, the man chides Giran for leaving his tail out in a place like this and gets up to challenge him. One of the other Ōrin men points out that this guy is going to be in the main tournament. Another seems surprised that Giran was able to win his way through the preliminaries, and another insists that he would have won if he had entered. Goku asks Kuririn if these guys are his seniors, and Kuririn confirms. One of the Ōrin guys (the surprised one) thinks that between the kids, the old geezer, and this milk monster, the Tenka'ichi Budōkai has really gone downhill. Another Ōrin guy (the one who did not compete) agrees; winning this tournament would be meaningless.

Annoyed, Giran knocks all four of the Ōrin guys aside with his tail. They recover, angry, and Giran tells them they are no better than dogs. One of them attacks, and Giran dodges effortlessly, but he tells the attacker that he will live one tenth of a second longer than the others. He asks the bartender again for some milk, and while the bartender pours, Giran knocks out all four of his assailants with one punch each. Goku and the others are impressed. Giran drinks his milk and moves to depart.

On the way out, Giran moves to stomp on the head of one of the men he attacked, but Yamcha interferes and suggests he has done enough. Giran tells Yamcha that he is itching; every time he sees a do-gooder like Yamcha, he breaks out in a rash. Yamcha tries to excuse himself, but Giran tells him to wait. He punches, and Yamcha dodges. Giran informs Yamcha that his rash will not improve until he has punched the do-gooder. Yamcha prepares to fight, but Goku complains since he is the one who is supposed to fight this guy. Giran tells him to stay out of it and tosses his cloak at Goku, knocking him aside. Giran attacks Yamcha, who is having trouble keeping up, but Goku recovers quickly and comes to Yamcha's rescue. Giran does not have as easy a time with Goku, who he admits is not bad.

As the fight resumes, Jackie Chun interrupts to remind them that they can settle this during their match. Giran tells him to stay out of it, but Chun asks him if he wants the prize money, or not. Fighting outside the arena is prohibited, and if they keep it up they will be disqualified. Giran agrees to wait until they meet in the ring. Goku asks Yamcha if he is okay; he is, but he warns Goku not to let his guard down against that guy.

Part B

The rain clears, and as the injured Ōrin Temple guys stumble out of the restaurant, the announcer thanks everyone for waiting and tells them the fourth match will begin now, with Son Goku facing Giran. Giran comes out and roars, but Goku is nowhere to be found. Oolong and Bulma wonder what could be wrong, and the embarrassed announcer tries to encourage Goku to come out. Giran assumes that Goku must be afraid of him. In the contestant area, Kuririn calls for Goku while Lan-Fan jogs. Yamcha says Goku was just here a moment ago, but Namu says he is not here now. Jackie Chun wonders what Goku is doing, and the audience starts to get restless. Giran proclaims that his opponent has run away, so he wins. Oolong wonders if Giran is right, but Bulma yells at him for thinking Goku would do something like that.

Meanwhile, Lan-Fan has found Goku! She calls out, and Goku's friends run to the scene where they find that he is taking a nap against a wall. Kuririn yells at Goku and tells him to wake up; it is his turn. Goku explains that he was so warm, he got sleepy. The announcer shows up and drags him to the arena, where he explains to the audience that Goku was taking a nap. Goku thanks them for waiting, and they all fall over. Giran thinks Goku is making light of him. The beginning of the match is announced, and the audience gets back up and starts cheering.

While Goku warms up with stretches, Giran tells him that he will smash him to bits. Oolong cheers for Goku, and a bear man nearby observes that Goku is wearing the same clothes as that Kuririn guy. He wonders who these kids are. Giran tells Goku to take a look at something. Goku creeps closer and closer, trying to see what is in Giran's hand, and then Giran punches him into the wall. Goku collapses and the announcer is amazed that Goku was completely knocked out just after the match began, but Goku gets back up, surprising everyone. The announcer cannot believe that Goku hit the wall hard enough to crack it and then got up like nothing happened. Goku says that it did hurt a little bit. Kuririn says he knew that Goku would not go down after something like that.

Goku attacks, and after a few blows are traded, he punches Giran in the gut. He grabs Giran's tail and hauls him out of the ring. Giran goes flying over the audience, and Goku's win is announced, but Giran has wings! He tells everyone that he will not lose like that, and as he returns to the ring, the announcer reverses his call. Goku determines to make Giran give up instead, but then Giran attacks him with a strange substance from his mouth. The Guru-Guru Gum wraps around Goku, trapping him. Giran tells Goku that he will never escape; then he hits Goku on the head, picks him up, and tosses him out of the ring. Everyone thinks Goku has lost for sure, but he calls for Kinto'un, which carries him safely back to the arena. Yamcha and Kuririn cheer, but Jackie Chun thinks Goku is still in a pinch.

As Goku hops off Kinto'un, Giran protests that he used a foreign implement, which is against the rules. Goku does not understand; Giran flew too, and he used that gum stuff (which still has Goku trapped). Giran explains that he flew on his own, and the Guru-Guru Gum is a product of his own body. The announcer confers with the head priest, and they decide that they will allow a special exception for the cloud this one time, but Goku cannot use it again or he will be disqualified. Giran gloats, and Goku's friends realize that he is probably going to lose.

Giran approaches Goku while he struggles against the Guru-Guru Gum. Giran moves to punch Goku, but then Goku disappears. Giran looks around and does not see him anywhere, but the audience points: Goku is hanging from Giran's arm by his tail, which has just grown back! Goku is happy, but Kuririn is surprised to learn that Goku has a tail, and his other friends are terrified. Goku hops down and concentrates on breaking free from his trap; meanwhile Giran realizes this boy is probably not human. Goku finally breaks free and celebrates both this and the regrowth of his tail. He sets his sights on the wall he cracked earlier, and he kicks it, knocking a huge hole in it. Giran waves a white flag, surrendering. Goku falls down, and the announcer declares his victory. Bulma, Pu'er, and Oolong are worried about the tail. The finals are drawing near!

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast. Additional characters/cast members not originally credited, or with speaking roles exclusive to a specific dubbing, have been included at the bottom of the table.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Kuririn	Hiromi Tsuru	Laurie Steele
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Namu	Kaneto Shiozawa	Jerry Jewell
Lan-Fan	Yōko Kawanami	Laura Bailey
Moderator	Kenji Utsumi	Eric Vale

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: Toshiki Inoue
• Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Iwamitsu Itō

• Key Animation: Tai'ichirō Ohara, Yasuhiro Kinda, Akio Katada, Hidehiko Kadota
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Photography: Motoaki Ikenoue
• Production Progression: Toshihiro Ishikawa

Music

Main article: Dragon Ball 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 23: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-98	Recap	M13		Daizenshuu 2:14(b)
K-77	Rain delay	K-77		Unreleased
U-112	武	U-112†	E Minor
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
N/A	Tournament lounge	Toy Train Terminal	F Major	It's Rag Time
K-55	Yamcha vs Giran	G9	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:8(c)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-109	Goku vs Giran	M16	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:15(c)
K-82	Guru-Guru Gum	K-82	E˚7	Unreleased
K-89	Giran closes in	K-89	F Minor
K-35	Goku's tail returns	I17	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:2(a)
K-73	Goku breaks free; Giran gives up	A-1	F Minor	Daizenshuu 5:1
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.

Continuity

Manga

The weather troubles in the beginning of this episode including the restaurant scene are anime filler, and the Ōrin Temple goons who fight Giran in the restaurant are anime-original characters. Otherwise there are no significant differences between the manga and the anime.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 23