Dragon Ball Episode 19

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The Tenka'ichi Budōkai Begins!
Japanese English
天下一武道会はじまる! Tenka'ichi Budōkai Hajimaru!
Air Date	02 July 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Insert Song	Mezase Tenka'ichi (intro only)
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 32 Dragon Ball Chapter 33 (Pages 1-4)
TV Rating	19.7%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshiki Inoue
Art	Iwamitsu Itō
Animation	Tomekichi Takeuchi
Director	Kazuhisa Takenōchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The Tournament Begins
Air Date	13 September 2001

"The Tenka'ichi Budōkai Begins!" is the nineteenth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 02 July 1986, receiving a ratings share of 19.7%. The episode was written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Kazuhisa Takenōchi.

Synopsis

Goku and Kuririn continue their training by wearing 40 kg shells on their back! The two are aiming for the Tenka'ichi Budōkai, which opens in a month!! The day before the tournament, Kame-Sen'nin takes them to the island where it will be held! At the tournament registration area, Goku reunites with Yamcha, Bulma, Oolong, and Pu'er. Goku is delighted when he learns that Yamcha is also participating! The next day, the Tenka'ichi Budōkai is at last decided!!

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
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Brice Armstrong
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Official	Ryōichi Tanaka	Unknown

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): Kazuhisa Takenōchi
• Animation Supervisor: Tomekichi Takeuchi
• Art Director: Iwamitsu Itō

• Key Animation: Yōko Iizuka, Masahiro Shimanuki, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, Takeo Ide
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Photography: Kiyoshi Saeki
• 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 19: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-98	Milk Delivery	M13		Daizenshuu 2:14(b)
K-103	More training	K-103		Unreleased
K-92	Under the table	K-92	F Major
K-93	The table cracks	K-93	F Minor
K-114	Goku runs back to Kame House	K-114†	F Major
K-86	Yamcha trains	M9	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:15(b)
K-26	West City	B2-A	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:4(b)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-11	West City to Kame House	K-11	F Major	Unreleased
K-115	Jumping high	A8†	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:8(b)
K-17	Goku and Kuririn in suits	I1	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:11(c)
K-35	City lights	I17		Daizenshuu 2:2(a)
U-7	City music	U-7†	B♭ Major	Unreleased
K-116	The tournament building	K-116†	C Minor
K-16	Overnight	G2	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:4(d)
U-8	The tournament grounds	U-8†	E	Unreleased
Insert	The preliminaries	Mezase Tenka'ichi†	D Minor	Daizenshuu 1:9
K-108	Ending narration	H19	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:10(a)
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!" and the insert song "Mezase Tenka'ichi" are 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 19