Dragon Ball Episode 41

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The End of Muscle Tower
Japanese English
マッスルタワーの最期 Massuru Tawaa no Saigo
Air Date	03 December 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 66
TV Rating	24.0%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Miho Maruo
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The Fall of Muscle Tower
Air Date	27 February 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	The End of Muscle Tower
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Red Ribbon Army Saga
Release Date	25 February 2003

"The End of Muscle Tower" is the forty-first episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 03 December 1986, receiving a ratings share of 24.0%. It was written by Miho Maruo and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

After being beaten up by Goku, White guides the two of them to the mayor's room. The second Goku and Hatchan let their guard down, he takes the mayor hostage! Hatchan doesn't know what to do. Goku is downed after being hit with a single shot from the powered gun!! The second shot will finish him off. However, Hatchan acts as a human shield and protects Goku!! With White in a panic, Hatchan's punch explodes!! Having saved Goku and the mayor, Hatchan destroys Muscle Tower.

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
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Kyle Hebert
White	Tesshō Genda
Village Headman	Ryūji Saikachi	Unknown
Sno	Naoko Watanabe	Carol Hope
Sno's Father	Masaharu Satō	Unknown
Sno's Mother	Reiko Suzuki
No. 8	Shōzō Iizuka	Dale Wilson

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: Miho Maruo
• Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Tai'ichirō Ohara, Naotoshi Shida, Akio Katada, Hidehiko Kadota
• Special Effects: Hiro Yamamoto
• 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.

Dragon Ball Episode 41: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-142	Recap	K-142		Unreleased
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-61	Goku vs White	H9		Daizenshuu 2:8(e)
K-30	White spins Goku around	I22		Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
K-71	Goku attacks	K-71	C+	Unreleased
K-77	White gets an idea	K-77	F Minor
K-125	Hostage crisis	M114	C+	Daizenshuu 2:16(b)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-138	Muscle Tower	K-138		Unreleased
K-63	No. 8's dilemma	K-63		Daizenshuu 2:6(c)
K-28	No. 8's fury	G12		Daizenshuu 2:13(c)
K-88	No. 8's power	K-88		Unreleased
K-38	Leaving Muscle Tower	M10	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:7(a)
K-32	Sno's house	F37		Daizenshuu 2:13(a)
K-107	Goku's one true love	K-107		Unreleased
K-123	Goku stuffs his face	K-123
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 41