Dragon Ball Z Episode 6

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Even Enma-sama is Surprised A Fight in the Afterlife
Japanese English
エンマ様もびっくりあの世でファイト Enma-sama mo Bikkuri Ano-yo de Faito
Air Date	07 June 1989 (Fuji TV)
Opening	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 205 Dragon Ball Chapter 206
TV Rating	16.8%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Keiji Terui
Art	Yūji Ikeda Shigenori Takada
Animation	Yukio Ebisawa
Director	Mitsuo Hashimoto
FUNimation English Dub
Title	No Time Like the Present
Air Date	22 June 2005 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Subtitles	Steven J. Simmons
Sub Debut	Ultimate Uncut: Piccolo's Plan
Release Date	14 June 2005

"Even Enma-sama is Surprised — A Fight in the Afterlife" is the sixth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 07 June 1989, receiving a ratings share of 16.8%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto.

Synopsis

God takes Goku's body to the afterlife to meet with Great King Enma, the judge of the dead. God says that before Goku will be brought back to life with the Dragon Balls, he will train under Kaiō, who stands at the peak of all the gods in the universe. After receiving permission from Enma to meet Kaiō, Goku begins running along the Serpent Road, said to be a million kilometers long. Meanwhile, Piccolo kidnaps the unconscious Gohan, and takes him to a deserted wasteland. After testing Gohan's dormant power, Piccolo tells Gohan to strengthen himself so as to be able to draw that power out.

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	Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan		Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
God	Takeshi Aono	Christopher R. Sabat
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa
King Enma	Daisuke Gōri	Chris Rager
Guide	Hirohiko Kakegawa	Chris Bevins
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Kyle Hebert

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): Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Animation Supervisor: Yukio Ebisawa
• Art Director: Yūji Ikeda & Shigenori Takada

• Key Animation: Studio Live, Yukio Ebisawa, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Takahiro Yoshimatsu
• Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
• Photography: Studio Cosmos, Katsunori Maehara
• Assistant Director: Yasuhiro Uemura
• Production Progression: Yūichi Matsue

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.

Background music (BGM) tracks generally do not have official titles, but the officially-released tracks do have official catalogue numbers, and these are given when they are known. Official catalogue numbers usually begin with M, but always with letters other than K; they are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column, and our in-house catalogue numbers are substituted when the official number is not known. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

^† First usage in the Dragon Ball franchise.
^* First usage in the Dragon Ball Z TV series.

Dragon Ball Z Episode 6: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
				大全集	ＢＧＭ
OP	Opening	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (TV Size)	E Major	4:1	1:1
K-727	Recap	M710	F Major	4:2(a)	1:2(a)
K-709	Title Card	M708A-1		4:2(b)	1:2(b)
K-713	Raditz's scouter	M726	G+	4:8(b)	1:12(b)
K-524	Piccolo rearms himself	K-524*	F Minor	Unreleased
K-623	Piccolo explains Gohan's power	K-623
K-736	Enma's palace	M731†	F+	4:4(a)	1:4(a)
	Driving to the Serpentine Road
K-718	Eyecatch A	M709A	F Major	4:12(c)	1:16(c)
K-719	Eyecatch B	M709B		4:12(d)	1:16(d)
K-645	Someone has to tell Chi-Chi	K-645*		Unreleased
K-644	Chi-Chi worries about Gohan	K-644*	F Minor
K-737	The serpent's head	M735†	A˚7	4:4(c)	1:4(c)
K-40	Goku takes off	K-40*	F Major	Unreleased
K-735	Piccolo takes Gohan for a swim	M730	D♭#4♭7		1:11(a)
K-733	Piccolo gives Gohan the bad news	M712	F Minor	4:7(b)	1:9(b)
K-725	Gohan's hidden power	M741		4:7(c)	1:9(c)
K-614	Path of destruction	M617*		5:4(b)
K-737	Episode wrap	M735	A˚7	4:4(c)	1:4(c)
ED	Ending	Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power! (TV Size)	E Minor	4:19	1:17
K-726	Next Episode Preview	K-726	E Major	Unreleased

The opening song "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" is performed by Hironobu Kageyama, and the ending song "Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!" is performed by MANNA.

Continuity

• The oni guide tells Goku that the last person to successfully traverse the million-kilometer Serpentine Road was King Enma.
  • In the Funimation subtitles by Steve Simmons, the line reads: "As I recall, in the last billion years, Great King Yama has been the only one, yes indeed."
    • This is an error that was corrected in Dragon Ball Z Kai Episode 4: " Over these last hundred million years, I believe that Great King Yama is the only one who has."
  • In the English dub, the line is: "Just one person: King Yemma. But he made the tremendous journey many, many centuries ago."

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Z Episode 6