Dragon Ball Episode 5

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The Strong Villain of the Desert, Yamcha
Japanese English
つよくて悪い砂漠のヤムチャ Tsuyokute Warui Sabaku no Yamucha
Air Date	26 March 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 6 (Pages 13-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 7 Dragon Ball Chapter 8
TV Rating	27.6%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Takao Koyama
Art	Tadanao Tsuji
Animation	Yukio Ebisawa
Director	Daisuke Nishio
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Yamcha the Desert Bandit
Air Date	07 October 1995 (BLT) 24 August 2001 (redub)

"The Strong Villain of the Desert, Yamcha" is the fifth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 26 March 1986, receiving a ratings share of 27.6%. The episode was written by series organizer Takao Koyama and directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Synopsis

Goku and the others aim for Mt. Frypan. Because Bulma dropped her capsules into a river, they end up having to cross a desert on foot! Completely exhausted, Bulma rests there. At this point, the desert bandit Yamcha appears, and tries to seize Oolong’s capsules. Goku battles Yamcha, but he has no power on account of his empty stomach. At the critical moment, Bulma wakes up and Yamcha, who can’t bear to be around women, runs away with a few sharp parting remarks.

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 (BLT)	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson	Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Ted Cole	Christopher R. Sabat
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Alec Willows	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Cathy Weseluck	Monika Antonelli
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Jim Conrad	Brice Armstrong

Funimation's 1995 dub was contracted out to BLT Productions in Vancouver, who hired Canadian voice actors typically associated with Ocean Group. Funimation redubbed the series in the early 2000s with their in-house cast.

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: Takao Koyama
• Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
• Animation Supervisor: Yukio Ebisawa
• Art Director: Tadanao Tsuji

• Key Animation: Yukio Ebisawa, Satoru Kusuda
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Photography: Motoaki Ikenoue
• Assistant Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
• 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 5: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-3	The river	H3	Daizenshuu 2:7(c)
K-24	Title Card	C3	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-30	Oolong's story of the Ox Demon King	I22	Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
K-56	Goku swims after Oolong	I18	Daizenshuu 2:2(c)
K-43	Oolong ran off again!	K-43	Unreleased
K-18	Bulma really is a witch!	F48	Daizenshuu 2:3(c)
K-59	Oolong transforms into panties	G7†	Daizenshuu 2:9(a)
K-12	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-11	Eyecatch B	C4	Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-9	The parched desert	K-9	Unreleased
K-54	Pu'er is watching	G9	Daizenshuu 2:8(c)
K-28	Yamcha rides in	G12	Daizenshuu 2:13(c)
K-60	Yamcha draws his sword	H9†	Daizenshuu 2:8(e)
K-57	Goku vs Yamcha	K-57	Unreleased
K-36	Roga fufu ken	I20	Daizenshuu 2:
K-53	Yamcha's furious now!	K-53	Unreleased
K-61	Yamcha's fear of women	K-61†
ED	Ending	I'll Give You Romance (TV Size)	Daizenshuu 2:27
K-23	Next Episode Preview	M23	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 5