Dragon Ball Super Episode 8

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Goku Steps Up! The Last Chance From Beerus-sama?!
Japanese English
悟空見参だ！ビルス様からのラストチャンス！？ Gokū Kenzan da! Birusu-sama Kara no Rasuto Chansu!?
Air Date	30 August 2015 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!
Eyecatch	Part A: Vegeta Part B: Goku
Ending	Hello Hello Hello
Episode Data
TV Rating	6.2%
Format	16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshio Yoshitaka
Art	Yoshiyuki Shikano
Animation	Akira Kano, Masahiro Shimanuki
Storyboard	Kōji Ogawa
Director	Kōhei Hatano
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Goku Makes an Entrance! A Last Chance from Lord Beerus?
Air Date	25 February, 2017

"Goku Steps Up! The Last Chance From Beerus-sama?!" is the eighth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 30 August 2015. It was written by Toshio Yoshitaka and directed by Kōhei Hatano.

Summary

Now fully enraged, Vegeta charges Beerus, unleashing a volley of punches. Beerus easily blocks them all, but Vegeta catches Beerus off-guard and sends him flying off of the ship. The two continue fighting in the surrounding sea, exchanging blows. However, even after Vegeta nails Beerus head-on with his Galic Cannon, Beerus still remains unharmed. He comments that Vegeta is too weak to be Super Saiyan God, but at least fighting him was more fun than his fight with Goku. Beerus is about to charge up an attack to destroy Earth, but hesitates, thinking that it will be a shame to destroy a planet with such great food. When Bulma says that there is still plenty more food, Beerus decides to give them a chance.

Meanwhile, the Pilaf Gang is back in their row boat (which they grabbed out of the garbage) and are frantically rowing away from the cruise ship to escape the battle. Shuu and Mai are upset about abandoning so much food, not to mention the Dragon Balls, but Pilaf insists. Back on the cruise ship, Beerus calls out the "pink pig" Oolong. He thinks Oolong must be the same species as that other fat pink pig (Boo) who would not give him pudding, and challenges him to a game of rock-paper-scissors (jan-ken). If Oolong wins, Beerus promises to peacefully leave the planet. Oolong takes a bit of persuading from the others, but in the end he faces off with Beerus, and the two throw down their hands.

As it turns out, both throw out scissors. It is a tie! Beerus accuses Oolong of cheating, but Oolong retorts that if he had cheated, it would hardly have ended up as a tie. They go once more, but both once more throw out scissors. Bulma seductively promises Oolong anything he wants if he wins. Oolong and Beerus pump themselves up for another round, and Oolong throws scissors again, but Beerus throws rock. Beerus wins! Pu'er chews Oolong out for throwing scissors three times in a row. Beerus flies up into the air and begins forming a massive energy ball, but at the last moment a voice calls out for him to wait. It is Son Goku!

Goku wishes Bulma a happy birthday and apologizes for not bringing her a present, but makes her angry when he asks how old she is. Even though Beerus won at rock-paper-scissors, Goku insists that he hold off on destroying the Earth for a little bit longer, so that he can get to the bottom of this mystery surrounding Super Saiyan God. Beerus agrees to wait and disperses his energy ball. However, this is their very last chance and if Super Saiyan God does not pan out, he will destroy not only Earth, but the entire solar system. Goku asks Bulma if they can use the Dragon Balls stored on board, which makes Vegeta realize Goku must have been around watching events all along. Bulma agrees, so long as Goku teaches that big idiot a lesson for ruining her birthday party. Goku tells her to talk about Beerus more respectfully, since after all he is the most powerful God of Destruction in the universe. Bulma is shocked to discover Beerus' true identity.

Continuity

Adaptation

There are four official English adaptations of this episode:

1. The Toei Animation simulcast subtitles distributed to simulcast platforms (including Funimation's streaming service);
2. The Funimation subtitles by Steven J. Simmons, included with all English home video releases, including digital purchase platforms like Amazon;
3. The Funimation English dub; and
4. The Bang Zoom! dub produced for Toonami Asia.

The notes on the Funimation dub are contrasted with their own Simmons subtitles unless otherwise noted.

• When Beerus defeats Vegeta, he says: まっ北の界王の所にいたサイヤ人よりは楽しめたけどね。
  • The Funimation-Simmons translation is correct: "Though, you were more entertaining than that Saiyan that was at Kaio of the North's place." The Funimation dub is consequently also correct.
  • The Toei simulcast subtitles get it backwards: "I have to say, I had a bit more fun with that Saiyan on the North Kai's planet."
  • The Simmons translation comports with the revelations at the end of the film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, where Goku concedes that Vegeta surpassed him in that moment. The mirror scene in Dragon Ball Super Episode 14 is not quite as explicit, because the point had already been made by Beerus in this episode. Goku only says that Vegeta became an unbelievable (すんげえ) Super Saiyan.

Episode Notes

• Oolong and Beerus' game of rock-paper-scissors to decide the fate of Earth first appeared in the Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. In that version however, Yamcha advises Oolong that Beerus most likely selected him as his opponent because he believed that Oolong, being a pig, would be unable to form anything besides "scissors" with his hands, and Beerus will therefore undoubtedly go with "rock". But since Oolong has fully humanoid hands, Yamcha advises him to throw "paper" to defeat Beerus. Oolong follows Yamcha's advice, but Beerus unexpectedly throws "scissors", winning the game. Beerus then nonchalantly explains that he overheard Yamcha and Oolong's strategy. In contrast, in this episode Beerus selects Oolong because he mistakenly assumes that he is the same species as Majin Boo, and Yamcha gives Oolong no advice. In fact, in this version Oolong ends up throwing "scissors" three times in a row, which is exactly what Yamcha told him to avoid in the movie version. The gag in Battle of Gods was in keeping with various other gags seen throughout Dr. Slump and various other works by Akira Toriyama where crabs and other such animals are unable (or assumed to be unable) to use anything besides "scissors" in games of rock-paper-scissors.

• After defeating Vegeta, Beerus comments that it is the first time in a long while that he has fought at 10% of his full effort. This mirrors Whis' line at the end of Battle of Gods where he says it has been a long time since Beerus used 70% of his full power in a fight (in this case, fighting against Super Saiyan God Goku). Beerus also comments that fighting Vegeta was more fun than his fight with "that Saiyan at Kaiō's planet" (i.e. Goku). Both this line and the 10% line imply that Vegeta becomes stronger than Goku after becoming enraged over Beerus slapping Bulma. In Battle of Gods, the Turtle Hermit explicitly says that Vegeta's anger over Bulma causes him to surpass Goku, but this line is left out of the Dragon Ball Super version of events, and is replaced by these lines from Beerus instead.

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	Seán Schemmel
Son Gohan		Kyle Hebert
Son Goten		Kara Edwards
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Monica Rial
Vegeta	Ryō Horikawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Sonny Strait
Piccolo	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Tenshinhan	Hikaru Midorikawa	John Burgmeier
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Trunks	Takeshi Kusao	Alexis Tipton
Chi-Chi	Naoko Watanabe	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
Beerus	Kōichi Yamadera	Jason Douglas
Whis	Masakazu Morita	Ian Sinclair
Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Chuck Huber
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Chris Cason
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Sushi Chef	Yūsuke Handa
Narration	Jōji Yanami	Doc Morgan
Dende		Justin Cook
Videl		Kara Edwards
Ox Demon King		Kyle Hebert
No. 18		Meredith McCoy
Turtle Hermit		Mike McFarland
Chiaotzu		Brina Palencia
Pu'er
Marron		Tia Ballard

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: Toshio Yoshitaka
• Storyboard: Kōji Ogawa
• Director: Kōhei Hatano
• Animation Supervisor: Akira Kano, Masahiro Shimanuki
• Art Director: Yoshiyuki Shikano

• Key Animation: Kōji Nashizawa, Hitoshi Inaba, Shuntarō Mura, Hiroyuki Itai, OFFICE DCI, Tatsuhiro Nagaki, Fumio Fukushima, Yoshiaki Hatano, Tomoya Kosakai, Toei Animation Philippines
• In-Between Animation: Toei Animation Philippines, Triple A, Myū
• Digital Coloring: Toei Animation Philippines, Triple A, Myū
• Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
• Assistant Director: Kōji Kawasaki
• Assistant Production Manager: Kazuo Fukuda

Music

The following table is a scene-by-scene account of the musical tracks used in this episode. The background music is composed by Norihito Sumitomo, and our in-house catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him. The opening song "Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic" is performed by Kazuya Yoshii, and the ending song "Hello Hello Hello" is performed by Good Morning America.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 8: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack (OST)
Catalogue	Scene	Title	Key	Availability
OP	Opening	Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic! (TV Size)	D Major	Super OST 1.1 #01
S-401	Recap	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Days of Battle)	B♭ Major	Super OST 1.1 #34
S-402	Episode Title Card	Sub-Title (Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!)	D Major	Super OST 1.1 #40
S-412	Vegeta's anger	Where's Goku?!	D Major	Super OST 1.1 #17
S-405	Beerus is still bored	Beerus's Planet	A Minor	Super OST 1.1 #12
S-403	The Pilaf Gang escapes	Under the Blue Sky	C Major	Super OST 1.1 #18
S-427	Beerus chooses his opponent	A Tough Battle	G Minor	Super OST 1.1 #06
S-415	Oolong steps up	The Earth's Fate	A Minor	Super OST 1.1 #25
S-409	Eyecatch 1A	Eyecatch A (Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!)	D Major	Super OST 1.1 #38
S-410	Eyecatch 1B	Eyecatch B (Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!)	D Major	Super OST 1.1 #39
S-428	Beerus vs Oolong	Trouble Erupts	A Minor	Super OST 1.1 #32
S-429	Round 2	Feeling Each Other Out	C Minor	Super OST 1.1 #33
S-420	Oolong lost Round 3	Fire Dance	None	Super OST 1.1 #24
S-430	Beerus takes aim	Crushing Defeat	C Minor	Super OST 1.1 #07
S-432	Goku arrives!	Omen of Victory	D Major	Super OST 1.1 #08
S-426	Goku has a plan	Team Dragon's Theme	C Major	Super OST 1.1 #16
ED	Ending	Hello Hello Hello (TV Size)	D♭ Major	Super OST 1.1 #30
S-416	Next Episode Preview	Preview B (Toward Tomorrow)	A Major	Super OST 1.1 #36

Availability

This episode has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both streaming and physical formats. "Simulcast" streaming services (even Funimation) use the Toei Animation subtitles rather than the Funimation subtitles by Steven J. Simmons, while digital purchase platforms use the Simmons subtitles that are provided on the Funimation DVDs and Blu-rays.

Streaming debut dates only apply to the subtitled simulcast. Dubbed episodes were to Funimation's streaming service a few weeks after the dub broadcast, and to AnimeLab around the time of the Madman home video release. Simulcast dates reflect regional time zones. The United Kingdom was originally covered by the now-defunct Daisuki streaming service until Crunchyroll added the UK to their Dragon Ball Super coverage area on 30 May 2017.

Japan

• Dragon Ball Super Box 1 Blu-ray (Toei) 02 December 2015
• Toei Channel On-Demand

North America

• Dragon Ball Super Part 1 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 25 July 2017
• Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 29 October 2016
• Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 04 November 2016
• VRV Simulcast (sub only) 30 March 2017
• Adult Swim On-Demand (dub only)
• Digital purchase (Simmons subtitles)
  • Amazon (dub and sub sold separately)
  • iTunes (dub)
  • Microsoft (dub and sub sold separately)
  • Google Play (dub)

United Kingdom

• Dragon Ball Super Part 1 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 30 October 2017
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 30 October 2016

Australia and New Zealand

• Dragon Ball Super Part 1 (Funimation-Madman) 06 September 2017
• Dragon Ball Super Collection 1 (Madman) 05 December 2018
• AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 30 October 2016
• Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 30 October 2016
• Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Super Episode 8