Dragon Ball Episode 3

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The Turtle Hermit's Kinto-Un
Japanese English
亀仙人のキント雲 Kame-Sen'nin no Kinto-Un
Air Date	12 March 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 3 (Pages 8-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 4 (Pages 1-13)
TV Rating	24.1%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Keiji Terui
Art	Tadanao Tsuji
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Kazuhisa Takenōchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The Nimbus Cloud of Roshi

"The Turtle Hermit's Kinto-Un" is the third episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 12 March 1986, receiving a ratings share of 24.1%. The episode was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Takenouchi Kazuhisa.

Synopsis

The party safely reaches the sea. In thanks, the turtle brings back an old man from the far side of the ocean who calls himself the Turtle Hermit! In gratitude for saving his turtle, the Turtle Hermit presents Goku with the Kinto-Un, which can fly as one wills it. Only the owner of a pure heart can ride on Kinto-Un, but the simple Goku manages to ride it! Meanwhile Bulma manages to obtain the Three-Star Ball that the Turtle Hermit had by promising to show him her panties!!

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
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Unknown	Mike McFarland
Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Don Brown	Chuck Huber
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Doug Parker	Chris Cason
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Teryl Rothery	Julie Franklin
Turtle	Daisuke Gōri	Unknown	Christopher R. Sabat
Crocodile	Masaharu Satō	Unknown	Unknown
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. In addition, Robotoriyama has a single speaking line, but is uncredited. He may have been voiced by Isamu Tanonaka, the voice of the character in Dr. Slump, but this is unconfirmed.

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): Kazuhisa Takenōchi
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Tadanao Tsuji

• Key Animation: Tai'ichirō Ohara, Yoriko Shirosu, Akio Katada, Yasuhiro Kinda
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Photography: Motoaki Ikenoue
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Production Progression: Toshihiro Ishikawa

Notes

• This episode includes a reference to Urashima Tarō, a popular Japanese folk tale where a young man rescues a turtle and receives a reward. Urashima rides the turtle's back to a palace under the sea where he is entertained by a princess. When he leaves, she gives him a box (玉手箱 tamatebako, "jeweled hand box") and warns him never to open it. When Urashima returns home, many years have passed and everyone he knows is gone. He opens the tamatebako, and in a puff of smoke, he becomes an old man. (Akira Toriyama simply makes the old man into the turtle's reward.)

Variations

• When Umigame promises to return with a reward for Goku, Bulma wonders if he will not bring a tamatebako. Clyde Mandelin replaces this with Pandora's Box in his subtitles for Funimation, and in the Funimation dub, Bulma says, "What kind of gift could a turtle have, huh?"

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 3: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-35	Taking along Umigame	I17†	Daizenshuu 2:2(a)
K-29	Spying on the travelers	I21	Daizenshuu 2:8(d)
K-24	Title Card	C3	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-36	The Kuma Mercenary	I20†	Daizenshuu 2:2(b)
K-37	Goku fights fearlessly	I19†	Daizenshuu 2:13(d)
K-3	This isn't Penguin Village	H3	Daizenshuu 2:7(c)
K-38	Arrival at the sea	M10†	Daizenshuu 2:7(a)
K-27	Pilaf's daydream	K-27	Daizenshuu 2:5(b)
K-30	The Pilaf Gang sets out	I22	Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
K-39	Enter the Turtle Hermit	J17-B†	Daizenshuu 2:6(b)
K-40	Goku can ride Kinto'un!	K-40†	Unreleased
K-12	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-11	Eyecatch B	C4	Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-41	Pilaf spots Kame Island	G13†	Daizenshuu 2:5(c)
K-42	Running up to the door	K-42†	Unreleased
K-43	Goku's test run of Kinto'un	K-43†
K-13	The Turtle Hermit's Dragon Ball	K-44
K-44	Back to the capsule house	K-44†
K-45	Pilaf at Kame House	K-45†
K-46	Dash into the plane!	K-46†
K-22	The sinking plane	K-22
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 3