Dragon Ball Episode 77

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Pilaf's Great Strategy
Japanese English
ピラフの大作戦 Pirafu no Dai-Sakusen
Air Date	02 September 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 109 Dragon Ball Chapter 110
TV Rating	23.0%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshiki Inoue
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Yukio Ebisawa
Director	Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Pilaf's Tactics
Air Date	26 November 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Pilaf's Great Strategy
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Fortuneteller Baba Saga
Release Date	09 March 2004

"Pilaf's Great Strategy" is the seventy-seventh episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 02 September 1987, receiving a ratings share of 23.0%. It was written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi.

Synopsis

After having Uranai Baba divine the location of the seventh Dragon Ball, Goku immediately sets off on Kinto-Un to find it. But it turns out that the ones in possession of the Dragon Ball are Pilaf and his lackeys, who had previously given Goku and the others a hard time. Goku ends up in a showdown over the Dragon Ball with Pilaf, who is plotting to rule the world! Pilaf confidently challenges Goku in his mecha, the Pilaf Machine. He puts up an unexpectedly good fight, but loses in the end! Goku finally obtains the last Dragon Ball!!

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
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Upa	Mitsuko Horie	Kara Edwards
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Uranai Baba	Junpei Takiguchi	Linda Young
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Monika Antonelli
Pilaf	Shigeru Chiba	Chuck Huber
Shuu	Tesshō Genda	Chris Cason
Mai	Eiko Yamada	Julie Franklin
Narrator	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: Toshiki Inoue
• Director (Storyboard): Kazuhisa Takeno'uchi
• Animation Supervisor: Yukio Ebisawa
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Yukio Ebisawa, Emiko Uesugi
• Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Production Progression: Akihiko Yamaguchi

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 77: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-18	Recap	A6		Daizenshuu 2:3(b)
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-43	Goku takes off	K-43	F Major	Unreleased
K-82	The Pilafmobile	K-82	E˚7
K-77	Flashbacks	K-77	F Minor
K-17	Goku finds the car	I1	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:11(c)
K-134	Pilaf Machines	J16	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:9(e)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-84	Goku attacks	K-84		Unreleased
K-89	Pilaf grabs Goku	K-89
K-75	Back at Fortuneteller Crone's	K-75	F Major
K-51	Bad omens	I15	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:10(c)
K-30	Shuu attacks	I22		Daizenshuu 2:2(d)
K-57	Operation Tail Grab	I18		Daizenshuu 2:2(c)
K-95	Goku is surrounded	K-95		Unreleased
K-86	Goku breaks free	M9		Daizenshuu 2:15(b)
K-227	Gattai!	M229		Daizenshuu 5:2(c)
K-126	Ostrich Type escapes	K-126	F Major	Unreleased
K-17	Goku's new clothes	I1		Daizenshuu 2:11(c)
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 77