Dragon Ball Episode 140

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True Strength
Japanese English
ほんとうの力 Hontō no Chikara
Air Date	11 January 1989 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 177 Dragon Ball Chapter 178 (1-3)
TV Rating	15.4%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Keiji Terui
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Osamu Kasai
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Goku Gains Speed
Air Date	5 November 2003 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	True Strength
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Piccolo Jr. Saga Part 2
Release Date	19 August 2003

"True Strength" is the one hundred and fortieth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 11 January 1988, receiving a ratings share of 15.4%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Osamu Kasai.

Synopsis

Tenshinhan begins to gradually overwhelm Goku with his improved speed. He says that although Goku can follow his movements with his eyes, his body can't keep up. But Goku suddenly begins to remove his dōgi. The truth is that from the time of his training under God, he has been wearing 100 kilograms worth of weight underneath his dōgi! With his body having become lighter, Goku steals Tenshinhan's belt with speed even Tenshinhan can't see. Embarrassed, Tenshinhan says that with 12 eyes he will definitely be able to see, and begins to gather his ki!!

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Turtle Hermit	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Ma Junior	Toshio Furukawa	Christopher R. Sabat
Shen	Takeshi Aono
Announcer	Kenji Utsumi	Eric Vale
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
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: Keiji Terui
• Director (Storyboard): Osamu Kasai
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Tai'ichirō Ohara, Naotoshi Shida, Akio Katada
• Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
• Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
• 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 The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

^* First usage in the Dragon Ball TV series.

Dragon Ball Episode 140: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure! (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-601	Recap	K-601		Unreleased
U-706	武	U-706	None
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-609	Goku vs Tenshinhan	M611*		Daizenshuu 5:4(c)
K-317	Grappling	M308	A˚7	Daizenshuu 2:21(c)
K-129	Back in the ring	M121	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-628	Muten Rōshi is suspicious	K-628*		Unreleased
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-320	Goku remembers his training	M317	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:19(a)
K-409	Goku shows off	M411	F Minor	Daizenshuu 5:3(c)
K-316	Ten threatens twelve eyes	M303		Daizenshuu 2:21(b)
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 140