Dragon Ball Z Episode 9: Difference between revisions

Sorry Robot-san — The Tears that Vanished in the Desert
	Japanese English
ゴメンねロボットさん砂漠に消えた涙; Gomen ne Robotto-san Sabaku ni Kieta Namida
ゴメンねロボットさん砂漠に消えた涙; Gomen ne Robotto-san Sabaku ni Kieta Namida
Air Date	28 June 1989 (Fuji TV)
Opening	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI; Power!
Episode Data
Chapters	None (Filler Episode)
TV Rating	15.7%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Katsumi Aoshima
Director	Osamu Kasai
FUNimation English Dub
Title	The Strangest Robot
Air Date	27 June 2005 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Sorry, Robot-san--; The Desert of Vanishing Tears
Subtitles	Steven J. Simmons
Sub Debut	Ultimate Uncut: Into the Wild
Release Date	14 June 2005
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"Sorry Robot-san — The Tears that Vanished in the Desert" is the ninth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 28 June 1989, receiving a ratings share of 15.7%. It was written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa and directed by Osamu Kasai.

Synopsis

Falling into a hole out in the desert, Gohan discovers an old robot in some underground ruins. After activating the dormant robot, it tells him he is interrupting his sleep, but then grudgingly begins to look out for Gohan. When the robot says that he was buried in sand by an earthquake during an excavation 80 years ago, Gohan tries to pull him out. But the ruins begin to collapse, and the robot sacrifices himself to carry Gohan to the surface! Overcoming his sadness, Gohan walks on.

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
Character	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan	Masako Nozawa	Stephanie Nadolny
Robot	Kōzō Shioya	Chuck Huber
Narration	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: Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Director (Storyboard): Osamu Kasai
Animation Supervisor: Katsumi Aoshima
Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

Key Animation: Katsumi Aoshima, Hideko Okimoto
Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
Photography: Studio Cosmos, Tetsuo Ōfuji
Assistant Director: Yasuhiro Uemura
Production Progression: Yūichi Matsue

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 chronological internal catalogue numbers (完全集 Kanzenshuu) apply to tracks composed or arranged by him.

Background music (BGM) tracks generally do not have official titles, but the officially-released tracks do have official catalogue numbers, and these are given when they are known. Official catalogue numbers usually begin with M, but always with letters other than K; they are included in the "Catalogue/Title" column, and our in-house catalogue numbers are substituted when the official number is not known. The documentation and scene descriptions are adapted from The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.^[1]

**^† First usage in the *Dragon Ball* franchise. ^* First usage in the *Dragon Ball Z* TV series.**
Dragon Ball Z Episode 9: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Scene	Title/Catalogue		Tonality	Releases
Scene	完全集	Official	Tonality	大全集	ＢＧＭ
Opening	CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (TV Size)		E Major	4:1	1:1
Recap	K-727	M710	F Major	4:2(a)	1:2(a)
Title Card	K-709	M708A-1^[b]		4:2(b)	1:2(b)
Gohan wakes up	K-707	M729			1:7(e)
Crocodile attack	K-732	M738A	F#		1:7(f)
Gohan vs the crocodile	K-723	M740	F Minor	4:6(c)	2:8(c)
Gohan vs croc, tiger, giant bird	K-742	M721^†	F Major	4:5(b)	1:5(b)
Bird vs dino	K-725	M741	F Minor	4:7(c)	1:9(c)
Gohan down the sinkhole	K-735	M730	D♭^#4♭7		1:11(a)
Enter Robot-san	K-743	M738C^†	F Minor		1:7(h)
The robot speaks	K-716	K-716	F Major	Unreleased
Escape route	K-715	M720	F Major		1:11(d)
Deep chasm	K-20	K-20	A♭⁺	Unreleased
Gohan sees a snake	K-713	M726	G⁺	4:8(b)	1:12(b)
Gohan turns off the robot	K-720	K-720	F Major	Unreleased
Eyecatch A	K-718	M709A		4:12(c)	1:16(c)
Eyecatch B	K-719	M709B		4:12(d)	1:16(d)
Goku naps; Gohan woken by a scorpion	K-16	G2^*	D Minor	2:4(d)
Gohan wakes the robot	K-714	M714	F Major		1:10(b)
Gohan cries	K-720	K-720		Unreleased
Gohan found mushrooms	K-721	M713			1:10(a)
The cave is collapsing	K-731	M737	F⁺	4:3(b)	1:3(b)
Snake attack	K-734	M742	F Minor	4:16(e)	2:5(e)
Gohan fixes the robot	K-623	K-623	F Minor	Unreleased
The robot tosses Gohan out	K-728	M705	F Major		1:6(b)
The remains of the robot	K-720	K-720	F Major	Unreleased
Gohan soldiers on	K-524	K-524	F Minor
Ending	Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power! (TV Size)		E Minor	4:19	1:17
Next Episode Preview	K-726	M701^[c]	E Major	4:18(c)	2:7(c)

The opening song "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" is performed by Hironobu Kageyama, and the ending song "Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!" is performed by MANNA.

External Links

Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Z Episode 9

Notes

↑ This episode originally aired in the US in 1996 as part of episodes 4 (04 October) and 5 (11 October) of Funimation's abridged dub with a Canadian cast.
↑ The title card music is an altered version of M708A-1. See the BGM page for more detail.
↑ A shortened version of M701 is officially identified as the NEP music, but the actual NEP music is a different recording. See the BGM page for more detail.

References

↑ "The DragonBall Z BGM Daizenshuu" (03 February 2010). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.

[1] This episode originally aired in the US in 1996 as part of episodes 4 (04 October) and 5 (11 October) of Funimation's abridged dub with a Canadian cast.

[Title-3] The title card music is an altered version of M708A-1. See the BGM page for more detail.

[NEP-4] A shortened version of M701 is officially identified as the NEP music, but the actual NEP music is a different recording. See the BGM page for more detail.

[2] "The DragonBall Z BGM Daizenshuu" (03 February 2010). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.

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