Dragon Ball Z Episode 195
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| A Great Inspiration!! I'm Ready! The Awesome Guy from the Afterlife | |||
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| Air Date | 28 July 1993 (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 | 22.5% | ||
| Format | 4:3 (NTSC) | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Aya Matsui | ||
| Art | Chigusa Yokoyama | ||
| Animation | Keisuke Masunaga | ||
| Director | Mitsuo Hashimoto | ||
| FUNimation English Dub | |||
| Title | Warriors of the Dead | ||
| Air Date | 10 September 2001 (Cartoon Network) | ||
"A Great Inspiration!! I'm Ready! The Awesome Guy from the Afterlife" is the one hundred and ninety-fifth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 28 July 1993, receiving a ratings share of 22.5%. It was written by Aya Matsui and directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto.
Synopsis
Goku goes to Dai Kaiō's planet to try and meet Dai Kaiō, said to be the strongest in the afterlife. There Goku meets Paikuhan, the martial arts master of the western galaxy. The Dai Kaiō then shows himself, but he tells them that the dead Cell and Freeza are running wild in Hell. Goku heads to Hell with Paikuhan, but Paikuhan instantly defeats Cell and the rest. Goku is inspired by Paikuhan's strength.
Summary
Part A
On the Serpentine Road, Son Goku pushes Kaiō to go faster so that he can meet the masters of the Afterlife. Kaiō scolds him for being so direct, especially as they are to meet one of the most important people in the cosmos, the Dai Kaiō. Kaiō explains that the Dai Kaiō stands above him and his three counterparts of the South, West, and East galaxies. He is also a fan of martial arts and allows for great fighters of justice to keep their bodies in the Afterlife and train with him. In his excitement, Goku rushes off ahead and nearly pushes Kaiō off the platform, until the master remembers that he can fly! Goku rushes back to ask how to get to Dai Kaiō; Kaiō responds that you have to take an airplane. Goku rushes off again before returning to ask where he can get an airplane. Kaiō clarifies that there is an airport near King Emma. Goku rushes off a third time. He rushes back again, grabs Bubbles and Gregory and teleports them all rather than taking the long way on the Serpentine Road.
They arrive at King Emma's castle as he is busy judging the souls of the dead. They exchange pleasantries, but Goku leaves quickly to locate the airport, surprising one of the ushers who had never seen someone gifted with their own body in the Afterlife before. At the airport, spirits bound for Heaven board a plane. Goku is given an old and rundown plane for the trip to Dai Kaiō's and fly away, with Bubbles and Gregory waving them off.
A short time later, Goku and Kaiō arrive at Dai Kaiō's Planet. Goku remarks that it is smaller than he thought, but larger that Kaiō's Planet. As they walk to his palace, Goku spots numerous fighters training in the courtyard. Kaiō spots some former pupils from the North Galaxy and says hello; he trained them 2300 years ago.
Part B
Kaiō delivers Goku to the home of the Dai Kaiō and instructs him to be respectful. Goku is excited to meet someone so strong and Kaiō admits that even he has never seen Dai Kaiō fight. While they wait, Kaiō catches sight of the Dai Kaiō's fancy car and runs over to it. As he compliments the car's beauty and sty;e, Goku stands off to the side very confused.
Suddenly, West Kaiō calls out in shock and anger at seeing the North Kaiō. They immediately stare each other down while Paikuhan, who arrived with West Kaiō, stands stoically. West Kaiō demands to know what North Kaiō is doing there; he himself was just visiting Paikuhan, who has been training on Dai Kaiō's planet. West Kaiō claims that Paikuhan is the West Galaxy's greatest fighter. He suddenly notices Kaiō's halo and bursts out laughing at his "friend"'s misfortune. Kaiō tries to explain what happened, but Goku claims that it is his fault. Kaiō introduces Goku to the others, explaining that he is an exceptionally strong fighter from North Galaxy. West Kaiō is defensive and claims that Paikuhan is actually the stronger one. The pair argue and Kaiō suggests that they have Paikuhan and Goku fight it out. They push their protégés to fight, but before Goku and Paikuhan can do anything they hear a voice: it's Dai Kaiō!
Dai Kaiō appears in a blast of light and smoke. When the dust settles, Dai Kaiō reveals himself as a casually-dressed, boombox-listening, old man. Goku is speechless. He asks Paikuhan for help: something has happened in Hell. Cell has recently appeared there, found Freeza, and is wrecking the place. Paikuhan leaves immediately and Goku follows him, much to Kaiō's embarrassment that he did not ask permission. Dai Kaiō doesn't seem to mind. As they fly to Hell, Paikuhan is perturbed that Goku had come uninvited. Goku responds that he does not realize how powerful Cell and Freeza are and that he will need his help.
In Hell, Goku can see that the place is wrecked. He finds Gozu and Mezu and they beg for their lives, before realizing that it is Goku and not Cell. They recognize Son Goku and reveal that they had been hiding from Cell. After Goku reveals that they are there to defeat Cell, Mezu allows himself to be recaptured. He is tormented by Cell, now joined not only be Freeza but also King Cold and the four dead members of the Ginyu Special Force: Reacoom, Butta, Jheese, and Gurd. Just as Cell tosses him into a mountain of spikes, Goku comes to his rescue.
Freeza is pleased to see that Goku is also dead and sends the Ginyu force after Goku, but he defeats them all with no effort. Freeza and Cold are shocked at Goku's new strength until Cell reminds them that he was that one that killed Goku, after all. Cell charges in to attack Goku, but he is stopped in his tracks by Paikuhan and knocked into the lake of blood. Goku marvels at his speed as Paikuhan takes out Freeza and King Cold in one hit apiece. Paikuhan begins to spin, somehow sending Cell and all of the other villains flying out of the lake of blood and into the spikes. A short time later, they are all in a prison cell in Hell. Cold claims that it is Hell to be beaten and not even be able to die.
Goku is pleased that Cell and the others have been put away. Paikuhan smiles at Goku, finally breaking a bit of his cold exterior. Goku is just excited to learn that there are so many strong fighters in the Afterlife.
Cast
The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.
Three oni have small speaking parts but are uncredited: Yama, Shimoto, and Suenaga.
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: Aya Matsui
- Director (Storyboard): Mitsuo Hashimoto
- Animation Supervisor: Keisuke Masunaga
- Art Director: Chigusa Yokoyama
- Key Animation: Studio Cockpit, Keisuke Masunaga, Isao Sugimoto, Hideyoshi Takahashi, Masa'aki Iwane, Hitoshi Ehara, Chikako Uesugi, Kuniko Iwagami
- Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
- Assistant Director: Akihiko Yamaguchi
- Production Progression: Yoshiaki Yanagi
Setting
Notes
Production
Tidbits
- North Kaiō meets two unnamed warriors from the North Galaxt at Dai Kaiō's Planet. They had been training there for 2300 years. They knew North Kaiō and it is implied that he may have trained them. (If so, he would have trained them around Age -1563.)
- This is the first appearance of Mezu, Gozu, Reacoom, Butta, Jheese, and Gurd since Dragon Ball Z Episode 95. First appearance of King Cold and Freeza since Dragon Ball Z Episode 121, not counting Freeza's recent appearance as a "ghost warrior" in Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans Episode 1 which was released a few days prior to this episode.
- Fighters on Dai Kaiō's Planet resemble Shamo (from Dragon Ball Z Movie 8), Moah (also from Movie 8) and warriors from Planet Kanassa (from the Bardock special).
Goku's New Transformation
During the development of the Afterlife Tournament arc, the writers initially intended Son Goku to become a Super Saiyan in this episode. Some or all of the episode was animated that way and the form was included in the next episode preview in the previous episode. However, they changed the art late in the process to keep Goku in his base form, albeit one with a yellow aura and spiky hair. This may have been to allow Son Goku to keep his transformation secret from his new rival, Paikuhan.
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The next episode preview showed Goku as a Super Saiyan while battling against Freeza and the others. -
But in the episode itself, Goku remained in a spiky-hair variation on his base form.
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