Umigame
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| Umigame | |
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| 海ガメ (Umigame) | |
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Manga  Anime  | |
| English Name(s) | Turtle |
| Name Pun | Sea Turtle |
| Manga Debut | Dragon Ball Chapter 2 |
| Anime Debut | Dragon Ball Episode 2 |
| Japanese VA |
Daisuke Gōri (DB/Z) Takahiro Fujimoto (Kai, Super) |
| Funimation VA |
Christopher Sabat (DB/Z, Super) Chris Cason (Kai) |
| Personal Data | |
| Aliases | カメ (kame "Turtle") |
| Relationship Data | |
| Children | Tarō (son) |
Umigame is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Umigame makes his debut in chapter 3, published in the 1985 #01/02 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Biography
Name
Umigame's name (海ガメ) is a katakana rendering of the Japanese word for "sea turtle" (海がめ umigame). The kanji 海 (うみ umi) is the Japanese word for "sea". Umigame is sometimes credited simply as カメ or 亀 (both kame), the Japanese word for "turtle"; by rendaku, kame becomes game in the compound word. He is credited as 海亀 (umigame) in the Dragon Ball 10th Anniversary Movie.
Production
Umigame's story is likely inspired by 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 the Dragon Palace (龍宮城 Ryūgū-jō) under the sea where he is entertained by a princess and her handmaidens. 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.
In Dragon Ball Chapter 3 and its adaptation in Dragon Ball Episode 3, when Umigame leaves Goku and Bulma after promising to return with a gift, Bulma wonders if he will bring them a tamatebako. The Viz manga adaptation and the Funimation English dub both simply have Bulma wondering what sort of gift a turtle could bring.
In the Dragon Ball 10th Anniversary Movie, the story is retold with Oolong already in the group. Oolong presses Umigame to bring them a gift, and when he says he will go fetch one, Oolong wonders if he is going to Dragon Palace, and tells him to give their greetings to the Sea Princess. Bulma tells him they do not need a tamatebako. Clyde Mandelin adapts these as Atlantis, Sea Princess, and Pandora's Box respectively in his subtitles for Funimation; the latter matches his subtitles for episode 3.
Performance
Umigame was voiced by Daisuke Gōri in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Gōri voiced several characters including Mister Satan for the franchise before his death in 2010, but the role of Umigame passed to Takahiro Fujimoto in 2009 even though Gōri continued to voice King Enma and the Ox Demon King in Dragon Ball Kai.
In the Funimation dub, Turtle is voiced by Christopher Sabat, best known as the voice of Vegeta, Piccolo, and Yamcha. Turtle was voiced by Chris Cason in Dragon Ball Z Kai, but Sabat reclaimed the role in Dragon Ball Super.
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