Dragon Ball Episode 9

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The Boss Rabbit's Special Skill
Japanese English
うさぎオヤブンの得意技 Usagi Oyabun no Tokui Waza
Air Date	23 April 1986 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	1st Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 16 Dragon Ball Chapter 17
TV Rating	20.6%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Tadanao Tsuji
Animation	Minoru Maeda
Director	Minoru Okazaki
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Boss Rabbit's Magic Touch
Air Date	04 November 1995 (BLT) 30 August 2001 (redub)

"The Boss Rabbit's Special Skill" is the ninth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 23 April 1986, receiving a ratings share of 20.6%. The episode was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Minoru Okazaki.

Synopsis

Goku and the others visit a stand in order to fill up on gasoline. The townspeople are all frightened of Bulma, who is wearing rabbit ears. They do not understand why, but then some scoundrels calling themselves the Rabbit Gang show up! Their boss, the Carrotizor, has the power to turn anyone who touches his hand into a carrot!! Bulma is turned into a carrot by him. Unable to merely watch, Yamcha rescues Bulma. Goku and the others defeat the Rabbit Gang, and once again set out to search for the Dragon Balls!!

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
	Japanese	English (BLT)	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Saffron Henderson	Stephanie Nadolny
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Lalainia Lindbjerg	Tiffany Vollmer
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Unknown	Mike McFarland
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Ted Cole	Christopher R. Sabat
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Alec Willows	Brad Jackson
Pu'er	Naoko Watanabe	Cathy Weseluck	Monika Antonelli
Carrotizor	Hiroshi Ōtake	Ian James Corlett	Duncan Brannan
Rabbit Gang Member	Issei Futamata	Unknown	Unknown
Rabbit Gang Member	Masaharu Satō	Unknown	Unknown
Store Employee	Michitaka Kobayashi	Unknown	Unknown
Employer	Tesshō Genda	Unknown	Unknown
Mother	Seiko Nakano	Unknown	Unknown
Narrator	Jōji Yanami	Jim Conrad	Brice Armstrong

Funimation's 1995 dub was contracted out to BLT Productions in Vancouver, who hired Canadian voice actors typically associated with Ocean Group. Funimation redubbed the series in the early 2000s with their in-house cast.

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: Michiru Shimada
• Director (Storyboard): Minoru Okazaki
• Animation Supervisor: Minoru Maeda
• Art Director: Tadanao Tsuji

• Key Animation: Sonomi Aramaki, Masayuki Aoki, Yasushi Tanizawa
• Special Effects: Yoshitaka Kumai
• Photography: Motoaki Ikenoue
• Assistant Director: Yutaka Satō

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.

^† First usage in Dragon Ball.

Dragon Ball Episode 9: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-17	The Mushroom Kingdom?	I1	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:11(c)
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-27	Turban town	K-27	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:5(b)
K-16	Capsule shopping	G2	C♯ Minor	Daizenshuu 2:4(d)
K-49	The Rabbit Gang	K-49	F Minor	Unreleased
K-81	The Gang approaches	G5†	E˚7	Daizenshuu 2:9(c)
U-4	Bulma's new outfit	U-4	B♭ Major	Unreleased
K-82	The Rabbit Gang makes trouble	K-82†	E˚7
U-5	The Gang spies Bulma	U-5	C7
K-55	The Gang confronts Bulma	G9	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:8(c)
K-83	Goku beats the first goon	A10†		Daizenshuu 2:3(d)
K-84	Goku beats the second goon	K-84†		Unreleased
K-85	The town in a panic	K-85†	F Major
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-63	Waiting for the boss	K-63		Daizenshuu 2:6(c)
K-41	Here comes the boss!	G13		Daizenshuu 2:5(c)
K-86	Goku vs the Carrotizor Bunny	M9†		Daizenshuu 2:15(b)
K-65	Yamcha's help	K-65		Daizenshuu 2:11(b)
K-87	Pu'er takes Carrot-Bulma	K-87†	F Major	Unreleased
K-7	Pu'er flies away	K-7	D Minor
K-88	Trying to catch the carrot	K-88†	F Minor
K-76	Two Carrotizor Bunnies!	K-76	C Major
K-35	Carried up into the sky	I17	F Major	Daizenshuu 2:2(a)
K-22	On the moon	K-22		Unreleased
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.

Notes:

• G2 (K-16) is slowed down here by about 4 beats per minute (BPM), which lowers the pitch a full half-step, making it C♯ Minor instead of the usual D Minor.

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 9