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Funky Turtle Hermit
ファンキー亀仙人
Fankī Kame-Sen'nin
Length 2:20
BGM Data
Composition Shunsuke Kikuchi
Debut and Release
Debut Year 1986
Debut Release Ongakushū (1986 vinyl)
Daizenshuu (1994 CD)
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"Funky Turtle Hermit" is track #06 on both the Dragon Ball Ongakushū and disc #2 of the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu BGM collection. It is a suite of three musical tracks composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime.

α Catalogue Tonality Debut
Kanzenshuu Official
a K-325 J17A F Major Dragon Ball Episode 65
b K-39 J17-B Dragon Ball Episode 3
c K-63 K-63 F Minor Dragon Ball Episode 6

Booklet Notes

These notes were included with the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu compact disc release.

   The Turtle Hermit, the funky old man who wears a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses, is the mightiest martial artist in history, and later becomes Goku's mentor. This track was compiled with that image in mind.
   J17-B, the second piece included in this track, was used as the most popular of the Turtle Hermit–themed pieces in the show. Even in his debut scene, J17-B is the backdrop as he intones, "Once upon a time, there lived a man named Urashima...".
   J17A, which is included first, is an uptempo version of J17-B, but as the Turtle Hermit has many perverted or silly scenes, it was inevitably used less often. The final piece [K-63] is a theme of stealth, which is an area where the lecherous Turtle Hermit really excels; it is used with the image of things like peeping, as well as the awkward mood when he gets caught.


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