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Son Goku's Counterattack
Japanese
Dragon Ball Episode 63 (Japanese)
English
Dragon Ball Episode 63 (English)
孫悟空の逆襲
Son Gokū no Gyakushū
Air Date 20 May 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch 2nd Eyecatch
Ending I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters Dragon Ball Chapter 90 (4-End)
Dragon Ball Chapter 91
Dragon Ball Chapter 92 (1)
TV Rating 25.3%
Format 4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario Keiji Terui
Art Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation Yukio Ebisawa
Storyboard Yukio Ebisawa
Director Yoshihiro Ueda
FUNimation English Dub
Title The Return of Goku
Air Date 6 November 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title Son Goku's Revenge
Subtitles Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut Commander Red Saga
Release Date 11 November 2003
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"Son Goku's Counterattack" is the sixty-third episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 20 May 1987, receiving a ratings share of 25.3%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Yoshihiro Ueda.

Synopsis

Arriving in the holy land, Tao Pai-pai attacks Upa in order to learn the location of the Four-Star Ball. Tao Pai-pai loses patience with Upa, who won't say anything, and tries to kill him, but that's when Goku comes running in! Goku and Tao Pai-pai confront each other once again! This time, the powered up Goku has a firm advantage!! After realizing that Goku has obtained more power through the legendary Super Holy Water, Tao Pai-pai climbs the tower in order to drink the water himself. However, Goku doesn't try to follow him.

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.

Character Cast
Japanese English (FUNimation)
Son Goku Masako Nozawa Stephanie Nadolny
Upa Mitsuko Horie Kara Edwards
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Tiffany Vollmer
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Laurie Steele
Turtle Hermit Kōhei Miyauchi Mike McFarland
Tao Pai-pai Chikao Ōtsuka Kent Williams
Cat Hermit Ichirō Nagai Christopher R. Sabat
Commander Red Kenji Utsumi Josh Martin
Assistant Black Masaharu Satō Christopher R. Sabat
Lunch Mami Koyama Meredith McCoy
Narrator Jōji Yanami Brice Armstrong

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.

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.[1]

Dragon Ball Episode 63: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
First usage in Dragon Ball.
Catalogue Scene Catalogue/Title Tonality Releases
OP Opening Mystical Adventure
(TV Size)
F Minor Daizenshuu 2:1
K-322 Recap M306 7 Daizenshuu 2:19(b)
K-24 Title Card C3 F Minor Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-307 The land of Karin K-307 F Major Unreleased
K-313 Tao Pai-Pai arrives K-313 F Minor
K-110 Goku saves Upa K-110 F Major
K-319 Goku sets his sights on Tao K-319 F Minor
K-315 Tao attacks M309 Daizenshuu 2:18(a)
K-312 The fight heats up K-312 Unreleased
K-109 Goku's turn to attack M16 D Minor Daizenshuu 2:15(c)
K-13 Eyecatch A C2B-2 F Minor Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12 Eyecatch B C4 Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-34 Kame House A9 Daizenshuu 2:13(b)
K-315 Goku vs Tao continued M309 Daizenshuu 2:18(a)
K-311 Tao's sword M312 Daizenshuu 2:22(a)
K-324 Upa gets Goku the Nyoi-bō M313 Daizenshuu 2:25(b)
K-318 Tao gets desperate K-318 Unreleased
K-316 Tao climbs the Tower M303 Daizenshuu 2:21(b)
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.

External Links

References

  1. "The DragonBall BGM Daizenshuu" (11 June 2008). The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant. Retrieved: 30 June 2019.