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The Finals!! Who is the
World's Greatest Martial Artist?!
Japanese
Dragon Ball Episode 97 (Japanese)
English
Dragon Ball Episode 97 (English)
決勝!!はたして武道天下一は!?
Kesshō!! Hatashite Budō Tenka'ichi wa!?
Air Date 20 January 1988 (Fuji TV)
Opening Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch 2nd Eyecatch
Ending I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters Dragon Ball Chapter 127 (14)
Dragon Ball Chapter 128
TV Rating 20.0%
Format 4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario Keiji Terui
Art Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation Minoru Maeda
Director Minoru Okazaki
FUNimation English Dub
Title Final Match: Goku vs. Tien
Air Date 25 December 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title The Final Match!! Who Will the
World's Strongest Fighter Be?!
Subtitles Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut Tien Shinhan Saga
Release Date 28 September 2004
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"The Finals!! Who is the World's Greatest Martial Artist?!" is the ninety-seventh episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 20 January 1988, receiving a ratings share of 20.0%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Minoru Okazaki.

Synopsis

The morning of the finals at last arrives. There's a big clamor at the tournament grounds as it overflows with people trying to watch the match! Seeing this, Goku burns with fighting spirit!! Meanwhile, Tenshinhan is moved by Kame-Sen'nin's words, and heads to the arena as if to stop his uncertainty. And then the final round begins at last! Once the match begins, the two immediately launch into a grand, intense battle!! But Tenshinhan has seen through Goku's fighting style, and attacks as if pressuring Goku for a response. Goku is in a great pinch!!

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
Bulma Hiromi Tsuru Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha Tōru Furuya Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn Mayumi Tanaka Laurie Steele
Lunch Mami Koyama Meredith McCoy
Turtle Hermit Kōhei Miyauchi Mike McFarland
Crane Hermit Ichirō Nagai Chuck Huber
Announcer Kenji Utsumi Eric Vale
Tenshinhan Hirotaka Suzuoki John Burgmeier
Chiaotzu Hiroko Emori Monika Antonelli
Oolong Naoki Tatsuta Brad Jackson
Pu'er Naoko Watanabe Monika Antonelli
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 97: 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-311 Recap: Goku vs Kuririn M312 Daizenshuu 2:22(a)
K-312 Recap: Goku charges K-312 Unreleased
K-433 Recap: the final match M437 Daizenshuu 2:20(b)
U-504 U-504 None Unreleased
K-24 Title Card C3 F Minor Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
U-505 Aerobics video U-505 E Minor Unreleased
K-101 The tournament grounds M18 F Major Daizenshuu 2:15(a)
K-432 Tenshinhan meditates K-432 F Minor Unreleased
U-505 Aerobics video U-505 E Minor
K-310 The arena fills up K-310 G+
K-13 Eyecatch A C2B-2 F Minor Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12 Eyecatch B C4 Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-313 Goku heads out K-313 Unreleased
K-319 Tenshinhan vs Goku K-319
K-438 The fight begins M441-1 D Minor Daizenshuu 2:20(c)
K-317 Ten sees through Goku's trick M308 7 Daizenshuu 2:21(c)
K-316 Goku is down M303 F Minor 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.