Dragon Ball Episode 143

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The Fate of the World at Stake!
Japanese English
この世の運命を賭けて！ Kono Yo no Unmei o Kakete!
Air Date	1 February 1989 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 182 Dragon Ball Chapter 183 (1-11)
TV Rating	17.6%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Takao Koyama
Art	Shigenori Takada
Animation	Tomekichi Takeuchi
Director	Mitsuo Hashimoto
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Battle for the Future
Air Date	11 November 2003 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	With the Fate of the World in the Balance!
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Piccolo Jr. Saga Part 2
Release Date	19 August 2003

"The Fate of the World at Stake!" is the one hundred and forty-third episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 1 February 1989, receiving a ratings share of 17.6%. It was written by Takao Koyama and directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto.

Synopsis

Shen finally gets up after the 10 count and receives much fanfare, but he is totally confused, having lost his memory of everything up until now. Meanwhile, Ma Junior swallows the bottle that God is sealed inside! Kame-Sen'nin and the others realize that something is amiss, and at their questioning Goku reveals that Ma Junior is Piccolo Daimaō's doppelganger. And thus the finals begin!! After being nailed with Ma Junior's energy bullets at the end of a terrific round of offense and defense, Goku falls to the arena, completely motionless...!!

Cast

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

Character	Cast
	Japanese	English (FUNimation)
Son Goku	Masako Nozawa	Sean Schemmel
Bulma	Hiromi Tsuru	Tiffany Vollmer
Yamcha	Tōru Furuya	Christopher R. Sabat
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Shen	Takeshi Aono	Christopher R. Sabat
Ma Junior	Toshio Furukawa
Announcer	Kenji Utsumi	Eric Vale
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Cynthia Cranz
Oolong	Naoki Tatsuta	Brad Jackson
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.

• Scenario: Takao Koyama
• Director (Storyboard): Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Animation Supervisor: Tomekichi Takeuchi
• Art Director: Shigenori Takada

• Key Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi, Masako Misumi, Yōko Iizuka, Masahiro Shimanuki
• Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
• Assistant Director: Yasuhiro Uemura
• Production Progression: Yūichi Suenaga

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 The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant.

^* First usage in the Dragon Ball TV series.

Dragon Ball Episode 143: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure! (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-601	Recap	K-601		Unreleased
U-706	武	U-706	None
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-619	Piccolo holds the bottle	K-619*		Unreleased
K-622	Goku's frustration	K-622*
K-79	Shen looks around	K-79	F+
K-504	Dark clouds	M501	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:21(a)
K-508	Piccolo taunts Goku	M513		Daizenshuu 2:24(b)
K-513	The Demon King lives	K-513		Unreleased
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-704	Goku tells God's story	M520	A♭+	Daizenshuu 2:19(d)
K-510	Piccolo emerges	M510	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:25(c)
K-511	Goku vs Piccolo	M518		Daizenshuu 2:25(a)
K-519	Piccolo reaches out	M505		Daizenshuu 2:23(d)
K-314	Goku down	K-314	G+
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

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 143