Dragon Ball Episode 123

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The Secret of the Nyoi-Bō
Japanese English
如意棒の秘密 Nyoi-Bō no Himitsu
Air Date	17 August 1988 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 161 (13-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 162 (1-12)
TV Rating	14.2%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Keiji Terui
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto Shigenori Takada
Animation	Masayuki Uchiyama
Director	Yoshihiro Ueda
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Lost and Found
Air Date	7 October 2003 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Nyoibou's Secret
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Piccolo Jr. Saga Part 1
Release Date	15 July 2003

"The Secret of the Nyoi-Bō" is the one hundred and twenty-third episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 17 August 1988, receiving a ratings share of 14.2%. It was written by Keiji Terui and directed by Yoshihiro Ueda.

Synopsis

Tenshinhan reunites with Yamcha and the others, who came to check out the situation. Goku has his wounds healed when he visits Karin-sama, and tells him that Daimaō killed Shenlong. Karin-sama is startled to hear this, but suggests that Goku ask God, the creator of the Dragon Balls, to fix things. Goku learns that the Nyoi-Bō is a tool for reaching the palace where God lives. Meanwhile, Daimaō's reincarnation, Ma Junior, is born from the egg that he laid upon his death...

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
Yajirobe	Mayumi Tanaka	Mike McFarland
Lunch	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Tenshinhan	Hirotaka Suzuoki	John Burgmeier
Karin	Ichirō Nagai	Christopher R. Sabat
Fortuneteller Crone	Junpei Takiguchi	Linda Young
Piccolo	Takeshi Aono	Christopher R. Sabat
Hacchan	Iizuka Shōzō	Dale Wilson
Sno	Naoko Watanabe	Carol Hope
Chi-Chi	Mayumi Shō	Monika Antonelli
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: Keiji Terui
• Director (Storyboard): Yoshihiro Ueda
• Animation Supervisor: Masayuki Uchiyama
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto, Shigenori Takada

• Key Animation: Tai'ichirō Ohara, Naotoshi Shida, Akio Katada
• Special Effects: Kazuya Sakurada
• Assistant Director: 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 123: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-519	Recap: Goku defeats Piccolo	M505		Daizenshuu 2:23(d)
K-516	Recap: After the battle	K-516		Unreleased
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-38	The world celebrates	M10	E Major	Daizenshuu 2:7(a)
K-45	Bulma murders some eggs	K-45	F Major	Unreleased
K-2	An egg floats down a river	H4	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:7(d)
K-404	Old man eats nuts	K-404*	C Major	Unreleased
K-81	Piccolo's egg	G5	E˚7	Daizenshuu 2:9(c)
K-51	Baby Piccoyo	I15	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:10(c)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-56	Souls in limbo	G3		Daizenshuu 2:9(d)
K-43	Goku takes off on Kinto'un	K-43	F Major	Unreleased
K-7	Goku looks for Nyoi-bō	K-7	D Minor
K-327	The Fortuneteller Crone	K-327	Unstable
K-207	Goku heads for Kame House	K-207*	F Minor
K-73	Goku returns to Karin Tower	A-1		Daizenshuu 5:1
K-36	Piccolo burns a house	I20		Daizenshuu 2:2(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

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 123