Dragon Ball Episode 55

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N'cha! Chased to Penguin Village
Japanese English
んちゃ！追ってペンギン村 Ncha! Otte Pengin Mura
Air Date	18 March 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 80 (6-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 81 (1-13)
TV Rating	25.8%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Michiru Shimada
Art	Tatsuo Yamamoto
Animation	Tomekichi Takeuchi
Director	Yoshihiro Ueda
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Penguin Village
Air Date	22 October 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	'Lo! Chased to Penguin Village
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	General Blue Saga
Release Date	23 September 2003

"N'cha! Chased to Penguin Village" is the fifty-fifth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 18 March 1987, receiving a ratings share of 25.8%. It was written by Michiru Shimada and directed by Yoshihiro Ueda.

Synopsis

Blue uses his psychic powers to manipulate ropes to attack Goku and the others, who are relaxing after having returned from the sea-bottom cave! Everyone is tied up, and Goku has his tail grabbed and cannot put out his full power!! Blue steals the Dragon Balls and plants a bomb, then flees. Goku is saved by Lunch, who returns after reverting to her original personality, and he chases after Blue's rocket!! After an intense chase, the two of them at last arrive in Penguin Village, home to Arale Norimaki!!

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
Kuririn	Mayumi Tanaka	Laurie Steele
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Senbe Norimaki	Kenji Utsumi	Brice Armstrong
Arale	Mami Koyama	Meredith McCoy
Akane	Kazuko Sugiyama	Laura Bailey
General Blue	Toshio Furukawa	Sonny Strait
Obotchaman	Mitsuko Horie	Unknown
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: Michiru Shimada
• Director (Storyboard): Yoshihiro Ueda
• Animation Supervisor: Tomekichi Takeuchi
• Art Director: Tatsuo Yamamoto

• Key Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi, Masahiro Shimanuki, Yōko Iizuka, Masako Misumi
• Special Effects: Masayuki Nakajima
• Assistant Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
• Production Progression: Akihiko Yamaguchi

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.

^† First usage in Dragon Ball.
^*Pitched sharp in this episode.

Dragon Ball Episode 55: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-124	Recap	K-124		Unreleased
K-24	Title Card	C3		Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-106	Panties out to dry	K-106	F Major	Unreleased
K-144	Blue psychs his ropes	K-144	C Minor
K-93	The ropes creep in	K-93	F Minor
K-305	Everyone tied up	K-305†	E Minor
K-44	Blue picks up the ball	K-44	C+
K-79	Blue looks around	K-79	F+
K-125	The clock is ticking	M114	C+	Daizenshuu 2:16(b)
K-133	Goku chases after Blue	M118	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:17(b)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2		Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-133	The chase continues	M118		Daizenshuu 2:17(b)
K-149	Goku closes in	M107		Daizenshuu 2:20(a)
K-126	Goku catches up	K-126	F Major	Unreleased
K-137	Blue loses control	M109	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:18(b)
Dr-1	Penguin Village	Wai Wai World (Dr-1)†	F Major	Unreleased
Dr-2	Arale-chan	Wai Wai World (Dr-2)†
K-129	Chasing Blue over Penguin Village	M121	F Minor*	Daizenshuu 2:
K-20	Goku takes a fall	K-20	A♭+	Unreleased
K-52	Blue crashes	K-52	F Minor*
K-82	Ending narration	K-82	E˚7
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. Both Dr. Slump tunes are variations on the anime's first opening song, "Wai Wai World".

External Links

• Kanzenshuu Episode Guide - Dragon Ball Episode 55