Dragon Ball Episode 88

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Go, Yamcha! The Dreadful Tenshinhan
Japanese English
ゆけヤムチャ！恐るべし天津飯 Yuke Yamucha! Osoru Beshi Tenshinhan
Air Date	18 November 1987 (Fuji TV)
Opening	Mystical Adventure!
Eyecatch	2nd Eyecatch
Ending	I'll Give You Romance
Episode Data
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 117 (9-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 118 (1-13)
TV Rating	18.9%
Format	4:3 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario	Toshiki Inoue
Art	Shigenori Takada
Animation	Mitsuo Shindō
Director	Daisuke Nishio
FUNimation English Dub
Title	Yamcha's Big Break
Air Date	11 December 2002 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title	Come on, Yamucha! The Fearsome Tenshinhan
Subtitles	Clyde Mandelin
Sub Debut	Tien Shinhan Saga
Release Date	28 September 2004

"Go, Yamcha! The Dreadful Tenshinhan" is the eighty-eighth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 18 November 1987, receiving a ratings share of 18.9%. It was written by Toshiki Inoue and directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Synopsis

Yamcha and Tenshinhan violently clash! Yamcha uses the Shin Rōga Fū-Fū Ken against Tenshinhan, but is gradually pushed back and is in a pinch. As his final hand, Yamcha fires a Kamehameha!! But Tenshinhan deflects the Kamehameha and defeats the faltering Yamcha in midair! Furthermore, he strikes the already unconscious Yamcha with a finishing blow! Goku burns with intense anger at the coldhearted Tenshinhan!!

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
Kame-Sen'nin	Kōhei Miyauchi	Mike McFarland
Tsuru-Sen'nin	Ichirō Nagai	Chuck Huber
Referee	Kenji Utsumi	Unknown
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.

• Scenario: Toshiki Inoue
• Director (Storyboard): Daisuke Nishio
• Animation Supervisor: Mitsuo Shindō
• Art Director: Shigenori Takada

• Key Animation: Teruhisa Ryū, Kōji Usui
• Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
• Assistant Director: Tatsuya Orime
• 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 the Dragon Ball TV series.

Dragon Ball Episode 88: Shunsuke Kikuchi OST
Catalogue	Scene	Catalogue/Title	Tonality	Releases
OP	Opening	Mystical Adventure (TV Size)	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:1
K-78	Recap	K-78		Unreleased
K-319	Shin Rōga Fū-Fū Ken	K-319
U-504	武	U-504	None
K-24	Title Card	C3	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:14(a)
K-316	Yamcha vs Tenshinhan	M303		Daizenshuu 2:21(b)
K-129	Hand to hand	M121		Daizenshuu 2:23(c)
K-433	The Hermits observe	M437		Daizenshuu 2:20(b)
K-432	First blood	K-432*		Unreleased
K-438	The fight resumes	M441-1*	D Minor	Daizenshuu 2:20(c)
K-13	Eyecatch A	C2B-2	F Minor	Daizenshuu 2:19(e)
K-12	Eyecatch B	C4		Daizenshuu 2:23(e)
K-316	Tenshinhan ends the fight	M303		Daizenshuu 2:21(b)
K-321	Goku threatens Tenshinhan	K-321	D Minor	Unreleased
K-79	Papaya Hospital	K-79	F+
K-303	At the restaurant	K-303	F Minor
K-34	Day 2	A9		Daizenshuu 2:13(b)
K-70	Manwolf is angry	D1		Daizenshuu 2:5(d)
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 88