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Despair Once More!
Revival of the Evil Emperor, Freeza!
Japanese
Dragon Ball Super Episode 19 (Japanese)
English
Dragon Ball Super Episode 19 (English)
絶望ふたたび!悪の帝王・フリーザの復活!
Zetsubō Futatabi!
Aku no Teiō Furīza no Fukkatsu!
Air Date 15 November 2015 (Fuji TV)
Opening Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!
Eyecatch Part A: Goku
Part B: Vegeta
Ending Starring Star
Episode Data
TV Rating 6.6%
Format 16:9 (NTSC)
Main Staff Credits
Scenario Makoto Koyama
Art Sei'ichiro Sugiura
Shinji Saito
Animation Yukihiro Kitano
Director Kōhei Hatano
Toei Simulcast Subs
Title Despair Rises! The Emperor
of Evil, Frieza, Resurrected!
Simulcast 05 November 2016
FUNimation English Dub
Title Despair Redux! The Return
of the Evil Emperor, Frieza!
Air Date 20 May, 2017 (Toonami)
FUNimation English Subs
Title Despair Redux! The Return
of the Evil Emperor, Freeza!
Subtitles Steven J Simmons
Sub Debut Dragon Ball Super Part 2
Release Date 03 October 2017
Bang Zoom! English Dub
Title Once Again, Despair! Resurrection
of the Evil Emperor, Freeza!
Air Date 04 November 2017
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"Despair Once More! Revival of the Evil Emperor, Freeza!" is the nineteenth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 15 November 2015. It was written by Makoto Koyama and directed by Kōhei Hatano.

Synopsis

Summary

In some gloomy corner of the afterlife, a huge lake conceals beneath it a surprisingly cheerful-looking field of flowers. In this field, faeries and stuffed animals frolic and play instruments. This place is actually Freeza's personal Hell: he is trapped inside a cocoon that hangs from a nearby tree, forced to observe these cute antics. The faeries try and get him to cheer up, but he simply shouts in anger.

Out in space, Sorbet and his crew are recovering from the damage their ship sustained from their encounter with Champa and Vados. Between this and the various rebellions, their army has already lost 60% of its soldiers. If things continue at this rate, they will not be able to hold together much longer. Sorbet declares that at this point, their only option is to revive Freeza. Tagoma is skeptical that just one person could make any difference, but Sorbet explains that in the old days Freeza's power was unmatched and feared throughout the entire universe. With him back, Sorbet's simulation predicts that their army will be able to gain control of 70% of the universe. Although they cannot locate the Namekians, they do know of Earth's Dragon Balls and that others on Earth besides just Goku's friend can locate them. In fact, it seems that the Pilaf Gang is looking for them at that very moment. Sorbet selects Tagoma to accompany him to Earth, as taking a larger force runs the risk of being spotted by the Saiyans.

On Beerus' planet, Goku and Vegeta team up against Whis in a sparring match, but even together the two are still no match for him. Whis says that their speed has improved greatly, but it still is not up to snuff. In fact, he has managed to sign his "autograph" on their clothes without them even realizing it. Whis criticizes Vegeta for being too tense, which prevents him from acting to his full capacity... but conversely, Goku is too relaxed, and often lets his guard down (he sucker-punches Goku to demonstrate).

At Gohan's house on Earth, Piccolo is babysitting Pan while Gohan and Videl are out shopping. He begins making funny faces to keep her entertained, and is startled when Gohan and Videl suddenly return home. But then Piccolo senses something... Sorbet and Tagoma have arrived on Earth, and quickly track down the Pilaf Gang just as they locate the final Dragon Ball. Though the group is reluctant to part with their Dragon Balls at first, Sorbet convinces them to cooperate by firing a blast from his ring. With the Pilaf Gang's cooperation, Sorbet summons Shenlong, and back at Gohan's house they notice that they sky has suddenly gone dark.

Sorbet wishes for Freeza to be brought back to life but Shenlong explains that Freeza's body was cut into pieces, and that there would be no point in summoning his soul with his body in such a state. However, Tagoma believes that they can simply use their most advanced medical machines to regenerate Freeza's body. With the wish made, pieces of Freeza's cybernetic body reign down from the sky, squirming around on the ground. Shenlong asks what the two remaining wishes are. Sorbet considers reviving Freeza's father as well, but before he can speak, Shuu steps in and wishes for a million zenni, and Mai wishes for the best ice cream in the world. With these wishes granted as well, Shenlong departs.

Outraged, Sorbet wants to kill the Pilaf Gang, but Tagoma tells him they have to get out of there as fast as possible, before the Saiyans arrive. Sorbet and Tagoma collect the squirming pieces of Freeza's body and deposit them into a special container. Even the Pilaf Gang helps out by picking up one of Freeza's eyes. Sorbet and Tagoma leave, but before departing Sorbet promises the Pilaf Gang that they will return soon... with Freeza, and soldiers too! As their ship takes off, a strange frog with antenna hops into view, and seems to recognize the spaceship...

Now left alone, the Pilaf Gang ponder these events. What the heck is a "Freeza", anyway? They consider using Shuu's million zenni to build a spaceship and flee the planet, but ultimately just settle on going to get some food. Back at Gohan's house, Piccolo and Gohan note that the sky has returned to normal and the strange ki has vanished. Though they are not sure what has happened, Piccolo has an uneasy feeling about it all.

Back on Sorbet's ship, Freeza's body is being regenerated inside their medical machine, this time in his first form, fully flesh and blood without any cybernetic parts. As before, Tagoma wonders if resurrecting Freeza is really necessary, but Sorbet points out that after the death of Freeza and the rest of the army's main leaders, people stopped fearing them and began to rebel. Tagoma only saw Freeza once, briefly, and did not find him that impressive. What if he does not live up to the hype? But Sorbet is adamant: though he did not have much interaction with Freeza either, what little he saw was enough to convince him of Freeza's power.

Shisami is angry at Tagoma's attitude, but before he and Tagoma can argue more, Freeza completes his regeneration. Emerging from the medical machine, his power causes all of the scouters on board to break. Over on Beerus' planet, Goku and Vegeta are sweeping the stairs, when Goku has a nasty feeling... but Vegeta tells him to get back to work. Back on the ship, Freeza slowly gets a handle on the situation: "Can it be that I've returned to life?"

Cast

The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast. Additional characters/cast members not originally credited, or with speaking roles exclusive to a specific dubbing, have been included at the bottom of the table.

Character Cast
Japanese English (FUNimation)
Son Goku Masako Nozawa Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan Kyle Hebert
Freeza Ryūsei Nakao Christopher Ayres
Vegeta Ryō Horikawa Christopher R. Sabat
Piccolo Toshio Furukawa
Trunks Takeshi Kusao Eric Vale
Videl Yūko Minaguchi Kara Edwards
Pilaf Shigeru Chiba Chuck Huber
Shuu Tesshō Genda Chris Cason
Mai Eiko Yamada Colleen Clinkenbeard
Sorbet Shirō Saitō Jeremy Schwartz
Tagoma Kazuya Nakai Micah Solusod
Shisami Tetsu Inada Brad Venable
Whis Masakazu Morita Ian Sinclair
Shenlong Ryūzaburō Ōtomo Christopher R. Sabat
Staff Officer Tomohisa Asō
Soldier Takahiro Fujimoto, Ryōhei Arai
Sōnosuke Hattori
Fairy Chihiro Ikki
Frog Katsuyuki Konishi R Bruce Elliott
Narration Naoki Tatsuta Doc Morgan
Son Goten Kara Edwards
Champa Jason Liebrecht
Pan Jeannie Tirado

Funimation credits the frog explicitly as "Ginyu" in this episode. Katsuyuki Konishi is not credited as "Ginyu" until episode 22.

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 Norihito Sumitomo, and our in-house catalogue numbers apply to tracks composed or arranged by him. The opening song "Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic" is performed by Kazuya Yoshii, and the ending song "Starring Star" is performed by KEYTALK.

Dragon Ball Super Episode 19: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack
First usage in the Dragon Ball franchise.
Catalogue Scene Title Tonality Release
OP Opening Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic! (TV Size) D Major DBS 1.1 #01
S-401 Recap CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Days of Battle) B♭ Major DBS 1.1 #34
S-402 Episode Title Card Sub-Title (Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!) D Major DBS 1.1 #40
S-443 Fairy parade Freeza's Penance F Major DBS 1.2 #24
S-444 Sorbet educates Tagoma Inescapable Fear A Minor DBS 1.2 #10
S-445 Whis trains Goku and Vegeta Training With Whis D Major DBS 1.2 #21
S-404 Piccolo watches Pan Romantic Evening C Major DBS 1.1 #21
S-446 The Pilaf Gang finds the last ball Formidable Opponent C Minor DBS 1.2 #15
S-409 Eyecatch A Eyecatch A (Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!) D Major DBS 1.1 #38
S-410 Eyecatch B Eyecatch B (Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic!) DBS 1.1 #39
S-447 The Gang hands over the balls A Bad Premonition C Minor DBS 1.2 #08
S-258 Shenlong is here Theme of Shenron G Minor Kai TFC #24
S-419 Shuu and Mai's wishes Chaotic Streets C Major DBS 1.1 #19
S-448 Freeza's pieces Freeza's Chosen Ones A Minor DBS 1.2 #13
S-449 Freeza's regeneration Freeza's Scheme E Minor DBS 1.2 #07
S-450 Regeneration complete Freeza is Resurrected F Minor DBS 1.2 #06
ED Ending Starring Star (TV Size) D♭ Major Theme Songs #03
S-416 Next Episode Preview Preview B (Toward Tomorrow) A Major DBS 1.1 #36

Availability

This episode has been released in numerous countries and languages around the world in both streaming and physical formats. "Simulcast" streaming services (even Funimation) use the Toei Animation subtitles rather than the Funimation subtitles by Steven J. Simmons, while digital purchase platforms use the Simmons subtitles that are provided on the Funimation DVDs and Blu-rays.

Streaming debut dates only apply to the subtitled simulcast. Dubbed episodes were to Funimation's streaming service a few weeks after the dub broadcast, and to AnimeLab around the time of the Madman home video release. Simulcast dates reflect regional time zones. The United Kingdom was originally covered by the now-defunct Daisuki streaming service until Crunchyroll added the UK to their Dragon Ball Super coverage area on 30 May 2017.

Japan

North America

  • Dragon Ball Super Part 2 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 03 October 2017
  • Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 05 November 2016
  • Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 05 November 2016
  • VRV Simulcast (sub only) 30 March 2017
  • Adult Swim On-Demand (dub only)
  • Digital purchase (Simmons subtitles)
    • Amazon (dub and sub sold separately)
    • Microsoft (dub and sub sold separately)
    • Google Play (dub)

United Kingdom

Australia and New Zealand

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Notes

References