Dragon Ball Super Episode 23
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| The Earth and Gohan in Dire Peril! Come Quick, Son Goku!! | |||
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| Air Date | 13 December 2015 (Fuji TV) | ||
| Opening | Chōzetsu ☆ Dynamic! | ||
| Eyecatch |
Part A: Gohan & Mister Satan Part B: Goku | ||
| Ending | Starring Star | ||
| Episode Data | |||
| TV Rating | 4.7% | ||
| Format | 16:9 (NTSC) | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Makoto Koyama | ||
| Art | Sei'ichiro Sugiura | ||
| Animation |
Osamu Ishikawa Yui Kinoshita | ||
| Storyboard | Yukio Kaizawa | ||
| Director | Yukihiko Nakao | ||
| Toei Simulcast Subs | |||
| Title |
Earth! Gohan! Absolute Peril! Hurry and Get Here, Son Goku!! | ||
| Simulcast | 12 November 2016 | ||
| FUNimation English Dub | |||
| Title |
Earth! Gohan! Both on the Ropes! Hurry and Get Here, Goku!! | ||
| Air Date | 24 June, 2017 (Toonami) | ||
| FUNimation English Subs | |||
| Title |
Earth! Gohan! Both on the Ropes! Hurry and Get Here, Son Goku!! | ||
| Subtitles | Steven J Simmons | ||
| Sub Debut | Dragon Ball Super Part 2 | ||
| Release Date | 03 October 2017 | ||
| Bang Zoom! English Dub | |||
| Title |
The Earth! Gohan! On the Ropes! Hurry Back, Son Goku!! | ||
| Air Date | 11 November 2017 | ||
"The Earth and Gohan in Dire Peril! Come Quick, Son Goku!!" is the twenty-third episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 13 December 2015. It was written by Makoto Koyama and directed by Yukihiko Nakao.
Synopsis
Summary
Piccolo is laying on the ground after getting hit with Freeza's attack. Bulma wonders what he is doing and shouts for him to get up, but Trunks says that he can no longer feel Piccolo's ki. Freeza is thoroughly enjoying listening to Gohan's sounds of lamentation, saying that this is exactly what he was hoping for. Jaco says that this is precisely why he considers Earth too dangerous and will have it removed from his jurisdiction once he gets back, while Bulma angrily asks where Goku and Vegeta are at a crucial time like this. Over on Beerus' planet, Goku and Vegeta are in fact still sparring together inside Whis' staff, while Beerus heartily eats pizza outside. When he runs out of pizza, he demands more, but Whis explains that the rest is all inside his staff. He cannot take the pizza out with Goku and Vegeta training inside, and it was Beerus' idea to put them in there in the first place. But Beerus insists, so Whis extracts Goku and Vegeta from his staff. Goku complains, saying that they were at a good part just then; even Beerus says that they seem to have done substantial training and Whis heals the two. The pizza boxes pop out as well, but they all turn out to be empty. Goku and Vegeta ate all the pizza when they were inside the staff; otherwise they would have starved to death.
While Beerus angrily chases Goku and Vegeta around, Whis starts to use his staff to contact Bulma and order more pizza, but he notices there is already a message from her. Whis and Beerus are both entranced by the strawberry sundae Bulma is offering, and Whis quickly contacts her. She is mad at Whis for being so late to respond, and tells him to notify Goku and Vegeta that Freeza has come back to life and Earth is in big trouble. Freeza's grown far stronger than before, and even Piccolo died protecting Gohan! Meanwhile, Freeza and Sorbet notice Bulma is talking with someone. Sorbet asks if they should kill her, but Freeza realizes that she is probably contacting Goku. Unfortunately, Whis says that it will take him 35 minutes to bring Goku and Vegeta back to Earth. Beerus points out that Goku has his own teleportation technique; however, Earth is too far away from Beerus' planet, and so Goku cannot lock on to anyone's ki.
Overhearing the conversation, Freeza realizes Goku will not be arriving for a little while, so Ginyu offers to finish off the remaining Earth warriors. Jaco declares that he has urgent business and tries to leave, but Bulma restrains him. Still beaten to a pulp and emotionally devastated, Gohan reflects on having gone so long without fighting that he no longer has the power to protect everyone. If only he had continued his training like Goku and the others, then Piccolo would not have died. Kuririn responds that there is nothing wrong with that; it is only natural to prioritize family over fighting. Hearing that Gohan is a family man, Freeza promises to wipe out his family in the blink of an eye. Gohan says he must stop Freeza in order to protect his family, and begins powering up. While he briefly becomes a Super Saiyan once again, ultimately Gohan's body is too worn out to handle the power; he reverts back to his normal form and seems to lose consciousness. Fortunately though, Goku is able to sense his heightened power, and teleports himself and Vegeta to Earth just in time to save Gohan from one of Freeza's attacks.
It turns out that raising his ki high enough to summon Goku had been Gohan's goal all along. Goku compliments Gohan for working so hard to make sure he could sense his ki. Sorbet wonders if this is really the Saiyan who defeated Freeza, and Freeza confirms that he could never forget Goku's face. Bulma asks Vegeta how long he was going to leave his beautiful wife alone. Goku reassures Gohan that they can use the Namekian Dragon Balls to revive Piccolo. He teleports away with Piccolo's body, and Freeza recognizes the technique as belonging to the people of Planet Yardrat. Goku quickly returns, and explains that he took Piccolo's body over to God's Temple. He asks Goten and Trunks to there and explain the situation to Dende right away. The two would rather stay and watch Goku defeat Freeza, but Goku insists, saying that this is no place for children. Vegeta tells them to do as Goku says and gives Trunks his best Dad face. Jaco asks them to take him somewhere safe too, but Bulma again grabs him and forces him to stay there (Jaco thinks to himself that Bulma is scarier than Freeza). Kuririn gives Gohan a senzu, and Gohan wonders about everyone else's portions. However, Kuririn says they don't need them, as even back at full health they would not be of much help at this point.
Freeza is thrilled that the time has finally come for him to get revenge on Goku... though he is a bit surprised to see that Vegeta is with him as well. Goku wonders how Freeza returned to life, but Vegeta guesses it was probably with the Dragon Balls. Freeza confirms this, and agonizes over the torments he suffered in Hell. Goku is unsympathetic, since it was Freeza's own fault that he came to Earth and got killed by Trunks. Freeza blames Goku as the start of all his misfortune, and cannot rest easy as long as Goku remains alive. Ginyu butts into the conversation, saying that he feels the same way, so much so that it hurts. Goku vaguely remembers Ginyu as the one who stole his body on Planet Namek, and Vegeta recalls how Ginyu ended up turned into a frog. Ginyu says the two of them do not understand how hard it was for him being a frog, but Vegeta is unsympathetic. After all, if Ginyu had remained a frog, he probably would not have died... And with that, Vegeta very quickly blows Ginyu to pieces.
Goku is angry at Vegeta, as there was no reason to kill Ginyu. But Vegeta says he just would have gotten in the way during the fight. Freeza is impressed with how much stronger Vegeta has grown, saying that he will be sure to kill him once he is done with Goku. Freeza explains that after his resurrection, he trained in order to battle Goku once more, which was the most effort he had ever put into anything in his life. As a result, he acquired power far surpassing anything he had imagined. Goku is not too impressed though. Freeza may have gotten stronger, but he has grown much stronger as well. Freeza says that last time he was caught off guard, so this time he will go straight to his final form. The massive surge of power from Freeza's transformation wipes out all of his remaining soldiers apart from Sorbet, leaving a massive crater in the ground that goes straight down to the sea. As Freeza finally emerges in his final form, Goku wonders what kind of training he underwent. He calls dibs on fighting Freeza first, since Vegeta already fought with Ginyu. Goku tells Freeza that if he were not so evil, he might have made a good rival, and Freeza notes that Goku has not lost his knack for saying things that annoy him. Freeza wonders why Goku is not becoming a Super Saiyan, but Goku is sure there is no need for him to go that far anymore. Impressed with Goku's confidence, the two prepare for battle, and Freeza is ready for his revenge to begin.
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.
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: Makoto Koyama
- Storyboard: Yukio Kaizawa
- Director: Yukihiko Nakao
- Animation Supervisor: Osamu Ishikawa, Yui Kinoshita
- Art Director: Sei'ichiro Sugiura
- Key Animation: Osamu Ishikawa, Naoki Tate, Shuntarō Mura, Ken'ichi Higaki, Nobuo Horii, Kōdai Iwata, Studio Ayumu, Buyū, Myū, Toei Animation Philippines
- Tomomi Ikeda, Aki Yamauchi, Tomoko Kusunoki, Maiko Ōnishi, Kyōsuke Matsui
- Assistant Animation Supervisor: Tomoko Kusunoki, Chihiro Tanaka
- In-Between Animation, Digital Coloring: Toei Animation Philippines, Buyū, Myū
- Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
- Assistant Director: Hitomi Kurihara
- Assistant Production Manager: Kazuo Fukuda
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 23: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack | ||||
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| 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-452 | Piccolo is dead | The Terror of Freeza's Army | F♯ Minor | DBS 1.2 #09 |
| S-438 | Beerus interruptus | Unfamiliar Work | C Major | DBS 1.2 #23 |
| S-447 | Freeza prepares a welcome | A Bad Premonition | C Minor | DBS 1.2 #08 |
| S-437 | Gohan lights the way | Super Saiyan God | G Major | DBS 1.1 #10 |
| 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-427 | Goku faces Freeza | A Tough Battle | G Minor | DBS 1.1 #06 |
| S-443 | Freeza's sad story | Freeza's Penance | F Major | DBS 1.2 #24 |
| S-451 | Ginyu's empathy | Time to Strike Back | A Minor | DBS 1.2 #16 |
| S-449 | Freeza emerges from his throne | Freeza's Scheme | E Minor | DBS 1.2 #07 |
| S-450 | Freeza powers up | Freeza is Resurrected | F Minor | DBS 1.2 #06 |
| S-444 | Goku gets excited | Inescapable Fear | A Minor | DBS 1.2 #10 |
| 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 |
No new musical tracks are used in this episode.
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
- Dragon Ball Super Box 2 Blu-ray (Toei) 02 March 2016
- Toei Channel On-Demand
North America
- Dragon Ball Super Part 2 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 03 October 2017
- Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 12 November 2016
- Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 12 November 2016
- VRV Simulcast (sub only) 30 March 2017
- Adult Swim On-Demand (dub only)
- Digital purchase (Simmons subtitles)
United Kingdom
- Dragon Ball Super Part 2 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 29 January 2018
- Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 13 November 2016
Australia and New Zealand
- Dragon Ball Super Part 2 (Funimation-Madman) 06 December 2017
- Dragon Ball Super Collection 1 (Madman) 05 December 2018
- AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 13 November 2016
- Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)
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