Dragon Ball Super Episode 81
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| Crusher Bergamo vs Son Goku! Who Has Sky-High Power?! | |||
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| Air Date | 05 March 2017 (Fuji TV) | ||
| Opening | Limit-Break x Survivor | ||
| Ending | An Evil Angel and Righteous Devil | ||
| Episode Data | |||
| TV Rating | 6.4% | ||
| Format | 16:9 (NTSC) | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Atsuhiro Tomioka | ||
| Art | Yoshiyuki Shikano | ||
| Animation |
Joey Calangian Noel Añonuevo Masahiro Shimanuki | ||
| Director | Masanori Satō | ||
| Toei Simulcast Subs | |||
| Title |
Bergamo the Crusher vs Son Goku! Which One Wields the Limitless Power?! | ||
| Simulcast | 04 March 2017 (US) | ||
| FUNimation English Dub | |||
| Title |
Bergamo the Crusher vs. Goku! Whose Strength Reaches the Wild Blue Yonder?! | ||
| Air Date | 29 September 2018 (Toonami) | ||
| FUNimation English Subs | |||
| Title |
Bergamo the Crusher vs. Son Goku! Whose Strength Reaches the Wild Blue Yonder?! | ||
| Subtitles | Steven J Simmons | ||
| Sub Debut | Dragon Ball Super Part 7 | ||
| Release Date | 02 April 2019 | ||
"Crusher Bergamo vs Son Goku! Who Has Sky-High Power?!" is the eighty-first episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Super. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 05 March 2017, receiving a ratings share of 6.4%. It was written by Atsuhiro Tomioka and directed by Masanori Satō.
Synopsis
The Zen Exhibition Match comes to a head! Does Goku have a shot at victory?! The final battle is Goku vs Bergamo! Bergamo uses some slick talking to get the stadium on Universe Nine's side, disparaging him as a bad guy who exposed them to the crisis of universal extinction, and turning them completely against Goku and the gang! Accepting Bergamo's proposal, the Omni-King announces that if Universe Nine wins, he will withdraw his plan to wipe out universes who lose in the Tournament of Power! What is the Omni-King's aim?! In the worst atmosphere, Goku's match finally begins! Bergamo shows off his ability to turn his opponent's attacks into his own power! How will Goku fight this tricky foe?[1][2]
Summary
As the last round of the Zen Exhibition Match is about to begin, the assembled gods are alarmed at the prospect of their universes being wiped out in the coming Tournament of Power if they lose. Champa wonders if he could escape and save himself if need be, but Vados assures him that would never work. One can't oppose the Omni-King and get away with it, after all.
Goku's opponent introduces himself as "Crusher Bergamo", the eldest brother of the "Trio de Dangers" siblings. Though his universe may have the lowest "mortal level" ranking, Bergamo accuses Goku of being far worse, since he's the one responsible for this deadly tournament. He's the enemy of all the universes!
Bergamo suggests that if he wins, the rule for destroying losing universes should be abolished. The gods seem to agree with Bergamo and blame Goku, but Goku remains unfazed. Eventually the two Omni-Kings somewhat reluctantly agree to Bergamo's suggestion. However, Great Priest specifies that Goku must not hold back in his fight. If he does, Omni-King will immediately destroy all the universes! Goku's more than happy to comply.
On the sidelines, Cae, the Kaiōshin of Universe Eleven, asks the Universe Eleven warrior Toppo what he thinks of Goku, and Toppo vows to watch this match closely to size him up. The other gods ask Champa why Goku is so rude around Omni-King, and why Omni-King and the Great Priest let him get away with it. Even for someone of such a low mortal level, this defies comprehension!
The Universe One gods taunt Champa: thanks to their universe's high mortal level, they're exempt from the tournament. And their universe's high mortal level is due to them providing good leadership, so the "god level" of their universes must be high too. Champa is quickly fed up with this sort of boasting from the top-ranked universes.
As the match begins, the two fighters at first trade blows evenly, but then Bergamo stops and announces he'll show Goku why he's known as "Crusher Bergamo". He now seems to allow Goku to hit him repeatedly, but after getting hit he starts to grow larger.
Rou explains that Bergamo changes the attacks he receives from his opponent into his own power, countering with twice the power he was hit with. Goku is unimpressed, since that sort of ability is fairly common. As Bergamo grows larger and larger, he begins shooting waves of ki blasts at Goku, who now seems to be forced to keep on dodging.
Bergamo is now gigantic, but Goku hides on his back, then attacks his knees to knock him down. Bergamo has become so big that he has more blind spots. Bergamo doesn't care though, he'll just get even stronger! Indeed, Goku seems happy to keep on attacking Bergamo despite the fact that it just keeps powering him up. On the sidelines, Gohan speculates that this is because Goku is always more excited the stronger his opponent is.
Goku now goes Super Saiyan Blue, and Rou is amazed to see that he has power on par with a god's. Even Sidra is impressed that Universe Seven has someone like this. But Goku's not done yet: vowing to feed Bergamo even more gigantic power, he uses Kaiō-Ken on top of Blue, and fires off a Kamehameha. Bergamo counters with his special "Wolfgang Penetrator" blast, but in the end he's pushed back and enveloped by Goku's attack.
As the blast clears, Bergamo has shrunk down to his regular size once more. Goku wants to keep on fighting, but Bergamo collapses, and the Great Priest declares Goku the winner. The Omni-Kings are impressed with Goku's power; he definitely didn't hold back! He prevailed by hitting Bergamo with more power than he could take, really cutting it close…just the way he always likes it.
Goku doesn't think that he really got to see Bergamo's true power though, since Bergamo only ever used Goku's own strength against him. So Goku looks forward to seeing Bergamo go all-out in the main tournament. But Bergamo's not as carefree as Goku: he warns Goku that all the other universes will surely target Universe Seven in the main tournament, so it's only a matter of time before they're destroyed. But Goku confidently challenges all strong fighters to take him on.
The Future Omni-King confirms that he is satisfied with the "Zen Exhibition Match". It was a big success! Now Great Priest explains the rules for the upcoming main event, and shows off the arena that will be used in the World of Void. If you knock your opponent out of the arena, you win. Simple, right? If your opponent is knocked out inside the arena, you'll still have to throw them out of bounds.
Also, the use of weapons is prohibited (not counting techniques, of course), and it is forbidden to kill your opponent. Bukūjutsu and other techniques for flying through the air will not work in the World of Void. You must win through simple power alone! Which isn't to say strategy isn't important too.
The match time limit will be one hundred takk…in Earth terms, forty-eight minutes. If each round is that long, how long will the entire tournament take?! But Great Priest explains that there will be only one single round, a battle royale between eighty fighters (ten from each of the eight competing universes). Thankfully, it's a big arena!
At the end of the time limit, the universe with the most contestants still in the ring wins. Or alternatively, if only one contestant is left standing within the time limit, then that person's universe will win. This all means team work will be very important…which was never Goku's strong suit, but that's what they have Gohan for!
One single match to decide the fate of eight universes…the gods find this pretty extreme. The Great Priest is done talking, but now Toppo jumps into the ring. He wants to talk with Goku! Toppo introduces himself as the leader of the Pride Troopers from Universe Eleven, and a warrior of freedom. He challenges Goku to battle, warning that if Goku has an evil heart he won't be a match for him. Goku is happy, since he wasn't quite satisfied from his fight with Bergamo…and he's intrigued by Toppo's insistence that he is evil…
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: Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Director: Masanori Satō
- Animation Supervisor: Joey Calangian, Noel Añonuevo, Masahiro Shimanuki
- Art Director: Yoshiyuki Shikano
- Key Animation: Futoshi Higashide, Yoshitaka Yashima, Yukihiro Kitano, Tatsuhiro Nagaki, Masahiro Shimanuki, Yoshitaka Katō, Erisa Tomita, Yumiko Tomiki, Toei Animation Philippines, Takeo Ide, Miyuki Yokoyama, Yong-ce Tu, Tomoko Satō, A-Line
- Digital Special Effects: Nobuhiro Shimokawa
- Assistant Production Manager: Kazua 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 "Limit-Break × Survivor" is performed by Kiyoshi Hikawa, and the ending song "An Evil Angel and Righteous Devil" is performed by THE COLLECTORS.
| Dragon Ball Super Episode 81: Norihito Sumitomo Original Soundtrack | ||||
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| Catalogue | Scene | Title | Tonality | Release |
| OP | Opening | Limit-Break × Survivor (TV Size) | B Minor | DBS 2.1 #01 |
| S-401 | Recap | CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA (Days of Battle) | B♭ Major | DBS 1.1 #34 |
| S-515 | Episode Title Card | Sub-Title (Limit-Break × Survivor) | A Minor | Unreleased |
| S-526 | The universes in shock | Reparation† | G Minor | DBS 2.1 #30 |
| S-463 | Bergamo's speech | Mystery Alien #1 | C Minor | DBS 1.1 #28 |
| S-253 | The Goku question | S-253 | E Minor | Unreleased (Kai) |
| S-527 | Goku vs Bergamo begins | The Wall Before One's Eyes† | G Minor | DBS 2.2 # |
| S-452 | Bergamo boasts | The Terror of Freeza's Army | F♯ Minor | DBS 1.2 #09 |
| S-234 | Super Saiyan Goku | Battle Royale | A Minor | Kai TFC #05 |
| S-517 | Eyecatch A | Eyecatch A (Limit-Break × Survivor) | C Minor | Unreleased |
| S-518 | Eyecatch B | Eyecatch B (Limit-Break × Survivor) | B Minor | |
| S-445 | Goku gets the upper hand | Training With Whis | D Major | DBS 1.2 #21 |
| S-435 | Super Saiyan Blue | The Birth of a God | E Major | DBS 1.1 #30 |
| S-426 | Goku is the winner | Team Dragon's Theme | C Major | DBS 1.1 #16 |
| S-237 | The "Tournament of Power" rules | S-237 | B Minor | Unreleased (Kai) |
| S-520 | Enter Toppo | Formidable Foe | C Minor | DBS 2.2 #12 |
| ED | Ending | An Evil Angel and Righteous Devil (TV Size) | C Major | Theme Songs #08 |
| S-519 | Next Episode Preview | Limit-Break x Survivor (Preview) | B Minor | DBS 2.2 #16 |
Production
This episode's title was announced in programming notices in a provisional form on 23 February 2017:[3]
潰しのベルガモX孫悟空
Crusher Bergamo X Son Goku
The full title had already been revealed in Weekly Shōnen Jump, officially available for purchase that same day, but Universe Nine was consistently referred to as Universe Four throughout the accompanying summary.[1]
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 7 Blu-ray (Toei) 02 August 2017
- Toei Channel On-Demand
North America
- Dragon Ball Super Part 7 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation) 02 April 2019
- Crunchyroll Simulcast (multi-region, sub only) 04 March 2017
- Funimation Now Simulcast (sub or dub) 04 March 2017
- VRV Simulcast (sub only) 30 March 2017
- Adult Swim On-Demand (dub only)
- Digital purchase (Simmons subtitles)
United Kingdom
- Dragon Ball Super Part 7 DVD or Blu-ray (Funimation-MangaUK) 23 September 2019
- Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 05 March 2017
Australia and New Zealand
- Dragon Ball Super Part 7 (Funimation-Madman) 05 June 2019
- Dragon Ball Super Collection 2 (Madman) 09 October 2019
- AnimeLab Streaming (sub or dub) 05 March 2017
- Crunchyroll Streaming (multi-region, sub only) 05 March 2017
- Digital purchase: iTunes (dub)
External Links
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jump Animation Information Base". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 2017 #13. Japan: Shueisha, 27 February 2017. (p. 414)
@Herms98 (23 February 2017). Twitter. - ↑ "Broadcast Details" (26 February 2017 2017). FujiTV.
全覧試合の最終戦、悟空と対戦する第9宇宙のベルガモは、悟空のことを、宇宙消滅の危機に晒した悪者と罵る。最悪な雰囲気の中、ついに悟空の試合が始まる！ - ↑ Unidentified Programming Notice.
@Herms98 (23 February 2017). Twitter.
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