Arc Information
| Original Run: | 28 May 1986 – 03 September 1986 (15 weeks) |
| Corresponding: | Dragon Ball Episodes 014 – 028 (15 episodes) Dragon Ball Chapters 024 – 054 (31 chapters; approx. 2.0 chapters per episode) |
| Filler Content: | 90% Canon / 10% Filler |
| Rating Shares: | Average: 22.0% Maximum: 25.4% (Episode 020) Minimum: 18.1% (Episode 025) |
Arc Synopsis
In order to receive training from Kame-Sen’nin, Goku must bring back a pichi-pichi girl. Along with Kuririn, another aspiring pupil, Goku sets out on a girl search. The two of them bring back Lunch, whose personality suddenly changes each time she sneezes, and become pupils. Having endured harsh training, Goku and Kuririn succeed in entering the Tenka’ichi Budōkai, which determines the strongest martial arts masters in the world. Match #1 arrives. Kuririn easily knocks down his opponent Bacterian.
Strong opponents appeared before Goku. The mystery man Jackie Chun defeats Yamcha and Kuririn. His mystery deepens as he continues to win through astounding strength, and unleashes a Kamehameha during his match with Kuririn. It then turned out that Jackie Chun’s identity, which he had tried to conceal, was Goku and Kuririn’s master Kame-Sen’nin. Meanwhile, Goku easily advances, knocking down Giran in his first match and Namu in his second. And then the finals begin, with Goku vs Jackie Chun. The fierce battle reaches its conclusion, and Goku loses by a hair’s breadth.
Episode List (014 — 028)
Gokū no Raibaru? Sanjō!!
Goku’s Rival? Arrival!!
Animation: Katsumi Aoshima · Director: Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Fushigi na On’na no Ko Ranchi
The Peculiar Girl, Lunch
Animation: Minoru Maeda · Director: Minoru Okazaki
Shugyō · Ishi Sagashi
Training: The Stone Hunt
Animation: Masayuki Uchiyama · Director: Daisuke Nishio
Inochigake! Gyūnyū Haitatsu
With Life at Stake! Milk Delivery
Animation: Mitsuo Shindō · Director: Yutaka Satō
Kame-senryū Kitsūi Shugyō
Kame-sen’s Method of Inte~nse Training
Animation/Storyboard: Yukio Ebisawa · Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Tenka’ichi Budōkai Hajimaru!
The Tenka’ichi Budōkai Begins!
Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi · Director: Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Deru ka!? Shugyō no Iryoku
Will it Appear?! The Power of Training
Animation: Masayuki Uchiyama · Director: Daisuke Nishio
Ayaushi! Kuririn
Watch Out, Kuririn!
Animation: Katsumi Aoshima · Storyboard: Haruki Iwanami · Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Yamucha Tai Jakkī Chun
Yamcha vs Jackie Chun
Animation: Minoru Maeda · Director: Minoru Okazaki
Detā! Kyōteki Giran
He’s Here! The Mighty Foe Giran
Animation: Masayuki Uchiyama · Director: Daisuke Nishio
Kuririn Hisshi no Dai-Kōbōsen
Kuririn’s Desperate Offensive-Defensive Battle
Animation: Mitsuo Shindō · Director: Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Tate Gokū! Osoru Beki Tenkū Pekeji-Ken
Get Up, Goku! The Fearsome Tenkū Pekeji-Ken
Animation: Yukio Ebisawa · Storyboard: Haruki Iwanami · Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Kesshōsen da!! Kamehameha
The Final Round!! Kamehameha
Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi · Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Gokū · Saidai no Pinch
Goku’s Greatest Pinch
Animation: Masayuki Uchiyama · Director: Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Gekitotsu!! Pawā Tai Pawā
Clash!! Power vs Power
Animation: Katsumi Aoshima · Director: Daisuke Nishio