DBK001

Japanese English
"The Curtain Opens on the Battle! Son Gokū Returns"
Kanji	闘いの幕開け！帰ってきたぞ孫悟空
Rōmaji	Tatakai no Makuake! Kaette Kita zo Son Gokū
FUNimation	Prologue to Battle! The Return of Son Goku!
Episode Info
Next	DBK002
Arc	Saiyan Arc
Corresponding uncut Z episode(s)	DBZ001 & DBZ002
Manga	Chapters #195 & #196
First Broadcast
Japanese	April 5, 2009
English	May 24, 2010
Character debut(s)
Bardock Farmer Raditz Son Gohan
Technique debut(s)
None in this episode
Tool debut(s)
Combat Jacket Scouter

"The Curtain Opens on the Battle! Son Gokū Returns" (闘いの幕開け！帰ってきたぞ孫悟空, Tatakai no Makuake! Kaette Kita zo Son Gokū; FUNimation "Prologue to Battle! The Return of Son Goku!") is the first episode of the Dragon Ball Kai anime.

Summary

The series begins with a flashback of the destruction of planet Vegeta at the hands of Freeza, and the upbringing of Gokū on Earth as depicted in the original Dragon Ball series. Five years have passed since Gokū's victory over Piccolo at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budōkai, and he has since married Chi-Chi and now has a son named Gohan. Gokū and Gohan are heading towards a reunion with Gokū's friends at Muten Rōshi's island. Elsewhere, an odd-looking spacecraft crash lands on Earth. A man in battle armor emerges from the vessel and flies off to scout out a powerful life form he locates with the help of an apparatus on his eye. Piccolo is nearly killed by the stranger, but this is averted when the man leaves to scout out a more powerful life form. The other strong life form is Gokū, who at the Kame House presents his son to Rōshi, Kulilin, and Bulma. The stranger arrives and surprises everyone when they notice he has a monkey-like tail, just like Gokū used to have.

Credits

Role			Seiyū			FUNimation dub Voice Actor
English	Japanese	Rōmaji	English	Japanese	Rōmaji	English
Son Gokū	孫悟空	Son Gokū	Masako Nozawa	野沢雅子	Nozawa Masako	Sean Schemmel
Son Gohan	孫悟飯	Son Gohan	Masako Nozawa	野沢雅子	Nozawa Masako	Colleen Clinkenbeard
Burdock	バーダック	Bādakku	Masako Nozawa	野沢雅子	Nozawa Masako	Simon Derksen
Kulilin	クリリン	Kulilin	Mayumi Tanaka	田中真弓	Tanaka Mayumi	Sonny Strait
Bulma	ブルマ	Buruma	Hiromi Tsuru	鶴　ひろみ	Tsuru Hiromi	Monica Rial
Piccolo	ピッコロ	Pikkoro	Toshio Furukawa	古川登志夫	Furukawa Toshio	Christopher R. Sabat
Chi-Chi	チチ	Chichi	Naoko Watanabe	渡辺菜生子	Watanabe Naoko	Cynthia Cranz
Raditz	ラディッツ	Radisshu	Shigeru Chiba	千葉　繁	Chiba Shigeru	Justin Cook
Freeza	フリーザ	Furīza	Ryūsei Nakao	中尾隆聖	Nakao Ryūsei	Linda Young
Umigame	ウミガメ	Umigame	Takahiro Fujimoto	藤本たかひろ	Fujimoto Takahiro	Chris Cason
Farmer	農夫	Nōfu	Kei'ichi Sonobe	園部啓一	Sonobe Kei'ichi	John Swasey
Freeza's Underling	フリーザの手下	Furīza no Teshita	Daisuke Matsubara	松原大典	Matsubara Daisuke	-
Freeza's Underling	フリーザの手下	Furīza no Teshita	Shunzō Miyasaka	宮坂俊蔵	Miyasaka Shunzō	-
Kame Sennin	亀仙人	Kamesennin	Masaharu Satō	佐藤正治	Satō Masaharu	Mike McFarland
Narration	ナレーション	Narēshon	Jōji Yanami	八奈見乗児	Yanami Jōji	Doc Morgan