8.8/106 votes#1 - Battle for the Future
Season 1 Episode 143 - Aired 2/1/1989
Goku faces the ultimate test as he confronts his greatest nemesis in the final round of the Budokai. This time his fight is for more than the title. The future of the free world is at stake!
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.8/106 votes#2 - The Victor
Season 1 Episode 148 - Aired 3/8/1989
The end of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai finds Goku struggling for survival as Ma Junior gets the upper hand, poised to take the Title and his life. God devises a way to rescue the young hero, but his plan calls for the ultimate sacrifice!
Director: Osamu Kasai
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.8/104 votes#3 - Dress in Flames
Season 1 Episode 149 - Aired 3/15/1989
Eager to announce their wedding plans, Goku and Chichi return to her father's kingdom. The good news is short-lived when the Gyumao's castle goes up in flames! Goku embarks on a quest to find a sacred tool, which can save the Gyumao and his future with Chichi.
Director: Daisuke Nishio
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.8/104 votes#4 - The End, the Beginning
Season 1 Episode 153 - Aired 4/19/1989
Goku and Chichi must travel to Mt. Gogyo in a last ditch effort to save her father, the Gyumao, from the deadly magical flames, which threaten to consume his kingdom. Before Goku can complete his quest, he must fan the flames of Fate and hope he does not get burned!
Director: Minoru Okazaki
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.8/106 votes#5 - Gohan Goes Bananas!
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/21/1989
Korin wants Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu to report for special training! Meanwhile, Gohan’s grueling training causes him to undergo a shocking transformation!
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.6/107 votes#6 - Reunions
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/3/1989
Goku and Gohan attend a reunion on Roshi’s island, where Goku introduces his son to all of his old friends. The smiles quickly fade, however, as an unexpected visitor - Raditz - lands on the island.
Director: Osamu Kasai
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.5/104 votes#7 - Mystery of the Dark World
Season 1 Episode 152 - Aired 4/12/1989
After the Basho-sen fails to put out the fire threatening the Gyumao, Goku and Chichi set out to find the Eightfold Furnace, believed to be the last hope for extinguishing the deadly blaze. But before they can complete their quest, Goku must solve the mystery of the next world.
Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.2/1012 votes#8 - Yamcha the Desert Bandit
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1986
Goku and the others aim for Mt. Frypan. Because Bulma dropped her capsules into a river, they end up having to cross a desert on foot! Completely exhausted, Bulma rests there. At this point, the desert bandit Yamcha appears, and tries to seize Oolong’s capsules. Goku battles Yamcha, but he has no power on account of his empty stomach. At the critical moment, Bulma wakes up and Yamcha, who can’t bear to be around women, runs away with a few sharp parting remarks.
Director: Daisuke Nishio
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.2/104 votes#9 - Outrageous Octagon
Season 1 Episode 151 - Aired 4/5/1989
Goku's search for the Basho-sen leads him to a treacherous mountain that has a strange curse. Chichi is faced with the biggest mess of her life when she meets a mysterious old woman, while the Gyumao tries to flee the raging fires that threaten to destroy his castle!
Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.1/109 votes#10 - The Dragon Balls are Stolen!
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/30/1986
Goku and the others aim for the final Dragon Ball! However, their Dragon Balls are stolen by Pilaf and his underlings, who are plotting to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world!! Wanting to have his wish granted by Shen Long, Yamcha once again ends up helping Bulma and the others in order to obtain the Dragon Balls. In order to get the Dragon Balls back, Goku and the others invade Pilaf’s secret base. But they are all caught by the ingenious trap set by Pilaf. Goku’s Four-Star Ball is in danger!!
Director: Kazuhisa Takenouchi
Writer: Takao Koyama
8.0/1016 votes#11 - The New Threat
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/1989
Goku’s quiet life with his family and friends is about to be interrupted. A new threat - a powerful and sinister alien - is on its way to Earth.
Director: Daisuke Nishio
Writer: Takao Koyama
6.4/105 votes#12 - Revive! Legendary Hero
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/1986
Legends tell of young men who wear armor known as Cloths and fight using energy known as Cosmos, in service of the goddess Athena. They are known as Saints. In Japan, two Saints fight in a colosseum for an audience, with the host, Saori Kido, waiting for the Pegasus Saint. In Athens, Greece, a Japanese young man known as Seiya fights his rival Cassios, cuts off his ear and defeats him with his Meteor of Pegasus to earn the Pegasus Bronze Cloth. Later that night, before Seiya can return home, Cassios' master Shaina tries to kill him for revenge. Seiya wears the Pegasus Cloth and actually injures Shaina, but for a moment, he is unable to master the Cloth and his Cosmos. Shaina's men arrive to finish Seiya off, but thanks to his teacher Marin's advice, he turns the table and defeats her men with his Meteor of Pegasus technique. He also is able to break Shaina's mask to reveal her face. The next day, Seiya heads back to Japan.
Director: Kōzō Morishita
Writer: Takao Koyama
1.0/101 votes#13 - Burn! Meteor Punch of Pegasus!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1986
The Bronze Saints in the colosseum, Lionet Ban and Unicorn Jabu, continue their tournament match, with Jabu emerging as the victor. Seiya returns and demands to see his long-lost sister Seika after training for six years in Greece. Saori's grandfather promised him that he would see her if he retrieved the Cloth. Saori Kido, granddaughter of the late Mitsumasa Kido, leader of the Graude Foundation, and host of the Galaxian Wars tournament, offers Seiya a deal: if he wins the tournament, the Foundation will find his sister. With words of encouragement from his childhood friend Miho, Seiya decides to participate in the tournament, since it is broadcast worldwide and his sister might be able to see him on television. Seiya's first opponent is Bear Geki, and because of his arms, Seiya seemed like he would die from strangulation. But thanks to his master Marin's teachings of defeating an opponent by crushing their greatest weapon, Seiya breaks Geki's arms, the source of his strength, launches hundreds of kicks and comes out victorious.
Director: Tomoharu Katsumata
Writer: Takao Koyama
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"Battle for the Future" is the best rated episode written by Takao Koyama. It scored 8.8/10 based on 6 votes. It was directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto. It aired on 2/1/1989 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Victor".