"Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" (でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー!; lit. "Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power!") is the ending theme for the first 199 episodes of Dragon Ball Z in the Japanese dub. It was replaced by "We Were Angels" for the remaining 92 episodes.
Overview
The lyrics were written by Toshihisa Arakawa, the music was composed by Takeshi Ike, with arrangement from Kenji Yamamoto, and the song was performed by MANNA.
In 2010, Shōko Nakagawa released her own version of "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" on her album Shokotan Cover 3: Anisong wa Jinrui wo Tsunagu, complete with her own arrangement.
Lyrics
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Japanese駆けてくるよ アップル色モンスター 昨日にバイ・バイ・バイ(悟飯) 腹減り 腕白 筋斗雲 |
TransliterationKaketekuru yo APPURU Iro MONSUTAA Kinou ni BAI BAI BAI (Gohan) Haraheri Wanpaku Kintoun |
English (Translated)Coming right at you, an apple-colored monster, Yesterday goes bye bye bye (Gohan) A hungry, naughty Kintoun, |
Full version
Japanese駆けてくるよ アップル色モンスター 昨日にバイ・バイ・バイ(悟飯) 腹減り 腕白 筋斗雲 踊ってるよ コーヒー味ザウルス 昨日にバイ・バイ・バイ(悟飯) 辛口 円やか かめはめ波 |
TransliterationKaketekuru yo APPURU Iro MONSUTAA Kinou ni BAI BAI BAI (Gohan) Haraheri Wanpaku Kintoun Odotteru yo KOOHII Aji ZAURUSU Kinou ni BAI BAI BAI (Gohan) Karakuchi Maroyaka Kamehameha |
English (Translated)Coming right at you, an apple-colored monster, Yesterday goes bye bye bye (Gohan) A hungry, naughty Kintoun, Dancing with you, a coffee-flavored 'saurus, Yesterday goes bye bye bye (Gohan) A mild and spicy Kamehameha, |
English (Translated, from DVD)
Here it comes a-fighting, an apple-colored monster,
Here it comes a-flying, a nut-scented alien,
They meet and the heart beats faster.
Sparkle, sparkle, the galaxy's a popcorn shower.
Yesterday goes bye, bye, bye, (Gohan)
Mystery (far as the eye can see)
Gather up your energy (substitutes are okay)
Come over here, lai, lai, lai,
Ooh, miracle ZENKAI power!
A hungry, naughty, Kinto Un,
A mountain full of horizons.
They meet each other, they come apart,
They meet each other, they come apart.
Oh, no!
Aah, enough! Even Kami-sama has it rough.
So sorry.
Ooh, full-bellied ZENKAI power!
Come on out, full-on ZENKAI power!
There goes a dancing coffee-flavored saurus,
There goes a laughing, a cheese-laden scorpion,
To meet them I'm excited.
The universe is a time machine jelly.
To yesterday Bye-bye-bye (Gohan),
Wonderful (Full of it),
I'm saving up my power (You come again it's Okay),
Towards me, Come come come.
Ooh, miracle ZENKAI power!
Around Kamehameha,
Easy living isle with no men,
Meeting and parting, meeting and parting,
It's really hard. Ah, No more Enma-Sama don't cry anymore! (Aha!)
Woh... I am full now, full ZENKAI power.
Come on out, full-on ZENKAI power!
English remakes
The English version was created for the Philippines broadcast. The lyrics are fairly close to the Japanese version, but re-recorded the background score using instruments different from that of the original version.
Trivia
- Several scenes in this ending are based on Dragon Ball chapter cover images; like the Goku vs. Piccolo confrontation from "The Real Fight", Ox-King and his family in a car from "An Unexpected Strength", and Gohan as the Monkey King from "Son Gohan, the Inconsolable".
- ''Dead Zone'' uses this outro sequence for its end credits, though it uses an alternate animation that does not include the "cutaways" (Goku and company at the 23rd tournament, Yajirobe and Korin at Kami's lookout, etc.) The scene of Gohan as the Money King at the end is intact, though. Later Z movies had unique outro songs; this is the only one to reuse the one from the actual series.