Muster Your Courage, Popp! A Single Shard of Courage‼

Muster Your Courage, Popp! A Single Shard of Courage‼
Series	The Adventure of Dai
Episode no.	16
Airdate	13 February 1992
Japanese	ふるい起こせポップ!ひとかけらの勇気を‼
Transliterated	Furuiokose Popu! Hito Kakera no Yuki o!!
Story arc	Gathering Arc
Adapted from	Chapters 26, 27
Episode chronology
← Previous	"Why? Brass attacks Dai!! The Cowardly Mystic Bishop"
Next →	"The Purification Spell that Brings forth a Miracle!! Now it's time for Friendship..."

"Muster Your Courage, Popp! A Single Shard of Courage!!" is the sixteenth episode of the 1991 anime The Adventure of Dai. It first aired on 13 February 1992.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Crocodine
• Brass
• Maam
• Dai
• Gomechan
• Romos King
• Popp
• Zaboera
• Masopho
• Zulbon
• Deroline
• Herohero
• Avan (flashback)
• Hadlar (flashback)

Magic/Abilities/Items used

Magic used

• Sizz (Ram raider, unnamed)
• Frizzle (Brass)
• Megante (Avan flashback)

Abilities used

• Beast King Anguish Blast (Crocodine)

Items used

• Magic Cylinder
• Insignia of Avan

Monsters Seen

• Terrordactyl (unnamed)
• Vampire cat (unnamed)
• Ursa minor (unnamed)
• Killerpillar (unnamed)
• Ratscal (unnamed)
• Funghoul (unnamed)
• Maulusc (unnamed)
• Sabrecat (unnamed)
• Dracky (unnamed)
• Bewarewolf (unnamed)
• Toady (unnamed)
• Ram raider (unnamed)
• Jackanape (unnamed)
• Antnibbler (unnamed)
• Ghost (unnamed)
• Chimaera (unnamed)
• Heyedra
• Shaman (unnamed)
• Treeface (unnamed)
• Golem (unnamed)

Manga & Anime Differences

• Brass' spell is now stated to be Frizzle while it was nameless in the manga.
• Popp now states Masopho's name. Masopho does not pick his nose and now calls back to Zulbon's anime-only lines from the previous episode.
• Extended Popp's flashback when going to the castle and put soldier bodies on the way. He does a supernatural leap to get inside.
• Gomechan tries to stop Crocodine before Popp interrupts.

Credits

In order

Cast

• Dai: Toshiko FUJITA
• Gomechan: Yumi TOUMA
• Popp: Keiichi NANBA
• Maam: Miina Tominaga
• Brass: Isamu TANONAKA
• Masopho: Takeshi AONO
• Deroline: Hikaru MIDORIKAWA
• Zulbon: Hiroko EMORI
• Herohero: Yukitoshi HORI
• Crocodine: Banjou GINGA
• Zaboera: Naoki TATSUTA
• Romos King: Kinpei AZUSA
• Narration: Hideyuki Tanaka

In collaboration with Aoni Production

Uncredited cast

• Avan: Hideyuki Tanaka
• Hadlar: Takeshi AONO

Crew

• Producer
  • Yoshio TAKAMI
  • Atsushi KIDO
  • Hirooshi INOUE (TBS)
• Original Story
  • Riku Sanjo
  • Koji Inada
  • (Weekly "Shonen Jump" Serialisation)
  • (Collaboration: 18Van Planning)
• Music: Koichi Sugiyama
  • Arrangement
    • Hayato MATSUO
    • Motoaki TAKENOUCHI
  • Music Production: Sugiyama Kobo
• Opening Theme
  • "Yusha yo Isoge!!"
    • Lyrics: Kohei Oikawa
    • Arrangement: Koichi Sugiyama
    • Singer: Jiro Dan
  • "My Road My Journey"
    • Lyrics: Konosuke Fuji
    • Arrangement: Koichi Sugiyama
    • Singer: Jiro Dan
    • (Columbia Records)
• Character Design: Yasushi Nagaoka
• Art Design: Nobuto SAKAMOTO
• Chief Director: Nobutaka NISHIZAWA
• Production Manager
  • Kenkichi MATSUSHITA
  • Yuichi SUENAGA
• Production
  • Toei
  • TBS
• Screenplay: Yukiyoshi OHASHI
• Key frame
  • Shigetaka KIYOYAMA
  • Mayumi Naito
  • Katsushi SAKURABI
  • Ryuji SHIROMAE
• In-between frames
  • Hirotoshi RISSEN
  • Masahito OTANI
  • Michiyo MATANO
  • Aiko KOJIMA
• Backgrounds: Bic Studio
  • Kyouko NAKAYAMA
  • Katsuhisa KOBAYASHI
  • Masami Hagiwara
  • Fumiyo SAKANO
• Finishing: Peacock
  • Takehiro MAEDA
  • Ikuko Okada
• Colour Check: Hideko SAKAI
• Special Effects: Kou YAMAMOTO
• Photography: Yoshio AISO
• Editing: Masaaki HANAI
• Recording: Tanekichi IMASEKI
• Sound Effects: Yasuyuki KONNO
• Music Selection: Audio Yunaka
• Recording: Yoshiko HARA
• Recording Studio: Yubakku
• Director Assistant: Kazutoshi Mori
• Production Advancement: Yasuyuki FUSE
• Art Manager: Minoru NAKAMURA
• Finishing Manager: Osamu HONMA
• Promotion Programming: Yumiko Okada (TBS)
• Development: Toei Labo
• Art: Nobuto SAKAMOTO
• Animation Director: Shigetaka KIYOYAMA
• Episode Director: Osamu KASAI

Navigation

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←	2020 episodes	→
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Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Story Arcs

Birth Arc
Chapters	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15
1991 Episodes	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9
2020 Episodes	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Films	The Adventure of Dai • The Adventure of Dai - Avan's Disciples (partial)

Halo Arc
Chapters	232 · 233 · 234 · 235 · 236 · 237 · 238 · 239 · 240 · 241 · 242 · 243 · 244 · 245 · 246 · 247 · 248 · 249 · 250 · 251 · 252 · 253 · 254 · 255 · 256 · 257 · 258 · 259 · 260 · 261 · 262 · 263 · 264 · 265 · 266 · 267 · 268 · 269 · 270 · 271 · 272 · 273 · 274 · 275 · 276 · 277 · 278 · 279 · 280 · 281

Blood Fight Arc
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Flash of Light Arc
Chapters	333 · 334 · 335 · 336 · 337 · 338 · 339 · 340 · 341 · 342 · 343 · 344 · 345 · 346 · 347 · 348