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Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (TV)

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Alternative title:
La Leyenda del Maestro Espadachin Yaiba (Spanish)
Legend of the Swordmaster Yaiba
Yaiba
Yaiba - Legendarny samuraj (Polish)
Yaiba, O pequeno samurai (Portuguese)
剣勇伝説YAIBA (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, fantasy
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: He wants to be a samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, meeting the Mine family, the evil Onimaru and even the legendary Musashi, having lots of dangerous adventures, becoming stronger everyday.
User Ratings: 38 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (Pol.edit.dub:1, dub:0)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:2, dub:2, Tag.dub:1)
 Very good: 2 votes (sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 10 votes (sub:6, Spa.dub:3, Por.dub:1)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:4, dub:2, raw:1, Pol.edit.dub:1, ?:1, Kor.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:2, ?:2, raw:1, Por.dub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 142 users, rank: #1902
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.725 (Good-.27), std. dev.: 1.6581, rank: #2111
Weighted mean: 6.4142 (Decent+.41), rank: #2372
Bayesian estimate: 6.61692 (Good-.38), rank: #1853
Running time: 25 minutes
Number of episodes: 51
Episode titles: We have 20
Vintage:
1993-04-09 to 1994-04-01
2002 (TVI - Portugal)
Opening Theme:
"勇気があれば (Yuuki ga Areba)" by Kabuki Rocks
Ending Theme:
"神智学無き戦い! (Shinchigakunaki Tatakai!)" by Kabuki Rocks
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Chief Director: Norihiko Sudo

Director:
Akitaro Daichi
Eiichi Sato
Issei Kume
Johei Matsuura
Kazuya Murata
Kunihiko Yuyama
Masashi Abe
Naoyoshi Kusaka
Shunji Yoshida
Takao Kato
Tetsuya Endo
Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Yoshikata Nitta
Yuji Mutoh

Scenario:
Isao Shizuya
Kenji Terada
Yukiyoshi Ohashi

Storyboard:
Akitaro Daichi
Hiroshi Yoshida
Johei Matsuura
Katsumi Endo
Kazuya Murata
Kunihiko Yuyama
Masamitsu Hidaka
Masashi Hirota
Naohito Takahashi
Norihiko Sudo
Osamu Sekita
Shinichiro Watanabe
Takao Kato
Takuo Suzuki
Tetsu Kimura
Tetsuya Endo
Yorifusa Yamaguchi
Yoshikata Nitta
Yusuke Yamamoto

Music: Kouhei Tanaka

Original creator: Gosho Aoyama

Character Design: Tokuhiro Matsubara

Art director: Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Animation director:
Akio Takami
Hideaki Matsuoka
Hiroshi Kubo
Joji Kikuchi
Kazuo Takigawa
Kenichi Ishimaru
Masashi Hirota
Moriyasu Taniguchi
Norio Kaneko
Sayuri Ichiishi
Tokuhiro Matsubara
Yuji Mukoyama
Yuriko Chiba

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Director of Photography: Motoaki Ikegami

Producer:
Mutsuo Shimizu (TV Tokyo)
Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Toshiaki Okuno (OB PLANNING)
Toshihiro Nakazawa (Shogakukan)

Assistant director: Kazuya Murata

Color design: Kazuko Satou

Editing:
Shigeyuki Yamamori
Toshio Henmi

Series Organization: Kenji Terada

Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno

Theme Song Performance: Kabuki Rocks

 

Kotono Mitsuishi as Sayaka Mine

Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane

Ryo Horikawa as Takeshi Onimaru

Hisao Egawa as Kagetora

Juurouta Kosugi as Kojirou

Kazunari Tanaka as Gerozaemon

Masaharu Satou as Musashi Miyamoto

Reiko Suzuki as Sayaka's Grandmother (Goinkyo)

Rica Fukami as Kaguya

Takaya Hashi as Jubei Yagyu

Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Kumo-Otoko (Spiderman)

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Namako-Otoko (Sea Cucumber Man)

Unshou Ishizuka as Raizou

Banjou Ginga as Onick (Ep 11)

Bin Shimada as Kenjuurou Kurogae (Ep 1)

Daiki Nakamura as Tsukikage

Daisuke Gouri as Benkei Musashibo

Emi Shinohara as Hebi-Otoko (Disguise)

Fumihiko Tachiki as Yakitori-kun

Hirohiko Kakegawa as Batguy

Hisao Egawa as Professor Kanabo

Houchu Ohtsuka as Kotarou Fuuma

Kappei Yamaguchi as Kerokichi

Kazuki Yao as Gekko

Kazumi Tanaka as Chameleon Bonaparte

Ken Yamaguchi as Hebi-Otoko (Snakeman)

Kouji Ishii as Ryuujin

Megumi Terase as Sayaka's Mother

Michio Nakao as Kamakiri-Otoko (Mantisman)

Minoru Inaba as Miyoshi Seikai Nyudo

Shigeru Chiba as Dragon God Orb

Shigezou Sasaoka as Kerosuke

Shozo Iizuka as Goemon Ishikawa

Takeshi Aono as Basho Matsuo

Takeshi Watabe as Onimaru's Ancestor (Ep 2)

Tesshô Genda as Super Gorilla

Tomomichi Nishimura as Prime Minister

Toshihiko Nakajima as Mangetsu

Toshihiko Seki as Shirou Amakusa

Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Namekuji-Otoko (Slugman)

Wataru Takagi as Hitode-Otoko (Starfishman)

Junko Noda (Debut)

Japanese companies 

Animation Cooperation:
Animation 501
Ashi Productions
Easy Film
J.C. Staff
Sunshine Corporation
Tokyo Kids

Animation Production: Pastel

Backgrounds:
Echo
Studio Jack

Broadcaster: TV Tokyo

Development: Imagica

Finish Animation:
Mizo Planning
Studio Bogie
Studio El
Studio OZ
Studio Toys

Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music

Music Production: Youmex

Photography:
Easy Film
Studio Coral Reef
Studio Cosmos
T Nishimura

Production:
OB Planning
Pastel
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
TV Hokkaido
TV Tokyo

Recording: New Japan Studio

Sound Effects: Suwara Production

Titles: Maki Productions

English staff 
English cast 
(none)
 

Charmaine Cordoviz as Sayaka Miné (ep 1-2, other eps) 

Charmaine Cordoviz as Kagetora (tiger, other eps) 

Charmaine Cordoviz as
Fuji Miné (ep 1-2, other eps) 
Princess Moon (other eps) 

English companies 

Broadcaster:
RPN Network (Philippines)
Solar USA (Philippines)

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster:
Canal 53 Madrid (Spain)
Canal Sur (Spain)
ETC...TV (Chile)
Frecuencia Latina (Peru)
Red TV (Chile)
Tele 5 (Spain)
TV Azteca (Mexico)
UCV Television (Chile)

Spanish cast 

Benjamin Rivera as Takeshi Onimaru

Esteban Siller as Musashi Miyamoto

Guadalupe Noel as Grandmother

Irwin Daayan as Kojiro

Marcos Patiño as Hombre Araña (Spider Man)

Maria Fernanda Morales as Sayaka Mine

Patricia Acevedo as Yaiba Kurogane

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN

Tagalog cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: Miguel Feijão (Portugal)

Translation: Manuela Jorge (Portugal)

 

Quimbé as
Homem-Aranha (Portugal)
Musashi Miyamoto (Portugal)

Sandra De Castro as Sayaka Mine (Portugal)

Tiago Caetano as Yaiba Kurogane (Portugal)

Vítor Freitas as Takeshi (Portugal)

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: TVI (Portugal) (Summer 2002)

Dubbing Studio: Nacional Filmes (Portugal)

 
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