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Ninja Resurrection (OAV)

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© Futaro Yamada / Toshiba Ent•Phoenix

© Futaroh Yamada / Amuse • Phoenix


Related anime:
    Ninja Resurrection (TV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Makai Tensho (Japanese)
Ninja Resurrection - La Película (Spanish)
Ninja Resurrection : le combat ultime de Jubei (French)
Ninja Resurrection: the Revenge of Jubei
Воскрешение ниндзя (Russian)
魔界転生 (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, drama, horror, supernatural
Themes: Historical, ninja, religion, samurai
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Jubei helps the Japanese government to take control over a city that was under christian leadership. It was ruled by someone who could be seen as the new Jesus. But since he died, he has been reborn now, but not as a new Jesus but as the devil himself. It is up to Jubei to take him out before the world has become one giant massacre
User Ratings: 363 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Excellent: 6 votes (dub:3, ?:1, sub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Very good: 16 votes (dub:9, sub:7)
 Good: 23 votes (sub:13, dub:9, Spa.dub:1)
 Decent: 49 votes (dub:26, sub:22, Por.sub:1)
 So-so: 31 votes (dub:18, sub:8, edit.dub:2, ?:2, Spa.sub:1)
 Not really good: 27 votes (sub:14, dub:13)
 Weak: 40 votes (sub:25, dub:14, ?:1)
 Bad: 36 votes (sub:18, dub:14, ?:2, Spa.dub:2)
 Awful: 60 votes (sub:32, dub:25, ?:1, Por.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 69 votes (dub:37, sub:30, Por.sub:1, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 707 users, rank: #773
Median rating: Weak
Arithmetic mean: 3.3085 (Weak+.30), std. dev.: 2.7711, rank: #4050
Weighted mean: 3.3145 (Weak+.31), rank: #4046
Bayesian estimate: 3.41622 (Weak+.41), rank: #3135
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1998
Links: We have 1
Comment:
The OAV ended in a cliffhanger and was never finished after only two episodes were completed.
ADV Films' decision to release Makai Tensho as Ninja Resurrection caused a wave of confusion among anime fans. Some were led to believe that this was a sequel to Ninja Scroll, as both titles featured a main character named Jubei, while the title logo was given a design similar to that of the latter. Others saw this as just ADV's attempt to capitalize on Ninja Scroll's popularity. While Ninja Resurrection sold well in the U.S., the deceptive marketing gave it one of the worst reputations in American anime fandom.
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Related reviews:
    Ninja Resurrection VHS 1
    Ninja Resurrection DVD

Related releases:
    Ninja Resurrection - (Anime Essentials) (DVD) 2004-03-16 (from $14.99)
    Ninja Resurrection (DVD) 2008-06-10 (from $14.99)
    Ninja Resurrection (DVD) 1999-12-07 (from $17.31)
    Ninja Resurrection/Blood Reign Double Pack (DVD) 2009-05-12 (from $20.24)
    Ninja Resurrection (OST) 2003-07-28 (from $2.00)
    Ninja Resurrection - The Revenge of Jubei (Dub.VHS 1)
    Ninja Resurrection - The Revenge of Jubei (Sub.VHS 1)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yasunori Urata

Script: Kensei Date

Music: Masamichi Amano

Original Manga: Shouko Toba

Character Design:
Keiichi Satou
Kenji Hayama

Art director: Geki Katsumata

Animation director:
Hirotoshi Takayama
Kenji Hayama
Masahiro Yamane

Original Novel: Futaroh Yamada

Art design: Tadayuki Shiroyama

Sound director: Kensei Date

Executive producer:
Yasuhito Yamaki
Yushihiro Yamaki

Producer:
Kenichiro Zaizen
Toshiki Oonishi

Animation:
Emiko Fujii (Production I.G)
Hiromi Igarashi (Production I.G.)
Hiroyuki Oka (Production I.G.Niigata)
Izumi Kodama (Studio DEEN)
Jun Fujiwara
Kazuya Ishizaki (Production I.G.Niigata)
Kenji Adachi (Production I.G.Niigata)
Kozhiyo Takada (Studio DEEN)
Kumiko Suzuki (Production I.G.Niigata)
Madoka Nakamura (Production I.G.)
Mayumi Hidaka (Studio DEEN)
Mikuo Fujiwara (Studio DEEN)
Naoko Moriguchi (Studio DEEN)
Naomi Watanabe (Studio DEEN)
Sachie Umagami (Studio MOLA)
Satomi Kitahara (Ashi Production)
Sayuri Sugifuji (Ashi Production)
Takaaki Suzuki (Studio DEEN)
Toshikinu Fujiwara (Production I.G.)
Toshimi Nishibata (Studio DEEN)
Yasushi Asano (Production I.G.)
Yoshio Yamazaki (Production I.G.)
Yuki Suzuki (Ashi Production)
Yukiko Miyamoto (Studio DEEN)
Yushihiro Sato (Studio DEEN)

Animation Check:
Keizou Ichikawa
Yukie Sabitsu

Animation Continuity:
Kenji Hayama
Yasunori Urata

Assistan Animation Director: Yoshimi Hashimoto

Assistant Supervisor: Kaoru Suzuki

Background Art:
Hironori Ishikawa (Cosmos Arts Production)
Horoyuki Mizowaki (Cosmos Arts Production)
Takafumi Yoshioka (Cosmos Arts Production)
Yoshirou Kajiwara (Cosmos Arts Production)
Yuuji Sawai (Cosmos Arts Production)

Color design: Kiyoko Waki

Director Of Photograohy: Yoshiaki Yasuhara

Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama

Finish Check:
Noriko Iwamoto
Shinichiro Kuze

General Animation Director: Keiichi Satou

Illustration In Cooperation With: Gentaro Araki

Key Animation:
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Hisashi Saito
Itsuko Takeda
Joji Ooshimoto
Kazuhisa Okada
Ken'ichi Yamane
Kunihiro Sasaki
Makoto Itou
Masao Ookubo
Masaru Suda
Shigeyuki Kounosu
Shinji Satou
Shirou Busaka
Takahiro Asada
Tatsuo Yamada
Wazane Mutou
Yoshiharu Anjou
Yoshiharu Fukishima

Music producer: Yasuhito Yamaki

Produced In Cooperation With:
Hideto Fujimoto (FAI International)
Kenji Onedora (FAI International)

Production: Masayuki Miyashita

Production Coordination: Shinji Nukaga

Production manager:
Naoto Nakamura
Shigemi Abe

Recording: Yukio Abe

Script In Cooperation With: Kouji Yoshikawa

Sound Coordinator: Yasunori Honda

Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno

Special Effects: Hitoshi Yamamoto (Visual Workshop)

Special Guest Key Animators:
Masami Kosone
Mitsuharu Matsuyama
Noriaki Tetsura

Title Calligraphy: Teigan Tsuda

 

Ryotaro Okiayu as Shiro Amakusa Tokisada

Tesshô Genda as Jubei Yagyu

Fumito Yamano as Yagyu Tajimanokami Munenori

Kaneto Shiozawa as Tamiya Botaro

Kunihiko Yasui as Yui Shosetsu

Masuo Amada as Hozoin Inshun

Norio Wakamoto as Araki Mataemon

Osamu Saka as Musashi Miyamoto

Arisa Andou as Ocho

Daiki Nakamura as Kanamaru

Goro Naya as Mori Soiken

Hiroshi Naka as Government Official

Ikue Ohtani as Brother

Jun Hazumi as Toda Godayu

Kaneto Shiozawa as Tamiya

Kinryuu Arimoto as
Matsudaira Nobutsuna
Nobutsuna

Kouji Nakata as Narrator

Mari Mashiba as Yataro

Maya Okamoto as
Ohina
Okyo

Michiko Neya as young Ocho

Naoki Tatsuta as Iso Senpachi

Rie Ootsuka as Sister

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Date Satoshi

Sakura Tange as Onui

Takashi Nagasako as Yagyu man

Takeshi Aono as
Jushin
Sekiguchi Jushin Ujimune

Tamio Ohki as Takuan Soho

Yoshio Kawai as Musashi's servant

Yuji Mikimoto as Yamanaka Tessai

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Ashi Productions
C.D.I.
Hana Production
Production I.G
Production I.G. Niigata
Studio DEEN
Studio Live (Tamazawa Animation Office)
Studio MOLA
White Line

Animation Production: Phoenix Entertainment Corporation

Backgrounds: Cosmos Arts Production

Editing Studio: TAVAC Corporation

Finish Animation:
Hana Production
Orange
Shanghai Production

Music Performance: Poland Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Music Production: Yako Corporation

Photography: Phoenix Entertainment Photography Div.

Produced In Cooperation With: FAI International

Production:
Amuse Video
Amuse Video Corporation
Phoenix Animation

Recording & Mixing Studio: Abaco Studio Corporation

special effects: Visual Workshop

Titles: Maki Productions

English cast 
English staff 

Art director: Laura Gadbois

ADR Script:
Gary Dehan
Jennifer Presto

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Sharon Papa

Producer: Matt Greenfield

ADR Editor: Charles Campbell

Audio Mix & Sound Design: Paul Killam

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Logo Design: Andy Orjuela

Packaging Design: Larry Koteff

Prodiction Coordinator: Janice Williams

Producer & Director: Gary Dehan

Production manager: Lisa J. Miller

Project Translators:
Chriss Hutts
Masako Arakawa

Recording engineer: Charles Campbell

Trailer: Dan Rockwell

Gary G. Haddock as Jubei Yagyu

Martin Burke as Tokisada Shiro Amakusa

Robert Rudie as Musashi Miyamoto

Amber Allison as
Ohina
Okyo

Amy L. Gamber as
Citizen
Festival Crowd
Ninja
Soldier

Bill Wise as Mataemon Araki

Charles Campbell as Senpachi Iso

David Jones as
Botaru Tamiya
Captain in Village

David R. Jarrott as Justhin Sekiguchi

Dax Martinez-Vargas as
Musashi's Student
Yataro

Douglas Taylor as
Nobutsana Matsudaira
Takuan

Edwin Neal as Souiken Mori

Ellie McBride as
Citizen
Festival Crowd
Ninja
Soldier

Gary Dehan as
Godayu Toda
Musashi's Lookout
Sajuro Date

James Elliott as
Citizen
Festival Crowd
Matsudaira's Messenger
Ninja
Soldier

Jason Phelps as Shosetsu Yui

Jeanette Sieh as Brother in Church

Jessica Robertson as
Ocho
Onui

John Paul Shepard as Tajima-no-Kami Yagyu

Jose Brown as Inshin

Ken Webster as
Kanemaru
Tessai Yamanaka

Larry Goode as
Citizen
Festival Crowd
Ninja
Soldier

Leah Shirley as Young Ocho

Matt Helm as
Citizen
Festival Crowd
Ninja
Soldier

Tom Bartling as
Citizen
Festival Crowd
Ninja
Soldier

Travis Dean as Narrator

English companies 

A.D.R & Foley Recording: Monster Island Studio

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. (Essential Anime Collection)

Licensed by: ADV Films

Soundtrack: AnimeTrax


French staff 
(none)
French cast 

Luc Boulad as narrateur

Olivier Korol

French companies 

ADR Production: Les studios de Saint Maur

Distributor: Kaze

Spanish staff 
Spanish companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: Locomotion

Distributor: Videomax (Mexico)

Spanish cast 
(none)
German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual

German cast 
(none)

Dutch cast 
Dutch staff 

Translation: Niels Viveen

(none)
Dutch companies 

Publisher: Kaze Animation S.A.

Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: MC Entertainment

Russian cast 
(none)
 
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