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Ninja Resurrection (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Makai Tensho (Japanese)
Ninja Resurrection - La Película (Spanish)
Ninja Resurrection : le combat ultime de Jubei (French)
Ninja Resurrection: the Revenge of Jubei
Reborn From Hell
Воскрешение ниндзя (Russian)
魔界転生 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
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: 529 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:4)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:6, dub:3, ?:1, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 28 votes (sub:16, dub:12)
 Good: 42 votes (sub:24, dub:15, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 66 votes (sub:32, dub:32, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 43 votes (dub:25, sub:14, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 44 votes (dub:23, sub:20, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 54 votes (sub:31, dub:22, ?:1)
 Bad: 53 votes (dub:23, sub:22, ?:4, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Awful: 83 votes (sub:41, dub:39, ?:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Worst ever: 89 votes (dub:45, sub:40, ?:1, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
Seen in part or in whole by 998 users, rank: #1238 (of 10086)
Median rating: Weak
Arithmetic mean: 3.618 (Not really good−), std. dev.: 2.8619, rank: #10073 (of 10248)
Weighted mean: 3.646 (Not really good−), rank: #10063 (of 10248) (seen all: 3.76 / seen some: 2.74 / won't finish: 1.39)
Bayesian estimate: 3.738 (Not really good−), rank: #7700 (of 7715)
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 1998
Links: We have 2
Trivia: 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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DVD (Region 1)
    Ninja Resurrection (DVD) 1999-12-07 (from $15.98)
    Ninja Resurrection - [Essential Anime Collection] (DVD) 2004-03-16 (from $29.95)
    Ninja Resurrection (DVD) 2008-06-10 (from $99.95)
    Ninja Resurrection / Blood Reign [Double Pack] (DVD) 2009-05-12 (from $137.47)
DVD (Region 2)
    Ninja Resurrection - [ADV Classics Collection] [UK] (DVD) 2007-02-19 (from $175.50)
Soundtrack
    Ninja Resurrection (OST) 2003-07-28 (from $8.60)
VHS
    Ninja Resurrection - The Revenge of Jubei [UK] (Dub.VHS) 1999-07-30
    Ninja Resurrection - The Revenge of Jubei (Dub.VHS 1) 1998-11-11
    Ninja Resurrection - The Revenge of Jubei (Sub.VHS 1) 1998-11-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasunori Urata
Script: Kensei Date
Music: Masamichi Amano
Original Manga:
Ken Ishikawa
Shouko Toba 
Character Design:
Keiichi Satō
Kenji Hayama
Art Director: Geki Katsumata
Chief Animation Director: Keiichi Satō
Animation Director:
Hirotoshi Takayama
Kenji Hayama
Masahiro Yamane
Original Novel: Futaroh Yamada
Art design: Tadayuki Shiroyama
Sound Director: Kensei Date
Director of Photography: Yoshiaki Yasuhara
Executive producer: Yasuhito Yamaki
Producer:
Kenichiro Zaizen
Toshiki Ōnishi

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 Sugitō (Ashi Production)
Takaaki Suzuki (Studio DEEN)
Toshikinu Fujiwara (Production I.G.)
Toshimi Nishihata (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
Assistant 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)
Yoshio Kajiwara (Cosmos Arts Production)
Yuuji Sawai (Cosmos Arts Production)
Color design: Kiyoko Waki
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Finish Check:
Noriko Iwamoto
Shinichiro Kuze
Yuri Tazaki (ep 1)
Illustration in Cooperation With: Gentaro Araki
Key Animation:
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Hisashi Saito
Itsuko Takeda
Jōji Ōshima
Kazuhisa Okada
Ken'ichi Yamane
Kunihiro Sasaki
Makoto Itō
Masao Ōkubo
Masaru Suda
Shigeyuki Kounosu
Shinji Satō
Shirou Busaka
Takahiro Asada
Tatsuo Yamada
Wazane Mutou
Yoshiharu Anjo
Yoshiharu Fukushima
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: Kōji Yoshikawa
Sound Coordination: 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
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Shiro Amakusa Tokisada
Tesshō Genda as Jubei Yagyu

Fubito Yamano as Yagyu Tajimanokami Munenori
Kaneto Shiozawa as Tamiya Botaro Kunimune
Kunihiko Yasui as Yui Shosetsu
Masuo Amada as Hozoin Inshun
Norio Wakamoto as Araki Mataemon
Osamu Saka as Musashi Miyamoto

Arisa Andō as Ocho
Daiki Nakamura as Kanamaru
Gorō Naya as Mori Soiken
Hiroshi Naka as Government Official
Ikue Ōtani as Brother
Jun Hazumi as Toda Godayu
Kinryū Arimoto as Matsudaira Nobutsuna
Kouji Nakata as Narrator
Mari Mashiba as Yataro
Maya Okamoto as
Ohina
Okyo
Michiko Neya as Ocho (young)
Mizue Ohtsuka as Sister
Naoki Tatsuta as Iso Senpachi
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Date Satoshi
Sakura Tange as Onui
Takashi Nagasako as Yagyu man
Takeshi Aono as Sekiguchi Jushin Ujimune
Tamio Ōki as Takuan Soho
Yoshio Kawai as Musashi's servant
Yūji Mikimoto as Yamanaka Tessai
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Art Director: Laura Gadbois
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa
ADR Script:
Gary Dehan
Jennifer Presto
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2008 DVD)
John Ledford
Mark Williams (Essential Anime Collection)
Sharon Papa
Producer:
Janice Williams (Subbed VHS)
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:
Andrew Orjuela (2008 DVD)
Larry Koteff
Martin Hovezak (ADV Films UK; Classics Collection)
Prodiction Coordinator: Janice Williams
Producer & Director: Gary Dehan
Production manager: Lisa J. Miller
Recording engineer: Charles Campbell
Trailer: Dan Rockwell
Gray 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
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C. (Essential Anime Collection)
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Media Blasters (2010)
Soundtrack: AnimeTrax
French staff
French cast
(none)
French companies
ADR Production: Les studios de Saint Maur
Distributor: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Locomotion
Distributor: Videomax (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Main Frame Producciones SC
Licensed by: Xystus (expired)
Spanish cast
Gerardo García as Jubei Yagyu

Alan Prieto as Shiro Amakusa Tokisada
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
Kazé Germany (now)
German cast
(none)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Translation: Niels Viveen
(none)
Dutch companies
Publisher: Kaze Animation S.A.
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Kaze Sweden
Swedish cast
(none)

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