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Ninja Scroll (TV)

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Alternative title:
Jubei Ninpucho: Ryuhogyoku-Hen (Japanese)
Wind Ninja Chronicles [Dragon Stone Chapter] (Japanese)
Манускрипт ниндзя (Russian)
獣兵衛忍風帖「龍宝玉篇」 (Japanese)
Themes: ecchi, ninja, samurai
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Fourteen years after defeating the immortal warrior Himuro Genma and thwarting the Shogun of the Dark's evil plans, Kibagami Jubei continues to roam all over Japan as a masterless swordsman. During his journey, he meets Shigure, a priestess who has never seen the world outside her village. But when a group of demons destroys the village and kills everyone, Jubei becomes a prime target after acquiring the Dragon Jewel - a stone with an unknown origin. Meanwhile, Shigure - along with the monk Dakuan and a young thief named Tsubute - travels to the village of Yagyu. And with two demon clans now hunting down Shigure, Dakuan must once again acquire the services of Jubei to protect the Priestess of Light.
User Ratings: 1094 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 30 votes (sub:14, dub:12, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 Excellent: 111 votes (sub:61, dub:46, ?:1, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 172 votes (sub:88, dub:74, ?:1, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:7
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 323 votes (sub:196, dub:113, ?:1, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
2 German dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 158 votes (sub:94, dub:49, ?:4, raw:2, others:9
3 Spanish subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 100 votes (sub:63, dub:31, ?:1, others:5
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 61 votes (sub:47, dub:13, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 68 votes (sub:45, dub:16, ?:3, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 41 votes (sub:31, dub:10)
 Awful: 24 votes (sub:12, dub:9, others:3
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (dub:5, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2391 users, rank: #475 (of 9758)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.342 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0925, rank: #6356 (of 9902)
Weighted mean: 6.256 (Decent+), rank: #6593 (of 9902) (seen all: 6.51 / seen some: 5.70 / won't finish: 3.41)
Bayesian estimate: 6.270 (Decent+), rank: #6027 (of 7492)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
2003-04-15 to 2003-07-15
2007-08-16 to 2007-10-28 (Germany - Animax)
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Jubei's Theme" by Kitaro and Peter McEvilley
Ending Theme:
"Shigure's Theme" by Kitaro and Peter McEvilley
Trivia: We have 1
Review:
Ninja Scroll DVD 1-3 (Sep 3, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ninja Scroll - The Series (Blu-ray) 2020-06-30 (from $39.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Ninja Scroll - Dragon Stone (DVD 1) 2003-09-02 (from $10.41)
    Ninja Scroll - Dragon Stone [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD 1) 2003-09-02
    Ninja Scroll - Dangerous Path (DVD 2) 2004-02-17 (from $19.96)
    Ninja Scroll - Dangerous Path [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD 2) 2004-02-17
    Ninja Scroll - Deliverance (DVD 3) 2004-06-29 (from $7.00)
    Ninja Scroll - Deliverance [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD 3) 2004-06-29
    Ninja Scroll - Ultimate Collection (DVD 1-3) 2005-05-10 (from $110.64)
    Ninja Scroll - Ultimate Collection [Limited Edition] (DVD 1-3) 2005-05-10 (from $24.99)
Soundtrack
    Ninja Scroll (OST) 2003-08-26 (from $18.99)
VHS
    Ninja Scroll - Dragon Stone (Dub.VHS 1) 2003-09-02
    Ninja Scroll - Dangerous Path (Dub.VHS 2) 2004-02-17
    Ninja Scroll - Deliverance (Dub.VHS 3) 2004-06-29

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Tatsuo Satō
Series Composition: Toshiki Inoue
Script:
Katsura Murayama (eps 3, 5, 11)
Nobuaki Kishima (eps 4, 8)
Shoji Yonemura (eps 6, 9)
Toshiki Inoue (eps 1-2)
Yasushi Hirano (4 episodes
eps 7, 10, 12-13
)

Storyboard:
Hiroshi Aoyama (ep 7)
Hiroshi Hara (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (ep 9)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 4)
Masayuki Kojima (ep 12)
Seiji Mizushima (ep 10)
Shin Itagaki (eps 3, 11)
Takuya Satō (ep 6)
Tatsuo Satō (eps 1-2, 13)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 5)
Episode Director:
Hiroshi Hara (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Tanaka (eps 1, 9, 13)
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (eps 2, 7, 11)
Kenichi Kawamura (ep 12)
Koji Aritomi (eps 4, 10)
Shin Itagaki (ep 3)
Tatsuyuki Nagai (ep 6)
Tōru Takahashi (ep 5)
Original creator: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Original Character Design: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Character Design: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
Mechanical design: Kunihiko Inoue
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
Animation producer: Masao Morosawa
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Background Art:
Kyung Seok Park (DR MOVIE)
Masako Okada (Madhouse)
Osamu Masuyama
Yong Il Park (DR MOVIE)
Yūko Kobayashi (Studio Wyeth)
Color Coordination: Osamu Mikasa
Color design: Yuriko Kadomoto
In-Between Check:
Kayo Sakazume (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 9-10, 12-13
)

Takashi Matsuzawa (ep 8)
Yukiko Saitou (eps 2, 7, 11)
Key Animation:
Akiko Konno (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9-10, 13
)

An Katsuragi (ep 8)
Ayako Hata (ep 12)
Ayako Ishihara (ep 9)
Daichi Kamiya (ep 8)
Eiichi Tokura (ep 7)
Eiji Komatsu (ep 12)
Fumie Muroi (ep 12)
Fumihito Ogiwara (ep 5)
Futoshi Suzuki (eps 3, 5)
Harumi Miura (eps 2, 7, 11)
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 3)
Hideki Tachibana (ep 5)
Hideyuki Hamada (eps 7, 11)
Hirofumi Onodera (ep 7)
Hiromi Muranaka (ep 4)
Hiromi Niioka (10 episodes
eps 1-6, 9-10, 12-13
)

Hironori Sawada (ep 8)
Hiroshi Kageyama (ep 1)
Hiroshi Kosuga (ep 8)
Hiroshi Shimizu (ep 6)
Hiroshi Takaguchi (ep 3)
Hitoshi Kamata (ep 8)
Ichiro Uno (ep 9)
Ji Hee Jung (eps 5, 9-10, 13)
Jun Yoshida (eps 7, 11)
Kana Ishida (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9, 13
)

Kazuma Kounoike (ep 3)
Kazumi Inadome (eps 1, 10)
Kazutaka Ozaki (ep 12)
Keizou Ichikawa (ep 1)
Kenichi Nagai (eps 2, 7, 11)
Ki Tue Kim (eps 10, 13)
Kōichi Motomura (ep 1)
Koji Maruoka (ep 9)
Kōji Miura (ep 8)
Kōji Sugiura (ep 12)
Kunihiko Hamada (ep 3)
Kunihiko Inoue (5 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 10, 13
)

Kunio Takahide (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5-6, 9, 12-13
)

Kyung Nam Ko (ep 4)
Makoto Koga (ep 6)
Mamoru Takahashi (ep 8)
Manabu Yasumoto (ep 8)
Mariko Aoki (eps 7, 11)
Masafumi Tamura (ep 5)
Masafumi Yamamoto (ep 11)
Masaharu Morinaka (eps 2, 7, 11)
Masahiko Komino (ep 7)
Masahiko Sasaki (9 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-6, 9-10, 12-13
)

Masahiro Emoto (ep 1)
Masahiro Toriumi (ep 7)
Masato Tamagawa (eps 4, 6)
Mitsumasa Kimura (ep 3)
Motonobu Hori (ep 3)
Nagisa Nakajima (eps 5, 9)
Noboru Kawamori (ep 8)
Nobuaki Yoshida (eps 2, 7, 11)
Nobuharu Ishido (ep 7)
Nobuhiro Watanabe (ep 8)
Nozomu Abe (eps 9-10)
Rie Fujiwara (eps 4, 9)
Rie Nishino (ep 2)
Saburo Takada (eps 2, 11)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (ep 5)
Satoshi Tasaki (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 10, 12-13
)

Seishiro Katoh (eps 2, 7, 11)
Seok Jin Jeon (ep 4)
Shigenori Taniguchi (ep 5)
Shigeru Fujita (ep 13)
Shin Itagaki (eps 12-13)
Shinmei Saito (ep 3)
Shūji Ono (ep 1)
Tadashi Matsuno (ep 8)
Takafumi Hori (ep 10)
Takahiro Arai (eps 2, 7)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (eps 4, 9)
Takeshi Morita (ep 4)
Takuo Noda (eps 9-10, 12-13)
Tamotsu Tomaru (ep 11)
Tetsuya Matsukawa (eps 4, 9)
Tetsuya Wakano (eps 4, 9)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (ep 8)
Toshihiro Kikuchi (eps 2, 5, 10)
Toshiyuki Kanno (eps 9, 13)
Tsunenaka Nozaki (ep 8)
Yasuhiro Saiki (ep 3)
Yasunori Ogawara (ep 10)
Yasushi Tomaru (eps 2, 7)
Yō Moriyama (eps 4-6, 12-13)
Yoshiaki Tomita (ep 8)
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 9)
Young-Hee Choi (eps 5, 9-10, 13)
Yū Katō (ep 9)
Yūichi Nakazawa (ep 4)
Yuichiro Masuda (ep 2)
Yuji Nakao (eps 7, 11)
Yuka Shibata (ep 3)
Yukie Tsutsumi (ep 12)
Yukiko Saitou (eps 2, 7, 11)
Yuko Iwaoka (ep 3)
Yuko Matsuo (eps 9-10)
Yuri Takasaki (eps 9-10)
Yūzō Satō (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12-13
)

Literary Charge: Yō Moriyama
Music producer: Eiichi Naito (DOMO)
Off-Line Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka (Jay Film)
Production Coordination: Kenji Nakamoto
Recording: Kimitaka Kawasaki
Recording Assistant: Mitsuharu Ito
Series Advisor: Yutaka Kondo
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Production: Kaoru Machida
Special Effects:
Chie Tanimoto (eps 2-3, 7, 11)
Kumiko Taniguchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 5-6, 8-9, 13
)

Sachi Suzuki (eps 1, 3, 5)
Toshio Hasegawa (ep 4)
Toyohiko Sakakibara (eps 10, 12)
Video Editing: Kazunori Okada
Houko Kuwashima as Shigure/Hikari no Miko
Rikiya Koyama as Jubei Kibagami

Romi Park as Tsubute
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Dakuan

Akio Suyama as Yadorigi (ep 1)
Aya Hisakawa as Azami (eps 4, 7)
Ben Takada as Sumo Wrestler B (ep 13)
Ben Takeda as Sumo Wrestler B 
Hideyuki Tanaka as Mufu (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 10, 12-13
)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Jiroza (ep 1)
Isamu Tanonaka as Mouzuku (ep 1)
Issei Futamata as Hakurou (ep 4)
Jōji Nakata as Rouga (eps 1-2)
Kan Tanaka as
Samurai B (ep 11)
Villager (ep 10)
Kazuhiro Nakata as Ronin B (ep 8)
Kazuki Yao as Kawahori (ep 7)
Kenichi Mochizuki as Ge-ninja (ep 13)
Kenichi Sakaguchi as
Gunbei 
Taroza (ep 1)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Yasubei (ep 9)
Kobuhei Hayashiya as Rokai (ep 10)
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Gunbei (ep 13)
Kōji Ishii as Heita (ep 6)
Kouichi Nagano as Samurai (ep 12)
Makoto Yasumura as Villager
Mami Koyama as Nubatama (ep 3)
Mari Yokoo as Rengoku (eps 3, 8)
Maria Kawamura as Sen (ep 6)
Masakazu Kohara as Retainer C (ep 9)
Masako Katsuki as Ubume (ep 1)
Masashi Hirose as Jimushi (ep 2)
Masuo Amada as Zamba (ep 5)
Mitsuaki Madono as Tobizaru (ep 10)
Motoko Kumai as Takuma (ep 6)
Nakao Tano as Mozoku 
Nana Mizuki as Yayoi (ep 5)
Nanako Fukushima as Tome (ep 6)
Norio Wakamoto as Kitsunebi (eps 3-4)
Nozomu Sasaki as Magai (ep 1)
Ouji Hiroi as Yamikubou (eps 8, 12-13)
Reiko Suzuki as Kugutsu (ep 11)
Rica Matsumoto as Nekobe (ep 2)
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Gouten (eps 1-2)
Seizo Katou as Anden Yamidoro
Shiho Kawaragi as Woman (ep 6)
Shintarō Ōhata as Retainer B (ep 9)
Shouto Kashii as Samurai A (ep 11)
Takahiro Uchida as Villager (ep 10)
Takashi Nagasako as Ronin A (ep 8)
Takayasu Usui as Kikori (ep 4)
Takehiro Murozono as
Merchant (ep 6)
Retainer A (ep 9)
Samurai (ep 2)
Villager (ep 1)
Takehito Koyasu as Jyashi (ep 3)
Tamio Ohki as Genza (ep 1)
Tomokazu Sugita as Tatsunosuke (ep 5)
Toshihiko Nakajima as Dakatsu (ep 8)
Toshihiko Seki as Aizen (ep 5)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Yagyuu Renya (eps 11-13)
Urara Takano as Utsushie (ep 12)
Yasuhiro Fujiwara as
Retainer D (ep 9)
Samurai (ep 12)
Sumo Wrestler A (ep 13)
Yasuyuki Kase as Matauemon (ep 6)
Yūichi Nagashima as Nenmu (ep 6)
Yūji Ueda as Zofu (ep 9)
Yuko Sasamoto as Girl (ep 11)
Zennosuke Fukkin as Scouting Brothers (eps 10, 12)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation: Nakamura Production (ep 4)
Animation Production: Madhouse
Broadcaster: WOWOW
In-Between Animation:
DR Movie (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 9-10, 13
)

HeeWon Entertainment (eps 2, 7, 11)
JEM (ep 6)
Kyung Kang ANIA (7 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 9-10, 13
)

Phoenix Animation (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Anime Roman (ep 6)
DR Movie (eps 3, 5)
HeeWon Entertainment (ep 2)
JEM (eps 6, 9, 12)
Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 6, 9-10)
Nakamura Production (5 episodes
eps 5-6, 9-10, 12
)

Studio Mark (ep 6)
Studio Mu (ep 12)
Studio Wombat (ep 12)
Off-Line Editing: Jay Film
Paint:
DR Movie (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 9-10, 12-13
)

HeeWon Entertainment (eps 2, 7, 11)
JEM (ep 6)
Kyung Kang ANIA (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-6, 9-10, 12-13
)

Phoenix Animation (ep 8)
Studio Elle (ep 8)
Photography: Studio Twinkle
Production Cooperation:
Studio Flag (ep 8)
Studio Take Off (eps 2, 7, 11)
Production Studio: Madhouse
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Arts Production
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English cast
English staff
Director: Jack Fletcher
Translation: Mutsy Erskin
Producer: Sandee Yamamoto

Mix Engineer: Ernie Sheesley
Production Coordination: Terrance McBride
Project Manager: Latascha Thomas
Recording engineer: Ernie Sheesley
Script Adaptation: Ardwight Chamberlain
Second Engineer: Eric Lewis
Daisy Torme as Shigure / Priestess of the Light
David Rasner as Jubei Kibagami

Dwight Schultz as Dakuan
Scott Menville as Tsubute

Alex Fernandez as Tatsunosuke
Andrew Philpot as
Aizen
Gunbei
Heita
Mokuji
Officer #2
Candi Milo as
Girl
Kugutsu
Takuma/Rengoku (ep 8)
Zofu (Young)
Dave Wittenberg as Magai
David Rasner as Genza
Dwight Schultz as Mufu
Gwendoline Yeo as
Nubatama
Ubume
Hedy Burress as Takuma's Mother
Jack Fletcher as
Anden Yamidoro
Ashizo
Gouten
Hakurou
Kirima
Mozuku
Nenmu
Tall Samurai
John Demita as
Kawahori
Mataemon
Officer #1
Old Samurai
Roga
Tobizaru
Yamikubo
Yasubei
John Di Maggio as Rokai
John Mariano as Jyashi
John Rafter Lee as Yagyu Renya
Julia Fletcher as
Nekome/Azami
Tome
Utsushie
Katy Selverstone as Rengoku (ep 3)
Matt McKenzie as
Dakatsu
Kitsunebi
Old Merchant
Sherry Lynn as Yayoi
English companies
ADR Production: Sky Quest Entertainment
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
MVM (UK)
Ventura Distribution (Urban Vision)
DVD Authoring: 3rd Sector Entertainment
DVD Menu Design: 3rd Sector Entertainment
Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll (via Discotek Media)
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2020)
Urban Vision (Expired)
Post Production: Annex
Recording Studio: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Soundtrack: DOMO
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Eric Comont
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Bárbara Pesquer (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas (Jonu Media)

Recording engineer: Marc Arambudo
Núria Trifol as Shigure (spain dub)
Paco Gázquez as Jubei Kibagami (Spain dub)

Albert Trifol Segarra as Tsubute (Spain dub)
Antonio Crespo as Dakuan (Spain dub)

Aleix Estadella as Rokai (Spain dub)
Alfonso Vallés as Rohga (Spain dub)
Domenech Farell as Kitsunebi (Spain dub)
Javier Viñas as Dakatsu (Spain dub)
José Antequera as Genza (Spain dub)
Mario Arpal as Yamidoro (Spain dub)
Ramon Canals as Mufu (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Buzz Channel (Spain)
LAPTV (Latin America)
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Q.T. Lever
Internet Streaming: Vitanime.tv
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Dania Cericola
Translation: Irene Cantoni

Dialogues: Barbara Chies
Post Production: Giovanni Petronaci
Sound Engineer: Camillo Pellegrino
Elisabetta Spinelli as Shigure
Lorenzo Scattorin as Jubei Kibagami

Davide Garbolino as Tsubute
Oliviero Corbetta as Dakuan

Aldo Stella as Mouzuku
Antonio Paiola as Genza
Daniele Demma as Magai
Dario Oppido as Yamidoro
Massimo Di Benedetto as Tatsunosuke
Matteo Zanotti as Jyashi
Natale Ciravolo as Narratore
Pietro Ubaldi as Rouga
Tosawi Piovani as Yayoi
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga (from 21 March 2011)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Raflesia srl
German staff
German cast
(none)
Nicolas Artajo as Jubei Kibagami
Rubina Kuraoka as Shigure

Klaus Jepsen as Dakuan
Ricardo Richter as Tsubute
German companies
Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-08-16 to 2007-10-28)
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual (Germany)
Kazé Germany (now)
Dubbing: Elektrofilm
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Danish staff
Danish companies
(none)
Distributor: Noble Entertainment
Danish cast
(none)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Noble Entertainment
Swedish cast
(none)

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