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Sword for Truth (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Shuranosuke Zanmaken: Shikamamon no Otoko (Japanese)
修羅之介斬魔剣 死鎌紋の男 (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Shuranosuke Sakaki is a masterless samurai with a razor-sharp katana and a cold-hearted personality. Whenever you see the mark of two crossed scythes on his back, death is sure to follow. Because of his exceptional swordsmanship, Shuranosuke is hired by the Nakura Clan to rescue Princess Mayu from the Seki Ninja. In this mission, he must use his full potential to survive the Seki Ninja's notorious henchmen.
User Ratings: 216 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Excellent: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:6, dub:4)
 Good: 22 votes (sub:11, dub:11)
 Decent: 30 votes (dub:17, sub:13)
 So-so: 24 votes (dub:16, sub:7, ?:1)
 Not really good: 22 votes (dub:14, sub:8)
 Weak: 28 votes (sub:14, dub:12, raw:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 34 votes (dub:25, sub:8, edit.dub:1)
 Awful: 29 votes (dub:16, sub:10, edit.dub:3)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (dub:9, sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 326 users, rank: #2855 (of 9581)
Median rating: Not really good
Arithmetic mean: 3.889 (Not really good), std. dev.: 2.3992, rank: #9500 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 3.882 (Not really good), rank: #9496 (of 9703) (seen all: 3.91 / seen some: 5.67 / won't finish: 1.38)
Bayesian estimate: 4.101 (Not really good), rank: #7260 (of 7285)
Running time: 51 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1990-12-28
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Koibito to Yobasete" by Chikako Sawada
Review:
Sword for Truth DVD (Jan 1, 1970)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Sword for Truth (DVD) 2000-07-25 (from $12.97)
    Sword for Truth [CA] (DVD) 2001-00-00

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Screenplay: Takeshi Narumi
Storyboard:
Osamu Dezaki
Music: Toshiyuki Watanabe
Original author: Takeshi Narumi
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director: Yukio Abe
Animation Director: Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki
Sound Director: Yasuo Uragami
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Executive producer: Motoo Itoh
Producer:
Hiroshi Matsuzono
Naoko Takahashi
Noriaki Ikeda
Satoshi Dezaki
Takeshi Tamiya

Animation:
Akihiro Fukui
Akio Nakamura
Etsuko Shirakawa
Jiro Nakari
Naoya Suda
Takayuki Kawamura
Tetsuya Tooda
Tomomi Sumikawa
Animation Check:
Kiyotaka Nakahara
Minoru Morita
Shūji Sakamoto
Assistant Color Coordination: Rika Nagayama
Color Designation: Yuri Tazaki
Editing: Akio Satsukawa
Key Animation:
Akiyasu Murakami
Atsushi Wakabayashi
Furihiko Ayamizo
Hiroki Abe
Hiroshi Uchida
Katsuhito Mukai
Kazuto Nakazawa
Kenichi Maejima
Kenichi Tsuchiya
Kenji Kajiwara
Kiyoshi Kaga
Masahiro Ando
Minoru Yamazawa
Mitsuo Tano
Motoki Yagi
Rie Nishino
Shigemi Aoyagi
Shūji Sakamoto
Takashi Koizumi
Yasutaka Kamii
Yoshihisa Sakurai
Yoshitaka Katō
Yukari Kobayashi
Yukihiro Makino
Yūko Kiyoshima
Music Director: Seiji Suzuki
Music producer: Torao Hosoi
Production Administration:
Shinobu Tsunaki
Yukiko Kuroiwa
Production Assistant: Masanori Sawamura
Production manager: Tsuyoshi Yoshimoto
Prop Cooperation: Ritsuko Murakami
Publicity Producer: Masaya Tokuyama
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Sound Mixing: Hisanori Ooshiro
Special Effects: Yoshitaka Kumai
Theme Song Arrangement: Masanori Sasaji
Theme Song Composition: Daisuke Inoue
Theme Song Lyrics: Kenji Kadoya
Theme Song Performance: Chikaco Sawada
Titles:
Masahiro Maki
Mitsuhiro Ajiki
Kazuhiko Inoue as Shuranosuke Sakaki

Ginzō Matsuo as Kagairo
Kazuhiko Kishino as Daizen
Masashi Hirose as Ryusen
Masashi Sugawara as Gunbei
Minoru Inaba as Shinemon
Miyuki Ichijou as Osono
Rei Sakuma as Princess Mayu
Run Sasaki as Oren
Saburō Kamei as Tadasumi
Takashi Taguchi as Ubito
Takeshi Watabe as Tenkai
Tesshō Genda as Marōji
Toshiko Fujita as Okuni
Yūko Mizutani as Mio
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Sekiun

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Narrator
Naoki Bandō as Officer A
Naoki Makishima as Officer C
Takumi Yamazaki as Officer B
Tamao Hayashi as Maid
Japanese companies
Animation:
Eun Ha
Studio Hapii
Background Art: Clover Art
Cooperation: Kadokawa Shoten
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Filming:
A.C.C. Pro Yabara Studio
AIC
Takahashi Production
Music Production: Audio Planning U
Production:
Promise
Toei Animation
Production Cooperation:
Dew Co, Ltd.
Magic Bus
Recording: APU Studio
Sweetening:
Ashi Productions
Eun Ha
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Director: John Wolskel
Executive producer: Laurence Guinness

Production Coordination: Chris Bottone
Script Adaptation: John Wolskel
Eric Flynn as Shuranosuke Sakaki

Alan Blyton as
Gunbei
Kagairo
Utsuki
Bill Roberts as Dogen
Frank Rozelaar-Green as Marouji
Garrick Hagen as Daizen Imura
Julia Brahms as Princess Mayu
Sarah Wateridge as Oren

Peter Marinker as
Landlord
Narrator
Robert Chase as Seki Ninja

Lesley Rooney
William Roberts
English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
(none)
Spanish companies
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

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