Ninja Scroll

Ninja Scroll
Original Title	獣兵衛忍風帖 (Jubei Ninpucho)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Animaze
Voice Director	Kevin Seymour
Translation & Adaptation	Raymond Garcia
Recorded	1995
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	1993

Ninja Scroll (獣兵衛忍風帖 Jubei Ninpucho) is a 1993 Japanese animated action thriller film produced by Madhouse, and written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The critically acclaimed film was theatrically released on June 5, 1993, and received a Western release in 1995.

Synopsis Jubei is wandering noble sword for hire, but when a chance meeting leads him to save young ninja woman from rape he makes enemies with a group of demonic humans. Jubei and the woman part ways, but later a government spy forces Jubei to join up with her again and investigate the mysterious death of an entire village. The investigation reveals a conspiracy involving the demons and a man from Jubei’s past who is supposed to be dead. As they get closer to the truth the demons close in on them and pretty soon Jubei finds himself in a deadly fight with many super strong inhuman opponents.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Jubei Kibagami	Kōichi Yamadera	Dean Wein
Kagero	Emi Shinohara	Wendee Lee
Dakuan	Takeshi Aono	Stephen Apostolina
Himaro Genma	Daisuke Gōri	Richard Epcar
Yurimaru	Toshihiko Seki	Richard Cansino
Zakuro	Masako Katsuki	Riva Spier
Sakaki Hyobu	Shūichirō Moriyama	Edward Mannix
Tessai	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo	Kevin Seymour
Shijima	Akimasa Omori
Benisato	Gara Takashima	Marbry Steward
Mushizo	Reizō Nomoto	Milton James
Utsusu Mujuro	Norio Wakamoto	Kirk Thornton
Hanza	Katsuji Mori
Toyotomi Envoy	Osamu Saka	Michael Forest
Genpachi	Yūsaku Yara	Doug Stone
Doujin	Ichirō Nagai
Shinkuro	Junichi Sugawara	Milton James

Additional Voices:

• Stephen Apostolina
• Marvyn Byrkett
• Milton James
• Joe Romersa
• Kevin Seymour
• Marbry Steward
• Kirk Thornton

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
1998	Teletoon	Canada
2008	Sci-Fi Channel	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Manga Entertainment	1995		NTSC	United States
	1998		1 NTSC
Madman Entertainment	2000		4 PAL	Australia
Manga Entertainment	2003		1 NTSC	United States
	2004		2 PAL	United Kingdom
Madman Entertainment	2004		4 PAL	Australia
Manga Entertainment	2007		1 NTSC	United States
	2012		B DVB-T	United Kingdom
Sentai Filmworks			A DVB-T	United States
			1 NTSC
	2015		A DVB-T
			1 NTSC

See Also

• Ninja Scroll: The Series

External Links

• Ninja Scroll at the Internet Movie Database
• Ninja Scroll (anime) at the Anime News Network