Sword for Truth (修羅之介斬魔剣死鎌紋の男 Shuranosuke Zanmaken: Shikamamon no Otoko, lit. Shuranosuke the Demon: Man of the Death Scythes Crest) is a 1990 Japanese supernatural chanbara OVA film directed by an uncredited Osamu Dezaki, who was credited as storyboard artist under the alias "Tsutomu Dezaki". It is considered by fans to be the one of the worst anime ever made.
An English dub was produced and released by Manga Entertainment in 1998 as a cash in as a result the success of Ninja Scroll license the company had.
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Cast[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Shuranosuke Sakaki | Kazuhiko Inoue | Eric Flynn |
| Princess Mayu | Rei Sakuma | Julia Brahms |
| Gunbei | Masashi Sugawara | Alan Blyton |
| Kagairo | Ginzo Matsuo | |
| Utsuki | ¿? | |
| Dogen | ¿? | Bill Roberts |
| Marouji | Tesshō Genda | Frank Rozelaar-Green |
| Daizen Imura | Kazuhiko Kishino | Garrick Hagen |
| Oren | Run Sasaki | Sarah Wateridge |
| Tadasumi | Saburo Kamei | ¿? |
| Okuni | Toshiko Fujita | ¿? |
| Landlord | ¿? | Stuart Milligan |
| Narrator | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | |
| Mio | Yuko Mizutani | ¿? |
| Ubito | Takashi Taguchi | ¿? |
| Seki Ninja | ¿? | Robert Chase |
| Ubito | Takashi Taguchi | ¿? |
| Maid | Tamao Hayashi | ¿? |
| Sekiun | Yuzuru Fujimoto | ¿? |
| Shinemon | Minoru Inaba | ¿? |
| Officer A | Minoru Inaba | ¿? |
| Officer B | Naoki Makishima | ¿? |
| Officer C | Takumi Yamazaki | ¿? |
Additional Voices / Unidentified Roles[]
- Lesley Rooney
- William Roberts
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manga Entertainment | 1998 | 
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PAL | United Kingdom | 
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| NTSC | United States | 
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| 2000 | 
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1 NTSC | |||
External Links[]
- Sword for Truth at the Internet Movie Database
- Sword for Truth (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia