Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period (1987)
Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period (1987)
Plot.
In the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is joined by two other ninjas who wield the other two weapons of legend, the sacred sword and spear.
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Cast & Crew.
Geki Katsumata
Art Direction
Yasuhiro Seo
Key Animation
Keiko Toda
Kasumi no Ayanosuke
Koichi Usami
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Inoue
Hayate no Sakon
Kazuchika Kise
Key Animation
Takeshi Watabe
Fudô no Ryôma
Katsumi Terahigashi
Key Animation
Gregory Abbey
Jinpei
Eiji Suganuma
Key Animation
Kenichi Hamazaki
Key Animation
Hirotsugu Ichizumi
Key Animation
Koichi Chigira
Key Animation
Bill Blechingberg
Additional Voices
Yukihiro Makino
Key Animation
Shannon Conley
Kayo
Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Key Animation
Hisashi Ezura
Key Animation
Wayne Grayson
Ranmaru
Sho Aikawa
Writer
Takeshi Narumi
Writer
Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Mori Ranmaru
Toshiyuki Sakurai
Director
Osamu Yamasaki
Director
Seiji Hano
Composer
Yosuke Moriguchi
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateMay 21, 1987
Original Name妖刀伝
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes3
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This TV Show Is About.
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Wiki.
Yōtōden (戦国奇譚妖刀伝, Sengoku Kitan Yōtōden, "Warring States Story: Tale of the Spirit Blades") is a 3-episode Japanese original video animation produced by J.C.Staff, the studio's first production. In 1989, Yōtōden was re-edited into a feature film version titled Wrath of the Ninja for English-speaking regions, but is currently out of print. A manga adaptation was serialized in Newtype.