Gekko's Return! The Demon King's Sword

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File:YEP45 Rabbit.jpg	Kaguya's henchman guarding the Demon King's Sword in cell 666;

	Episode 45
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	Information
Title:	Gekko's Return! The Demon King's Sword
Japanese Title:	ゲッコーの逆襲！魔王剣 ; (Gekkō no Gyakushū! Maō-ken)
Original airdate:	February 11, 1994
Broadcast rating:	10.4%
Manga source:	Volume 15: Files 1~5 (144-148)
	Story
Cast:	Yaiba Kurogane ; Gekko ; Sayaka Mine ; Princess Kaguya ; General Tsukikage ; Musashi Miyamoto ; Jubei Yagyu ; Kojiro Sasaki ; Gerozaemon Geroda ; Namako-Otoko ; Shonosuke ; Kagetora ; Hangetsu ; Mochiron
	Staff
Director:	Kunihiko Yuyama (chief) ; Norihiko Sudo
Screenplay:	Yukiyoshi Ohashi
Storyboard:	Akitaro Daichi
Episode director:	Akitaro Daichi ; Kazuya Murata (asst.)
Animation director:	Muneyoshi Fujita
Voice Cast:
	Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane ; Kotono Mitsuishi as Sayaka Mine ; Rika Fukami as Princess Kaguya ; Kazuki Yao as Gekko ; Daiki Nakamura as General Tsukikage ; Masaharu Sato as Musashi Miyamoto ; Takaya Hashi as Jubei Yagyu ; Jurota Kosugi as Kojiro Sasaki ; Kazunari Tanaka as Gerozaemon Geroda ; Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Namako-Otoko ; Ginzo Matsuo as Hangetsu
	Music
Opening song:	Yūki ga Areba
Closing song:	Shinchigakunaki Tatakai

Chronology
‹ The Targeted Dragon Priestess - Sayaka	List of Episodes	Yaiba, Defeated By the Demon King's Sword ›

Gekko's Return! The Demon King's Sword (ゲッコーの逆襲！魔王剣 ,Gekkō no Gyakushū! Maō-ken^?) is the 45th episode of the Yaiba anime. It aired on February 11, 1994.

Cast

Characters

The Targeted Dragon Priestess - Sayaka
Mochiron

Plot

Story

Resolution

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People

Trivia

The car the group drives on the bridge is a Toyota HiAce 2nd Generation.
The bridge they are on is Rainbow Bridge, which was just completed a few months before the airing of the episode, in August 1993.

Gallery

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References

v • d • e Season 1 (1993 - 1994)
#1: Heisei's Samurai Yaiba Appears #2: The Revived Sword of Fuujin #3: Sword of Raijin/Sword of Fuujin #4: The Eight Demons: Frog Man's Assault #5: Special Attack Whirlwind Sword #6: Frightening Slug Man Appears #7: The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!? #8: Vampire: Bat Guy! #9: The Secret of the Onimaru Manjuu #10: The Revival of the Master Swordsman, Kojiro #11: Who Is the Strongest Swordsman!? #12: The Birth of the Lightning Slash #13: Gigantic Anglerfish!? Infiltrate Onimaru Castle #14: Vanished? The Enemy Chameleon #15: Kojiro's Betrayal!? #16: The Strongest Machine of the Four Guardians Attacks! #17: Wind and Thunder Clash! Yaiba vs. Onimaru #18: Searching for the Legendary Orb #19: What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb? #20: Legend of the Red Dragon!! Shiro Amakusa Appears! #21: Feverish Hell! Steal the Flame Orb!! #22: The World Renowned Thief, Goemon #23: Huge Battle! Buddha vs. Osaka Onimaru Castle #24: Friend or Foe? The Revival of Jubei Yagyu! #25: The Waiting Trap!? The Decisive Battle of Kawanakajima #26: The Darkness Orb is the Entrance to the Dark World #27: Throw Away Your Dream! Special Training Deadly Sword #28: Fast Ball Match! Strike Out Benkei #29: What!? 100,000 Legendary Orbs #30: Stinger of Petrification! Monkey Basho #31: Aim for the Ryuujin Orb on Mount Fuji! #32: Yaiba Loses the Seven Orbs!? #33: Ryuujin's Ruthless Test #34: Disappearing Companions #35: The Strongest in History! The Ryuujin Sword!! #36: Invaders From the Moon - The Empress Kaguya #37: Large Sinking! Onimaru's Floating Castle #38: Tokyo Flooding Strategy! #39: The Moon Alien Merged with the Gas Tank!? #40: Birth of the New Ryuujin Legend!! #41: Carry Out the Women Rescue Mission #42: Jubei Loses His Body!? #43: Sayaka's In Trouble! Hurry, Yaiba #44: The Targeted Dragon Priestess - Sayaka #45: Gekko's Return! The Demon King's Sword #46: Yaiba, Defeated By the Demon King's Sword #47: Onimaru Returns! Save Sayaka!! #48: Take That! Combined Technique Wave of Wind Thunder #49: The Terrible True Figure of Kaguya! #50: Desperate Situation! Yaiba Loses His Sword #51: The White Ryuujin Appears!! #52: I'm Yaiba Kurogane, a Samurai!
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