The World Renowned Thief, Goemon

Daibutsu
100px	Great Buddha of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara;

Ishikawa Goemon
100px	Revived legendary thief; Humanoid bear; Onimaru's new henchman;

	Episode 22
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	Information
Title:	The World Renowned Thief, Goemon
Japanese Title:	天下の大泥棒・ゴエモン ; (Tenka no dai dorobō - Goemon)
Original airdate:	September 3, 1993
Manga source:	Volume 9: Files 2-4 (081-083)
	Story
Cast:	Yaiba Kurogane ; Sayaka Mine ; Shonosuke ; Kagetora ; Musashi Miyamoto ; Kojiro Sasaki ; Ishikawa Goemon ; Kumo-Otoko ; Fuma Kotaro ; Daibutsu ; Head monk
	Staff
Director:	Kunihiko Yuyama (chief) ; Norihiko Sudo
Screenplay:	Isao Shizuya
Storyboard:	Akitaro Daichi
Episode Director:	Akitaro Daichi
Animation Director:	Muneyoshi Fujita
Voice cast:
	Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane ; Kotono Mitsuishi as Sayaka Mine ; Masaharu Sato as Musashi Miyamoto ; Jurota Kosugi as Kojiro Sasaki ; Shozo Iizuka as Ishikawa Goemon ; Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Kumo-Otoko ; Hochu Otsuka as Fuma Kotaro ; Koichi Kitamura as Head monk
	Music
Opening song:	Yūki ga Areba
Closing song:	Shinchigakunaki Tatakai
	Chronology
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Next episode:	Huge Battle! Buddha vs. Osaka Onimaru Castle »
	List of episodes

Characters introduced

Head monk
100px	Head monk of the Tōdai-ji temple

Characters

Ishida Rokuemon
100px	Traveling merchant Ishikawa Goemon's fake identity

Monks
100px	Monks of the Tōdai-ji temple

The name Ishida Rokuemon (石田六右衛門) is a word play on Ishikawa Goemon's name (石川五右衛門), the character kawa (川) having been changed to ta (田) and the character go (五), which means five, changed to roku (六), which means six.