The Birth of the Lightning Slash

Ana Shioji
	Bushi TV reporter;

Mr. Onick
	Magician out for Yaiba's bounty;

	Episode 12
	File:Yaiba TV Episode 12.jpg
	Information
Title:	The Birth of the Lightning Slash
Japanese Title:	秘技カミナリ斬り誕生 ; (Higi Kaminari kiri tanjō)
Original airdate:	June 25, 1993
Manga source:	Volume 5: Files 7-9 (046-048)
	Story
Cast:	Yaiba Kurogane ; Sayaka Mine ; Takeshi Onimaru ; Shonosuke ; Kagetora ; Musashi Miyamoto ; Gerozaimon Geroda ; Kojiro Sasaki ; Kumo-Otoko ; Shizuka Mine ; Sayaka's Grandmother ; Mr. Onick ; Ana Shioji ; Ana Shioji's pilot
	Staff
Director:	Kunihiko Yuyama (chief) ; Norihiko Sudo
Screenplay:	Kenji Terada
Storyboard:	Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
Episode director:	Shunji Yoshida ; Kazuya Murata (asst.)
Animation director:	Kenichi Ishimaru
Voice Cast:
	Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane ; Kotono Mitsuishi as Sayaka Mine ; Ryo Horikawa as Takeshi Onimaru ; Masaharu Sato as Musashi Miyamoto ; Reiko Suzuki as Sayaka's Grandmother ; Jurota Kosugi as Kojiro Sasaki ; Kyoko Terase as Shizuka Mine ; Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Kumo-Otoko ; Kazunari Tanaka as Gerozaimon Geroda ; Banjo Ginga as Mr. Onick ; Mami Matsui as Ana Shioji (uncredited)
	Music
Opening song:	Yūki ga Areba
Closing song:	Shinchigakunaki Tatakai

Chronology
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Characters introduced

Ana Shioji's pilot
File:Ana Shioji's pilot.jpg	Bushi TV helicopter pilot

Cast

Characters

Gerozaimon Geroda
Gerozaimon Geroda

Kumo-Otoko

Shizuka Mine

Sayaka's Grandmother

Plot

Story

People

Man 2
File:YEP12 Deliveryman.jpg	Pizza delivery man

Resolution

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Trivia

The Ferris wheel Kojiro falls on is the Big O at Tokyo Dome City.

Gallery

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#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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Characters introduced

Cast

Plot

Story

People

Resolution

Trivia

Gallery

See also