Attack of the Eight Demons

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| **Episode 4** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Attack of the Eight Demons |
| Japanese Title: | 八鬼襲撃   (Hakki Shūgeki) |
| Original airdate: | April 26, 2025 |
| Broadcast rating: | 2.6% |
| Season: | 1 |
| Manga source: | [Volume 2: Chapter 5 (014)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_2 "Yaiba Volume 2")-[Volume 3: Chapter 5 (024)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_3 "Yaiba Volume 3") (**[h.a.](/wiki/Manga_Legend "Manga Legend")**) |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | Attack of the Eight Ogres |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Hebi-Otoko](/wiki/Hebi-Otoko "Hebi-Otoko") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Takahiro Hasui](/wiki/Takahiro_Hasui "Takahiro Hasui") |
| Screenplay: | [Eiji Umehara](/wiki/index.php?title=Eiji_Umehara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Eiji Umehara (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Makoto Fuchigami](/wiki/index.php?title=Makoto_Fuchigami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Makoto Fuchigami (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Makoto Fuchigami](/wiki/index.php?title=Makoto_Fuchigami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Makoto Fuchigami (page does not exist)") |
| Animation director: | [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda") (chief)   [Hideyuki Arao](/wiki/index.php?title=Hideyuki_Arao&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hideyuki Arao (page does not exist)") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Yoshimasa Hosoya](/wiki/Yoshimasa_Hosoya "Yoshimasa Hosoya") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Manaka Iwami](/wiki/Manaka_Iwami "Manaka Iwami") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Junichi Suwabe](/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe "Junichi Suwabe") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora"), Prime Minister (uncredited)[](#cite_note-1), [Oni Minions](/wiki/index.php?title=Oni_Minions&action=edit&redlink=1 "Oni Minions (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Kosuke Echigoya](/wiki/Kosuke_Echigoya "Kosuke Echigoya") as [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke"), [Oni Minions](/wiki/index.php?title=Oni_Minions&action=edit&redlink=1 "Oni Minions (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Takeharu Onishi](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeharu_Onishi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takeharu Onishi (page does not exist)") as [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Takayuki Nakatsukasa](/wiki/index.php?title=Takayuki_Nakatsukasa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takayuki Nakatsukasa (page does not exist)") as [Hebi-Otoko](/wiki/Hebi-Otoko "Hebi-Otoko")   [Rena Maeda](/wiki/index.php?title=Rena_Maeda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rena Maeda (page does not exist)") as Woman   [Shinya Takahashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinya_Takahashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinya Takahashi (page does not exist)") as [Namekuji-Otoko](/wiki/Namekuji-Otoko "Namekuji-Otoko")[[N 1]](#cite_note-2)   [Masato Niwa](/wiki/index.php?title=Masato_Niwa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masato Niwa (page does not exist)") as Newscaster | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [BLADE](/wiki/BLADE "BLADE") |
| Closing song: | [pineapple tart](/wiki/Pineapple_tart "Pineapple tart") |
***Attack of the Eight Demons*** (八鬼襲撃 ,*Hakki Shūgeki*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), known in English as **Attack of the Eight Ogres**, is the 4th episode of *[Yaiba: Samurai Legend](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend "Yaiba: Samurai Legend")* anime.
[Onimaru](/wiki/Onimaru "Onimaru") summons a band of demons to help him hunt down the Raijinken. Meanwhile, [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") begins training with [Musashi](/wiki/Musashi "Musashi") to master his mighty new sword.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
+ [1.3 Other characters](#Other_characters)
* [2 Location](#Location)
+ [2.1 Setting](#Setting)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
+ [4.1 Added or modified scenes](#Added_or_modified_scenes)
+ [4.2 Omitted scenes](#Omitted_scenes)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [7.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [7.2 References](#References)
* [8 See also](#See_also)