Birth of the New Ryuujin Legend!!

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| **Episode 40** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Birth of the New Ryuujin Legend!! |
| Japanese Title: | 新龍神伝説誕生！！   (Shin-Ryūjin Densetsu Tanjō!!) |
| Original airdate: | January 7, 1994 |
| Broadcast rating: | 12.8% |
| Manga source: | [Volume 14: File 2 (134)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_14 "Yaiba Volume 14") (**[h.a.](/wiki/Manga_Legend "Manga Legend")**) |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Princess Kaguya](/wiki/Princess_Kaguya "Princess Kaguya")   [General Tsukikage](/wiki/index.php?title=General_Tsukikage&action=edit&redlink=1 "General Tsukikage (page does not exist)")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother")   [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine")   [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine")   **See cast section** |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Kunihiko Yuyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Kunihiko_Yuyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kunihiko Yuyama (page does not exist)") (chief)   [Norihiko Sudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Norihiko_Sudo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norihiko Sudo (page does not exist)") |
| Screenplay: | [Kenji Terada](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenji_Terada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenji Terada (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Norihiko Sudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Norihiko_Sudo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norihiko Sudo (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Norihiko Sudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Norihiko_Sudo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norihiko Sudo (page does not exist)")   [Kazuya Murata](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Murata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Murata (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Sayuri Ichiishi](/wiki/index.php?title=Sayuri_Ichiishi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sayuri Ichiishi (page does not exist)") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Kotono Mitsuishi](/wiki/Kotono_Mitsuishi "Kotono Mitsuishi") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Ryo Horikawa](/wiki/Ryo_Horikawa "Ryo Horikawa") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Rika Fukami](/wiki/index.php?title=Rika_Fukami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rika Fukami (page does not exist)") as [Princess Kaguya](/wiki/Princess_Kaguya "Princess Kaguya")   [Daiki Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Daiki_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Daiki Nakamura (page does not exist)") as [General Tsukikage](/wiki/index.php?title=General_Tsukikage&action=edit&redlink=1 "General Tsukikage (page does not exist)")   [Toshihiko Nakajima](/wiki/Toshihiko_Nakajima "Toshihiko Nakajima") as [Mangetsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Mangetsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mangetsu (page does not exist)")   [Masaharu Sato](/wiki/Masaharu_Sato "Masaharu Sato") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Takaya Hashi](/wiki/Takaya_Hashi "Takaya Hashi") as [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [Jurota Kosugi](/wiki/index.php?title=Jurota_Kosugi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Jurota Kosugi (page does not exist)") as [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Kazunari Tanaka](/wiki/Kazunari_Tanaka "Kazunari Tanaka") as [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Tetsuo Sakaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Tetsuo_Sakaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tetsuo Sakaguchi (page does not exist)") as [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Reiko Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Reiko_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Reiko Suzuki (page does not exist)") as [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother")   [Tsutomu Kashiwakura](/wiki/index.php?title=Tsutomu_Kashiwakura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tsutomu Kashiwakura (page does not exist)") as [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko"), [Namekuji-Otoko](/wiki/Namekuji-Otoko "Namekuji-Otoko") (uncredited)   [Hisao Egawa](/wiki/Hisao_Egawa "Hisao Egawa") as [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo"), [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora") (uncredited)   [Unsho Ishizuka](/wiki/Unsho_Ishizuka "Unsho Ishizuka") as [Raizo Mine](/wiki/Raizo_Mine "Raizo Mine") (uncredited)   [Megumi Terase](/wiki/index.php?title=Kyoko_Terase&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kyoko Terase (page does not exist)") as [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine") (uncredited)   [Reiko Suzuki](/wiki/index.php?title=Reiko_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Reiko Suzuki (page does not exist)") as [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother") (uncredited)   [Bin Shimada](/wiki/index.php?title=Bin_Shimada&action=edit&redlink=1 "Bin Shimada (page does not exist)") as [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane") (uncredited)   [Ken Yamaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Yamaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ken Yamaguchi (page does not exist)") as [Hebi-Otoko](/wiki/Hebi-Otoko "Hebi-Otoko") (uncredited)   [Hirohiko Kakegawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Hirohiko_Kakegawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hirohiko Kakegawa (page does not exist)") as [Komori-Otoko](/wiki/Komori-Otoko "Komori-Otoko") (uncredited)   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Hitode-Otoko](/wiki/Hitode-Otoko "Hitode-Otoko") (uncredited)   [Michio Nakao](/wiki/index.php?title=Michio_Nakao&action=edit&redlink=1 "Michio Nakao (page does not exist)") as [Kamakiri-Otoko](/wiki/Kamakiri-Otoko "Kamakiri-Otoko") (uncredited)   [Fumihiko Tachiki](/wiki/Fumihiko_Tachiki "Fumihiko Tachiki") as [Yakitori-kun](/wiki/index.php?title=Yakitori-kun&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yakitori-kun (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Kazumi Tanaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazumi_Tanaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazumi Tanaka (page does not exist)") as [Chameleon Bonaparte](/wiki/index.php?title=Chameleon_Bonaparte&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chameleon Bonaparte (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Tessho Genda](/wiki/index.php?title=Tessho_Genda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tessho Genda (page does not exist)") as [Dorai Dorai](/wiki/index.php?title=Dorai_Dorai&action=edit&redlink=1 "Dorai Dorai (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Minoru Inaba](/wiki/index.php?title=Minoru_Inaba&action=edit&redlink=1 "Minoru Inaba (page does not exist)") as [Miyoshi Seikai](/wiki/index.php?title=Miyoshi_Seikai&action=edit&redlink=1 "Miyoshi Seikai (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Hochu Otsuka](/wiki/Hochu_Otsuka "Hochu Otsuka") as [Fuma Kotaro](/wiki/index.php?title=Fuma_Kotaro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Fuma Kotaro (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Toshihiko Seki](/wiki/index.php?title=Toshihiko_Seki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Toshihiko Seki (page does not exist)") as [Shiro Amakusa](/wiki/index.php?title=Shiro_Amakusa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shiro Amakusa (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Shozo Iizuka](/wiki/index.php?title=Shozo_Iizuka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shozo Iizuka (page does not exist)") as [Ishikawa Goemon](/wiki/index.php?title=Ishikawa_Goemon_(Yaiba)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ishikawa Goemon (Yaiba) (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Daisuke Gori](/wiki/index.php?title=Daisuke_Gori&action=edit&redlink=1 "Daisuke Gori (page does not exist)") as [Musashibo Benkei](/wiki/index.php?title=Musashibo_Benkei&action=edit&redlink=1 "Musashibo Benkei (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Takeshi Aono](/wiki/index.php?title=Takeshi_Aono&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takeshi Aono (page does not exist)") as [Matsuo Basho](/wiki/index.php?title=Matsuo_Basho&action=edit&redlink=1 "Matsuo Basho (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Shigeru Chiba](/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba "Shigeru Chiba") as [Orb of Victory](/wiki/index.php?title=Orb_of_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1 "Orb of Victory (page does not exist)") (uncredited)   [Koji Ishii](/wiki/Koji_Ishii "Koji Ishii") as [Ryujin](/wiki/index.php?title=Ryujin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ryujin (page does not exist)") (uncredited) | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Yūki ga Areba](/wiki/Y%C5%ABki_ga_Areba "Yūki ga Areba") |
| Closing song: | [Shinchigakunaki Tatakai](/wiki/Shinchigakunaki_Tatakai "Shinchigakunaki Tatakai") |
**Birth of the New Ryuujin Legend!!** (新龍神伝説誕生！！ ,*Shin-Ryūjin Densetsu Tanjō!!*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 40th episode of the [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") [anime](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba"). It aired on January 7, 1994. Contrary to the other episodes of the anime, it mostly consisted of recaps of the previous 39 episodes and only adapted part of [file 134](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_14 "Yaiba Volume 14").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Plot](#Plot)
+ [2.1 Story](#Story)
+ [2.2 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [3 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 See also](#See_also)