The Birth of the Lightning Slash

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| **Episode 12** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Birth of the Lightning Slash |
| Japanese Title: | 秘技カミナリ斬り誕生   (Higi Kaminari-giri tanjō) |
| Original airdate: | June 25, 1993 |
| Broadcast rating: | 11.4% |
| Manga source: | [Volume 5: Files 7-9 (046-048)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_5 "Yaiba Volume 5") |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Shizuka Mine](/wiki/Shizuka_Mine "Shizuka Mine")   [Sayaka's Grandmother](/wiki/Sayaka%27s_Grandmother "Sayaka's Grandmother")   [Mr. Onick](/wiki/Mr._Onick "Mr. Onick")   [Ana Shioji](/wiki/Ana_Shioji "Ana Shioji")   [Ana Shioji's pilot](/wiki/index.php?title=Ana_Shioji%27s_pilot&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ana Shioji's pilot (page does not exist)") |
| **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: | [Yoshihiro Yamaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshihiro_Yamaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshihiro Yamaguchi (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Shunji Yoshida](/wiki/index.php?title=Shunji_Yoshida&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shunji Yoshida (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: | [Kenichi Ishimaru](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenichi_Ishimaru&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenichi Ishimaru (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")   [Masaharu Sato](/wiki/Masaharu_Sato "Masaharu Sato") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [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")   [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")   [Kyoko 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")   [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")   [Kazunari Tanaka](/wiki/Kazunari_Tanaka "Kazunari Tanaka") as [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Banjo Ginga](/wiki/index.php?title=Banjo_Ginga&action=edit&redlink=1 "Banjo Ginga (page does not exist)") as [Mr. Onick](/wiki/Mr._Onick "Mr. Onick")   [Mami Matsui](/wiki/index.php?title=Mami_Matsui&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mami Matsui (page does not exist)") as [Ana Shioji](/wiki/Ana_Shioji "Ana Shioji") (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") |
***The Birth of the Lightning Slash*** (秘技カミナリ斬り誕生 ,*Higi Kaminari-giri tanjō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 12th episode of *[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba")* anime. It aired on June 25, 1993.
## Contents
* [1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Cast](#Cast)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
+ [3.1 Story](#Story)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
## Characters introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Birth_of_the_Lightning_Slash&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Mr. Onick](/wiki/Mr._Onick "Mr. Onick") | |
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|  | * Magician out for [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")'s bounty |
- | [Ana Shioji](/wiki/Ana_Shioji "Ana Shioji") | |
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|  | * [Bushi TV](/wiki/Bushi_TV "Bushi TV") reporter |
- | [Ana Shioji's pilot](/wiki/index.php?title=Ana_Shioji%27s_pilot&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ana Shioji's pilot (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Ana_Shioji%27s_pilot.jpg "File:Ana Shioji's pilot.jpg") | * [Bushi TV](/wiki/Bushi_TV "Bushi TV") helicopter pilot |