What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb?

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| **Episode 19** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb? |
| Japanese Title: | 金の玉は何の玉？   (Kin no tama wa nan no tama?) |
| Original airdate: | August 13, 1993 |
| Broadcast rating: | 8.8% |
| Manga source: | [Volume 7: File 10 (069)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_7 "Yaiba Volume 7") ~ [Volume 8: Files 1-4 (070-073)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_8 "Yaiba Volume 8") |
| **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")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo")   [Fuma Kotaro](/wiki/index.php?title=Fuma_Kotaro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Fuma Kotaro (page does not exist)")   [Guardian Tanukis](/wiki/index.php?title=Guardian_Tanukis&action=edit&redlink=1 "Guardian Tanukis (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: | [Yukiyoshi Ohashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Yukiyoshi_Ohashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yukiyoshi Ohashi (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Hiroshi Yoshida](/wiki/Hiroshi_Yoshida "Hiroshi Yoshida") |
| Episode director: | [Hiroshi Yoshida](/wiki/Hiroshi_Yoshida "Hiroshi Yoshida")   [Kazuya Murata](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Murata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Murata (page does not exist)") (asst.) |
| Animation director: | [Yuriko Chiba](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuriko_Chiba&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuriko Chiba (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")   [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")   [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")   [Hisao Egawa](/wiki/Hisao_Egawa "Hisao Egawa") as [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo")   [Chie Sato](/wiki/index.php?title=Chie_Sato&action=edit&redlink=1 "Chie Sato (page does not exist)") as [Guardian Tanukis](/wiki/index.php?title=Guardian_Tanukis&action=edit&redlink=1 "Guardian Tanukis (page does not exist)")   [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)") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Yūki ga Areba](/wiki/Y%C5%ABki_ga_Areba "Yūki ga Areba") |
| Closing song: | [Shinchigakunaki Tatakai](/wiki/Shinchigakunaki_Tatakai "Shinchigakunaki Tatakai") |
***What Kind of an Orb is the Golden Orb?*** (金の玉は何の玉？ ,*Kin no tama wa nan no tama?*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 19th episode of *[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba")* anime. It aired on August 13, 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=What_Kind_of_an_Orb_is_the_Golden_Orb%3F&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Fuma Kotaro](/wiki/index.php?title=Fuma_Kotaro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Fuma Kotaro (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Fuma_Kotaro.jpg "File:Fuma Kotaro.jpg") | * Revived legendary ninja * Humanoid eagle * Leader of the [Fuma clan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABma_Kotar%C5%8D "wikipedia:Fūma Kotarō") * Onimaru's new henchman |
- | [Guardian Tanukis](/wiki/index.php?title=Guardian_Tanukis&action=edit&redlink=1 "Guardian Tanukis (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Guardian_Tanukis.jpg "File:Guardian Tanukis.jpg") | * Descendents of the Golden Tanuki God * Guardians of the orb |