The Duel at Ganryu Island

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| **Episode 8** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Duel at Ganryu Island |
| Japanese Title: | 巌流島の戦い   (Ganryūjima no Tatakai) |
| Original airdate: | May 24, 2025 |
| Broadcast rating: | 2.8% |
| Season: | 1 |
| Manga source: | [Volume 5: Chapters 4, 6-7 (043, 045-046)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_5 "Yaiba Volume 5"), [Volume 17: Chapter 6-7 (171-172)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_17 "Yaiba Volume 17"), [Volume 18: Chapter 1 (177)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_18 "Yaiba Volume 18") |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | The Duel at Ganryu Island |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Otsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Otsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Otsu (page does not exist)")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Takahiro Hasui](/wiki/Takahiro_Hasui "Takahiro Hasui") |
| Screenplay: | [Toko Machida](/wiki/Toko_Machida "Toko Machida") |
| Storyboard: | [Makoto Fuchigami](/wiki/index.php?title=Makoto_Fuchigami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Makoto Fuchigami (page does not exist)")   [Yosuke Hatta](/wiki/index.php?title=Yosuke_Hatta&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yosuke Hatta (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Masao Kawase](/wiki/index.php?title=Masao_Kawase&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masao Kawase (page does not exist)") |
| Animation director: | [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda") (chief)   [Masaru Oshiro](/wiki/index.php?title=Masaru_Oshiro&action=edit&redlink=1 "Masaru Oshiro (page does not exist)")   [Shosuke Ishibashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shosuke_Ishibashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shosuke Ishibashi (page does not exist)") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Go Inoue](/wiki/Go_Inoue "Go Inoue") as [Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")   [Junichi Suwabe](/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe "Junichi Suwabe") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Kana Ichinose](/wiki/Kana_Ichinose "Kana Ichinose") as [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Manaka Iwami](/wiki/Manaka_Iwami "Manaka Iwami") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Isshin Chiba](/wiki/Isshin_Chiba "Isshin Chiba") as [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Kosuke Echigoya](/wiki/Kosuke_Echigoya "Kosuke Echigoya") as [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [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")   [Yoshimasa Hosoya](/wiki/Yoshimasa_Hosoya "Yoshimasa Hosoya") as [Takeshi Onimaru](/wiki/Takeshi_Onimaru "Takeshi Onimaru")   [Shuhei Sakaguchi](/wiki/Shuhei_Sakaguchi "Shuhei Sakaguchi") as [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Yoshimitsu Shimoyama](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoshimitsu_Shimoyama&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoshimitsu Shimoyama (page does not exist)") as [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo")   [Azumi Waki](/wiki/index.php?title=Azumi_Waki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Azumi Waki (page does not exist)") as [Otsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Otsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Otsu (page does not exist)")   [Hiroki Tochi](/wiki/Hiroki_Tochi "Hiroki Tochi") as Narrator   [Genta Nakamura](/wiki/index.php?title=Genta_Nakamura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Genta Nakamura (page does not exist)") as Samurai   [Takaaki Torashima](/wiki/index.php?title=Takaaki_Torashima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takaaki Torashima (page does not exist)") as Samurai   [Shinya Takahashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinya_Takahashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinya Takahashi (page does not exist)") as Samurai   [Yuki Ominami](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuki_Ominami&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuki Ominami (page does not exist)") as Resident | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [BLADE](/wiki/BLADE "BLADE") |
| Closing song: | [pineapple tart](/wiki/Pineapple_tart "Pineapple tart") |
***The Duel at Ganryu Island*** (巌流島の戦い ,*Ganryūjima no Tatakai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 8th episode of the *[Yaiba: Samurai Legend](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend "Yaiba: Samurai Legend")* anime.
[Musashi](/wiki/Musashi "Musashi") and [Kojiro](/wiki/Kojiro "Kojiro")'s duel must proceed as recorded so [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") can return to his original time, but Yaiba's careless comment threatens to change history.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Location](#Location)
+ [2.1 Setting](#Setting)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [6 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [6.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [6.2 References](#References)
* [7 See also](#See_also)