Yaiba Episode 26

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| **Episode 26** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Darkness Orb is the Entrance to the Dark World |
| Japanese Title: | 闇の玉は暗黒世界への入り口   (Yami no tama wa ankoku sekai e no iriguchi) |
| Original airdate: | October 1, 1993 |
| Broadcast rating: | 12.3% |
| Manga source: | [Volume 10: Files 4, 6-8 (093, 095-097)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_10 "Yaiba Volume 10") |
| **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")   [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [Ishikawa Goemon](/wiki/index.php?title=Ishikawa_Goemon_(Yaiba)&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ishikawa Goemon (Yaiba) (page does not exist)")   [Kerokichi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerokichi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerokichi (page does not exist)")   [Kumo-Otoko](/wiki/Kumo-Otoko "Kumo-Otoko")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo")   [Kerosuke](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerosuke&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerosuke (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: | [Norihiko Sudo](/wiki/index.php?title=Norihiko_Sudo&action=edit&redlink=1 "Norihiko Sudo (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Kazuya Murata](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuya_Murata&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuya Murata (page does not exist)") |
| Animation director: | [Sayuri Ichiishi](/wiki/index.php?title=Sayuri_Ichiishi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Sayuri Ichiishi (page does not exist)")   [Moriyasu Taniguchi](/wiki/Moriyasu_Taniguchi "Moriyasu Taniguchi") |
| | 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")   [Takaya Hashi](/wiki/Takaya_Hashi "Takaya Hashi") as [Jubei Yagyu](/wiki/Jubei_Yagyu "Jubei Yagyu")   [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)")   [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Kerokichi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerokichi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerokichi (page does not exist)")   [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")   [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")   [Hisao Egawa](/wiki/Hisao_Egawa "Hisao Egawa") as [Professor Kanabo](/wiki/Professor_Kanabo "Professor Kanabo")   [Shigezo Sasaoka](/wiki/index.php?title=Shigezo_Sasaoka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shigezo Sasaoka (page does not exist)") as [Kerosuke](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerosuke&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerosuke (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") |
***The Darkness Orb is the Entrance to the Dark World*** (闇の玉は暗黒世界への入り口 ,*Yami no tama wa ankoku sekai e no iriguchi*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 26th episode of *[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba")* anime. It aired on October 1, 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_Darkness_Orb_is_the_Entrance_to_the_Dark_World&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Kerokichi](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerokichi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerokichi (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Kerokichi.jpg "File:Kerokichi.jpg") | * Lives inside the sphere of darkness * Humanoid kappa |
- | [Kerosuke](/wiki/index.php?title=Kerosuke&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kerosuke (page does not exist)") | |
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| [100px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Kerosuke.jpg "File:Kerosuke.jpg") | * Guardian of the waterfall * Giant kappa |