The Unexpected Bat Guy

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| ‹  [Onsen Fun](/wiki/Onsen_Fun "Onsen Fun") | [**List of Episodes**](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend#Episodes "Yaiba: Samurai Legend") | [Kojiro Resurrected](/wiki/Kojiro_Resurrected "Kojiro Resurrected")  › |
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| **Episode 6** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Unexpected Bat Guy |
| Japanese Title: | いきなりバットガイ   (Ikinari Batto Gai) |
| Original airdate: | May 10, 2025 |
| Broadcast rating: | 2.7% |
| Season: | 1 |
| Manga source: | [Volume 4: Chapters 1-5, 8 (030-034, 037)](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_4 "Yaiba Volume 4") |
| **English version** | |
| English Title: | The Unexpected Mr. Bat |
| **Story** | |
| Cast: | [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [Kagetora](/wiki/Kagetora "Kagetora")   [Shonosuke](/wiki/Shonosuke "Shonosuke")   [Gerozaemon Geroda](/wiki/Gerozaemon_Geroda "Gerozaemon Geroda")   [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Namekuji-Otoko](/wiki/Namekuji-Otoko "Namekuji-Otoko")   [Komori-Otoko](/wiki/Komori-Otoko "Komori-Otoko")   [Ana Shioji](/wiki/Ana_Shioji "Ana Shioji") |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Takahiro Hasui](/wiki/Takahiro_Hasui "Takahiro Hasui") |
| Screenplay: | [Tomomi Kawaguchi](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomomi_Kawaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomomi Kawaguchi (page does not exist)") |
| Storyboard: | [Yuji Tokuno](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuji_Tokuno&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuji Tokuno (page does not exist)") |
| Episode director: | [Yuji Tokuno](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuji_Tokuno&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuji Tokuno (page does not exist)") |
| Animation director: | [Yoshimichi Kameda](/wiki/Yoshimichi_Kameda "Yoshimichi Kameda") (chief)   [Takeshi Maenami](/wiki/Takeshi_Maenami "Takeshi Maenami") |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")   [Manaka Iwami](/wiki/Manaka_Iwami "Manaka Iwami") as [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")   [Junichi Suwabe](/wiki/Junichi_Suwabe "Junichi Suwabe") as [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")   [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")   [Kana Ichinose](/wiki/Kana_Ichinose "Kana Ichinose") as [Namako-Otoko](/wiki/Namako-Otoko "Namako-Otoko")   [Shinya Takahashi](/wiki/index.php?title=Shinya_Takahashi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shinya Takahashi (page does not exist)") as [Namekuji-Otoko](/wiki/Namekuji-Otoko "Namekuji-Otoko") (Katatsumuri-Otoko)   [Kazuyuki Okitsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Kazuyuki_Okitsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kazuyuki Okitsu (page does not exist)") as [Komori-Otoko](/wiki/Komori-Otoko "Komori-Otoko")   [Nodoka Hasegawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Nodoka_Hasegawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Nodoka Hasegawa (page does not exist)") as [Ana Shioji](/wiki/Ana_Shioji "Ana Shioji") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [BLADE](/wiki/BLADE "BLADE") |
| Closing song: | [pineapple tart](/wiki/Pineapple_tart "Pineapple tart") |
***The Unexpected Bat Guy*** (いきなりバットガイ ,*Ikinari Batto Guy*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")), known in English as ***The Unexpected Mr. Bat***, is the 6th episode of the *[Yaiba: Samurai Legend](/wiki/Yaiba:_Samurai_Legend "Yaiba: Samurai Legend")* anime.
In Nagoya, [Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba") and his group encounter the powerful [Komori-Otoko](/wiki/Komori-Otoko "Komori-Otoko"), who wants the Raijinken.
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
+ [1.1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Location](#Location)
+ [2.1 Setting](#Setting)
+ [2.2 Other](#Other)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [7 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [7.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [7.2 References](#References)
* [8 See also](#See_also)