Jigoku no Banken

Jigoku no Banken (地獄の番犬, lit. Hell Guard Dog) is a large dog resides in the jigoku.
==Appearance==
In the manga, the Honō no Ha wo Motsu Inu (炎の歯を持つ犬, lit. "Dog with flame teeth") appeared in the Kitarō no Jigoku Meguri. Only a head of the dog, which is slightly thinner than in the third anime, could be seen.
==Personality==
==History==
===Manga===
Dog with flame fangs very briefly appeared in the Kitarō no Jigoku Meguri along with dragon-like serpents and birds of hell, one of them is similar to a Bake-Garasu. The dog was seen breathing fire and biting the deads with its fiery fangs.
===1985 Anime===
It appeared in episode #39 Datsue-Babaa of Sanzu River as a trump card of Datsui-Babaa. It was controlled by Datsui-Babaa and attacked and tried to devour the Kitarō Family and others. As Kitarō knew that they won't survive against it, Medama-Oyaji asked Sunakake-Babaa to call a help to Enma-Daiō. But the dog was too agile to pass, and Neko-Musume went instead. Then an oni saved Neko-Musume at peril and gave her a needle and advised her to break Datsui-Babaa's temari handball named Banyū Jizai-Dama which she stole from Enma-Daiō. Seeing off Neko-Musume, the oni instead went to Enma-Daiō. Neko-Musume then managed to break the handball, making the antagonist powerless and the dog to flee. Then Enma-Daiō appeared and reincarnated Datsui-Babaa into the human world as a punishment.
==Powers and Abilities==
It is a powerful being that Kitarō instantly knew that he can't win against it. Datsui-Babaa can control it with Enma-Daiō's Banyū Jizai-Dama (万有自在玉, lit. "All thing controllable freely ball") and her song.
Fire breath: In the manga and the third anime, Jigoku no Banken breathed flames which was purple and yellow colored flames in the anime.
Flame fangs: In the manga, the Dog with flame fangs are said to have flame fangs.
Fangs: In the third anime, Jigoku no Banken was able to shatter Konaki-Jijii in stone mode with a single bite.
Fighting capability: Sunakake-Babaa's hair machine-gun had little or no effect on it. It can dodge and grab Kitarō's Yōkai Ocarina's whip and throws Kitarō instead, and Kitarō's Chanchanko can't hold the dog for long.
==Trivia==
*Hell Dog appeared in the third anime has also been called "Cerberus",第３９話　三途の川のだつえばばあ but the actual Cerberus, one appeared in Series 5 Episode 99, resides within the western hell and is drastically different in the appearance.
==References==
==Navigation==
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