With the blessing of a video capture card, I have finally be able to make this section for the first anime movie I have ever purchased: Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture. All of the pictures here are all original captures, so please, don't steal these pics. If you feel compelled to use any of these pictures on your site, at least give me credit for them. Enjoy what I have put together of Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture. (dubbed in english by A.D. Vision)

Samurai Shodown stared as a popular fighting game by SNK and was released on the Neo Geo. I found out about this opus in the arcades, and I pegged many quarters trying to fight the characters in the game. The ones I use more frequently are Haohmaru, Tachibana Ukyo, and even Senrio Kyoshiro. Anways... onto the pics and stuff...

This guy is called Haohmaru, one of the seven Holy Warriors. Along with 5 of the Holy Warrrior, he was reborn 100 years after their defeat to the traitor Shiroh Tokisada Amakusa. Being reborn, he had no memories of his past life. His past caught up with him when his village was burned and his adoptive mother slain. Wanting revenge, he goes on a one-man mission to kill Amukusa. After winning a fight in his mind with the help of Charolette, he gains enough strength to fight Amakusa with the help of 6 of the Holy Warriors. His holy sword is the Fugu Blade.
This little girl is Nakoruru, of the Ainu Clan. She is another of the seven Holy Warriors. Often with her eagle companion, Mamahaha, she fights fights her adversaries with her blade, "Nature's Wrath"
Galford, another of the Holy Warriors, hails from San Francisco. Always with his canine companion, Poppy, he fights with the "Blade of Justice".
Tam Tam is from Green Hell, South America. Also a Holy Warrior, this man fights with an enchanted blade, called the "Hengei-Hangei-Zangei".
Charolette, another of the Holy Warriors, is from France. She was the one who rescued Haohmaru from Amakusa's mind trap. Charolette's weapon is a Laroche.
Wan-Fu is a Holy Warrior who hails from China. Like all of the of the Holy Warrriors, he weilds an enchanted blade. His weapon is the Sword of the Emporer.
Yagyu Jubei is a retainer for the Tokugawa Shogun. Finding out that the Tokugawa Shogun was just a shell for Amakusa, he decides with his companions, Hatttori Hanzo & Senrio Kyoshiro, that he could not follow Amakusa. Armed with the Tokugawa Defender and the Iron Tiger Sabre, he rebels against Amakusa and her armies.
Senrio Kyoshiro is a famous kabuki dancer. Under his guise, he planed to rebel against Amakusa with the help of Yagyu Jubei & Hattori Hanzo. Kyoshiro's weapon is a kabuki slasher.
Hattori Hanzo is a mysterious ninja from the shadows. Not much is known about him, or his weapon.
Earthquake is a huge, hulking monster from Texas. In the movie, he is an agent for Amakusa, and he was the one who led Amakusa's armies to destroy Haohmaru's village. Earthquake's weapon of choice is a chain sickle.
Shiranui Genan is another of Amakusa's agents. He hails from the Pacific. Genan fights with a razor-sharp iron claw which he calls "Azami". Azami is the name of his wife.

 Shiroh Tokisada Amakusa is the 7th Holy Warrior, and a traitor to the Holy Warriors as well. When she fight for the oppressed, in the battle of Shimbara, she was attacked and killed by one of her own generals. Wanting revenge, she abandoned her holy vows and became a servant for the evil god, Ankokushin Ambrosia.

After she sold her soul to Ambrosia, she defeated the armies of Shimbara with her new powers and killed the six Holy Warriors. 100 years later, she and her armies ravaged the land.

After Haohmaru recovered his memories of his past life, the six Holy Warriors faced Amakusa and defeated her. Afterwards, Ambrosia appeared and attacked the Holy Warriors. With Amakusa's holy sword, Haohmaru single-handedly sealed Ambrosia away from the world.

In the Samurai Shodown game, her weapon is the Gadama Jewel. Another interesting fact about Amakusa is that her gender is always in question. To my knowledge, no one is exactly sure if Amakusa is either male or female.

This woman is Haohmaru's adoptive mother. Her actual name is unknown. She asked her son, Haohmaru to catch a bear for a neighboring villiage. While Haohmaru was away, Earthquake's armies attacked and burned the villiage. At the fight, a single arrow struck her back, and she died in Haohmaru's arms. Her last words to Haohmaru were, "I know one thing. You have a greater purpose, something you were born to do. Seek out, and find your destiny. My spirit will be with you always. Don't worry."
This is a special one. This is a picture of Tachibana Ukyo, the only character that was omitted in the anime. Why he was taken out is beyond me. This was not of the fault of A.D. Vision. This and many sequences of animation was taken out in the final cut and the missing parts were used in the actual ending. All of the animation sequences used in the ending of the anime were scenes taken out by the ones who made the anime in Japan.
Samurai Shodown, the characters, and their likenesses all belong to A.D. Vision, SNK, and other companies that own the rights. All of this is meant to be a tribute, not to infringe on copywrites. Please don't sue me, okay?
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