''Musashi, the Samurai Lord'', known in Japanese as , is an anime series by
Studio Pierrot. The 50-episode series aired on
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as (NTV) or Nippon TV, is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned and operated by the , a sub ...
from October 1990 to September 1991.
The series stars, Musashi, a "gimmick
robot
A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...
". In the country of Zipangu every person has a gimmick robot. Musashi battles and meets his rival, Kojiro (a reference to the historical battle between
Miyamoto Musashi
, was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels. Miyamoto is considered a ''Kensei (honorary title), kensei'' (swo ...
and
Sasaki Kojirō).
Two
video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...
s were released based on the anime.
Characters
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
See also
*
*
Miyamoto Musashi in fiction
References
External links
*
''Karakuri Kengō Den Musashi Lord'' (video game)at
Giant Bomb
''Giant Bomb'' is an American video game website and wiki that includes personality-driven gaming videos, commentary, news and reviews, created by former ''GameSpot'' editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis. The website was voted by ''Time (maga ...
''Musashi, the Samurai Lord''at
Studio Pierrot
1990 anime television series debuts
1991 video games
Game Boy games
Japan-exclusive video games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Nippon Television original programming
Pierrot (company)
Tose (company) games
Video games based on anime and manga
Video games developed in Japan
Video games set in Japan
Yutaka games
Mecha anime and manga
Video games about mecha
{{Anime-television-series-stub