Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (film)

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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
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Production company	Warner Bros. Premiere Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	Warner Home Video
Release date	April 7, 2009
Starring	Frank Welker Casey Kasem Mindy Cohn Grey DeLisle Kelly Hu Kevin Michael Richardson Gedde Watanabe Sab Shimono Keoni Young Brian Cox George Takei
Producer(s)	Joe Sichta
Music composed by	Thomas Chase Jones
Screenplay by	Joe Sichta
Director(s)	Christopher Berkeley
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword is an American animated martial arts horror-comedy direct-to-video film based on the What's New, Scooby-Doo? TV series in 2002. It was released by Warner Home Video through the Warner Premiere label on April 7, 2009. It was written and produced by Joe Sichta, and directed by Christopher Berkeley. The film is the thirteenth installment in the Scooby-Doo 2-D animated direct-to-video film series, and the seventh and final to be based on the aforementioned What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Mystery Inc. travels to Tokyo, Japan, where they have to stop the Black Samurai from conquering the world.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kenji	Gedde Watanabe
Mr. Takagawa	Sab Shimono
Ghost of the Black Samurai	Kevin Michael Richardson
Green Dragon	Brian Cox
Scooby-Doo	Frank Welker
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Velma Dinkley	Mindy Cohn
Shaggy Rogers	Casey Kasem
Daphne Blake	Grey DeLisle
Hachikō (statue)	N/A
Hachikō's master
Miyumi	Kelly Hu
Miss Mirimoto	Kelly Hu
Sojo	Kevin Michael Richardson
Kerry Kilpatrick	Frank Welker
Sapphire Sonja	Grey DeLisle
Mad Dog Hashimoto	Frank Welker
Black Samurai	Kevin Michael Richardson
Masamune	N/A
Tribe chief	Kevin Michael Richardson
Matsuhiro	Keoni Young
Old ronin	George Takei

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • Japan
    • Tokyo
      • Tokyo Museum of Cultural History (old)
      • Shibuya
        • Shibuya Station
      • Tokyo Museum of Cultural History (new)
      • Green Dragon Sushi
    • Mirimoto Academy
    • Remote Pacific island
      • Temple of 1000 Steps
    • Mount Fuji
      • Gate of Earth
      • Gate of Air
      • Gate of Fire
      • Gate of Water
      • Green Dragon's cave

Objects

• Scooby Snacks
• Tokyo Guide Book
• Destiny Scroll
• Robot ninjas
• Sword of Doom
• Sword of Fate
• EMP disruptor

Vehicles

• Train
• Automatic Hover Plane
• Kenji's motorbike

Music

The music was composed by Thomas Chase Jones.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: April 7, 2009 on DVD

Behind the scenes

• It is the last direct-to-video film to feature the art style carried from What's New, Scooby-Doo? The next film, Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, would use character designs reminiscent of the original.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 7, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword on DVD.
  • March 12, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • May 25, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword on DVD.
  • June 27, 2016: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! 3-DVD Sports Edition on DVD.

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