Genpei Toumaden info needed

[Keranu]

There are two things I need to know about Genpei Toumaden:

1. ) Ninja Spirit linked to a video on YouTube that showed a live action show with Genpei Toumaden characters, unfortunately the video got removed because of some stupid violation. Are the games based off the show or is the show based off the games?

2. ) Can anyone list the actors in the show or at least just the main character that you control in the game? I can't find anything for this on IMDB or anything, so help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for any help.

[Digi.k]

all I know is the original game by namco appeared in 1986 in the arcades followed by a 99% perfect port onto the pc engine in 1990.

According to Wikipedia:

he leading character is a real Japanese samurai called Taira no Kagekiyo (平景清), he died during the Battle of Dan-no-ura. In Genpei ToumaDen, he was resurrected and fights Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源義経) and Saito Musashibo Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶) over the Imperial Regalia of Japan, as well as to defeat his enemy Minamoto no Yoritomo (源頼朝). (The characters mentioned above did exist in Japan.)

The game also involved "Sanzunokawa" (The Sanzu River; literally "Trifurcate Rivers") (三途川), a place mentioned Buddhism in Japan which was said to be separating "the current life" and "the afterlife", resembling the concept Underworld or Hell (The river is often identified with the River Styx in Greek Mythology). Therefore, some mythological characters like Emma-o (閻魔大王; litereally "Enma Dai-o"), god of the Underworld, and Sun Goddess Amaterasu (ja:天照大神) appear in the game.

The link is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genpei_ToumaDen

But I cant find info on that tv episode either and yea I saw that clip on youtube months ago.

[Ninja Spirit]

That live action video was just a promotional movie.

I don't know why they didn't continue the series after GT2/SG. It had so much potential for at least a Super Famicom sequel

[Keranu]

Ok thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it! I saw that wikipedia article earlier today before I made this thread, Digi.k; there is some really interesting stuff I learned from that link.

I don't know why they didn't continue the series after GT2/SG. It had so much potential for at least a Super Famicom sequel

According to the wikipedia article that Digi.k posted, they made somewhat of a sequel for PS2:

In the PS2 game Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, the roles were reversed, whereby Kagekiyo was one of the main villains, while Yoshitsune and Benkei were the main heroes. The game followed history more accurately; Yoshitsune was a true hero, historically.

Even more interesting, it says the main character from Genpei Toumaden and the main character from Yokai Douchuuki appeared as a tag team in Namco X Capcom:

Kagekiyo also appears in the crossover game Namco X Capcom, whereas he teams up with Tarosuke, the child hero of Yokai Douchuuki. In addition, Yoshitsune, Benkei and Yoritomo also appeared in NxC as bosses.

[sunteam_paul]

Aw it sucks they removed it. I should have recorded it off before they did.