Editing Shogun Assassin (section)

==Release==
''Shogun Assassin'' was released theatrically in the United States 11 November 1980 by [[Roger Corman]]'s [[New World Pictures]] to the [[grindhouse]] movie circuit in the United States,{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=282}} and then later as a video cassette from [[MCA/Universal]] Home Video. When released in the United Kingdom by the [[Vipco]] video tape label in 1983, ''Shogun Assassin's'' extreme violence almost caused it to be banned in the UK by the [[Home Office]]. Vipco played this for publicity in the cover art of their 2000 release on DVD, which was stamped "Banned since 1983!" The poster and title treatment was created by artist [[Jim Evans (artist)|Jim Evans]]. Jim’s son Gibran Evans voiced the narrative as Daigorō. In 2006 it was restored and re-released on DVD in the United States by [[AnimEigo]],{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=282}} and again in 2016 by [[The Criterion Collection|Criterion]] for [[Blu-ray|Blu-Ray]].