Samurai Spirits 2: Asura-Zanmaden is a straight-to-laserdisc two episode OVA series first released on December 24, 1999. It is directed by Kazuhiro Sasaki and character designs were done by Aoi Nanase, a long time fan of SNK. Unlike most game-based anime, the voices were supplied by the same actors as in the game. It is relatively obscure, never having been released in the U.S., and the prospect of licensing is dim at best, as it offers no introduction to any of the characters, assuming (not unreasonably) that anyone watching it is likely to be familiar with the series and its cast already. It serves as a preface to the events of Samurai Shodown 64-2.
A novelization of this OVA was also published by Enix. It was written by Takashi Umemura.
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