Summer 2014 kids anime feature film Spo-chan Taiketsu: Youkai Daikessen landed in theaters back in August from producer Wao World and now the home video release has been scheduled. The film was directed by Hiroshi Kubo based on a screenplay by Yoh Suzuhiro and character designs by Kazuo Takigawa, Mamiko Mizutani and Toshiko Sasaki. It stars Ayahi Takagaki as Jin Kenzaki, Mutsumi Tamura as Kyōji Saeba and Yui Horie as Maya.
The film is getting a DVD only release on March 4th, 2015 priced at 4,104 yen. The release does have some extras as there will be the theatrical announcement, a digest version of the 2014 world championship match and an interview with the International Sports Chanbara Association president.
Plot concept: Humans lived together with spirit yōkai in ancient times. But because demon yōkai decided to control humans, the two kinds of yōkai fought in a violent dispute. At that time, a swordsman appeared who taught both sides a way to battle without killing each other. From then on, until the day when the winning side removes a seal from the losing side, they possess a great power in the human world. And now the bamboo flowers are in full bloom, so the day to remove the seal has come.
Now the power lies with the winning demon yōkai who proclaim they will maintain eternal control over humans in the next battle. But victory or defeat lies with the supreme commander who must be a human child this time. The head of the spirit yōkai Nurarihyon forsees that and commands that Maya search for an appropriate human child to be the supreme commander.
[Source: Spo-chan Taiketsu: Youkai Daikessen]
