The Kappa Walks Among Us

The Kappa Walks Among Us (Japanese: カッパは私たちの間で歩く Kappa wa watashitachi no ma de aruku) is the third episode of the first season of Scooby-Doo: The Next Mystery.

Summary
While the gang are staying at a hot springs resort, Nigamora and Scrappy gets kidnapped by a turtle-like creature called the Kappa and taken to his lair. Scooby-Doo and the gang must rescue them as soon as possible. Meanwhile two actual Kappas fight to prevent their territory from being developed by landlords

Japanese Cast

 * Naomi Kusumi as Scooby-Doo
 * Toshiharu Sakurai as Shaggy Rogers
 * TBA as Moshu
 * TBA as Shimagura
 * TBA as Mishi
 * Naoki Tatsuta as Scrappy-Doo
 * TBA as Nigamora
 * TBA as Toshi
 * TBA as Mishi's Mom
 * TBA as Mishi's Dad

English Cast

 * Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Real Kappas
 * Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
 * Benjamin Diskin as Moshu
 * Gwendoline Yeo as Shimagura
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Mishi
 * Scott Innes as Scrappy-Doo
 * Kari Wahlgren as Nigamora
 * Kyle Hebert as Toshi
 * Grey DeLisle as Yumi
 * Wendee Lee as Mishi's Mom
 * Daran Norris as Mishi's Dad

Villains

 * Kappa/Yumi

Locations

 * Jozankei-onsen Hot Springs Resort
 * River
 * Kappa's Cave

Notes/Trivia

 * The Kappa resembles Slash and Tokka from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
 * In Japanese mythology the Kappa was said to the size of a child, but the Kappa in this episode was eight feet tall.
 * The real Kappas resemble a type of prehistoric Turtle called called Odontochelys noted for it's lack of a shell.