Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword is a 2009 direct-to-DVD animated comedy mystery martial arts film, as well as the thirteenth entry in a series of direct-to-video animated films based upon the "Scooby-Doo" Saturday morning cartoon franchise. In the United States, the DVD sold 163,890 units in its first week and as of January 2014, it has sold approximately 524,725 units. This is the last direct-to-video Scooby-Doo film to use the bright animation style keen to the "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" TV series. It was also the last "Scooby-Doo" production featuring Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers before
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! version." However, he denied it as "a campy or meta version" of "Scooby-Doo". This marks the first "Scooby-Doo" television series not to feature Casey Kasem in any capacity; Kasem, who voiced Shaggy from 1969 to 2009, retired from voice acting due to declining health during the production of "Mystery Incorporated" and died on June 15, 2014. Kasem's death leaves Frank Welker as the only remaining original cast member still with the franchise. It is also the first series since "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" where Velma is voiced by an actress other than Mindy Cohn. "Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!" made its global