The previously announced new anime adaptation of Case Closed author Gosho Aoyama’s Yaiba manga today released a brand-new visual and a teaser trailer, spotlighting the remake’s new but also familiar main cast and sharp animation from a star-studded production staff lineup.
A release date for the now-titled Shin Samurai-den Yaiba (“True Samurai Legend Yaiba”) series was not announced at the time of writing.
Teaser Visual
The anime’s main cast is as follows:
Yaiba Kurogane voiced by Minami Takayama (original voice actress)
Sayaka Mine voiced by Manaka Iwami (Akane in Oshi no Ko)
Takeshi Onimaru voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya (Reiner in Attack on Titan)
Yaiba Kurogane
Sayaka Mine
Takeshi Onimaru
Based on the Gosho Aoyama manga that ran from 1988 to 1993, Takahiro Hasui (Mob Psycho III) directs the Yaiba anime remake at WIT Studio, with series composition by Toko Machida (Kemono Michi: Rise Up), character designs and chief animation direction by Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100) and music by Yutaka Yamada (VINLAND SAGA) and Yoshiaki Dewa (Hell’s Paradise).
Additional staff members were also revealed:
Sub Character Designer/Main Animator: Takeshi Maenami
Special Effects Director: Hirofumi Masuda
Art Director: Yusuke Takeda
Art Designer: Kazushi Fujii
Color Designer: Satoshi Hashimoto
3DCG Director: Yukinori Nakamura
Director of Photography: Toru Fukushi
Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Haru Yamada
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
The official website’s introduction section describes the story of Yaiba:
The protagonist, Yaiba (Kurogane Yaiba), is a wild samurai boy who trains in the jungle with his father, Kenjuro! By chance, Yaiba returns to Japan, where he meets his rival Takeshi Onimaru, who has the same samurai spirit as Yaiba, in a new training ground.Yaiba is living a life of serious competition, but when Onimaru obtains the “Legendary Demon Sword”, he is on a journey full of spectacle and great adventure…!
Source: Comic Natalie
