Yaiba: Samurai Legend, an upcoming TV anime based on the manga by Gosho Aoyama (Case Closed), has revealed a new teaser trailer (below) as well as two additional cast members. The series will broadcast in Japan on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV beginning in April 2025.
The new cast members include:
Kenjuro Kurogane voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (Ashikaga Takauji in The Elusive Samurai)
Kenjuro Kurogane and Katsuyuki Konishi
Musashi Miyamoto voiced by Junichi Suwabe (Sian Lablac in Bye Bye, Earth)
Musashi Miyamoto and Junichi Suwabe
Shogakukan serialized the original Yaiba manga from 1988 – 1993 in their Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, and the series was also previously adapted into a TV anime which broadcast in Japan from April 1993 – April 1994. Takahiro Hasui directs Yaiba: Samurai Legend at WIT Studio. Toko Machida provides the series composition, Yoshimichi Kameda provides the character designs and chief animation direction, and Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa provide the music.
Yaiba: Samurai Legend teaser art
The official website describes Yaiba: Samurai Legend:
Yaiba Kurogane has spent his days training in the jungle in order to attain his goal of becoming a real samurai.
By a twist of fate, he returns to Japan and starts living with the Mine family, who are connected to his father, Kenjuro.
Yaiba constantly baffles the Mines’ daughter Sayaka as she witnesses his wild and reckless ways.
One day, Yaiba tags along with Sayaka to school and has a fateful encounter with Takeshi Onimaru, a kendo expert.
Yaiba and Onimaru repeatedly clash, and as if in response to their search for strength, two ancient powers are unleashed: the Fujinken, the Wind God’s Sword, and the Raijinken, the Thunder God’s Sword.
Both supernatural blades that have jolted the world since ancient days have reawakened…and the truth behind them is revealed!
Source: Official Yaiba: Samurai Legend home page
