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The opening song of the series will be performed by BLUE ENCOUNT.
The popular manga series Yaiba, by Detective Conan creator Gosho Aoyama is getting a reboot anime series! The original series came out back in 1993 and ended in 1994. Adapted by Wit Studio, the new anime is titled Yaiba: Samurai Legend. In a recent post, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the anime revealed additional cast and staff, as well as a new opening theme song. The anime is set to air on 5, April 2025.
Yaiba: Samurai Legend cast and staff details
The long cast list of the upcoming anime has been revealed. It includes:
- Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane (Yaiba in the original series)
- Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenjuro Kurogane
- Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto
- Isshin Chiba as Kagetora
- Kosuke Echigoya as Shonosuke
- Atsushi Miyauchi as Raizo Mine
- Rina Sato as Shizuka Mine
- Kimiko Saito as Fuji Mine
- Takeharu Onishi as Gerozaemon Geroda
- Shuhei Sakaguchi as Mr. Spider
- Kana Ichinose as Mr. Sea Cucumber
- Go Inoue as Kojiro Sasaki
Produced by Wit Studio, the Yaiba: Samurai Legend anime is being directed by Takahiro Hasui. Touko Machida is writing the scripts while Yoshimichi Kameda is the chief animation director and character designer. Maiko Okada is the animation producer, while Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa are composing the music for the series. BLUE ENCOUNT is performing the opening theme song BLADE.
Yaiba: Samurai Legend story and other details
The plot of Gosho Aoyama’s original manga series revolves around Yaiba Kurogane, a young boy who lives in the forest. He is an incredible Samurai, but doesn’t know much else. One day, he and his father are transported to the city accidentally. Yaiba discovers that he’s actually a legendary warrior destined to fight Takeshi Onimaru, a demonic high school student. Yaiba and his friends take on an adventurous journey together to make sure he becomes the best swordsman.
The manga serialised in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine from 1988 to 1993. The first anime adaptation was pretty popular and had a total of 52 episodes, which aired from April 1993 to April 1994. The new anime will probably bring more interested viewers to the classic series.