Shin Samuraiden Yaiba, the new anime adaptation of Gosho Aoyama‘s Yaiba manga, will begin airing in April 2025. A second teaser trailer and new cast info were also revealed.
The cast additions are Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenjuro Kurogane, the father of protagonist Yaiba, and Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto.
The Yaiba manga was serialized from 1988 to 1993 in Shonen Sunday and and was the winning title of the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award Children’s category. The titular character is a young samurai-in-training.
The manga, which has been picked up by Viz Media, previously inspired a Pastel-produced anime series that ran from 1993 to 1994. The new anime will have Aoyama’s full supervision.
Staff
• Director: Takahiro Hasui (Mob Psycho 100 III director)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100)
• Sub-character designer and main animator: Takeshi Maenami (Brave Bang Bravern mechanical designer)
• Special effects director: Hirofumi Masuda
• Background art director: Bamboo’s Yusuke Takeda (Komada – A Whisky Family)
• Color designer: Satoshi Hashimoto (Ranking of Kings)
• Compositing director: Toru Fukushi (The Imaginary)
• Music composer: Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga)
• Music composer: Yoshiaki Dewa (Hell’s Paradise)
• Animation producer: Maiko Okada (Ranking of Kings)
• Animation production: WIT Studio
Cast
• Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane
• Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru
Source: @YAIBA_PR
