The Elusive Samurai
逃げ上手の若君
Nige Jouzu no Wakagimi
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 12 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Summer 2024
- Studio
- CloverWorks
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 6 Jul 2024
- Ended
- 28 Sep 2024
- Score
- 77/100
Action Adventure Supernatural Historical War Samurai Swordplay Male Protagonist Tragedy Fugitive Primarily Child Cast
In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government comes crumbling down. A trusted vassal, Ashikaga Takauji, betrays the shogunate and organizes a rebellion. Houjou Tokiyuki, the rightful heir, escapes the massacre with a Shinto priest named Suwa Yorishige to Kamakura. On the run and fighting to stay alive, Tokiyuki sets in motion his plan to reclaim his birthright. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Where to watch
Opening and ending songs
- Opening Plan A DISH// (episodes 1-12) Watch ↗
- Ending Kamakura STYLE Botchi Boromaru (episodes 1-12) Watch ↗
Song data from AnimeThemes.
Source material
The Elusive Samurai ↗ · 逃げ上手の若君
Manga · Finished · 27 volumes · 239 chapters · 2021–2026
Read it officially: Official English release ↗ BookWalker ↗ Amazon ↗
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Yūta Yamazaki
- Original creator
- Yūsei Matsui
- Series Composition
- Yoriko Tomita
- Script
- Rino Yamasaki, Yoriko Tomita, Dai Hazeyama
- Character Design
- Yasushi Nishiya
- Music
- Akiyuki Tateyama, GEMBI
- Art Director
- Ayumi Kojima
- Sound Director
- Akiko Fujita
- Chief Animation Director
- Yasushi Nishiya
Japanese voice cast
- Takauji Ashikaga: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Hoshina Yasaburō: Tetsu Inada
- Suwa Yorishige: Yūichi Nakamura
- Ogasawara Sadamune: Yutaka Aoyama
- Kiyohara Shinano-no-kami: Anri Katsu
- Kazama Genba: Aoi Yūki
- Ichikawa Sukefusa: Takahiro Yamamoto
- Kojirō Nezu: Mari Hino
Home video releases
- 26 Aug 2025 The Elusive Samurai - Complete Blu-ray Box (Blu-ray)
Latest news
- 3 May 2026 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, April 20-26
- 29 Aug 2025 North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 24-30
- 6 Oct 2024 The Elusive Samurai Anime Gets 2nd Season
- 4 Aug 2024 Crunchyroll Reveals The Elusive Samurai Anime's English Dub Cast
- 27 Jul 2024 Crunchyroll Streams New Indian Language Dubs of Wistoria, VTuber Legend, The Elusive Samurai, 6 More Anime
Episode titles (12)
- 1. May 22nd
- 2. The Gentle Uncle
- 3. A Forest Inhabited by a God
- 4. Sadamune Appears!
- 5. Settling the Score! A Dog-Shooting Competition and then...
- 6. Steal the Imperial Command from Ogasawara's Residence at Night
- 7. Children in Winter
- 8. A War of Hide and Seek
- 9. History
- 10. A Perverted Kid and Disturbances of Holy Power
- 11. Samurais Who Are Eager to Die and an Elusive Samurai
- 12. Hang in There, Tokiyuki, Until the Day You Retake Kamakura
Anime News Network readers rate it 7.28/10 (103 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Tokiyuki Houjou
北条時行
Voiced by Asaki Yuikawa
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Yorishige Suwa
諏訪頼重
Voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura
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Shizuku
雫
Voiced by Hinaki Yano
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Takauji Ashikaga
足利高氏
Voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
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Kojirou Nezu
袮津孤次郎
Voiced by Mari Hino
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Ayako Mochizuki
望月亜也子
Voiced by Sayumi Suzushiro
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- Related: KAMAKURA STYLE ↗
- Sequel: The Elusive Samurai Season 2
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.