YAIBA: Samurai Legend
真･侍伝 YAIBA
Shin Samurai-den YAIBA
Binge-ready
Finished airing — 24 episodes, ready to binge.
- Format
- TV
- Season
- Spring 2025
- Studio
- WIT STUDIO
- Based on
- Manga
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Started
- 5 Apr 2025
- Ended
- 27 Sep 2025
- Score
- 70/100
Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Samurai Swordplay Shounen Male Protagonist Super Power Demons Anthropomorphism Animals
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: Crunchyroll News)
Where to watch
Source material
YAIBA: Samurai Legend ↗ · YAIBA
Manga · Finished · 24 volumes · 255 chapters · 1988–1993
Read it officially: BookWalker ↗
Source: AniList and MangaDex (publication details only).
Credits, releases and news
Staff
- Director
- Takahiro Hasui
- Original creator
- Gōshō Aoyama
- Series Composition
- Tōko Machida
- Script
- Eiji Umehara, Tōko Machida, Tomomi Kawaguchi
- Character Design
- Yoshimichi Kameda
- Music
- Yoshiaki Dewa, Yutaka Yamada
- Art Director
- Yūsuke Takeda, Tomohiro Maruyama, Kōichirō Bizen
- Chief Animation Director
- Yoshimichi Kameda
Japanese voice cast
- Ryūjin: Akio Ōtsuka
- Kenjūrō Kurogane: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Yaiba Kurogane: Minami Takayama
- Kagetora: Isshin Chiba
- Fuji Mine: Kimiko Saitō
- Gerosaemon Gerota: Takeharu Ōnishi
- Shizuka Mine: Rina Satō
- Dr. Kanabō: Yoshimitsu Shimoyama
Home video releases
- 13 Oct 2026 Yaiba: Samurai Legend - Season 1 [Limited Edition] (Blu-ray)
Latest news
- 19 Sep 2026 Yaiba: Samurai Legend Anime's 2nd Season Debuts on January 9
- 4 Oct 2025 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 22-28
- 29 Sep 2025 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 15-21
- 27 Sep 2025 Yaiba: Samurai Legend Anime Gets 2nd Season Covering 'Kaguya Arc'
- 22 Sep 2025 Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 8-14
Episode titles (24)
- 1. Meeting Yaiba
- 2. Fujinken Reborn
- 3. Another Maken
- 4. Attack of the Eight Ogres
- 5. Onsen Fun
- 6. The Unexpected Mr. Bat
- 7. Kojiro Resurrected
- 8. The Duel at Ganryu Island
- 9. Dawn of the Lightning Slash
- 10. Onimaru's Devil Kings
- 11. Raijinken vs. Fujinken
- 12. Nadeshiko Yamato is Calling
- 13. Find the Dragon God Orb
- 14. The Rise of Ninja Kotaro!
- 15. Showdown! Magician vs. Yaiba
- 16. A Battle of Giants
- 17. The Man of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu
- 18. Crisis on Kawanakajima
- 19. Darkness Orb Escape Training
- 20. The Ruse of Monkey Basho
- 21. Mystery Atop Mount Fuji
- 22. Crossroads of the Soul
- 23. The Dragon God Orb Ressurected!
- 24. The Lunar Invaders
Anime News Network readers rate it 6.06/10 (17 votes).
Source: Anime News Network. Full details at Anime News Network.
Main characters
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Yaiba Kurogane
鉄刃
Voiced by Minami Takayama
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Sayaka Mine
峰さやか
Voiced by Manaka Iwami
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Takeshi Onimaru
鬼丸猛
Voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya
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Kagetora
カゲトラ
Voiced by Isshin Chiba
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Kenjuro Kurogane
鉄剣十郎
Voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi
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Shounosuke
庄之助
Voiced by Kousuke Echigoya
Related anime
- Alternative version: Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba ↗
- Alternative version: Kenyuu Densetsu YAIBA (Mikoukai Pilot) ↗
- Sequel: Shin Samurai-den YAIBA 2 ↗
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Airing data from AniList. Last updated 25 Oct 2026.