Shin Samurai-den YAIBA
Shin Samurai-den YAIBA

Shin Samurai-den YAIBA

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)

Rankings

  • #75 highest rated of 2025

  • #18 highest rated of SPRING 2025

  • #29 most popular of SPRING 2025

Data

  • Format

    TV

  • Episodes

    24

  • Episode Duration

    24 minutes

  • Status

    FINISHED

  • Start Date

    Mon May 05 2025

  • End Date

    Mon Oct 27 2025

  • Season

    SPRING 2025

  • Average Score

    70%

  • Mean Score

    71%

  • Popularity

    22318

  • Favourites

    297

  • Studios

    WIT STUDIO

    WIT STUDIO

  • Producers

    Shogakukan

    Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

    Yomiuri TV

    Aniplex

  • Source

    MANGA

  • Genres

    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

  • Romaji

    Shin Samurai-den YAIBA

  • English

    YAIBA: Samurai Legend

  • Native

    真･侍伝 YAIBA

  • Synonyms

    True Samurai Legend Yaiba

Tags

  • Samurai

    100%

  • Swordplay

    100%

  • Shounen

    97%

  • Male Protagonist

    80%

  • Super Power

    79%

  • Demons

    79%

  • Anthropomorphism

    79%

  • Animals

    60%

  • Shapeshifting

    60%

  • Time Manipulation

    20%

  • Achromatic

    20%

  • Youkai

    20%

External & Streaming links

Relations

Characters

1 / 500

Staff

1 / 500
  • Steve Staley

    Steve Staley

    ADR Director (English)

  • Gosho Aoyama

    Gosho Aoyama

    Original Creator

  • Gosho Aoyama

    Gosho Aoyama

    Script Supervisor

  • Yuusuke Takeda

    Yuusuke Takeda

    Art Director

  • Hiro Kaburagi

    Hiro Kaburagi

    Storyboard (ep 21)

  • Hironori Tanaka

    Hironori Tanaka

    Key Animation (ep 19)

  • Kenichi Umemoto

    Kenichi Umemoto

    Key Animation (eps 18, 21)

  • Rei Nakahara

    Rei Nakahara

    Assistant Episode Director (eps 15, 20)

  • Rei Nakahara

    Rei Nakahara

    Episode Director (ep 19)

  • Touko Machida

    Touko Machida

    Series Composition

Status Distribution

  • CURRENT

    4911 Users

  • PLANNING

    8892 Users

  • COMPLETED

    4601 Users

  • DROPPED

    2371 Users

  • PAUSED

    1543 Users

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