The official website for the new upcoming YAIBA anime, titled Shin Samurai-den YAIBA, have confirmed that it will air in April 2025. They’ve also released a new trailer and revealed two new cast members. Katsuyuki Konishi will play Kenjūrō Kurogane and Junichi Suwabe will play Musashi Miyamoto. Check out the new trailer below:
The staff and cast of the anime includes the following:
Staff
- Director: Takahiro Hasui
- Studio: Wit Studio
- Series Scripts: Touko Machida
- Chief Designer and Animation Director: Yoshimichi Kameda
- Sub-Character Designer and Main Animator: Takeshi Maenami
- Composers: Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa
- Animation Producer: Maiko Okada
- Special Effects Director: Hirofumi Masuda
- Art Director: Yusuke Takeda
- Art Designer: Kazushi Fujii
- Color Designer: Satoshi Hashimoto
- 3DCG Director: Yukinori Nakamura
- Director of Photography: Toru Fukushi
- Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Sound Director: Haru Yamada
- Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Cast
- Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane
- Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru
The official website’s introduction section describes the story of Yaiba:
Lastly, Viz Media will release the next YAIBA anime in April 2025. They will likely confirm more details about the series in the coming months.
