Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers, the sequel to the legendary Samurai Troopers anime series, comes to fans around the world with amazing sentai-esque action. Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers anime, including the weekly schedule and release dates for all episodes.
As the official sequel to Samurai Troopers, Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers sees the return of the evil spirit of Arago, Emperor of Doom. The story of the sequel begins when black clouds envelope the streets of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh echoes across the city. The Samurai Troopers of the new age must rise up to meet the threat that Arago poses.
Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers will release on Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers will run for two cours with at least 24 episodes this season with English subtitles.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers (subject to change):
- First Cour
- Episode 1 – January 6 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – January 13 – OUT NOW
- Episode 3 – January 20 – OUT NOW
- Episode 4 – January 27 – OUT NOW
- Episode 5 – February 3 – OUT NOW
- Episode 6 – February 10 – OUT NOW
- Episode 7 – February 17 – OUT NOW
- Episode 8 – February 24 – OUT NOW
- Episode 9 – March 3 – OUT NOW
- Episode 10 – March 10 – OUT NOW
- Episode 11 – March 17 – OUT NOW
- Episode 12 – March 24 – OUT NOW
- Second Cour
- Episode 13 – July 7 – OUT NOW
- Episode 14 – July 14 – OUT NOW
- Episode 15 – July 21 – OUT NOW
- Episode 16 – July 28
- Episode 17 – August 4
- Episode 18 – August 11
- Episode 19 – August 18
- Episode 20 – August 25
- Episode 21 – September 1
- Episode 22 – September 8
- Episode 23 – September 15
- Episode 24 – September 22
New episodes of Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 8:00 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 9:00 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 10:00 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 11:00 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 3:00 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Dannie May performs the new opening theme song “Bad Idenshi” (Bad Gene), and karanoah performs the new ending theme song “Bakemon.”
rock band blank paper performs the first opening theme song “YOAKE (Dawn),” and ONE OR EIGHT performs the first ending theme song “POWER.”
The Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers cast includes:
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Gai
- Kentarō Kumagai as Shion Ishida/Senkō no Shion
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Hōjō/Kōya no Yamato
- Junya Enoki as Kaito Uesugi/Sōkyū no Kaito
- Ayumu Murase as Musashi Hōjō/Suiren no Musashi
- Lynn as Mirei Aragaki
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Ramaga
- Takuya Satō as Sasuke
- Kōsuke Toriumi as Saizō
- Takuma Terashima as Kamanosuke
- Tomokazu Sugita as Seikai Nyūdō
- Kōhei Amasaki as Isa Nyūdō
- Kenichi Suzumura as Nezu
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Anayama
- Ryōta Takeuchi as Unno
- Daichi Endō as Kakei
- Toshiki Kumagai as Mochizuki
- Hirofumi Nojima as Toma Hashiba
- Ryōtarō Okiayu as Seiji Date
- Nozomu Sasaki as Shin Mouri
- Tomohiro Nishimura as Shu Layfang
- Tomoaki Maeno as Gomei
- Aya Endō as Shimei
- Hiroshi Shirokuma as Gaimei
- Maaya Sakamoto as Yashimanosagume
- Takehito Koyasu as Inmei
Yōichi Fujita, known for his work on Gintama, is directing the new anime at Sunrise. Shōgo Mutō is handling the series scripts. The character designers include Yūhei Murota, Hideo Okamoto, and Takuya Suzuki. Shūji Katayama is composing the music. Sunrise’s creative team, under the pen name Hajime Yatate, is credited with the original story.
Additional staff members include:
- Chief Animation Directors: Junko Yamanaka, Tomoko Tanaka
- Main Animator: Hiroyuki Nishimura
- Screen Design Director: Akira Saitoh
- Art Director: Osamu Tayama
- Color Key Artist: Miho Tanaka
- CG Directors: Masaomi Suzuki, Keisuke Takahashi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Rumi Ishiguro
- Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
- Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka
Where Can I Watch Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers?
Crunchyroll is streaming the Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers anime in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India. In Japan, the anime is airing on Tokyo MX and streaming on multiple services, including U-NEXT, Anime Hōdai, and d Anime Store.
What is Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers About?
Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers is the latest entry in the long-running franchise by Sunrise, which began with the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series in 1988-1989.
Here’s an overview of the new anime, via its official description on Crunchyroll:
Official sequel to hero action TV anime Samurai Troopers (1988-1989) – Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit’s return!
Cartoon Network released the original as Ronin Warriors in the United States, and Crunchyroll is streaming it on its streaming service. Bandai Namco Entertainment released the series on DVD initially. Later, Diskotek Media released the full series on DVD once again in 2015.
Lastly, Crunchyroll describes the full original Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series as follows:
Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit’s return!
