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Yaiba

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Yaiba: Samurai Legend (Yaiba for short) is a manga series illustrated and written by Gosho Aoyama (author of Kaito Kid and Detective Conan/Case Closed), it was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1988 until 1993.[1][2]

it received it's first anime adaptation in April of 1993 and it ended in April of 1994.[3] in 2025, it received another anime adaptation that was done by Studio WIT and it is still airing to this day.[4]

it's 1993 adaptation is one of the first Gosho Aoyama works to be properly adapted into a TV anime.

International releases

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the manga has been released in the United States by the American publishing company, Viz Media for online reading (with a physical version that came out on July 7 2025).[5][6] and in Germany it was released by Egmont Manga.[7]

references

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  1. ↑ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  2. ↑ "メディア芸術データベース". mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  3. ↑ "剣勇伝説YAIBA". mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  4. ↑ Inc., Natasha. "「YAIBA」新作アニメ、刃役は高山みなみ！鬼丸役に細谷佳正、制作はWIT STUDIO（コメントあり / 動画あり）". コミックナタリー (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2025-06-12. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "VIZ | Read Yaiba: Samurai Legend Manga - Explore VIZ Manga's Massive Library". www.viz.com. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Viz Media Licenses Gōshō Aoyama's Yaiba: Samurai Legend Manga, Manga's Upcoming New TV Anime". Anime News Network. 2025-06-12. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
  7. ↑ Aoyama, Gosho (2025-05-10). Yaiba 19 (in German). Egmont. ISBN 978-3-98788-385-9.
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