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Yaiba's journey to becoming a true samurai takes him from his home in the forest to a bustling city full of rivals, friends and ancient powers.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 70
IMDb6.8
Time to watch it all
9 h 36 min
24 episodes, about 24 min each
An episode a night: about 3 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
First aired
2025
April 5, 2025
Still running
Genres
Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
- TV-14United States
Yes: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
and 46 more50 people
- Minami TakayamaYaiba Kurogane (voice)24 episodes
- Manaka IwamiSayaka Mine (voice)24 episodes
- Isshin ChibaKagetora (voice)18 episodes
- Kosuke EchigoyaShonosuke (voice)18 episodes
Junichi SuwabeMusashi Miyamoto (voice)17 episodes
Yoshimasa HosoyaTakeshi Onimaru (voice)16 episodes
Shuhei SakaguchiMr. Spider (voice)13 episodes
Go InoueKojiro Sasaki (voice)12 episodes
Takeharu OonishiGerozaemon Geroda (voice)11 episodes
Shinya TakahashiMr. Slug (voice)11 episodes
Kana IchinoseMr. Sea Cucumber (voice)10 episodes- Kimiko SaitoFuji Mine (voice)7 episodes
Hana HishikawaKeiko Momoi (voice)7 episodes
Nodoka HasegawaShioji (voice)6 episodes
Yoshimitsu ShimoyamaDr. Kanabo (voice)6 episodes
Yuki OminamiClassmate (voice)5 episodes
Sayaka SenbongiNadeshiko Yamato (voice)5 episodes- Rina SatoShizuka Mine (voice)4 episodes
Manami HanawaClassmate (voice)4 episodes
Masato NiwaOrdinary Person (voice)4 episodes
Genta NakamuraMr. Starfish (voice)4 episodes- Katsuyuki KonishiKenjuro Kurogane (voice)3 episodes
- Atsushi MiyauchiRaizo Mine (voice)3 episodes
Hiroo SasakiMuto (voice)3 episodes
Directing · 11
- Hiroyuki Tanaka Director
- Makoto Fuchigami Director, Storyboard Artist
- Maho Ishikawa Director, Assistant Director
- Yoshitsugu Hosokawa Director, Key Animation
- Rei Nakahara Director
- Hitomi Ezoe Director
Writing · 2
- Eiji Umehara Writer
- Tomomi Kawaguchi Writer
Production · 11
- George Wada Executive Producer
- Atsuhiro Iwakami Executive Producer
- Nobumasa Sawabe Executive Producer
- Takuya Matsumoto Executive Producer
- Kunihito Takazawa Executive Producer
- Goshi Yoshida Producer
Camera · 1
- Toru Fukushi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Kiyoshi Hirose Editor
Sound · 5
- Yutaka Yamada Original Music Composer
- Yoshiaki Dewa Original Music Composer
- Haru Yamada Sound Mixer, Sound Director
- Eiko Morikawa Sound Effects
- Haruka Matsushita Sound Recordist
Art · 6
- Yousuke Hatta Storyboard Artist, Director
- Yusuke Takeda Art Direction
- Atsushi Takahashi Storyboard Artist
- Masahiko Komino Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- Hiroaki Shimura Storyboard Artist
- Jun Shinohara Storyboard Artist
Visual Effects · 4
- Hirofumi Masuda Special Effects Supervisor, Key Animation
- av.tur Animation, Key Animation
- Minori Saito Animation
- Martin Kiings Animation
Other crew · 175
- Takahiro Hasui Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
- Atsuko Nozaki Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director
- Touko Machida Series Composition, Writer
- Takeshi Maenami Character Designer, Lead Animator, Key Animation, Animation Director
- Yoshimichi Kameda Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Animation Director, Animation, Key Animation
- Gosho Aoyama Original Story, Comic Book
Tropes
YAIBA: Samurai Legend episodes
1 season · 24 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Meeting YAIBA, 7.8
- S1 E2 Fujinken Reborn, 7.8
- S1 E3 Another Maken, 7.5
- S1 E4 Attack of the Eight Ogres, 8.3
- S1 E5 Onsen Fun, 7.9
- S1 E6 The Unexpected Mr. Bat, 8.2
- S1 E7 Kojiro Resurrected, 8.2
- S1 E8 The Duel at Ganryu Island, 8.5
- S1 E9 Dawn of the Lightning Slash, 8.4
- S1 E10 Onimaru's Devil Kings, 8.2
- S1 E11 Raijinken vs. Fujinken, 9.1
- S1 E12 Nadeshiko Yamato Is Calling, 8.0
- S1 E13 Find the Dragon God Orb, 8.2
- S1 E14 The Rise of Ninja Kotaro!, 8.3
- S1 E15 Showdown! Magician vs. Yaiba, 8.1
- S1 E16 A Battle of Giants, 8.5
- S1 E17 The Man of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu, 8.0
- S1 E18 Crisis on Kawanaka-jima, 8.2
- S1 E19 Darkness Orb Escape Training, 8.1
- S1 E20 The Ruse of Basho the Monkey, 8.1
- S1 E21 Mystery Atop Mt. Fuji, 8.2
- S1 E22 Crossroads of the Soul, 8.6
- S1 E23 The Dragon God Orb Resurrected!, 8.8
- S1 E24 The Lunar Invaders, 8.1
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