Yaiba
Sign in to saveYaiba: Samurai Legend (stylized as Y∀IBA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1988 to December 1993, with its chapters collected in 24 volumes. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.
Key facts
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- Yaiba: Samurai Legend
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- Yaiba.jpg
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- First volume cover, featuring Yaiba Kurogane (left) and Sayaka Mine (right)
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- manga
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- Gosho Aoyama
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- Shogakukan
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- Shōnen Sunday Comics
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- Weekly Shōnen Sunday
- Animanga/Print.first
- September 7, 1988
- Animanga/Print.last
- December 1, 1993
- Animanga/Print.volumes
- 24
- Animanga/Video.type
- tv series
- Animanga/Video.writer
- Touko Machida
- Animanga/Video.music
- Kohei Tanaka
- Animanga/Video.studio
- Wit Studio
- Animanga/Video.network
- NNS (ytv, NTV)
- Animanga/Video.first
- April 5, 2025
- Animanga/Video.last
- April 1, 1994
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Gosho Aoyama
- Country of origin
- Japan
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- language of work or name
- Japanese
- intended public
- shōnen
- number of parts of this work
- 24
- title
- YAIBA
- published in
- Weekly Shōnen Sunday
- start time
- 1988-00-00
- end time
- 1993-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Story
- Production
- Media
- Manga
- Volumes
- ''Bunkoban'' edition
- Anime
- 1993 series
- Episodes
- 2025 series
- Episodes
- Video games
- Reception
- Notes
- References
- External links
Yaiba: Samurai Legend (stylized as Y∀IBA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1988 to December 1993, with its chapters collected in 24 volumes. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.
The story follows Yaiba Kurogane, a samurai boy raised in the forest by his father who ends up returning to city life in Japan. Yaiba encounters a rival swordsman, Takeshi Onimaru, but when the battle just so happens to end in a stalemate, a humiliated Onimaru is lured into malevolence upon stumbling across a magical katana, culminating in his plans to take over the world with an army of demons. This forces Yaiba and his allies to go on a quest to defeat the newly transformed demon lord, while also encountering several figures from Japanese history and mythology along the way.
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