Viz Media announced at New York Comic Con on Saturday that it has licensed the upcoming Yaiba: Samurai Legend (Shin Samurai-den YAIBA) television anime, as well as Gōshō Aoyama’s original Yaiba manga.
Viz Media will start releasing the Yaiba: Samurai Legend manga in print in July 2025.
The series inspired a 52-episode anime adaptation that ran from April 1993-April 1994.
Takahiro Hasui (episode director for Aikatsu Friends!, Mob Psycho 100 II) is directing the anime at Wit Studio.