A new collaboration video between Detective Conan and the upcoming Shin Samurai-den YAIBA anime series has been released, detailing the latter’s broadcast time in a special timeslot. The video was released shortly after the end of the latest Detective Conan episode this week.
Shin Samurai-den YAIBA will premiere in Japan on April 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM JST. It will broadcast on the Japanese channels YTV, NTV, and their affiliates before the premiere of a new Detective Conan episode at 6:00 PM JST. This special timeslot has been branded as the “Gosho Aoyama Hour” block.
The first three episodes of Shin Samurai-den YAIBA will receive early screenings at 10 TOHO CINEMAS locations on March 13, 2025. The screenings will include a roundtable video featuring original creator Gosho Aoyama, director Takahiro Hasui, and character designer Yoshimichi Kameda.
Hasui (Mob Psycho 100 III director) is directing the anime series, with Kameda (Mob Psycho 100) as character designer and chief animation director, Takeshi Maenami (Brave Bang Bravern mechanical designer) as sub-character designer and main animator, Hirofumi Masuda as special effects director, Bamboo’s Yusuke Takeda (Komada – A Whisky Family) as background art director, Satoshi Hashimoto (Ranking of Kings) as color designer, Toru Fukushi (The Imaginary) as compositing director, Maiko Okada (Ranking of Kings) as animation producer, and Yutaka Yamada (Vinland Saga) and Yoshiaki Dewa (Hell’s Paradise) as music composers. WIT Studio is in charge of the animation production.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast of Shin Samurai-den YAIBA includes:
- • Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane
- • Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
- • Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenjuro Kurogane
- • Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto
Aoyama’s Yaiba manga was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday from September 7, 1988 to December 1, 1993 and released 24 total tankobon volumes. The manga was the winning title of the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award Children’s category.
The manga, which has been licensed in English by VIZ Media, previously inspired a TV anime series from Pastel that ran from 1993 to 1994. The new anime will have Aoyama’s full supervision.
Shin Samurai-den YAIBA follows the journey of the titular Yaiba Kurogane, a young samurai boy training to be the best swordsman after being inspired by the real-life swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
Source: Ytv Animation Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Anime News Network
