YAIBA: Samurai Legend Season 2 teaser was launched at the AnimeJapan 2026 event.
The new season will cover the Kaguya Arc.
The release date is yet to be announced.
YAIBA: Samurai Legend Season 2 Anime Teaser Unveiled
YAIBA: Samurai Legend Season 2 teaser was launched at the AnimeJapan 2026 event.
Summary
The teaser for the second season of Yaiba: Samurai Legend anime was unveiled on Saturday during the AnimeJapan 2026 event. The second season was announced after the first season ended in September last year. The second season will cover the "Kaguya Arc".
Ami Koshimizu will play Kaguya and Kōki Uchiyama will play Tsukikage
YAIBA Samurai Legend Season 2 teaser unveiled
The show has been re-adapted from Gosho Aoyama's manga that ran from 1988 to 1993. Takahiro Hasui directed the anime series at WIT Studio, with series composition by Toko Machida. Character designs and chief animation were done by Yoshimichi Kameda, with music by Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa.
The synopsis of the show, as per the official website, reads: "The protagonist, Yaiba (Kurogane Yaiba), is a wild samurai boy who trains in the jungle with his father, Kenjuro! By chance, Yaiba returns to Japan, where he meets his rival Takeshi Onimaru, who has the same samurai spirit as Yaiba, in a new training ground. Yaiba is living a life of serious competition, but when Onimaru obtains the “Legendary Demon Sword”, he is on a journey full of spectacle and great adventure...!"
YAIBA: Samurai Legend premiered on April 5 on YTV, NTV, throughout Japan. The second cours (quarter of a year) was released on June 28. The first season aired for 24 episodes.
The anime is available on Netflix in North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. It also streams on Hulu in the United States.
The premiere date of the second season has not yet been announced.
YAIBA Samurai Legend anime cast
Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Takeshi Onimaru
Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenjūrō Kurogane
Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto (Miyamoto Musashi in traditional Japanese name order)
Isshin Chiba as Kagetora
Kōsuke Echigoya as Shonosuke
Atsushi Miyauchi as Raizō Mine
Rina Satō as Shizuka Mine
Kimiko Saitō as Fuji Mine
Takeharu Ōnishi as Gerozaemon Geroda
Shūhei Sakaguchi as Kumo Otoko (Mr. Spider)
Kana Ichinose as Namako Otoko (Mr. Sea Cucumber)
Gō Inoue as Sasaki Kojirō
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