-otoha- Performs Ending Theme for Yaiba: Samurai Legend Anime (2025)

The staff for Yaiba: Samurai Legend (Shin Samurai-den YAIBA), the new television anime of Detective Conan creator Gōshō Aoyama's Yaiba manga, revealed on Sunday that singer-songwriter -otoha- will perform the show's ending theme song "Pineapple Tart."

The anime will premiere on April 5 on YTV, NTV, and their affiliates throughout Japan at 5:30 p.m., right before Detective Conan's 6:00 p.m. timeslot to start the "Gōshō Aoyama Hour" block. The anime will stream on Netflix in North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand on April 5. The show will also stream on Hulu in the United States.

The company describes the story:

Yaiba Kurogane has spent his days training in the jungle in order to attain his goal of becoming areal samurai. By a twist of fate, he returns to Japan and starts living with the Mine family, whoare connected to his father, Kenjuro. Yaiba constantly baffles the Mines' daughter Sayaka as shewitnesses his wild and reckless ways.

One day, Yaiba tags along with Sayaka to school and has a fateful encounter with TakeshiOnimaru, a kendo expert. Yaiba and Onimaru repeatedly clash, and as if in response to theirsearch for strength, two ancient powers are unleashed: the Fujinken, the Wind God's Sword, andthe Raijinken, the Thunder God's Sword. Both supernatural blades that have jolted the worldsince ancient days have reawakened...and the truth behind them is revealed!

The anime stars:

• Minami Takayama as Yaiba Kurogane
• Manaka Iwami as Sayaka Mine
• 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

Takahiro Hasui (episode director for Aikatsu Friends!, Mob Psycho 100 II) is directing the anime at Wit Studio. Touko Machida (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life, The IDOLM@STER) is in charge or series scripts, Yoshimichi Kameda (chief animation director for INU-OH film) is the character designer and chief animation director, and Takeshi Maenami (key animator for Ni no Kuni, Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era films), is the sub-character designer and main animator. Yutaka Yamada (Tokyo Ghoul) and Yoshiaki Dewa (IRODUKU: The World in Colors) are composing the music, Haru Yamada (IRODUKU: The World in Colors, Made in Abyss) is the sound director, and Maiko Okada (Great Pretender razbliuto, After the Rain) is the animation producer.

Blue Encount will perform the show's opening theme song "Blade."

Aoyama launched the series in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday in September 1988. The series concluded in December 1993 with a total of 24 compiled book volumes.

The series inspired a 52-episode anime adaptation that ran from April 1993-April 1994.

Source: Press release