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Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba

Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba

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Overview

Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: A samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, meeting the Mine family, the evil Onimaru and even the legendary Musashi, having lots of dangerous adventures, becoming stronger everyday.

Created by Gosho Aoyama
Written by Gosho Aoyama
NetworksTV Tokyo

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Top Cast

Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Yaiba Kurogane (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Sayaka Mine (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Takeshi Onimaru (voice)

Masaharu Sato

Masaharu Sato

Miyamoto Musashi (voice)

Jurota Kosugi

Jurota Kosugi

Sasaki Kojirō (voice)

Takaya Hashi

Takaya Hashi

Yagyū Jūpee Mitsuyoshi (voice)

Rica Fukami

Rica Fukami

Kaguya (voice)

Daiki Nakamura

Daiki Nakamura

Tsukikage (voice)

Kazuki Yao

Kazuki Yao

Gekkou (voice)

Themes & Keywords

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About Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba

Legendary Brave Swordsman Yaiba is a animation, kids, action & adventure, drama, comedy series that first aired in 1993 exploring themes of samurai, based on manga, shounen, anime. Created by Gosho Aoyama, it stars Minami Takayama, Kotono Mitsuishi, Ryo Horikawa. Kurogane Yaiba is a boy who doesn't want to become what any regular kid would: A samurai. That's why he undergoes a hard training with his father, knowing only the forest as his world. Then, one day, he is sent to Japan, where he has to deal with a whole new civilized reality, meeting the Mine family, the evil Onimaru and even the legendary Musashi, having lots of dangerous adventures, becoming stronger everyday.

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