{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1fd4b4761f0ebcdce78ef4d9","clusterId":"c_c54751b995444b4bcad7e2e5","slug":"haraiti-duo-named-promotional-ambassadors-for-true-samurai-legend-yaiba","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Haraiti Duo Named Promotional Ambassadors for True Samurai Legend YAIBA","summary":"The comedy duo Haraiti, made up of Yuki Iwai and Tasuku Sawabe, has been appointed promotional ambassadors for the TV anime True Samurai Legend YAIBA. The announcement came on August 8, designated YAIBA Day. An official interview with the pair and a commemorative quiz video on YouTube accompanied the news.","whyItMatters":"The appointment pairs two self-described childhood fans of the original manga with the anime as it moves toward its second season, the Kaguya Arc.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement landed on August 8, a date the franchise has designated YAIBA Day, and it comes with two pieces of companion content. The first is an official interview in which Iwai and Sawabe discuss their history with the series, including their favorite characters and what they expect from the romance and battles of the upcoming Kaguya Arc. The second is a YouTube video titled \u0026#34;[Commemorating Ambassador Appointment] Aim to Be a True Samurai!! Haraiti\u0026#39;s True Samurai Legend YAIBA Quiz Showdown!!,\u0026#34; in which the pair revisit first-season scenes and lines while taking a quiz.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIwai, who attended the first season\u0026#39;s advance screening on his own, said he is most looking forward to the battle with Gekko, a fight he described as dynamic in the original manga. Sawabe urged people who read the manga during its serialization but have not watched the anime to give it a chance, saying the excitement of the original returns and surpasses it.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Comedian duo Haraiti (Yuki Iwai and Tasuku Sawabe) are now promotional ambassadors for True Samurai Legend YAIBA. The announcement came on YAIBA Day, August 8, with an interview and a quiz video on YouTube. The second season, the Kaguya Arc, is in production.","twitterPost":"Haraiti (Yuki Iwai and Tasuku Sawabe) are now promotional ambassadors for True Samurai Legend YAIBA. Announced on YAIBA Day, August 8, with an official interview and a quiz video on YouTube. Second season, the Kaguya Arc, is in production.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Comedian duo Haraiti, both self-described childhood fans of the YAIBA manga, have been named promotional ambassadors for the True Samurai Legend YAIBA anime. The August 8 announcement, timed to YAIBA Day, came with an official interview and a quiz video on YouTube as the series heads into its second season, the Kaguya Arc.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/08/08/101846.html\",\"title\":\"Comedian Duo Haraiti Appointed as Promotional Ambassadors for \\\"True Samurai Legend YAIBA\\\"! Interview Also Arrives: \\\"I Thought YAIBA Was Written About Me\\\"\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4739,"outputTokens":687,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786520028,"createdAt":"2026-08-12T07:22:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-12T07:26:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T07:22:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c54751b995444b4bcad7e2e5","canonicalTitle":"「真・侍伝YAIBA」芸人・ハライチが宣伝大使に就任！「刃は僕のことを描いてくれているかと思った」インタビューも到着","representativeArticleId":"a_d42227f42fab58869e2b287e","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Yaiba\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Haraiichi\",\"Yuki Iwai\",\"Yusuke Sawabe\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-08T03:00:09.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-08T03:00:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-12T07:26:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime Anime","url":"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/08/08/101846.html","title":"「真・侍伝YAIBA」芸人・ハライチが宣伝大使に就任！「刃は僕のことを描いてくれているかと思った」インタビューも到着"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Yaiba"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Haraiichi","Yuki Iwai","Yusuke Sawabe"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}