{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4bdfa5a20d1dea3701897025","clusterId":"c_a27dd9c53970da8c0bc4dd06","slug":"shin-samurai-den-yaiba-season-2-kaguya-arc-premieres-january-9-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Shin Samurai-den YAIBA Season 2 Kaguya Arc Premieres January 9, 2027","summary":"Season 2 of the TV anime Shin Samurai-den YAIBA, subtitled Kaguya Arc, will begin airing January 9, 2027 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV's nationwide network, in the Saturday 5:30 PM slot, excluding some regions. A main visual was released alongside the date. It shows Yaiba Kurogane and Takeshi Onimaru crossing the Raijinken and Fujinken, with Kaguya, Tsukikage, and Gekko reflected in the blades as Kaguya abducts Sayaka Mine. The series adapts Gosho Aoyama's YAIBA, serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1988 to 1993 with 24 volumes and a cumulative circulation of 17 million copies. Aoyama supervises the scenario. Takahiro Hasui directs, Toko Machida handles series composition, and Yoshimichi Kameda handles character design and chief animation direction, with WIT STUDIO on animation production and Studio Kurm assisting. Minami Takayama voices Yaiba, Manaka Iwami voices Sayaka, Yoshimasa Hosoya voices Onimaru, Ami Koshimizu voices Kaguya, and Koki Uchiyama voices Tsukikage.","whyItMatters":"The Kaguya Arc was not part of the 1993 anime adaptation, so this season moves past the material that older viewers already saw.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSub-character design: Takeshi Maenami\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMain animators: Masaru Oshiro and Yuichi Fujimaki, both from Studio Kurm (KAI-YOU notes the main animator role passed from Takeshi Maenami to Oshiro and Fujimaki)\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMusic: Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eArt director: Yusuke Takeda at Bamboo, with art setting by Kazushi Fujii\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eColor design: Ken Hashimoto; photography director: Yudai Orita at Folium; editing: Kiyoshi Hirose\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSound director: Yo Yamada; sound effects: Eiko Morikawa\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnimation producer: Maiko Okada at Studio Kurm\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAdditional cast: Katsuyuki Konishi as Kenjuro Kurogane, Junichi Suwabe as Musashi Miyamoto, Kazunobu Chiba as Kagetora, Kosuke Echigoya as Shonosuke, Atsushi Miyauchi as Raizo Mine, Rina Sato as Shizuka Mine, Kimiko Saito as Fuji Mine, Takeharu Onishi as Gerota Gerosamon, Shuhei Sakaguchi as Kumo Otoko, Kana Ichinose as Namako Otoko, Go Inoue as Kojiro Sasaki, Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Dr. Kanabo, Ayaka Sembongi as Nadeshiko Yamato, Hidenori Takahashi as Sanmi Yanagiba Juhei, and Akio Otsuka as Ryujin\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The main visual for YAIBA Season 2 puts Kaguya, Tsukikage, and Gekko only in the reflections on the Raijinken and Fujinken. Sayaka is the one being taken.","twitterPost":"YAIBA Season 2 lands January 9, 2027 in the Saturday 5:30 PM slot. The Kaguya Arc moves past what the 1993 anime adapted. WIT STUDIO is back, and Studio Kurm assists.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Shin Samurai-den YAIBA returns for its Kaguya Arc on January 9, 2027, in the Saturday 5:30 PM slot on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV's network. The new main visual hides Kaguya and the abducted Sayaka inside the reflected blades of Yaiba and Onimaru's demon swords. WIT STUDIO, director Takahiro Hasui, and the core staff carry over from Season 1.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260919e\",\"title\":\"TV Anime 'Shin Samurai-den YAIBA' Season 2 'Kaguya Arc' to Air from January 9, 2027! 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