Yaiba

Yaiba
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yaiba Kurogane (left) and Sayaka Mine
Manga
Written byGosho Aoyama
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 7, 1988December 1, 1993
Volumes24
Anime television series
Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba
Directed by
Produced by
  • Mutsuo Shimizu
  • Noriko Kobayashi
  • Toshihiro Nakazawa
  • Toshiaki Okuno
Written byKenji Terada
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioPastel
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo, TVh)
Original run April 9, 1993 April 1, 1994
Episodes52
Anime

Yaiba (stylized as Y∀IBA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from September 1988 to December 1993, with its chapters collected in twenty-four tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a 52-episode anime television series titled Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba, aired on TV Tokyo and Television Hokkaido from April 1993 to April 1994. A second anime adaptation has been announced.

By May 2024, the manga had over 17 million copies in circulation. In 1993, Yaiba received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.


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