Yaiba | |
![]() First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yaiba Kurogane (left) and Sayaka Mine | |
Manga | |
Written by | Gosho Aoyama |
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Published by | Shogakukan |
Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | September 7, 1988 – December 1, 1993 |
Volumes | 24 |
Anime television series | |
Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba | |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Kenji Terada |
Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
Studio | Pastel |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo, TVh) |
Original run | April 9, 1993 – April 1, 1994 |
Episodes | 52 |
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.