Gosho Aoyama's manga "Sword Hero Legend" announced that it will be animated and Gosho Aoyama will be the director

On May 8, the popular manga "YAIBA" (Legend of Sword and Hero, Nine Dragon Ball) serialized by the well-known cartoonist Gosho Aoyama in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" announced that it will be fully animated. The script will be completely supervised by Gosho Aoyama, and more information will be announced later.

In addition, to commemorate the announcement of the animation, a visual poster drawn by Gosho Aoyama will be published in the 24th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday, and a special video will also be released simultaneously.

Visual poster:

Special Video:

The story of "YAIBA" is set in modern Japan and describes the battle between a young boy named Tetsuken who wants to become the best samurai in the world and a young boy named Onimaru Takeshi who becomes a demon because of the magic power of the sword. This work not only features real swordsmen and swordsmen such as Miyamoto Musashi, Sasaki Kojiro and Yagyu Jubei, but also many original characters such as Frog Man and Sea Cucumber Man.