Yaiba
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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 from April 1993 to April 1994. A second anime adaptation has been announced.
This article is about the 1988 manga. For the unrelated 2016 manga, see Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. For the 2014 video game, see Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.
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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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Written by | Kenji Terada |
Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
Studio | Pastel |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | April 9, 1993 – April 1, 1994 |
Episodes | 52 |
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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.