Aliases
True Samurai Legend Yaiba, Shin Samurai-den YAIBA, YAIBA: Samurai Legend, 真･侍伝 YAIBA, 真・侍伝 YAIBA
S1SPRING 2025TV
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The protagonist, Yaiba (Kurogane Yaiba), is a wild samurai boy who trains in the jungle with his father, Kenjuro! By chance, Yaiba returns to Japan, where he meets his rival Takeshi Onimaru, who has the same samurai spirit as Yaiba, in a new training ground.
Yaiba is living a life of serious competition, but when Onimaru obtains the “Legendary Demon Sword”, he is on a journey full of spectacle and great adventure...!
(Source: Crunchyroll News)
Yaiba is living a life of serious competition, but when Onimaru obtains the “Legendary Demon Sword”, he is on a journey full of spectacle and great adventure...!
(Source: Crunchyroll News)
Last updated
Oct 28, 2026, 10:16 AM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Oct 18, 2025, 05:22 PM.
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore weighs signals for an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
Confirmed
CourScore measures renewal signals out of 100. It is not a calibrated probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Frozen 51 minutes ago
Top reasons
- Confirmed announcement - Official evidence confirms a sequel announcement.
Runway
Ok
Source runway looks healthy for a continuation.
Financial & Commercial0
Production Feasibility0
Audience Reception0
Strategic Priors0
Fandom Engagement0
CourScore history
CourScore over time
Last analysedOct 28, 2026, 10:16 AM
Next scheduledin 9 minutes
Renewal FAQ
YAIBA: Samurai Legend renewal questions
Common questions about this title's renewal prospects, answered by Courcast's daily analysis.
- Is YAIBA: Samurai Legend getting a new season?
- Yes - YAIBA: Samurai Legend has an officially confirmed continuation. See the Announcement Status section above for the full details and citations.
- Will YAIBA: Samurai Legend be renewed?
- YAIBA: Samurai Legend has already been confirmed for a new entry - it has cleared the renewal hurdle. See the Announcement Status section for the source citation.
- What is YAIBA: Samurai Legend's renewal probability?
- YAIBA: Samurai Legend's CourScore is 100 as of the latest update. CourScore is Courcast's proprietary metric that aggregates over a dozen renewal signals - from source-material runway to social buzz - into a single daily signal score out of 100.
Latest signals
Fresh telemetry
Courcast watches every connected signal to surface the freshest indicators of momentum.
| Source | Metric | Geo | Value | Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anilist | average score | GLOBAL | 70 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 3 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 10 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 285 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | momentum log ratio | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 18, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 255 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.46 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 4,539 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 24 | Oct 26, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | figures total | GLOBAL | 12 | Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | goods total | GLOBAL | 19 | Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | media total | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch added 30d | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mfc | merch total | GLOBAL | 31 | Oct 22, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 74 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 11 | Jul 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 47,265 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | -219 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | engagement 7d jp | JP | 8,267 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 1 | Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 27 | Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | channel views total | GLOBAL | 4,126 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | subscribers total | GLOBAL | 8 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 30d | GLOBAL | 2 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | uploads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Jul 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 30d | GLOBAL | 11 | Jul 13, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | views 7d | GLOBAL | 5,492 | Jul 8, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 10,741 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 44,845 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 16,955 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 9,706 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 303 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 22,960 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 855 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 70 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 911 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 3,163 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 73.72 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 130,535 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2,804 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,147,972 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 49 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 130 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 1 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.18 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 3,831 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 71.9 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 25.91 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 26 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 12,355 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 782,120 | Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 0 | Oct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |