Aliases
True Samurai Legend Yaiba, Shin Samurai-den YAIBA, YAIBA: Samurai Legend, 真･侍伝 YAIBA, 真・侍伝 YAIBA
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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
Sep 11, 2026, 09:00 PM
Evidence
Announcement status
Official announcement records with supporting citations.
Confirmed
TV seasonOfficial announcement logged Oct 19, 2025, 01:57 AM.
Franchise overview
Franchise timeline
Review every Courcast-tracked season for this series and jump between entries.
Renewal pulse
Courcast score breakdown
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months, blending attention velocity, completion strength, and catalogue health.
Confirmed
CourScore is the probability of an official sequel announcement within 18 months.
Signal coverage: 100% • Signal freshness: High • Updated 11 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 analysedSep 11, 2026, 09:00 PM
Next scheduledin 49 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-updated probability 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 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | favorites | GLOBAL | 302 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | popularity | GLOBAL | 22,621 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| anilist | trending | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| cdjapan | bd rank | JP | 3 | Jul 5, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | chapters total | GLOBAL | 255 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | rating | GLOBAL | 7.45 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source members | GLOBAL | 4,501 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | source status code | GLOBAL | 3 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | volumes total | GLOBAL | 24 | Aug 27, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mentions 1d | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| wikipedia | pageviews daily | EN.WIKIPEDIA | 11 | Jul 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers count | GLOBAL | 47,689 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x | followers delta | GLOBAL | 37 | Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | posts 7d | JP | 7 | Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| x official jp | silent days | JP | 0 | Sep 3, 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 |
| filmarks | mark count | JP | 835 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| filmarks | score mean | JP | 70 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode count | GLOBAL | 12 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode dislikes | GLOBAL | 212 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | episode likes | GLOBAL | 24,773 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| crunchyroll | series available | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest daily | GLOBAL | 11 | Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| google trends | interest weekly | GLOBAL | 14 | Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | favorites | GLOBAL | 1 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | member count | GLOBAL | 891 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | rating rank | GLOBAL | 3,104 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| kitsu | score mean | GLOBAL | 73.82 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | completed | GLOBAL | 10,478 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | members | GLOBAL | 44,394 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | plan to watch | GLOBAL | 16,767 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| mal | watching | GLOBAL | 9,843 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode comments | JP | 130,534 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode mylists | JP | 2,805 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| niconico | episode views | JP | 1,146,745 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| comments 7d | GLOBAL | 15 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| mentions 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| score 7d | GLOBAL | 10 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| thread count | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| threads 7d | GLOBAL | 2 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | |
| shikimori | completion ratio | GLOBAL | 0.17 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | member count | GLOBAL | 3,800 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| shikimori | score mean | GLOBAL | 71.9 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| simkl | score mean | GLOBAL | 74 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | popularity | GLOBAL | 9.67 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| tmdb | vote count | GLOBAL | 23 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer likes | GLOBAL | 12,360 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |
| youtube | trailer views | GLOBAL | 780,180 | Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM |