Yaiba

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.

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.
Yaiba
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yaiba Kurogane (left) and Sayaka Mine
Manga
Written byGosho Aoyama
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 7, 1988 – December 1, 1993
Volumes24
Anime television series
Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba
Directed by
Produced by
  • Mutsuo Shimizu
  • Noriko Kobayashi
  • Toshihiro Nakazawa
  • Toshiaki Okuno
Written byKenji Terada
Music byKohei Tanaka
StudioPastel (now OB Planning)
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 9, 1993 – April 1, 1994
Episodes52

In 1993, Yaiba received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

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