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Crunchyroll began streaming the English dub of Yūsei Matsui's The Elusive Samurai (Nigejōzu no Wakagimi) television anime series on Saturday.
English dubbing cast includes:
The anime premiered on July 6 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT) on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, and Gunma TV. (The anime is also airing on 26 other channels.) The series airs on Saturdays. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
Yuta Yamazaki (assistant director on Wonder Egg Priority, series director on both Love Rice series) is directing the anime at CloverWorks, and Yasushi Nishiya (animation director on Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!) is designing the characters.
DISH// will perform the opening theme song “Plan A” and artist Botchi Boromaru will perform the ending theme song “Kamakura STYLE”.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus both simultaneously release new chapters of the manga in English digitally upon launch in Japan.
Viz Media is also releasing the manga in print, and the company describes the first volume:
After his family was massacred by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki fled with the help of some loyal retainers who also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa Province. The somewhat eccentric Yorishige also claims to have clairvoyant abilities and foretells that Tokiyuki will one day become the ruler of Japan. But for now, escaping enemy territory is the top priority!
Matsui (Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro, Assassination Classroom) launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2021 and the series is still ongoing.
Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)
