The series previously inspired a 52-episode anime in 1993
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This year's 24th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Magazine Sunday magazine revealed on Wednesday that Gōshō Aoyama's Yaiba manga will be adapted into a new anime. Aoyama is supervising.
The series follows Yaiba Kurogane, a young samurai boy inspired by Miyamoto Musashi, the real-life swordsman who pioneered the two-sword fighting style Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū and wrote the Five Rings Classics on military strategy.
Aoyama launched the series in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday in September 1988. The series ended in December 1993 with a total of 24 volumes compiled.
The series inspired a 52-episode anime adaptation that ran from April 1993 to April 1994.
The character is often mentioned in Aoyama's Detective Conan series, and even appears in Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba-The Great Battle for the Treasure Sword!! 2000 OVA.
The film Detective Conan: Hyakuman Doru no Michishirube (Case Closed: The Million-dollar Pentagram) sold 7.32 million tickets and earned 10.5 billion yen (about 68.6 million USD) in the first 22 days release.
Detective Conan is currently the first Japanese animation franchise to have two consecutive films surpass 10 billion yen in revenue in Japan.
Aoyama began a new series for the Magic Kaito manga in Shonen Sunday on April 10.
Source: Weekly Shonen Sunday issue 24 via Yaraon!