The latest character images and PV trailer have been released for the animated television series The Elusive Samurai, highlighting Genba Kazama. The anime was previously announced to premiere around 2024.
Yuuta Yamazaki (assistant director of Wonder Egg Priority) is directing the anime, with Yuusuke Kawakami (live performance director of Bocchi the Rock!) as assistant director, Yasushi Nishiya (supporting character designer of Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle) is the character designer and animation director, Yoriko Tomita (My Dress-Up Darling) is the series writer, and Gembi and Akiyuki Tateyama (Yuru Camp) are the composers. CloverWorks is handling the animation production.
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Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast includes:
• Asaki Yuikawa as Hojo • Hinaki Yano as Shizuku • Mari Hino as Kojirou • Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako • Aoi Yuuki as Genba Kazama • Kikunosuke Toya as Fubuki • Yuuichi Nakamura as Suwa Yorishige
The anime series is based on the historical samurai manga by Yuusei Matsui, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in January 25, 2021. Fourteen tankoubon volumes have been released as of February 2024, with The 15th volume will premiere in April 2024. Viz Media published the manga in English.
© Yuusei Matsui/SHUEISHA, The Elusive Samurai Committee
You can read the Elusive Samurai on MANGA Plus, where the summary description is:
Set in feudal Japan in between the Kamakura and Muromachi Periods, our hero Hojo Tokiyuki is a boy on the run from forgotten history! When the Kamakura Shogunate is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki’s family and position are brutally taken from him, he must flee to distant lands to survive and seek revenge!