The Elusive Samurai revealed a preview image and cast for episode 8 on Friday. The episode will air on Saturday, August 24, with Crunchyroll streaming the anime. CloverWorks is handling animation production. Fans can check out the preview images below:
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The main cast of The Elusive Samurai episode 8 is as follows:
Director of each episode: Yuusuke KawakamiStoryboard: Yuusuke KawakamiScript: Dai MasuyamaAnimation Director: Sakika Suzuki, Yuuki Itou
Asaki Yuikawa voices the main character Hojo Tokiyuki while Yuuichi Nakamura voices Suwa YorishigeThe remaining current cast includes Aoi Yuuki as Kazama GenbaHinaki Yano as ShizukuKatsuyuki Konishi as Ashikaga TakaujiKikunosuke Toya as FubukiMari Hino as Kojiro Nezu and Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako.
The Elusive Samurai anime is based on the manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui, best known for creating Assassination Classroom. The series began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2021 and has since released 168 chapters and 16 volumes. VIZ Media licensed the series for an English release and has published the first 11 volumes. Fans can read the weekly chapters released in English on the official Shonen Jump and Manga Plus apps.
The manga won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award earlier this year, along with titles like Frieren Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, Trillion Game by Riichirou Inagaki, Ryoichi Ikegami, and Suji de Asobo by Murako Kinuta. The Elusive Samurai manga currently has over 2 million copies in circulation.
VIZ Media describes the story as follows:
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!
Source: Official Website, Official X (formerly Twitter)
© Yusei Matsui/Shueisha, Elusive Samurai Production Committee
