Yaiba
Yaiba (stylized as Y∀IBA) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shōnen Sunday" from September 1988 to December 1993, with its chapters collected in twenty-four "tankōbon" volumes. It was adapted into an anime television series titled Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba, aired on TV Tokyo from April 1993 to April 1994. In 1993, "Yaiba" received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for the "shōnen" category. Story. Yaiba Kurogane is an adventuring boy who knows how to be a samurai and little else. Yaiba lives with his father, Kenjurou, in the  forest. One day, while Yaiba was eating, a troop of gorillas came to attack. Yaiba and his father escaped and hid inside a box, but they did not know that the box was full of pineapples and was going to be transported into the city. In the city, Yaiba finds out that he is a legendary warrior and has to fight the evil of a demonic looking high-school student named Takeshi Onimaru. The people that Yaiba meets along his journey to become a true samurai encourage him, train him, or inspire him to greatness, though at heart he is  still a child, and his incredible skill with a sword is matched only by his kindness towards his friends. Though he tends to leap before he looks, and his thick-headedness tends to turn potential allies into enemies, his friends soon clobber him, and salvage the situation. This unlikely group embarks on a host of incredible adventures where they meet legendary figures from Japanese history, and finally overcome impossible odds, and put everything on the line, to save the entire planet from a threat not of this world. Media. Manga. "Yaiba" is written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The manga  was serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shōnen Sunday" from September 7, 1988, to December 1, 1993. Shogakukan collected its chapters in twenty-four "tankōbon" volumes, released between April 18, 1989 and February 18, 1994. Shogakukan republished the series in a 10-volume "bunkoban" edition from December 14, 2001 to August 10, 2002. Shogakukan launched a second edition of the original 24-volume from July 15, 2004 to April 18, 2005. Anime. An 52-episode anime television series covered up to the Kaguya Arc entitled , produced by Pastel, aired on TV Tokyo from April 9, 1993 to April 1, 1994. The  opening and ending theme songs are performed by Kabuki Rocks; and respectively. Reception. In 1993, "Yaiba", along "Ghost Sweeper Mikami", received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for the "shōnen" category.