Today marked the return of Elusive Samurai with Episode 10, which also featured a character trailer for Genba Kazama, another one of Tokiyuki's retainers. You can watch the trailer for Aoi Yuki, who plays the naughty Genba in the anime, below:
Shizuku, Kojiro, and Ayako also had character trailers released prior to Genba. Yuta Yamazaki is the director of the animation, which is produced by Studio CloverWorks. The voice cast includes:
- Asaki Yuikawa as Tokiyuki Hojo
- Yuichi Nakamura as Yorishige Suwa
- Hinaki Yano as Shizuku
- Mari Hino as Kojiro
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Ayako
- Aoi Yuki as Genba Kazama
- Kikunosuke Toya as Fubuki
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Takauji Ashikaga
The Elusive Samurai is written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui, who is also credited with creating The Assassination Classroom. Since 2021, the manga has been serialised in Weekly Shounen Jump by Shueisha, while Viz Media is handling the English-language edition.
The story follows Tokiyuki Hojo, who is set to avenge his family after Takauji Ashikaga betrays them. He is helped by the eccentric clairvoyant Yorishige Suwa, who has a mysterious divine power of precognition, albeit inconsistent. The boy now needs to gather loyal retainers for the prophesied battle against his nemesis.
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