The latest character visual and PV trailer for the upcoming The Elusive Samurai TV anime previews Nezu clan member Kojiro. The anime is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2024.
Yuuta Yamazaki (Wonder Egg Priority assistant director) is directing the anime series, with Yuusuke Kawakami (Bocchi the Rock! live performance director) as assistant director, Yasushi Nishiya (Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle sub-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director, Yoriko Tomita (My Dress-Up Darling) as series screenwriter. CloverWorks is in charge of the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the 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 adapts the historical samurai manga series by Yuusei Matsui, which began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in January 25, 2021. A total of 13 tankoubon volumes have been released as of November 2023, with a 14th volume due out on February 2, 2024. Viz Media releases the manga in English.
The Elusive Samurai is available to read on Manga Plus, which describes the story as:
Set in feudal Japan in between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, our hero Hojo Tokiyuki is a boy on the run that history all but forgot! When the Kamakura shogunate is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki’s family and standing are viciously taken away from him, and he must flee to the far reaches of the land to survive and seek out his revenge!