A promotional video and character image of Kojirō in the anime adaptation of Yusei Matsui’s The Elusive Samurai (Nigejōzu no Wakagimi) manga were revealed on the official website. Mari Hino voices the character.
Scheduled to premiere in 2024, the anime stars Asaki Yuikawa as Hojo Tokiyuki, a rookie voice actress, and Yūichi Nakamura as Suwa Yorishige.
The cast includes: Shizuku voiced by Hinaki Yano, Kojirō voiced by Mari Hino, Ayako voiced by Sayumi Suzushiro, Kazama Genba voiced by Aoi Yūki and Fubuki voiced by Kikunosuke Toya.
Yuta Yamazaki, known as assistant director on Wonder Egg Priority and series director on both Love Rice series, will direct the anime at CloverWorks. Yasushi Nishiya, credited as the main animation director for Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us and Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, was responsible for the character designs.
Both Viz Media and MANGA Plus are releasing new English chapters of the manga digitally alongside the initial Japanese launch.
Viz Media is also providing print copies of the manga, providing the following description for the first volume:
After a family massacre orchestrated by traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki escaped with several loyal subordinates who survived the purge. Among them was Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa province. Yorishige, with his peculiar demeanor, claimed to possess clairvoyance and predicted that Tokiyuki would eventually become the ruler of Japan. However, the immediate priority is to find a way out of enemy territory.
Yusei Matsui, known for works such as Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro and Assassination Classroom, began serializing the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2021 and the series is currently continuing.
