Kodoani.com – This year’s 16th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the manga The Elusive Samurai (Nigejōzu no Wakagimi) by Yusei Matsui is getting an anime adaptation.
Yuta Yamazaki (assistant director on Wonder Egg Priority, series director on both Love Rice series) is directing the anime at CloverWorks, and Yasushi Nishiya (chief animation director for Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us) is directing the anime at CloverWorks. , Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!) is designing the characters.
The anime will have an on-stage showcase at Aniplex’s booth at the AnimeJapan event on March 25.
Matsui launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in January 2021. The manga’s ninth volume is published on January 4, and the 10th volume will publish on April 4.
After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of some loyal subordinates who also survived the purge. One of them was Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa province. The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to have clairvoyance and predicts that Tokiyuki will one day become the unifier of Japan. But for now, the first priority is to get out of enemy territory!
