Netflix and Wit Studio are resurrecting an old anime favorite. The companies are working on a fresh adaptation of Yaiba, a classic shonen manga from the late '80s by Gosho Aoyama, and it’s due to premiere in a matter of days.
In Yaiba, a young boy training to become a samurai winds up moving from his first home with his father to the big city, where he learns he’s destined to protect the world from great evil in arch-rival, Takeshi Onimaru. What follows is a charming coming-of-age narrative full of typically memorable characters, cool fights and more than a few laughs.
