It has been decided that the TV anime The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui will be broadcast from July 2024. At the same time, the first short trailer focusing the main character, Tokiyuki Hojo (voiced by Asaki Yukikawa) was released.
Short Trailer:
Main Visual:
CAST:
Hojo Tokiyuki voiced by Asaki Yuikawa
Suwa Yorishige voiced by Yuichi Nakamura
Shizuku viced by Hinaki Yano
Kojiro: Mari Hino
Ayako voiced by Sayumi Suzushiro
Kazama Genba voiced by Aoi Yuki
Fubuki voiced by Kikunosuke Toya
STAFF:
Director: Yuta Yamazaki
Character designs: Yasushi Nishitani
Series composition and screenplay: Yoriko Tomita
Animation Production: CloverWorks
Elusive Samurai is available on MANGA Plus, which describes the synopsis as follows:
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!
Source: Official Twitter Account
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