The Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers TV anime has received a teaser trailer and teaser visual. Character visuals for the main characters (excluding main protagonist Gai) were also revealed with their voice actors:
• Junya Enoki as Kaito Uesugi
• Ayumu Murase as Hojo Musashi
• Shunsuke Takeuchi as Yamato Hojo
• Kentaro Kumagai as Shion
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Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers is set to premiere in January 2026. The anime is a sequel to the 1988-1999 series Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors, with a premise that sees five young samurai coming to humanity’s aid when demons invade after the unravelling of a seal on their dimension.
The original Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers (also known as Ronin Warriors) previously inspired three OVA, as well as manga and novels. Prime Video describes the premise as:
Staff
• Director: Yoichi Fujita (Osomatsu-san Season 1-2, Good Luck Girl)
• Series composer and screenwriter: Shogo Muto (Thermae Romae live-action movie and Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease screenwriter)
• Main character designer: Yuhei Murota (Love Live! co-character designer, Love Live! Sunshine! character designer)
• Villain character designer: Tsukasa Kotobuki (Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin co-character designer)
• Yoroi gear draft designer: Hideo Okamoto (Yoroi Den Samurai Troopers yoroi designer)
• Animation yoroi gear designer: Takuya Suzuki (Valvrave the Liberator mechanical animation designer)
• Animation production: Sunrise
Cast
• Hiiro Ishibashi as Gai
