Yaiba is a shōnen manga series by Gosho Aoyama. Shōnen. ... For other uses, see Manga (disambiguation). ... Gosho Aoyama (青山 剛昌 Aoyama Gōshō), born Yoshimasa Aoyama (青山 剛昌 Aoyama Yoshimasa, born June 21, 1963 - ) is a Japanese manga writer well-known for creating the manga series Detective Conan (known in the USA as Case Closed) Aoyama was a genius in drawing ever since he was young. ...

The light-hearted manga is about an adventuring samurai named Yaiba Kurogane (鉄 刃 Kurogane Yaiba) who knows nothing else but being a samurai. Yaiba lives with his father in the forest. One day when Yaiba is hunting down animals just like usual, a troops of gorillas came to attack. They escape and went hiding inside a box, but they never knew this box is full of fruits and is going to be transport into the city. In the city, Yaiba finds out that he is the legendary warrior and has to fight the evil. Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ...

Yaiba ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday from #39 of 1988 to #50 of 1993 for 24 total volumes. It also came in 12 double volumes. Shogakukan ) is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, nonfiction, childrens DVDs, and other media in Japan. ... Weekly Shonen Sunday (少年サンデー Shōnen Sandē) is a shōnen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...