A new generation of warriors is heading into battle! Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers released a new video today, showcasing the heroes of the sequel in a new creditless version of the anime's opening. Check it out the opening video, set to "YOAKE" by blank paper… and see if you can catch the hat tip to the original series: Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers Anime Creditless Opening Video RELATED: Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers Anime Showcases Ending Theme Song, New Cast in Latest Trailer Key visual RELATED: Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers Anime Prepares for Battle in Latest First-Look Clip Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers is an official sequel to Sunrise's hero action TV anime in 1988-1989, Yoroiden Samurai Trooper ( Ronin Warriors or Samurai Troopers in the West). It will have been 25 years since the last volumes of the original series' final OVA, Yoroiden Samurai Trooper: Message , released in Japan in 1991. Yoichi Fujita ( Gintama , Mr. Osomatsu ) is attached to direct Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers at Bandai Namco Filmworks’ brand Sunrise, with Kamen Rider Build head writer Shogo Muto in charge of series composition. Yuhei Murota ( Love Live! ) provides the character designs. Hideo Okamoto, armor designer for the original Samurai Troopers series, returns to continue his work on the new show's "Yoroigear." The new anime series is set to premiere on January 6, 2026 in Japan. Crunchyroll currently streams the original Samurai Troopers anime, describing the series as such: Long ago, there existed an evil spirit that waged a war to conquer the human world. Defeat drove him back to the realm of darkness, but not before vowing to return and exact his revenge. A thousand years later, the world has all but forgotten the name of Arago, Emperor of Doom. When black clouds smother the bright city lights of Shinjuku, and a sinister laugh drowns out the dying hum of electricity, the people of the world plunge into terror, unprepared for the evil spirit's return! Source : Yoroi Shin Den Samurai Troopers official YouTube channel
