YAIBA Space Project to Send Aoyama's New Illustration to the ISS
The tie-in runs ahead of a second season that moves the story from Earth to space, so the promotion is matched to the arc's premise rather than attached to a broadcast date alone.
Reporting from 1 source: KAI-YOU.
Shin Samurai-den YAIBA announced a Space Project on Friday, October 23: a newly drawn illustration by original creator Gosho Aoyama will be produced as an A1 poster and carried to the International Space Station's Kibo Japanese Experiment Module using JAXA's Kibo Paid Utilization System. The poster will be folded with Miura-ori for the ride. The Kaguya Arc, the anime's second season, begins airing January 9, 2027.
The poster is folded with Miura-ori, a method developed from research in space structural engineering that compresses a large surface and opens from one direction. Preparations are underway for mounting on a rocket, with the payload mission listed as Cygnus resupply vehicle operation No. 25 and launch by Falcon 9 scheduled from Cape Cod Space Force Station in Florida, USA, for fall 2026 or later.
The illustration shows Yaiba Kurogane flying with the Dragon God Sword and Kaguya, a central figure in the second season. The Kaguya Arc begins airing Saturday, January 9, 2027 at 17:30 on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV's nationwide network.
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