Samurai Crusader

• Ja Kanji — 王立院雲丸の生涯 • Ja Romaji — Ōritsuin Kumomaru no Shōgai • Genre — Adventure, historical

• Type — manga • Author — Oji Hiroi • Illustrator — Ryoichi Ikegami • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Shōnen Sunday Comics Special • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Sunday • First — July 3, 1991 • Last — March 11, 1992 • Volumes — 3

• Portal — yes Samurai Crusader: The Kumomaru Chronicles is a Japanese manga series written by Oji Hiroi and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 1991 to March 1992, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media, which serialized it in their Manga Vizion magazine in 1995.

The story follows Kumomaru, a Japanese samurai who travels to Europe during the 1930s and becomes embroiled in a plot to steal the legendary Japanese sword Kusanagi. While in Europe, Kumomaru befriends Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso and attempts to stop Major General Kamishima and his Nazi allies from conquering China.

Samurai Crusader is written by Oji Hiroi and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 3, 1991, to March 11, 1992. Shogakukan collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released between February and May 1992. Media Factory re-released the manga in two bunkoban volumes on April 5 and May 2, 2003. Media Factory released a complete edition on December 22, 2006. In North America, the series was licensed by Viz Media, which serialized it in their magazine Manga Vizion in 1995. Viz Media published the three volumes of the series between August 5, 1996, and December 6, 1997.