Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen / Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen / Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence / רורואוני קנשין: זיכרונות / ซามูไรพเนจร ภาคกำเนิดเคนชิน / Kenshin samurai vagabondo: Memorie del passato / Lãng khách Kenshin: Truy tìm ký ức / Rurouni Kenshin Trust and BetrayalSummary
In the days before the Japanese Revolution, Hiko Seiijuro, a wandering master swordsman and hermit, encounters a bandit raid on a slave wagon. Hiko kills the raiding bandits in hopes of saving as many lives as possible, but only manages to spare one life from the massacre. Hiko leaves the child, advising him to go to the nearby village and have them take care of him. A few days later, as Hiko comes back to check upon the child he saved, he is shocked to see the child had created graves, both for the slaves he befriended and the bandits who killed them. Seeing potential in the young one, Hiko takes the child under his wing, names him Kenshin, meaning "heart of sword," and teaches him about the art of swordsmanship under the Hiten Mitsuruugi Ryu.
Struggling in a constant challenge with his ideal beliefs reflecting against the harshness of reality, Tsuiokuhen tells the melancholic and dark story of Himura Kenshin as one of the most feared assassins of the Japanese Revolution: the Hitokiri Battousai.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Details
- Format
- OVA
- Number of Episodes
- 4
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 2 h (4 × 30 min)
- Season
- Winter 1999
- Start date
- February 20, 1999
- End date
- September 22, 1999
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio DEEN
- Romaji title
- Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen
- English title
- Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
- Native title
- るろうに剣心―明治剣客浪漫譚―追憶編
- Other titles
- Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen · Rurouni Kenshin: Reminiscence · רורואוני קנשין: זיכרונות · ซามูไรพเนจร ภาคกำเนิดเคนชิน · Kenshin samurai vagabondo: Memorie del passato · Lãng khách Kenshin: Truy tìm ký ức · Rurouni Kenshin Trust and Betrayal
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Characters 12
Main characters
- Kenshin Himura緋村剣心Main
- Tomoe Yukishiro雪代巴Main
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- Kogoro KatsuraSupporting
- Toshizo Hijikata土方歳三Supporting
- Shinsaku Takasugi高杉晋作Supporting
- Enishi Yukishiro雪代縁Supporting
- Hajime Saitou斎藤一Supporting
- Seijuurou Hiko比古清十郎Supporting
- Souji Okita沖田総司Supporting
- Isami Kondo近藤勇Supporting
- TatsumiSupporting
- Iizuka飯塚Supporting
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Key staff
- Kazuhiro FuruhashiDirector
- Nobuhiro WatsukiOriginal creator
- Masahide YanagisawaCharacter design
- Taku IwasakiMusic
- Shouji HataSound director
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- Charles CampbellADR Director (English)
- Charles CampbellProducer (English)
- Charles CampbellRecording Engineer (English)
- Norio MatsumotoKey Animation (eps 1, 2)
- Hirofumi SuzukiKey Animation (ep 1)
- Atsuko NakajimaKey Animation (ep 4)
- Atsuko NakajimaAnimation Director (ep 4)
- Tokuyuki MatsutakeKey Animation (eps 1, 4)
- Atsushi MatsumotoStoryboard (ep 2)
- Masashi SogoScript (eps 1-4)
- Masahide YanagisawaAnimation Director (ep 4)
- Aki TsunakiKey Animation (ep 2)
- Shinobu TagashiraKey Animation (eps 1, 3, 4)
- Mariko FujitaKey Animation (ep 2)
- Toshimitsu KobayashiAnimation Director (ep 2)
- Toshimitsu KobayashiKey Animation (ep 2)
- Kazunori TakahashiKey Animation (ep 2)
- Tomomi ShimazakiKey Animation (eps 1, 3, 4)
- Chikara SakuraiKey Animation (eps 3, 4)
- Akemi HayashiKey Animation (ep 1)