Rurouni Kenshin
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan / Samurai X / Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story / ซามูไรพเนจร / Kenshin - Samurai vagabondo / Lãng khách Kenshin / רורואוני קנשיןSummary
Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 94
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 39 h 10 min (94 × 25 min)
- Season
- Winter 1996
- Start date
- January 10, 1996
- End date
- September 8, 1998
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio Gallop, Studio DEEN
- Romaji title
- Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan
- English title
- Rurouni Kenshin
- Native title
- るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-
- Other titles
- Samurai X · Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story · ซามูไรพเนจร · Kenshin - Samurai vagabondo · Lãng khách Kenshin · רורואוני קנשין
Relations
PrequelSamurai X: Trust and Betrayal
PrequelSamurai X: The Motion Picture
PrequelRurouni Kenshin: Special Techniques
PrequelSamurai X DVD-BOX Special Ending
PrequelRurouni Kenshin: Review Special
PrequelRurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc
PrequelSamurai X Special
SequelSamurai X: Reflection
Characters 25
Main characters
- Yahiko Myojin明神弥彦Main
- Sanosuke Sagara相楽佐之助Main
- Kenshin Himura緋村剣心Main
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- Makoto Shishio志々雄真実Supporting
- Touma Sakaki榊東馬Supporting
- Kamatari Honjou本条鎌足Supporting
- Shougo Amakusa天草翔伍Supporting
- Yumi Komagata駒形由美Supporting
- Tsubaki椿Supporting
- Yutarou Tsukayama塚山由太郎Supporting
- Tae Sekihara関原妙Supporting
- Tsubame Sanjou三条燕Supporting
- Arundo Akamatsu赤末有人Supporting
- Jinei Udoh鵜堂刃衛Supporting
- Megumi Takani高荷恵Supporting
- Gasuke我介Supporting
- Kanryuu Takeda武田観柳Supporting
- Jinpuu陣風Supporting
- Shirojou白尉Supporting
- Iwanbou夷腕坊Supporting
- Soujirou Seta瀬田宗次郎Supporting
- Hajime Saitou斎藤一Supporting
- Daigoro Okuma大熊大五郎Supporting
- Shura朱羅Supporting
- Souzou Sagara相楽総三Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Kazuhiro FuruhashiDirector
- Nobuhiro WatsukiOriginal creator
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- Mayo SuzukazeTheme Song Performance (ED2)
- Takanori NishikawaTheme Song Performance (OP3)
- Michiko YokoteScript (ep 22)
- Takeshi MoriStoryboard (eps 83, 86, 91)
- BONNIE PINKTheme Song Composition (ED5)
- BONNIE PINKTheme Song Lyrics (ED5)
- BONNIE PINKTheme Song Performance (ED5)
- Mitsuo IsoKey Animation (OP1)
- L'Arc~en~CielTheme Song Performance (ED4)
- Akitarou DaichiStoryboard (ep 3)
- Kazuhiro FuruhashiStoryboard (eps 1, 30, 31, 52, 56, 60, 66, 78, 85, 89)
- Hiroshi MoriokaEpisode Director (eps 71, 77, 80, 85, 89)
- Ryousuke TakahashiAssistant Episode Director (eps 1-12)
- Norio MatsumotoKey Animation (ep 30, 31, 60, 66, 85)
- Hirofumi SuzukiKey Animation (ep 53)
- Miwa OoshimaKey Animation (eps 14, 22)
- Atsuko NakajimaAnimation Director (ep 31)
- Daisuke AsakuraTheme Song Arrangement (ED3)
- Daisuke AsakuraTheme Song Composition (ED3)
- Tokuyuki MatsutakeKey Animation (ep 26)
- Naoyuki KonnoKey Animation (ep 60)
- Hiroyuki OkiuraKey Animation (OP1)
- Yasuhiro OkudaKey Animation (eps 70, 78, 82)