Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Anime, Video 2 Teaser

The anime Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (Rurouni Kenshin) is revealed with a second video teaser!

The anime series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (24 episodes) is scheduled for release in July 2023 in Japan. And the sequel titled Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Kyoto Douran (24 episodes) is scheduled for October 2024. More information coming soon.

Genre: Shonen, Action, Samurai

Synopsis of the anime Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan:

The story takes place in 1878 in Tokyo. Kenshin Himura, a former assassin nicknamed Battosai during the Bakumatsu era (end of the shogunate), hides a heavy past...

Having become a vagabond since the establishment of the Meiji era, he travels the country with his inverted sword, with the desire to stop killing. He meets a young girl who is trying to protect her dojo, Kaoru Kamiya, and ends up moving in with her after helping her.

However, Kenshin's past continues to haunt him...

Teaser Video 2 of the Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan anime:

Staff Animation:

Mangaka: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Studio: Liden Films
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto (Strike the Blood saga, Uchi no Shishou wa Shippo ga Nai, Hataraku Saibou Black)
Writer: Hideyuki Kurata (Made in Abyss saga, Goblin Slayer, Drifters)
Character Design: Terumi Nishii (Diamond is Unbreakable, Haikara-san ga Tōru Zenpen)
Music: Yu Takami (Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin)

The manga Kenshin the Wanderer (Rurouni Kenshin) by Nobuhiro Watsuki debuted in 1994 by Shueisha Publishing and has a total of 28 bound volumes (22 volumes new edition) in Japan. (available from editions)

The sequel, Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Hokkaido-hen (consisting of 5 arcs), debuted in 2017 and currently has 7 Japan-bound volumes.