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Rurouni Kenshin

TV series
1996–1998
3 seasons
Fuji TV
Action & Adventure
Animation
Comedy

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8.5 TMDB worldwide · 835 ratings

The Meiji Era was one of great renewal for Japan, where swords and killing were outlawed. However, many survivors from the time of Revolution still live, lurking in the shadows and waiting for a chance to use their killing blades again. Only Kenshin Himura, formerly one of the most brutal of killers, hopes to keep his swordsman's honor and still live in the new era.

About the show

Rurouni Kenshin (Japanese: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-, Hepburn: Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan-), sometimes called Samurai X, is a Japanese anime television series, based on Nobuhiro Watsuki's manga series Rurouni Kenshin. It was directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, produced by SPE Visual Works and Fuji Television, and animated by Studio Gallop (episodes 1–66) and Studio Deen (episodes 67–95). It was broadcast on Fuji TV from January 1996 to September 1998. Besides an animated feature film, three series of original video animations (OVAs) were also produced; the first adapts stories from the manga that were not featured in the television series; the second is both a retelling and a sequel to the television series; and the third was a reimagining of the second story arc of the series.

Sony Pictures Entertainment produced its own English dub of the series, releasing it as Samurai X in Southeast Asia. Media Blasters later licensed the series in North America and released it on home video from 2000 to 2002. The series aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami programming block in 2003, only broadcasting the first 62 episodes.

Rurouni Kenshin has ranked among the 100 most-watched series in Japan multiple times, and is considered to be one of the best anime series of all time.

A second anime television series adaptation by Liden Films premiered in 2023 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block.

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