Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen Trailer

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映画男!!!
The trailer for the first half of the latest anime adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s manga Rurouni Kenshin has started streaming on the official website.



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<em>Synopsis

The story takes place during the early Meiji era and follows a wanderer named Himura Kenshin who was once an elite assassin during the final years of the Edo period as the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end. Walking away from a life of violence he now offers protection to those in need in order to atone for his actions. His travels lead him to meet various characters including new friends and enemies from his past.</em>

Named Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen, the anime series will remake the second story-arc, the Kyoto story arc, and will focus on depicting the battle of Kenshin Himura and Makoto Shishio from the point of view of Oniwabanshū ninja Misao Makimachi. The project sees Studio DEEN, animators of the original anime from 1997-1998, returning to the franchise alongside original director Kazuhiro Furuhashi who is directing a script from Mari Okada (Fractale, Hanasaku Iroha). The cast includes Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin, Masanori Ikeda as Shishio, Tomo Sakurai as Misao Makimachi.

The first half will debut in two cinemas, Tokyo's Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro theater and Osaka's Cine-Libre Umeda theater from the 17th of December for a week of advance screenings before its video release. Aniplex of America are in negotiations for the English language rights.

<a href="http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/11/28-1/video-rurouni-kenshin-shin-kyoto-hen-trailer">Source</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin">Source</a>
 
Well the Kyoto Arc is when things start getting interesting so it doesn't surprise me that they're remaking it, I think the Tokyo Arc is just a series of self contained episodes if my memory serves me correctly, I was hoping they'd do the Jinchu Arc though as that's the only story arc that's not been touched properly apart from the Trust & Betrayal OAVs, even then that was only the flashback segments.
 
Kenshin's voice is kinda girly...

But yeah, this doesn't look like it stands a chance of living up to the nearly unsurpassed greatness of Trust and Betrayal.
 
vashdaman said:
Kenshin's voice is kinda girly...

But yeah, this doesn't look like it stands a chance of living up to the nearly unsurpassed greatness of Trust and Betrayal.
Kenshin always had a bit of a girly voice in the Japanese track :p

I just want the entire saga to be complete, too many shows get put to bed before they even do all the original manga arcs
 
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