Rurouni Kenshin
Kenshin to Battle Movie Enemies in Manga This Summer
So this is what Watsuki is up to. I’m not sure how I feel about this yet, but I don’t think I like it much. The May issue of Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine revealed on Wednesday that Nobuhiro Watsuki’s new Kenshin manga series, Rurouni Kenshin -Cinema-ban- (Rurouni Kenshin: Cinema Version), […] Read more
Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-hen – Part I
“Cage of Flames” Where in the world do I begin… I have a lot of stuff I’m carrying with me going into Shin Kyoto-hen. I’ve written on the subject before, but I’m a huge Rurouni Kenshin fan. It may have been the first anime that I fully embraced as an […] Read more
Holy… Rurouni Kenshin Manga to Return!
I never would have expected this. No word yet on what “brief run” and “reboot” mean, but can we possibly hope that this, at long last, will push us towards the Holy Grail of adaptations, the Jinchu Arc? As surprising as this news is, it’s easy to forget Watsuki-sensei is […] Read more
Will They Change the Ending?
Otherwise, I hardly see the need to remake the Kyoto Arc. And in two episodes at that, and in OVA form. It’s hard not to be bitterly disappointed by this news. None of the things I’d hoped for – Jinchu Arc, full TV series, new studio – came to pass. […] Read more
Rurouni Kenshin -New Anime Project Announced!
I only dared to speculate in my RK post last month, and I’ve been hoping for it for a decade, but we finally have news today that Rurouni Kenshin has a new anime project in the works. It would hard to overstate how important RK is to my identity as […] Read more
Rurouni Kenshin – Shounen Just Doesn’t Get Any Better
In the effort to keep myself from becoming too distraught by the events occurring in Northeast Japan, I’ve been revisiting an old favorite – and when I say “old favorite” I mean it. Rurouni Kenshin was one of the very first anime I ever watched, and was the very first […] Read more