 The Jump Studio Red stage for Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story) manga announced a new television anime on Sunday.  The new anime series is being produced by animation studio LIDENFILMS (Tokyo Revengers, Mugen no Juunin: Immortal). Aniplex simultaneously opened an official website, revealing a teaser promotional video.The original historical samurai manga ran in Weekly Shounen Jump between 1994 and 1999. Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki began the Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Hokkaido-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc) sequel manga in Jump SQ. in November 2016. Shueisha published the sixth volume on July 2. Studio Deen and Gallop adapted the original manga into a 94-episode television anime that aired from 1996 to 1998. Aniplex released a four-episode original video anime (OVA) the following year that served as a prequel to the television series, followed by a two-episode sequel OVA in 2002. Synopsis Ten years have passed since the end of Bakumatsu, an era of war that saw the uprising of citizens against the Tokugawa shogunate. The revolutionaries wanted to create a time of peace, and a thriving country free from oppression. The new age of Meiji has come, but peace has not yet been achieved. Swords are banned but people are still murdered in the streets. Orphans of war veterans are left with nowhere to go, while the government seems content to just line their pockets with money. One wandering samurai, Kenshin Himura, still works to make sure the values he fought for are worth the lives spent to bring about the new era. Once known as Hitokiri Battousai, he was feared as the most ruthless killer of all the revolutionaries. Now haunted by guilt, Kenshin has sworn never to kill again in atonement for the lives he took, and he may never know peace until killing is a thing of the past. Now in the 11th year of Meiji, Kenshin stumbles upon Kaoru Kamiya, owner and head instructor of a small dojo being threatened to close its doors. The police force is powerless to stop the string of murders done in the name of her dojo by a man claiming to be the famous Battousai. Kenshin's wanderings pause for now as he joins Kaoru to clear both their names. But how long can he stay before his past catches up to him? [Written by MAL Rewrite] Teaser PV Official site: https://rurouni-kenshin.com/ Official Twitter: @ruroken_anime Source: PR Times Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (Shin Anime Project) on MAL |
VindstotDec 22, 2021 7:49 PM
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| wow did not expect this especially with everything around the author. Looks cool but am skeptical about the studio. |
| Hooo lee shitt!!! bro recently I finished that 4 ep OVA and now I am currently watching the main series. This series is too good. Anyway Is this a remake or something else !? |
| Don't really expect anything good from LIDENFILMS |
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| I'll pass, already not a fan of the art style base off that few second scene. He looks a lot younger and have the shaman king art style imo. This wont come close to the original. |
| Kind of weird seeing Kenshin news after the author getting a slap on the wrist for cp. I guess in America, we usually never hear of those guys again given how long sentences are. The PV is so short I do not know what to think of it. May check it out eventually. |
rohan121Dec 18, 2021 9:48 PM
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| LIDENFILMS is working in this 😆 it's gonna be bad. |
| Any Rurouni Kenshin content is always welcome ~ I recently rewatched the live-action movies in preparation to the Final and the Beginning so it’s almost perfect timing for me. No real expectations though. |
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| Rurouni kenshin anime after so long, wonder if it'll be a sequel or a readaptation. |
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| Even if it’s a slideshow I will hype. I just love RuroKen so much lol |
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| LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO |
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| PLEASE BE GOOD!!! |
| Well, this is a pleasant unexpected surprise. It'd be real cool if this turned out to be a full-scale remake that adapts the manga all the way to the end (á la FMAB) sans the horrible filler from the original series... but I'll manage my expectations for this until more info comes out. |
ChrnoTodd said: Even if it’s a slideshow I will hype. I just love RuroKen so much lol OMG, YES!!!! I 'M SO OVERLY EXCITE RIGHT NOW JUST SEEING THIS AND KNOWING THERE'S A NEW KENSHIN ANIME ( MY MOST FAVORITE SHONEN JUMP TITLE OF ALL TIMES HAVING A NEW TV SERIES IS THE BEST NEWS IN A LONG TIME, SO MUCH THAT I CAN'T STOP SMILING, LOL), SOMETHING I BEEN WISHING FOR A LOT YEARS HAS FINALLY COME: I REALLY HOPE THE JINCHU ARC GETS FULLY ANIMATED, OH YES BRING IT, MORE RUROUNI KENSHIN HERE WE COME!!!!!! XD |
| I'm a little excited about this and I hope they just adapt the final arc of the manga. I just don't see Lindenfilms redoing 94 episodes of the original series minus the fillers. |
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| remake? adapting what left from anime that isn't adapted yet? or straight to hokkaido arc? |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| Didn't expect this at all. Nice news. Hopefully it will be faithful to the manga. |
| What a surprise! I'm so happy right now. |
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| i cant find its myanimelist link |
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| I have conflicted feelings about this... 1) the original series was already soooo good - fantastic seiyuu, the incredibly good ost, the vibe! I don't know if they can re-create that 2) Nobuhiro Watsuki the mangaka, ugh, I don't think I can/should support that man... |
emerald_hillDec 19, 2021 1:03 AM
emerald_hill said: 1) the original series was already soooo good - the seiyuu, the incredibly good ost, the vibe! I don't know if they can re-create that It was very good indeed, but it was also incomplete, as they never adapted the last arc of the manga (the Jinchu arc). This is a chance to rectify that mistake. Who knows if they'll take it though. Might just be an adaptation of the on-going manga sequel (aka the Hokkaido arc). Either way, with the studio being Liden Films, the creators of the modern Berserk adaptations, it's hard to get one's hopes too much... but we'll see. Still looking forward to more details, because it is a new Kenshin anime at last. That's a big event. |
| Is this a dream? I still can’t believe this news |
Vexem said: Lindenfilms will further ruin a half assed manga. Not interested When did it became a half assed manga? You had Kenshin Himura in your favourites and you had a layout in your profile showing your top 10 favourite manga in which you had given Rurouni Kenshin a 10/10. |
| I really doubt this will turn out well. |
| Let's hope they keep the original seiyuus or at least find similar ones. I need wacky Kenshin to "Oro" his way through comedic sequences before it gets serious again :) |
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| HOLY FUCKING SHIT This feels too good to be true!! |
| HUNTER X HUNTER HAS RETURNED!!!!!!! |
| Wow ... they are actually do it. I'm actually so excited. Hopefully this time it won't get cancelled before Jinchu! XD |
| Don't let others ruin things for you. Even if a toxic fan pisses in your cereal, you could just get another bowl of cereal. The 50 Anime You Should Watch Before You Die |
| I guess this is a good sign of what they call it... "Separate the art from the artist" Either way, Im pleased to see this is happening |
| "You can't spell slaughter without laughter". |
| Two questions: So are they doing a cliffnotes adaptation like Blade of the Immortal? and Will there be official subs or a long wait for a good subbing group? |
| Is this like a reboot or something ? |
| a remake would be unnecessary, just give us the last arc and hokkaido arc |
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| Is this a remaster of the original? |
| i honestly prefer to bury old things in the past... |
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| Definitely surprised considering the situation the mangaka got himself into. If this is a remake I don't see LIDENFILMS producing something better than the original. If its a sequel of some sorts it could turn out alright. |
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| dam bro ma boy kenshin is back |
Punkero said: Definitely surprised considering the situation the mangaka got himself into. If this is a remake I don't see LIDENFILMS producing something better than the original. If its a sequel of some sorts it could turn out alright. Exactly my thoughts. Old anime was already fine, I like Tokyo Revengers but it's a bad adaptation and this studio is really weak. |
| I'm always open for new Ruroken, and this one's great news. Given the studio shift, I'm having tons of doubts given that the original director did a stellar job and I doubt that the committee will get the same guy despite doing this in a different studio. They could've just kept this in Studio Deen as they always did a great job with it, even with the Mari Okada-retconned 2011 OVAs. Aniplex better get Kazuhiro Furuhashi back for this one after his Spy X Family stint in WIT Studio as Ruroken is his defining work, or get Hiroshi Hamasaki instead for this if they can't get the former to work since it's LIDENFILMS whose going to do it. |
ZnraDec 19, 2021 5:38 AM
 Those with dirty minds will find my Steam pic offensive |
| Already looks worse than the original. What a shit choice to pick, looks like cgi too. |
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