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"Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan" (1996): :  -- The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan.
"Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan" (1996): :  -- The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan.
"Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan" (1996): :  -- The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan.
"Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan" (1996): :  -- The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan.

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Writers:
Michiru Shimada (screenplay)
Nobuhiro Watsuki (comic)
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Release Date:
10 January 1996 (Japan) more
Plot:
The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan. full summary
User Comments:
One of the best anime series ever made! more (21 total)

Cast

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Yûji Ueda ... Sanosuke Sagara / ... (1 episode, 1996)
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Also Known As:
Rurouni Kenshin: Wandering Samurai (USA)
Samurai X (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:
25 min (95 episodes)
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Trivia:
Another real-life personality in the show is Toshimichi Okubo. Okubo was one of the men who overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate, and was one of the founding members of the new Meiji government. more
Quotes:
Seijûrô Hiko: [to Kenshin] Why can't you bring me a souvenir, like a normal person, instead of all the trouble you usually bring with you? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Last Samurai (2003) more
Soundtrack:
HEART OF SWORD - Yoake Mae more

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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
One of the best anime series ever made!, 14 January 2005
Author: au_law2001 from Philippines

This is one of the most memorable and most recognizable anime I know, with a cast of great characters and story lines and funny sub-plots, it's everything you'd want to see in an anime. It starts out as Kenshin Himura a wanderer in the Meiji era, ends with a kendo teacher Kaoru Kamiya, and he starts living with her, and eventually she finds out this is no ordinary traveler, this is Battousai, the slasher! An infamous samurai who killed a lot of people in his past. But finds him to be a sweet gentle man who is kind towards children, who wants to restore peace, and end his days as a slasher. Later more characters appear, Yahiko, and then Sanosuke, then Megumi. A great cast with very dark and dramatic backgrounds filled with tragedies. Every episode seems to give each character some background and info and their dark secrets. The soundtracks are also great, I love the one by L~Arc~Ciel in the latter episodes. The sword fighting is also cool, and unforgettable. But wait, a few characters portrayed or based on actual people, like Saitou Hajime and Aritomo Yamagata, oh my, I wonder if they were really like that in real life, I mean their personalities as seen here. Anyways recommended to all anime fans, and to non-anime fans who are not familiar with anime yet, forget Dragon Ball or Pokemon, watch this.

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