Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (Japanese: るろうに剣心 最終章 The Final, Hepburn: Rurouni Kenshin: Saishūshō – Za Fainaru) is a 2021 Japanese live-action film directed Keishi Ōtomo. It is based on the final arc of the Rurouni Kenshin manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, but its story will differ from the original. The film focuses on the pacifist wanderer Himura Kenshin who is brought on a fight involving revenge by Yukishiro Enishi. It is the fourth installment in the Rurouni Kenshin film series, following Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends, and will be followed by a fifth entry, Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Original Actor | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenshin Himura | Takeru Satoh | Micah Solusod | |
| Kaoru Kamiya | Emi Takei | Alexis Tipton | |
| Enishi Yukishiro | Mackenyu Arata | Aleks Le | |
| Hajime Saitō | Yōsuke Eguchi | Robert McCollum | |
| Sanosuke Sagara | Munetaka Aoki | Eric Vale | |
| Megumi Takani | Yū Aoi | Trina Nishimura | |
| Aoshi Shinomori | Yusuke Iseya | Alan Lee | |
| Yahiko Myōjin | Riku Ōnishi | Casey Mongillo | |
| Misao Makimachi | Tao Tsuchiya | Brittney Karbowski | |
| Chō Sawagejō | Ryōsuke Miura | Daman Mills | |
| Woo Heishin | Takuma Otoo | Brook Chalmers | |
| Chief Uramura | Shingo Tsurumi | John DeMita | |
| Miyauchi Maekawa | Takeo Nakahara | Beau Billingslea | |
| Hyōgo Kujiranami | Shinnosuke Abe | Kellen Goff | |
| Hyōko Otowa | Shuntaro Yanagi | Stephen Fu | |
| Tenmon Inui | Joey | Xander Mobus | |
| Mumyōi Yatsume | Eiki Narita | Christopher Sabat | |
| Sōjirō Seta | Ryūnosuke Kamiki | Justin Briner | |
| Shikijō | ¿? | Christopher Corey Smith | |
| Arai Seikū | ¿? | David Matranga | |
| Tae Sekihara | ¿? | Morgan Garrett | |
| Toshiyoshi Kawaji | ¿? | Rick Zieff | |
| Tomoe Yukishiro | Kasumi Arimura | Suzie Yeung | |
| Tsubame Sanjo | ¿? | Xanthe Huynh |
Additional Voices[]
Note[]
- Unlike the previous live-action Rurouni Kenshin films which were licensed by FUNimation Entertainment and recorded in Dallas, TX, Netflix opted to record "The Final" at Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Los Angeles, California.
- However, many of the voice cast who worked in the previous live-action Rurouni Kenshin films such as Micah Solusod, Alexis Tipton, Eric Vale, Trina Nishimura, Brittney Karbowski, and among others return to reprise their roles for the film.
- The only voice actors that didn’t reprise were Alex Organ due to inactive in dubbing and Alison Viktorin due to her retirement in 2021, they were replaced by Alan Lee and Casey Mongillo in their respective roles.
- Beau Billingslea is the only voice who previously voiced on the Bang Zoom! Entertainment dub of the original Rurouni Kenshin to return, only as a different character.
- This is John DeMita's first and so-far only voice direction for Bang Zoom.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Classification | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
June 18, 2021 | Anime / Netflix Original Series | Digital | TV-PG | United States | |
External Links[]
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final at the Internet Movie Database
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia