Rurouni Kenshin (2023)

Rurouni Kenshin
Original Title	るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- (Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan-)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Voice Director	Steve Staley
Recorded	2023-present
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	24
Year	2023-Present

Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-, Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Roman Tan-) is the reboot anime adaption of the manga of the same name by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The anime series is directed by Hideyo Yamamota and produced by Liden Films. The series premiered on July 6, 2023.

An English dub of the series premiered on October 15, 2023. The dub cast was left uncredited due to the controversy with manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki until November 14, 2023.

Synopsis During the upheaval of the Bakumatsu Era, there was an Imperialist warrior feared as the "Hitokiri Battosai." However, upon the arrival of the new era the Battosai disappeared from the public eye, leaving behind just his legend of the strongest Revolutionary warrior. Years later in downtown Tokyo, on the 11th year of Meiji. Kenshin Himura, a traveling swordsman who vowed to never kill again on the sakabato (reverse blade sword) he carries on his hip, meets Kaoru Kamiya, the head instructor of the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu sword style. Kenshin solves the case of a crossroad killer who was tarnishing the name of the Kasshin-ryu while claiming to be the "Hitokiri Battosai," which then leads to Kaoru offering to have the wanderer stay at her dojo. Follow Kenshin's journey as he makes treasured friendships with Yahiko Myojin, a descendent of a samurai-class family in Tokyo, and Sanosuke Sagara, a fighter for hire, and faces off against various foes who have unfinished business from Kenshin's past. The curtains have opened on the inspiring tale of a swordsman, and the resolute people surrounding him, living in the new Meiji Era.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Kenshin Himura	Sōma Saitō	Howard Wang
	Kaoru Kamiya	Rie Takahashi	Risa Mei
	Sanosuke Sagara	Taku Yashiro	Darius Johnson
	Yahiko Myōjin	Makoto Koichi	¿?
Secondary Characters
	Megumi Takani	Saori Ōnishi	Jennifer Sun Bell
	Hajime Saitō	Satoshi Hino	Bill Butts
	Aoshi Shinomori	Yūma Uchida	Ben Balmaceda
	Sekihara Tae	Mamiko Noto	TBA
	Tsubame Sanjo	Yūko Ōno	Kimberley Anne Campbell
	Uramura	Shinobu Matsumoto	TBA
	Gohei Hiruma	Wataru Takagi	Jason Marnocha
Minor Characters
	Kihei Hiruma	Chō	TBA

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
	Police Officers	Kazuya Saji Kōhei Yanagi Shō Okumura	TBA	1
	Police Captain	Kōichi Sōma	TBA
	Sōji Okita	Sōichirō Hoshi	Cedric Williams
	Nishiwaki	Shinya Takahashi	TBA
	Henchman		TBA	2
	Policemans	Kōichi Sōma Yuji Murai	TBA
	Onlookers	Marie Ōi Saki Kobari	TBA
	Aritomo Yamagata	Mitsuru Ogata	TBA
	Sword Bearing Police Members	Seiyu Fujiwara Shō Okumura Tomohiro Ōno	TBA
	Ujiki	Wataru Komada	TBA
	Gasuke	Junichi Yanagita	Bill Millsap	2-3
	Tanishi	Hidenari Ugaki	TBA	3
	Satō	Kōhei Yanagi	TBA
	Yakuza Members	Masafumi Kobatake Shō Okumura	TBA
	Hachisuka	Nobuyuki Hiyama	TBA
	Hira	Yuki Inoue	TBA
	Democratic Rights Movement activist	Kōichi Sōma	TBA	4
	Democratic Rights Movement activists	Seiyu Fujiwara Yuji Murai	TBA	4-5
	Jin'e Udo	Tomokazu Sugita	Yong Yea	5-7
	Kanryu Takeda	Mitsuaki Madono	Todd Haberkorn	8-14
	Elder Peaberry	Kanae Itō	TBA	20-21
	Shinshio Makoto	Makoto Furukawa	TBA	24

Notes

• Due to the controversy with manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki, the English dub cast had been left uncredited until November 14-16, 2023, where the voice cast were officially allowed to confirm their involvement. Any voice actor who was paid for the English dub donated their salaries to charity as a way to condemn Watsuki.
• None of the voice actors from either the Sony or Media Blasters dubs of the original anime returned to reprise their roles, the closest so far being Steve Staley, who previously voiced Sōzō Sagara, Tomo and Sarujiro in the Media Blasters dub, though he merely serves as the voice director. This is presumably done to follow the same tread as the original Japanese version where none of the Japanese seiyuus from previous adaptation returned to reprise their roles in the 2023 remake.

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date(s)	Category	Format	Content	Country
	October 15, 2023	Anime	Digital	12 Episodes	United States

See Also

• Rurouni Kenshin
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture
• List of Rurouni Kenshin OVA's
• Rurouni Kenshin (live action adaptation)

External Links

• Rurouni Kenshin at the Internet Movie Database
• Rurouni Kenshin (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia