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Last month Bandai Namco revealed plans for a free-to-play mobile game based on Rurouni Kenshin . While details remain scant, the first promo for Rurouni Kenshin: Kengekikenran arrived this week with a really brief look at its action and character models. Rurouni Kenshin: …Read more »
Ryosuke Tomoe’s popular horror manga Museum , first serialized in Young Magazine, has been adapted into a live-action film directed by Keishi Otomo ( Rurouni Kenshin ) and starring Shun Oguri ( Lupin III ). Does the live-action version capture the creepy atmospherics of the …Read more »
Funimation will be releasing the first film in the live-action Rurouni Kenshin trilogy in the US as Rurouni Kenshin: Origins , with screenings scheduled for August 8-10. With less than a month to go, Funimation busted out a new subtitled trailer promoting the feature's upcoming …Read more »
Funimation announced plans to bring the live-action trilogy of Rurouni Kenshin films to home video, starting with the first entry—localized for North American release as Rurouni Kenshin: Origins —this fall. The Takeru Satoh-lead trilogy will continue after that with home video releases of Rurouni Kenshin: …Read more »
In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
Rurouni Kenshin is a story of redemption: whether a man who has killed hundreds can gain forgiveness and work for peace. Kyoto Inferno and The Legend Ends , films two and three in the live action Rurouni Kenshin series are themselves a kind of redemption …Read more »
Following up on the first two live-action Rurouni Kenshin films—the second of which we most recently reviewed here —the third and final adaptation is nearly in Japanese theaters. Set to debut on September 13, Rurouni Kenshin Densetsu no Saigo-hen ( Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends …Read more »
Another reason for residents of the Southland to go about their day humming Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.”: 2014’s LA EigaFest will host the American premieres of both the live-action Lupin III and Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno films. You lucky dogs. The 4th annual LA …Read more »
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto's Inferno , the sequel to the live-action film based on the popular swordfighting manga, had an impressive weekend at the box office, opening at number one and having the biggest opening for a live-action film in Japan this year. Kyoto's Inferno , …Read more »
Otaku USA e-News Flashback 2012: Your faithful editor and film reviewer pops out of a theater in Tokyo's Roppongi neighborhood and heads to a cafe next door to pen his review of the new Rurouni Kenshin film, by which he is not particularly impressed. While …Read more »
We reported recently most of Japan’s local mascots, aimed at promoting prefectures and towns throughout the country, aren’t really worth their cost, causing the Ministry of Finance to make some serious cuts in mascot budgeting. One exception might be Kumamon, the lovable bear created to …Read more »
A new preview is here for the live-action Rurouni Kenshin film sequels, Kyoto Inferno and The Legend Ends . Thanks to the adaptation's official channel, we have an English-subtitled look at both, also previewing band ONE OK ROCK's theme song "Mighty Long Fall." The first …Read more »
Keishi Otomo's pair of live-action Rurouni Kenshin film sequels—based on the manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki—are set to premiere in Japanese theaters later this year. Takeru Sato reprises his lead role as Himura Kenshin, and "the craziest enemy" arrives as the antagonist in the first sequel, …Read more »
Warner Bros. Japan's official website for the Rurouni Kenshin live-action film adaptations recently updated with a fast-paced teaser for the upcoming sequels. The pair of films— Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen ( Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc ) and Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen …Read more »
The latest anime acquisition out of Sentai Filmworks is Rurouni Kenshin ~ New Kyoto Arc , the new adaptation of Kenshin's most popular story arc. Current plans include releasing the OVA through digital outlets and on bilingual DVD and Blu-ray in 2013. New Kyoto Arc …Read more »
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