A FujiTV announced that the second season of the new anime series adaptation of the manga Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X) by Nobuhiro Watsuki It is Kaoru Kurosaki will premiere in October 2024 (Fall anime season).
This second season will last two courses that will be broadcast continuously, meaning the broadcast will take place over 6 months. The first season premiered in July 2023.
The animation is from the studio Liden Films (The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Terra Formars, Hanebado!), directed by Hideyo Yamamoto (Strike the Blood, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Cells at Work! Code Black), the argument is Hideyuki Kurata and the character design is Terumi Nishii (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Saint Seiya: Kinights of the Zodiac).
As for seiyuu:
- Souma Saitou as Kenshin Himura.
- Rie Takahashi as Kaoru Kamiya.
- Makoto Koichi as Yahiko Myojin.
- Taku Yashiro as Sanosuke Sagara.
The manga of Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin) was originally published in Shonen Jump magazine between 1994 and 1999, with 28 compiled volumes. Nobuhiro Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki started publishing the manga Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc (Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Hokkaido-hen) in September 2017.
The series received an anime adaptation in 1996 and had 95 episodes. Three OVA series of the work were also produced, released in 1999, 2001 and 2011, in addition to the series of live-action films released between 2012 and 2021.
Synopsis of Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin)
For 10 years Kenshin wandered around Japan until he found shelter at the Kamiya Dojo, where the young Kaoru Kamiya taught kendo in the Kamiya Kashin style. The young ronin’s wandering walk had a purpose: Atonement for the countless deaths he had caused during the Bakumatsu when he was a hitokiri in the service of the Ishin Shishi of the Choushuu fiefdom. At this time, Kenshin became known as “Hitokiri Battousai”
Nobuhiro Watsuki became famous for his mangas Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin) and Buso Renkin. In April 2015, he finished the manga with the help of his wife. Embalming – The Another Tale of Frankenstein. Watsuki he also designed some of the characters from the anime series and game, Endride.
