At today’s Jump Festa 2023, the new television anime adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story shōnen manga has revealed the second trailer and two additional cast members. The anime is scheduled to debut in 2023.
Makoto Koichi joins the cast members as Myōjin Yahiko, while Taku Yashiro plays the role of Sagara Sanosuke.
The reboot anime will pick up everything from the very beginning of the series where Kenshin first meets Kamiya Kaoru during a fight, who later offers him a place to stay. Kenshin accepts and begins to establish lifelong relationships with many people such as Sagara Sanosuke, a former Sekihō Army member; Myōjin Yahiko, an orphan from a samurai family who is also living with Kaoru as her student.
▍Rurouni Kenshin Anime Reboot Story
Welcome to the Meiji Era. Japan is a land experiencing times of troubled peace and renewal after a long and bloody civil war. Swords and killing are outlawed, but all is not as well as it would seem. Lurking in the shadows are many survivors of the revolution awaiting their chance for vengeance. Only the former government assassin, Kenshin Himura can keep the peace. Kenshin gives up the life of ‘Battousai The Man Slayer’ and sets off as a lone wanderer. His travels lead him to the Kamiya Dojo where he discovers the chance to start life over.
▍Rurouni Kenshin Anime Reboot Staff & Production
Original Work: Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story [Shueisha’s Jump Comics]
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Character Design: Terumi Nishii
Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata
Music: Yu Takami
Animation: Liden Films
▍Rurouni Kenshin Anime Reboot Cast
■ Kenshin Himura – CV: Soma Saito
■ Kaoru Kamiya – CV: Rie Takahashi
■ Myōjin Yahiko – CV: Makoto Koichi
■ Sagara Sanosuke – CV: Taku Yashiro
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