New Rurouni Kenshin Anime Announced

A new Rurouni Kenshin Anime has been announced to be in the world during the Shueisha Jump Festa 22 on Sunday.

Here is the teaser trailer that was released alongside the announcement:

This anime will be produced by Liden Films, most well known for their recent work on Tokyo Revengers as well as Cells at Work Black and Yamada-Kun and the 7 Witches.

We currently know little else about the anime and what it may be adapting from the original manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The original Rurouni Kenshin anime adaptation ran for 93 episodes however around only half of these episodes were an adaptation of the manga, with the latter half of the series being anime-original filler, following the highly acclaimed Kyoto Arc.

The final arc of the original series, the Jinchū Arc, as well as the sequel series Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arc which began publishing in 2017 have not received a full anime adaptation. These would make them prime material for this new anime adaption to adapt however there is no confirmation either way.

The series has also been adapted into a series of live-action movies, they are known as some of the best anime adaptations of all time and roughly cover the entire manga, albeit in a more abridged format. The last film in the series Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning opened on Netflix this summer.

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