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Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Rurouni Kenshin - Meiji Kenkaku Romantan: Shin Kyōto-Hen (Japanese)
Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen (Japanese)
るろうに剣心―明治剣客浪満譚― 新京都編 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Told from the perspective of Misao Makimachi, this alternate retelling of the Kyoto arc chronicles the adventures of wandering swordsman Kenshin Himura and his quest in putting a stop to the evil Makoto Shishio and his plot to take over Japan.
User Ratings: 182 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (dub:4, sub:4)
 Excellent: 21 votes (sub:16, dub:4, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 26 votes (sub:17, dub:4, raw:1, others:4
4 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 53 votes (sub:38, dub:14, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 24 votes (sub:15, dub:6, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 So-so: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, ?:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 421 users, rank: #2398 (of 9583)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.363 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.2263, rank: #6174 (of 9705)
Weighted mean: 6.341 (Decent+), rank: #6181 (of 9705) (seen all: 6.35 / seen some: 4.39)
Bayesian estimate: 6.422 (Decent+), rank: #5460 (of 7286)
Running time: 47 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2011-12-17
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
#1: "Nanairo no Kaze" (七色の風) by Rina Sumioka
#2: "feel you" by Rina Sumioka
Official website:
るろうに剣心 15th Anniversary (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
News: Show:
Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin 'Final Chapter' Films Delayed to Spring 2021 Due to COVID-19 (May 27, 2020)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, March 3-9 (Mar 5, 2013)
Sentai Filmworks Adds Rurouni Kenshin ~ New Kyoto Arc Video Anime (Dec 5, 2012)
Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 20-26 (Aug 28, 2012)
Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, August 20-26 (Aug 28, 2012)
Madman Entertainment Announces New Acquisitions at Manifest 2012 (Aug 19, 2012)
New Rurouni Kenshin Anime's Part II Promo Streamed (Jun 5, 2012)
New Rurouni Kenshin Anime's Part II Slated for June 23 (May 7, 2012)
1st Anime Contents Expo's Title List Announced (Dec 27, 2011)
New Rurouni Kenshin Anime's 1st BD/DVD Volume Titled, Dated (Dec 17, 2011)
New Rurouni Kenshin Anime's Part I Promo Video Streamed (Nov 28, 2011)
New Rurouni Kenshin Anime's Part I Slated for December 17 (Nov 1, 2011)
Press Release:
Section23 Films Announces March Slate (Dec 12, 2012)
Other article:
Shelf Life - Heart of Bored (Mar 11, 2013)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (Blu-ray) 2013-03-05 (from $73.84)
DVD (Region 1)
    Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (DVD) 2013-03-05 (from $28.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Script: Mari Okada (eps 1-2)
Storyboard:
Hiro Kaburagi (ep 1)
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (eps 1-2)
Episode Director:
Hiro Kaburagi (eps 1-2)
Toshiyuki Kato (ep 2)
Music: Noriyuki Asakura
Original creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Character Design: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Art Director: Ken Naito
Chief Animation Director: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Animation Director:
Masaaki Kannan (eps 1-2)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (eps 1-2)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (ep 2)
Yūki Iwai (eps 1-2)
Art design: Kazuhiro Itō
Director of Photography: Shinichi Igarashi
Producer: Ai Abe

2nd Key Animation:
Ai Asari (ep 1)
Emi Tezuka (eps 1-2)
Hiroki Yoshida (ep 1)
Hiroko Morosawa (eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Morosawa (eps 1-2)
Hiroshi Yakou (ep 2)
Hisae Ikezu (eps 1-2)
Kanako Ono (ep 1)
Kengo Saitō (ep 2)
Mariko Inagaki (eps 1-2)
Mayuko Kato (ep 2)
Megumi Arakawa (ep 1)
Sachiyo Matsubayashi (ep 2)
Shiori Kobayashi (eps 1-2)
Tooru Sawamura (eps 1-2)
Yōko Nomura (eps 1-2)
Yoshiko Shimizu (eps 1-2)
3D Animation:
Kana Imagaki
Toshirō Hamamura
Animation producer: Keiichi Matsuda
Assistant Animation Director: Eriko Itō
Background Art:
Ayako Harada
Ayako Onizuka
Ayano Nitta
Azusa Kondo
Chuan-Lin Zhang
Daimon Yamazaki
Emiko Sawada
Eri Inoue
Erika Kawashima
Futoshi Igishi
Genki Wakui
Hiromi Ueno
Hiroshi Kaneko
Hye Rim Park
Kaori Kikuna
Kazumi Sakakibara
Ken Tateishi
Manabu Ikeda
Manabu Katō
Masae Honda
Masako Takahashi
Masataka Takiguchi
Michiko Yoshida
Midori Aikawa
Naotake Ichiyanagi
Reika Sugiura
Reina Ōyoshi
Saburō Katō
Sayaka Fujii
Sayaka Mogami
Scott MacDonald
Seitarō Kawamura
Shogo Goto
Tomomi Arakawa
Tomonari Suzuki
Tsukasa Ōhira
Tsutomu Ikeda
Yoshika Matsushita
Yuri Mukumoto
Yutaka Hamamatsu
Calligraphy: Goichi Iwahata
Casting:
Makoto Matsuda
Sawako Todoroki
Cell Check:
Ayako Suenaga
Eiko Kitazume
Hitomi Kawashima
Imari Katsuragi
Shinji Matsumoto
Takasumi Ōsuga
Takeshi Mochida
Yuiko Azumi
Color design: Shinji Matsumoto
Color Specification:
Ayako Suenaga
Shinji Matsumoto
Editing: Masahiro Matsumura
Editing Assistant: Yuki Koike
Film Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura
Finishing:
Chisato Tsumotani
Kozue Arai
In-Between Animation:
Asuna Imahashi
Chieko Senoo
In-Between Check:
Aki Nakagawa (ep 1)
Ayako Togawa
Ryūichi Akahori
Tomoko Nakajima
Key Animation:
Aika Kawasaki (eps 1-2)
Akihito Asai (ep 2)
Akira Matsunaga (ep 2)
Atsuko Nakajima (ep 1)
Chikai Okado (ep 2)
Eiji Komatsu (ep 2)
Emi Kouno (ep 1)
Emiko Momose (ep 1)
Eri Sano (ep 1)
Eri Yamazaki (ep 2)
Erina Oshima (eps 1-2)
Fuminori Tsukita (eps 1-2)
Hanako Enomoto (ep 1)
Haruka Tanaka (ep 2)
haruyo (ep 1)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 2)
Hitomi Hasegawa (ep 1)
Kanae Matsunaga (ep 1)
Kazuma Uike (ep 1)
Kenichi Ishimaru (ep 2)
Kenichi Ōki (ep 2)
Manabu Akita (ep 1)
Masao Ebihara (ep 1)
Masayuki Kouda (ep 1)
Mayumi Oda (ep 1)
Misao Abe (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Matsumoto (ep 2)
Naoko Ikeuchi (ep 2)
Risako Yoshida (eps 1-2)
Rumi Miyata (ep 1)
Ruri Niitsuma (ep 1)
Ryo Komori (eps 1-2)
Ryouichi Kaida (ep 2)
Shinobu Nishioka (ep 2)
Takahito Katayama (eps 1-2)
Takashi Kojima (ep 1)
Takenori Tsukuma (eps 1-2)
Takeshi Otani (ep 2)
Tomochi Kosaka (ep 1)
Tomoko Kameyama (ep 2)
Tomoko Sugimoto (ep 1)
Tomomi Ikeda (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Kitamura (eps 1-2)
Toshiharu Murata (ep 1)
Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (ep 1)
Yasutoshi Iwasaki (ep 2)
Yasuyuki Kai (ep 2)
Yōichi Ishikawa (ep 1)
Yōko Itō (ep 2)
Young Hoon Jung (ep 1)
Yui Kinoshita (eps 1-2)
Yūko Yamada (eps 1-2)
Yumi Nakayama (eps 1-2)
Music producer: Hiroaki Sano
Photography:
Daisuke Horino
Hisashi Yonezawa
Katsuaki Kamata
Koshiro Iwamoto
Saori Takagi
Seiichi Morishita
Shinyo Kondo
Takako Unate
Takashi Aoki
Yayoi Mutō
Planning: Hideo Katsumata
Planning Assistant: Shuhei Hosono
Post-Recording Director: Yūji Mitsuya
Production Advancement:
Takuma Hirabayashi (eps 1-2)
Yūichirō Kikuchi (ep 2)
Production manager: Nobuyasu Nobe
Publicity:
Kazuko Yamamoto
Shizuka Kurosaki
Recording Adjustment: Shōji Hata
Recording Assistant: Naomi Fujita
Setting Production: Hitoshi Yoneoka
Sound Design:
Minoru Yamada
Yuika Shiraishi
Sound Work: Hiroshi Nishijima
Special Effects: Takeshi Saitō
Theme Song Arrangement:
Noriyuki Asakura (ED1)
Yūta Saitō (斎藤有太; ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
COZZi (ED2)
Noriyuki Asakura (ED1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Rina Sumioka (ED2)
Sumie Ayusawa (ED1)
Theme Song Performance: Rina Sumioka
Voice Direction: Yūji Mitsuya
Web Manager: Takeo Tsuda
Work Assistance:
Akiko Yoshimura
Shino Yasuda
Takehiko Nishida
Takeshi Ochi
Yuu Takahashi
Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin Himura

Kanako Irie as Yumi Komagata
Ken Narita as Hajime Saitō
Masaaki Ishikawa as Seikū Arai
Masanori Ikeda as Makoto Shishio
Miina Tominaga as Yahiko Myoujin
Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya
Noriko Hidaka as Sōjirō Seta
Shinichi Fukumoto as Chō Sawagejō
Shō Ryūzanji as Usui Uonuma
Shūichi Ikeda as Seijūrō Hiko
Tamio Ohki as Nenji Kashiwazaki (Okina)
Tomo Sakurai as Misao Makimachi
Unshō Ishizuka as Fuji
Yasuyoshi Hara as Anji Yūkyūzan
Yoshito Yasuhara as Aoshi Shinomori
Yūji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara

Chafūrin as Kurojō
Chieko Honda as Azusa Arai
Hiroshi Shimozaki as Police Chief
Miwa Matsumoto as Iori Arai
Naomi Matamura as Oshige
Shizuka Okohira as Ōmime (Ochika)
Yuki Nakao as Masukami (Omasu)

Iori Hayashi
Naoto Shimokoshi
Nik Sliwerski
Ryō Naitō
Takashi Hondō
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
A-Line
AI
Anitus Kōbe
Ashi Productions
BONES
C-Station
D-Motion
david production
Jūmonji
Production I.G
Studio Cab
Studio Gimlet
Studio Graffiti
Studio Luna
Studio Sign
Studio Victory
Studio Wanpack
Studio Wombat
SynergySP
union CHO
Wafū Animation
Yuhodo
3D Graphics: Umidori
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
Animation Tool: Animo
Background Art: Studio Tulip
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM
Casting: Nelke Planning
Film Editing: Imagica
Finish Animation: E-cho
In-Between Animation:
E-cho
Wafū Animation
Music Production: Aniplex
Photography:
Megumi
Studio Twinkle
Planning Assistance: Shueisha
Production: Aniplex
Recording Studio: Sound Team Don Juan
Sound Design: Iina
Sound Production: Dax
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Charles Campbell
Translation: Jackie McClure
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi
John Ledford

Audio Engineer:
Bryan Leach
Charles Campbell
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
E.W. Rector, III
Jessica Williams
Kayla King
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Sound Design & Mix: Brent Marshall
Subtitle Formatting: Christopher Williams
Subtitle Timing: Christopher Williams
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
J. Shannon Weaver as Kenshin Himura
Meg Bauman as Misao Makimachi

Amanda Hanawa as Kaoru Kamiya
Andrew Love as Seijuro Hiko
Blake Shepard as Yahiko Myojin
Claire Hamilton as Yumi Komagata
Clint Bickham as Soujiro Seta
David Matranga as
Chou Sawagejo
Usui Uonuma
David Wald as Makoto Shishio
Gray Haddock as Sanosuke Sagara
John Gremillion as Aoshi Shinomori
John Swasey as Hajime Saito
Leraldo Anzaldua as Seiku Arai
Lowell Bartholomee as
Anji Yukyuzan
Fuji
Marty Fleck as Nenji Kashiwazaki (Okina)

Allison Sumrall as
Azusa Arai
Masukami (Omasu)
Omime (Ochika)
Amanda Hanawa as Iori Arai
Charles Campbell as Kurojo
David Matranga as Soldier Bob
John Gremillion as Captain
Leraldo Anzaldua as Shiro
Lois Fleck as Oshige
Lowell Bartholomee as Police Chief
Xander Cross as Kuro

Brando Austin
Charlie Campbell
David Matranga
John Gremillion
John Swasey
Leraldo Anzaldua
Xander Cross
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (New Zealand & Australia.)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
HIDIVE (Subtitled & Dubbed)
iTunes
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Sentai Filmworks (Expired)
Production: Seraphim Digital
German staff
German cast
(none)
Julia Meynen as Misao Makimachi
René Dawn-Claude as Kenshin Himura

Alexander Doering as Sanosuke Sagara
Arne Stephan as Seiku Arai
Axel Lutter as Nenji Kashiwazaki
Christian Rudolf as Makoto Shishio
Christian Zeiger as Sojiro Seta
Gerald Paradies as Usui Uonuma
Jan Panczak as Yahiko Myojin
Jaron Löwenberg as Seijuro Hiko
Jens Bogadtke as Anji Yukyuzan
Katrin Zimmermann as Kaoru Kamiya
Michael Bauer as Cho Sawagejo
Sebastian Jacob as Hajime Saito
Ulrike Stürzbecher as Yumi Komagata
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: TV+Synchron Berlin
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Tagalog cast
(none)

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