
Synopsis
Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own s...
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Characters

Kaoru KamiyamainMiki Fujitani

Kenshin HimuramainMayo Suzukaze

Yahiko MyojinmainMiina Tominaga

Sanosuke SagaramainYuuji Ueda

Makoto ShishiosupportingMasanori Ikeda

Yutarou TsukayamasupportingMayumi Tanaka

Kanryuu TakedasupportingNobuo Tobita

Souzou SagarasupportingHidehiro Kikuchi
Tags
SwordplayMartial ArtsSamuraiHistoricalHeterosexualShounenMale ProtagonistCultivationTsunderePoliticsTravelConspiracyRehabilitation
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Details
FormatTV Series
StatusFinished
Episodes94
Duration25 min/ep
AiredJanuary 10, 1996 – September 8, 1998
SeasonWinter 1996
SourceManga
StudioStudio Gallop
ProducersSME Visual Works, Fuji TV, Media Blasters, Aniplex of America
CountryJP
Score
79/100
Favourites2,617
Popularity#87,037
Also known as
Samurai XRurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic StoryซามูไรพเนจรKenshin - Samurai vagabondo








