The August issue of Jump Square announced that two new live-action Rurouni Kenshin movies based on the Kyoto Arc will air summer of 2014. Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O) will reprise his role as Kenshin Himura in both movies.
The Kyoto Arc takes place several months of living in the dojo, Kenshin discovers that his successor as assassin of the shadows, Shishio Makoto, plans to conquer Japan by destroying the Meiji Government, starting with Kyoto. Feeling that his friends may be attacked by Shishio's faction, Kenshin goes to meet Shishio alone in order to defeat him.
During the events of the arc, he decides to finish his training with his master, Hiko Seijuro and meets more remnants of the Oniwabanshū after she meet Oniwabanshū ninja, Makimachi Misao.
The Kyoto Arc was animated countless times. The recent was with the New Kyoto Arc Two-Part OVA series. The first Rurouni Kenshin movie premiered in Japan in August 2012. Outside Japan, the movie premiered in various countries such as the Philippines.
Source: Anime News Network
The Kyoto Arc takes place several months of living in the dojo, Kenshin discovers that his successor as assassin of the shadows, Shishio Makoto, plans to conquer Japan by destroying the Meiji Government, starting with Kyoto. Feeling that his friends may be attacked by Shishio's faction, Kenshin goes to meet Shishio alone in order to defeat him. During the events of the arc, he decides to finish his training with his master, Hiko Seijuro and meets more remnants of the Oniwabanshū after she meet Oniwabanshū ninja, Makimachi Misao.
The Kyoto Arc was animated countless times. The recent was with the New Kyoto Arc Two-Part OVA series. The first Rurouni Kenshin movie premiered in Japan in August 2012. Outside Japan, the movie premiered in various countries such as the Philippines.
Source: Anime News Network
