One of the most memorable villains to grace both the anime and the manga for Rurouni Kenshin is Shishio, the dark Battosai that pitted his skills against Kenshin, so its no surprise to see that one ...

Kenshin Himura as seen in the old (left) and new (right) anime adaptation (Image via Studio Deen & Lidenfilms) Rurouni Kenshin is one of the best historical anime series about the Meiji period of ...

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Barnstorming swordplay, pretty faces and a no-brainer plot combine to fizzy effect in "Rurouni Kenshin," the screen adaptation of a Meiji-era manga series about a ronin who kicks ass while preaching ...

The animated, scarred-face wandering samurai Kenshin Himura has certainly left quite a lasting imprint on the Filipino audiences. Over a decade since the manga ended, the internationally acclaimed ...

The swordsman is dragged out of retirement in a messy, overlong sequel to 2012’s Rurouni Kenshin The first of two sequels to 2012’s Rurouni Kenshin (from Nobuhiro Watsuki’s manga) finds the swordsman ...

When the bad guy has a crew that includes a guy with a gatling gun attachment for an arm, you know there’s some outrageous period action afoot. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (Netflix) blends some fiery ...

Rurouni Kenshin is an anime series set in the Meiji era of Japan, following the story of Himura Kenshin, a former assassin turned wandering samurai. The series features a range of strong and ...