Alternative titles: English: Samurai XSynonyms: るろうに剣心, Samurai XJapanese: るろうに剣心
Type: TV
Episodes: 95
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 10 Jan, 1996 to 8 Sep, 1998
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Historical, Samurai, Romance
Duration: 00:24:00 per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 and older
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 secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape. (Source: ANN)
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Kenshin Himura Main | Mayo Suzukaze Japanese Richard Cansino English |
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Kaoru Kamiya Main | Dorothy Elias-Fahn English Miki Fujitani Japanese |
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Yahiko Myojin Main | Wendee Lee English Miina Tominaga Japanese |
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Sanosuke Sagara Main | Yuuji Ueda Japanese Lex Lang English |
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Jinpu Supporting | Takehito Koyasu Japanese |
| Sakata Supporting | Robert Axelrod English | |
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Han'nya Supporting | Tom Wyner English Akio Nojima Japanese |
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Fuji Supporting | Beau Billingslea English Unshou Ishizuka Japanese |
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Iwanbō Supporting | Lex Lang English |
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Shōgo Amakusa Supporting | Crispin Freeman English |
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Seikuu Arai Supporting | Ezra Weisz English Masaaki Ishikawa Japanese |
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Sadojima Hōji Supporting | Dave Mallow English |
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Seijuro Hiko Supporting | Shuuichi Ikeda Japanese Richard Epcar English |
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Kamatari Honjo Supporting | Junko Takeuchi Japanese Melodee Spevack English Melodee M. Spevack English |
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Raijuta Isurugi Supporting | Richard Epcar English Ryusuke Ohbayashi Japanese |
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Nenji Kashiwazaki Supporting | Michael McConnohie English |
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Yumi Komagata Supporting | Kanako Irie Japanese Wendee Lee English |
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Misao Makimachi Supporting | Philece Sampler English |
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Kazuhiro Furuhashi Director, Storyboard |
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Daisuke Asakura Theme Song Composition |
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Lex Lang Theme Song Performance |
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Takanori Nishikawa Theme Song Performance |
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BONNIE PINK Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics |
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Mayo Suzukaze Theme Song Performance |
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L'Arc~en~Ciel Theme Song Performance |
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Sandy Fox Theme Song Performance |
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Nobuhiro Watsuki Original Creator |
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Noriyuki Asakura Music |
| Noriyuki Matsutake Key Animation | |
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Iwashiro Taro Music |
| Norio Matsumoto Key Animation | |
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Atsuko Nakajima Animation Director |