Unlike most heroes of the Japanese swordplay genre, Himura Kenshin refuses to kill. That’s an admirable quality, until one realizes he’s susceptible to the same sequel pressures as anyone else: When ...

When it comes to anime/manga adaptation, the U.S. has a less-than-stellar track record with films like Dragonball: Evolution and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Many fans insist that Hollywood ...

Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, the first of two sequels to the 2012 live-action Rurouni Kenshin film opened on August 1, 2014 in Japan. To date, the film has earned $30.64M dollars in Japan. Courtesy ...

Danny Guan is a writer with an avid interest in anime, manga, video games, and more. When he isn't writing for Game Rant, he's writing on his own personal website. In the series, Akabeko is a beef hot ...

Among many, three 'Kyoto Inferno' scenes in particular are different (or absent) from the anime, so we asked director Keishi Otomo your burning queston: WHY?! The previously unseen video below shows ...

MANILA, Philippines – He’s back! The smooth-looking, soft spoken master swordsman Kenshin Himura is back on the big screen in Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-Hen (Kyoto Inferno), the first of a two-part ...

The long-awaited movie live-action Rurouni Kenshin: The Final finally gets an official new trailer and release date. For the general audience, you might know the show better as Samurai X. Following ...

Plans for a new “Rurouni Kenshin” live-action movie was recently revealed in a rather surprising manner, which may also delay the schedule of the film. The news surfaced when actress Emi Takei, who ...

Takeru Sato fights to the finish in the third and final installment of Keishi Otomo's adaptation of the popular Japanese ronin manga. By Clarence Tsui Ruruoni Kenshin The Legend Ends Still - H 2014 ...

The first half of an epic two-part finale, "Kyoto Inferno" finds the reformed assassin desperately trying to avoid the violence promised in the next film. Rumor has it that the final chapter, “Rurouni ...