

Many video games for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable systems have also been produced. Several Rurouni Kenshin drawings and guidebooks have been released, and writer Kaoru Shizuka has written three official light novels for Shueisha.

The first was a sequel to the manga, while the second was an adaptation of stories from the manga that were not included in the anime. Two series of original video animations (OVAs) were also made in addition to the animated feature picture. The manga was converted into an anime television series by Studio Gallop, Studio Deen, and SPE Visual Works, which aired in Japan from January 1996 to September 1998. The work was originally published in 28 tankbon volumes, but was later reissued in twenty-two kanzenban volumes. Atonement, peace, as well as romance, are important themes in the manga.įrom April 1994 to September 1999, the manga was published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shnen Jump magazine. Watsuki created the series in order to create a shnen manga that was unlike any other at the time, having Kenshin being a former assassin as well as the plot becoming more serious since it progressed.

Hitokiri Battosai vanishes after his work against the bakufu to become Himura Kenshin, a wandering warrior who protects the people of Japan while vowing never to take another life. The narrative begins in Japan during the 11th year of the Meiji period (1878) and follows Hitokiri Battosai, a former Bakumatsu assassin. Nobuhiro Watsuki wrote and drew Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, a Japanese manga series.
