Based on popular manga series "Rurouni Kenshin" written & illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki (published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999). Filming began July 1, 2013 and finished December 27, 2013. Filming took place in Ibaraki, Yamagata, Kumamoto, Shiga, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nagano, Tochigi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Tokyo, Japan. "Rurouni Kenshin" is the story of a samurai in the meiji era, during which time the societal role of the samurai warrior was becoming obsolete in favor of societal modernization. Kenshin Himura Kenshin lives his life in this movie as if he sees the ghosts of everyone he killed. Maybe he already did, but it shows here. I don't think Kenshin would walk around in life so sullen. If anything he would probably put on a happy face not to distress anyone, except those closest to him who could see through it. The Handsome Swordsman of Legend: A Man who Fights for Love is the first episode of the Rurouni Kenshin anime, which introduces the Protagonist and Deuteragonist of the series, Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru, respectively. Kamiya Kaoru, a kendo instructor living in Tokyo meets a wanderer while trying to defeat a legendary assassin that is murdering in the name of her Dōjō. Kaoru helps the Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning will tell the story of how Kenshin got his cross-shaped scar. Principal photography for the films ended on June 7 last year. Filming began in November 7/10 as a standalone live-action movie trilogy. 9/10 as a fan of Rurouni Kenshin. I really liked the action choreography, but a lot of the swordsmanship details bothered me and because I am a nerd, I felt the need to share. Hiko did not fight like Kenshin at all. Kenshin throughout all 3 films liked to jump, scramble, run, dive, twist and turn. Kaworu Kurosaki. Nobuhiro Nishiwaki ( Japanese: 西脇 伸宏, Hepburn: Nishiwaki Nobuhiro, born May 26, 1970), better known by his pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki (和月 伸宏, Watsuki Nobuhiro), is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his samurai -themed series Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (1994–1999), which has over Kenshin himself claims that the blow is powerful enough to cut a diamond in two. The second one has the prerogative of being able to strike from a distance, creating a blade of wind with a wide range of action, impossible to counter; it is the technique with which Raijuta injures Yutaro’s arm. 10. Kariwa Henya. Rurouni Kenshin episode 20 began with Sanosuke Sagara recapping Kenshin Himura's past as an Imperialist assassin and commando swordsman, and a recap of his meeting Kaoru. The scene then shifted to But because the manga eventually fleshed out and finished the storyline, the anime's ending naturally feels incomplete. Rurouni Kenshin is based on a long-running manga of the same name that HerS8e.