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Samurai X: The Motion Picture

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©1997 N. Watsuki•Shueisha / Fuji-TV•Aniplex Inc.


[ sequel of Rurouni Kenshin (TV) ]

Alternative title:
Kenshin - Requiem pour les Ishin Shishi (French)
Kenshin El Vagabundo: Réquiem por los Patriotas de la Restauración (Spanish)
Kenshin Samurai Vagabondo: Requiem per gli Ishin-shishi (Italian)
Kenshin: Rèquiem pels Patriotes de la Restauració
Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Chinkonka [Requiem] (Japanese)
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for Patriots
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Shishi
るろうに剣心―明治剣客浪漫譚―維新志士への鎮魂歌 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama
Themes: historical, samurai
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desperate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Kenshin Himura. But when Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity as the Hitokiri Battousai, his fight becomes a personal vendetta.
User Ratings: 1660 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 134 votes (sub:86, dub:39, edit.dub:3, ?:2, Spa.sub:2, Spa.dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 258 votes (sub:152, dub:91, Spa.sub:4, ?:4, Por.sub:2, raw:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 395 votes (sub:258, dub:122, ?:4, Spa.sub:4, Spa.dub:2, Ara.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 419 votes (sub:286, dub:118, Spa.sub:4, Spa.dub:3, raw:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 213 votes (sub:145, dub:58, edit.dub:3, Spa.sub:3, Ger.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 So-so: 119 votes (sub:79, dub:33, Spa.dub:3, Spa.sub:2, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:25, dub:16, ?:2, edit.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Weak: 44 votes (sub:29, dub:14, Por.dub:1)
 Bad: 19 votes (sub:11, dub:8)
 Awful: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (dub:4, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 3364 users, rank: #134
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.222 (Good+.22), std. dev.: 1.8023, rank: #1299
Weighted mean: 7.126 (Good+.12), rank: #1304 (seen all: 7.13 / seen some: 7.06 / won't finish: 1.98)
Bayesian estimate: 7.128 (Good+.12), rank: #1132
Running time: 90 minutes
Vintage:
1997-12-20
2003-08-21 (13:00 Hrs, Televisa Canal 5, Mexico)
2004 (Spain)
Premiere date:
1997-12-20 (Japan)
Opening Theme:
"Niji (虹)" by L'arc-en-Ciel
Ending Theme:
"永遠の未来 (Towa no Mirai - Eternal Future)" by Animetal
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    Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture DVD

Related releases:
    Samurai X: The Motion Picture (DVD) 2001-03-27 (from $19.14)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Hatsuki Tsuji

Script:
Shinichi Tsuji
Yukiyoshi Ohashi

Music: Taro Iwashiro

Original story: Nobuhiro Watsuki

Character Design: Hatsuki Tsuji

Animation director: Hatsuki Tsuji

Executive producer:
Junichiro Hisaita
Ryuzo Shirakawa

In-Between Animation: Aya Nagumo

Planning:
Kenji Shimizu
Koji Kaneda

Theme Song Performance:
Animetal (ED)
L'Arc-en-Ciel (OP)

 

Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin Himura

Miina Tominaga as Yahiko Myôjin

Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya

Takehito Koyasu as Sadashirô Kajiki

Yuji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara

Akihisa Soukuchi as Ken Ikeuchi

Harî Kaneko as Aritomo Yamagata

Hiroshi Yanaka as Tsunan Tsukioka

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Hajime Saitô

Juurouta Kosugi as Eibin Tamono

Kanako Nagao as Hirofumi Shimozaki

Kaori Yuasa as Ayame

Kappei Yamaguchi as Yasuharu Musashino

Katsuya Shiga as Toshiyoshi Kawaji

Kazuhiko Inoue as Takimi Shigure

Mariko Nagahama as Akira Tsuruoka

Mika Ishibashi as Hidefumi Takemoto

Mika Sakenobe as Kouji Kitade

Naomi Matamaru as Kazuhiro Daikoku

Noriko Namiki as Suzume

Nozomu Sasaki as Gentatsu Takatsuki

Rie Tanaka as Shingo Ushiyama

Tatsuhiko Sugiyama as Yasuhiro Miyata

Yoko Nakai as Makoto Ueki

Yuko Miyamura as Toki Takatsuki

Makoto Ueki

Japanese companies 

Animation:
Studio DEEN
Studio Gallop

Broadcaster: Animax (Japan)

Music Production: Sony Music Entertainment

Production:
Fuji TV
SPE Visual Works

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Charles Campbell

Art director: Andy Orjuela

ADR Script: Don Foreman

Executive producer: John Ledford

Producer:
Charles Campbell
Lowell B. Bartholomee

ADR Engineer: Charles Campbell

Editing:
David Grundy
Joey Goubeaud

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Logo Design: Chris Hawley

Mix & Sound Design: Charles Campbell

Production Assistant:
Andrew Kent
Maki Nagano
Masami Takahashi

Production Coordination: Janice Williams

Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol

Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa

Promotion:
Akiko Yoshii
Rod Peters

Subtitle Script: Lowell B. Bartholomee

Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes

 

J. Shannon Weaver as Kenshin Himura

Rebecca Davis as Tomoe

Corey M. Gagne as Katsura

Ace Abclone as Obnoxious Sailor

Adam Dudley as Brawny Sailor

Ben Wolfe as Musashino

Bill Harwell as Yamagata

Bill Wise as Tomono

Boon Sheridan as Gentatsu

Clay Towery as Kajiki

Dan Bisbee as Saitou's Spy

Dan Dietz as Yamagata's Messenger

David Jones as Ambassador

David R. Jarrott as Kawaji

Derek Wade as Yahiko

Ellie McBride as Concerned Woman

Gary G. Haddock as Sanosuke

Ira Bowman as Polite Englishman

Jessica Schwartz as Child B

Jill K. Swanson as Screaming Woman

Judson L. Jones as Shigure

Kara Bliss as Kaoru

Katherine Catmull as Child A

Kelly M. McDaniel as Rude Englishman

Ken Webster as Saitou

Martin Blacker as Skinny Sailor

Pamela Ribon as Child C

Sam Grimes as Sanosuke's Spy

Samantha Inoue-Harte as Village girl

Sarah Hepola as Worried Woman

Shaneye Ferrell as Toki

Carie Esquenazi

Mike D'Alonzo

English companies 

Broadcaster:
AXN Asia (2004)
AXN-Asia
HBO Asia (2003)
The Anime Network

Distributor:
ADV Films (UK) (UK)
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Recording Studio: Monster Island

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Dybex

French cast 
(none)

Spanish cast 
Spanish staff 
(none)

Oscar Flores as Kenshin Himura

Xavier Cassan as Kenshin Himura (Catalan dub)

Aleix Estadella as Sanosuke Sagara (Catalan dub)

Elisabet Bargalló as Yahiko Myôjin (Catalan dub)

Marta Covas as Kaoru Kamiya (Catalan dub)

Núria Trifol as Toki Takatsuki (Catalan dub)

Roger Pera as Takimi Shigure (Catalan dub)

Victor Ugarte as Yahiko Myojin

Anna Orra as Ayame (Catalan dub)

Antoni Forteza as Hajime Saitô (Catalan dub)

Hernán Fernández as Yasuharu Musashino (Catalan dub)

Jaume Comas as Toshiyoshi Kawaji (Catalan dub)

Jaume Costa as Tsunan Tsukioka (Catalan dub)

Joan Pera as Aritomo Yamagata (Catalan dub)

Norbert Ibero as Sadashirô Kajiki (Catalan dub)

Salvador Delgado as Shigure Takimi

Santi Lorenz as Eibin Tamono (Catalan dub)

Xavier Fernández as Gentatsu Takatsuki (Catalan dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network L.A.
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)

Distributor: Sony Pictures Television International

Dubbing Studio: Auditel S.A (Mexico City, Mexico)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Italian staff 

Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta

Art director: Andrea Sergio

Dialogues: Paolo Sala

Dubbing Assistant: Elvy Scalise

Dubbing Sound: David Polini

Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella

Product Manager: Simona Stanzani

Production Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta

Project Manager: Carlo Cavazzoni

Synchronization: Walter Polini

Italian cast 

Davide Lepore as Kenshin Himura

Daniele Raffaeli as Yahiko Myojin

Giuliano Bonetto as Takimi Shigure

Maria Letizia Scifoni as Toki Takatsuki

Nanni Baldini as Sanosuke Sagara

Antonella Baldini as Kaoru Kamiya

Christian Iansante as Hajime Saito

Loris Loddi as Kajiki

Maurizio Fiorentini as Gentatsu Takatsuki

Mauro Bosco as Toshiyoshi Kawaji

Roberto Certoma' as Eibin Tabono

Sergio Di Giulio as Arimoto Yamagata

Stefano De Filippis as Yasuharu Musashino

Italian companies 

Distributor: Dynit

Dubbing: E.T.S. European Television Service

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 

Dubbing Director: Kevin James Stevens

Animation Editor: Kevin James Stevens

 

Alexx Agcaoili as Sanosuke Sagara

Candice Arellano as Kaoru Kamiya

Louie Paraboles as Yoshi Myojin (Yahiko Myojin)

Richie Padilla as Kenshin Himura

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: ABS-CBN (April 11, 2005)


Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
(none)

Afonso Amajones as Sanosuke Sagara

Denise Reis as Kaoru Kamiya

Rodrigo Andreatto as Yahiko Myojin

Tatá Guarnieri as Kenshin Himura

Alexandre Marconato as Hajime Saito

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Cartoon Network L.A. (Brasil)

Dubbing Studio: BKS

 
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