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Samurai X: Reflection (OAV)

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


[ sequel of Rurouni Kenshin (TV) ]

Alternative title:
Kenshin le Vagabond - Le chapitre de l'expiation (French)
Kenshin, el Guerrero Samurai: Final (Spanish)
Kenshin: The Chapter of Atonement
Ruroni Kenshin - Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Seisohen (Japanese)
るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 星霜編 (Japanese)
浪人劍心-星霜篇 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, drama, romance
Themes: historical, samurai
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Kaoru goes to the harbor every day to see if Kenshin has returned. After a while, she starts looking back at her life with Kenshin and all the things that have happened.
User Ratings: 2122 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 591 votes (sub:401, dub:150, Spa.sub:13, raw:7, Por.sub:5, ?:4, Spa.dub:3, Pol.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 533 votes (sub:360, dub:144, Spa.sub:12, ?:6, Spa.dub:3, raw:3, Por.sub:3, Rus.dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Very good: 369 votes (sub:246, dub:110, ?:4, Spa.sub:4, Spa.dub:2, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Good: 272 votes (sub:179, dub:79, Fre.sub:4, ?:3, Spa.sub:3, Ita.dub:1, Ara.sub:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Decent: 124 votes (sub:91, dub:30, raw:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 62 votes (sub:44, dub:15, ?:1, edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Not really good: 55 votes (sub:37, dub:18)
 Weak: 51 votes (sub:42, dub:8, Rus.sub:1)
 Bad: 30 votes (sub:22, dub:8)
 Awful: 15 votes (dub:7, sub:6, Por.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: 20 votes (sub:16, dub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 3967 users, rank: #102
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.042 (Very good+.04), std. dev.: 2.1124, rank: #358
Weighted mean: 7.910 (Very good-.09), rank: #431 (seen all: 7.93 / seen some: 6.79 / won't finish: 1.74)
Bayesian estimate: 7.908 (Very good-.09), rank: #284
Running time: 35 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2001-12-03
Ending Theme:
"Itoshisa no Kate (愛しさの糧)" by Hiroko Kasahara
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
In the news 1 times:
2002-12-12   New ADV Release Dates
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Related reviews:
    Rurouni Kenshin OVA Series 2, part 2
    Rurouni Kenshin OVA Series 2, part 1

Related releases:
    Samurai X - Director's Cut Collection DVD (DVD) 2005-12-06 (from $33.74)
    Samurai X: Reflection - Director's Cut (DVD) 2004-12-28 (from $17.06)
    Samurai X: Reflection (DVD) 2003-03-25 (from $5.13)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Script: Reiko Yoshida

Storyboard: Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Music: Taku Iwasaki

Original story: Nobuhiro Watsuki

Character Design: Akira Matsushima

Art director: Masami Hagiwara

Animation director: Akira Matsushima

Director of Photography: Masahide Okino

Producer:
Ena Kriyama
Hisashi Sasaki
Keiichi Matsuda
Masana Takahashi

Assistant ADR Director: Yoshinari Suzuki

Color design: Tomomi Murakami

Editing: Takeshi Seyama

Key Animation: Atsuko Nakajima

Planning:
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Ryuzo Shirakawa

Post Production Director: Yuji Mitsuya

Theme Song Performance: Hiroko Kasahara (ED)

 

Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin Himura

Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya

Miina Tominaga as Yahiko Myojin

Shuuichi Ikeda as Seijuro Hiko

Yuji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara

Akio Ohtsuka as Jinei "Kurogasa" Udoh

Chisa Yokoyama as Misanagi

Hideyuki Umezu as Ukyo Inagi

Hirotaka Suzuoki as Hajime Saitou

Mika Doi as Megumi Takani

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Ujiki

Nozomu Sasaki as Enishi Yukishiro

Reiko Fujita as Chizuru

Yuki Kaida as Kenji Himura

Yuri Shiratori as Tsubame Sanjo

Hideki Chikada

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Mariko Nagahama

Mika Ishibashi

Naomi Matamura

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Studio DEEN

Planning: Fuji TV

Production: SME Visual Works

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Charles Campbell

Art director: Ruby Halipoto

ADR Script: Elena Carrillo

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer:
Charles Campbell
Elena Carrillo

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics:
Chris Hawley
Dorothea Exis

DVD Producer: David Williams

Editing:
Joey Goubeaud
Patrick Givens

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Packaging Design: Dorothea Exis

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik

Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa

Recording engineer: Charles Campbell

Subtitle Script & Timing: Riki Le Cotey

 

J. Shannon Weaver as Kenshin Himura

Katherine Catmull as Kaoru Kamiya

Derek Wade as Yahiko Myojin

Gray G. Haddock as Sanosuke Sagara

J. Hudson Brownlee as Seijuro Hiko

Bill Harwell as Aritomo Yamagata

Bill Wise as Enishi Yukishiro

Charles Campbell as
Boss
Newspaper Seller
Ujiki

Elena Carrillo as Chizuru

Joey Hood as Kenji Himura

Martin Blacker as Jin'e Udou

Meg Bauman as Tsubame Sanjo

Rebecca Robinson as Megumi Takani

Samantha Inoue-Harte as Village girl

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
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 cast 

ADR Director: Hervé Caradec

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

Adaptation: Jean-Christophe Léger

Production manager: Christophe Gouveia Roberto

 

Fabien Briche as Kenshin Himura

Marie Gamory as Kaoru Kamiya

Frederic Popovic as
Sanosuke Sagara
Yahiko Miyojin

Thierry Kazazian as Seijuro Hiko

Christine Paris as Megumi Takani

Hervé Caradec as livreur de journaux

Maïté Monceau as
Chizuru
Tsubame Sanjo

Thierry Kazazian as Enishi Yukishiro

Tony Joudrier as
Kenji Himura
Yamagata

French companies 

Editor: Dybex

Recording: Studio Chinkel

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Carmen Ambrós as Kaoru Kamiya (Spain dub)

Nacho de Porrata as Kenshin Himura (Spain dub)

Ana Orra as Yahiko Myojin (Young) (Spain dub)

Eduardo Diez as Yahiko Myojin (Adult) (Spain dub)

Mark Ullod as Sanosuke Sagara (Spain dub)

Jordi Navarro as Kenji Himura (Spain dub)

Mayte Supervia as Megumi Takani (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Dubbing Studio: Mix Sound S.L. (Barcelona, Spain)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Translation: Laura Valentini

Dubbing Assistant: Gianmarco Ceconi

Scriptwriting: Gualtiero Cannarsi

Sound Engineer: Gabriele de Rossi

 

Patrizio Prata as Kenshin

Perla Liberatori as Kaoru

Benedetta Ponticelli as Chizuru

Dania Cericola as Megumi

Leonardo Graziano as Yahiko

Lorenzo Scattorin as Sanosuke

Massimiliano Lotti as Hiko

Paolo Sesana as Ujiki

Raffaele Farina as Yamagata

Renato Novara as Kenji

Riccardo Lombardo as Jinnei

Simone D'Andrea as Enishi

Tosawi Piovani as Tsubame

Italian companies 

Distributor: Shin Vision

Dubbing: Sample srl

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Clemens Ostermann as Kenshin Himura

Melanie Jung as Kaoru Kamiya

Claus-Peter Damitz as
Enishi Yukishiro (ep 2)
Jinei Udo (ep 1)

Crock Krumbiegel as
Seijuro Hiko
Ujiki (ep 1)

Dirk Meyer as Kenji Himura

Elisabeth von Koch as Megumi Takani

Gerhard Acktun as General Yamagata

Manuel Straube as Sanosuke Sagara

Tim Arden as Yahiko Myojin

German companies 

Distributor: SP Vision

Dubbing: Circle of Arts


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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