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NEWS: Sentai Filmworks Adds Rurouni Kenshin - New Kyoto Arc Video Anime

Promote the hell out of this, Sentai. Make America want more Kenshin.

Oh and, uh, maybe see whether Adult Swim is interested.

I'm secretly laughing at all the people who are "excited" and "ready to support" more Kenshin at the peak of this announcement right now 'cause I've at least seen the first episode of this garbage OVA and can't begin to tell you how bad it is, let alone my hesitance to see the second based on the possibility of Shishio winning the fight.

People who actually "care" about the franchise and are man enough to admit that Seisouhen is also a piece of shit need to get their heads out of wherever it's stuck and realize that outside of the TV series and Tsuikou-hen that Furuhashi has essentially taken the potential for any kind of an accurate depiction of the remaining (i.e. Jinchuu) arc and taken a dump all over it.

Not say the Jinchuu arc is a masterpiece, 'cause it's not. In fact, it's a bit inferior to Kyoto, but it stays in the spirit of the franchise and provides enough closure that it would be nice to see a proper ending or stopping point to an already beloved anime adaptation. But I'm not sure what it is whether Studio DEEN or Furuhashi just want to keep effing things up, or whether it's Watsuki's fault for not putting more of a stranglehold on these people because he just wants more money or what. But someday somehow, I'd like for this to end 'cause anime-Kenshin has been nothing but crap since Tsuioku-hen and it disappoints me, as I'm sure most of you will be when you actually sit down and watch this OVA.

Divineking wrote:

What the heck? I thought for sure Aniplex USA would have gone after this one...though I guess with the negative perception it's gotten they decided to let someone else take the risk. Not sure how much interest I'd actually have in getting this though. Might get it, if they go for the old cast.

What risk are you talking about?

I bet sentai will try to get as much original cast as they can. They don't seem to be like ADV was with the casts but we will see.

AWESOME news. Now, hopefully Sentai will license-rescue the anime (which Media Blasters no longer has), and get Bang Zoom! back to do the dub for this.

Hopefully, they'll fix the mistake they made before (using Monster Island to dub their media). Monster Island's only good dub IMO is Nadia.

Hopefully, they'll fix the mistake they made before (using Monster Island to dub their media). Monster Island's only good dub IMO is Nadia.

I have no regrets buying the Trust & Betrayal blu-ray, but this ova is not worth the Aniplex price. Go Sentai! Hope you get the license for K-On someday and release the blu-rays in a single set instead of overpriced volumes like Bandai did.