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Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (OAV)

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


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)
Samurai X: Reflection
Бродяга Кэнсин: Прошедшие годы (Russian)
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))
바람의 검심 - 성상편 (Korean)
Genres: action, drama, romance
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Taking place after the series has ended, it is mostly told in the point of view of Kamiya Kaoru. After their marriage Kenshin continues to wander, sick with an unknown disease. Kaoru, wanting to share the pain with Kenshin, asks Kenshin to infect her with the disease as well. However, because of Kenshin's prolonged absence, his son Kenji, becomes a troubled teenager that seeks out Hiko in order to become an even better swordsman than his father ever was.
User Ratings: 2903 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 733 votes (sub:489, dub:195, raw:7, ?:4, edit.dub:2, others:36
18 Spanish subtitled
6 Portuguese subtitled
3 Polish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Turkish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Excellent: 832 votes (sub:599, dub:189, ?:7, raw:4, others:33
18 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 488 votes (sub:321, dub:146, ?:6, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:12
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 378 votes (sub:247, dub:108, ?:6, raw:4, others:13
4 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 173 votes (sub:121, dub:47, raw:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 89 votes (sub:67, dub:18, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 62 votes (sub:44, dub:17, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 63 votes (sub:51, dub:11, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Bad: 37 votes (sub:24, dub:13)
 Awful: 21 votes (sub:12, dub:7, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 27 votes (sub:21, dub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 5401 users, rank: #141 (of 9763)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.055 (Very good), std. dev.: 2.0569, rank: #538 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 7.941 (Very good), rank: #687 (of 9909) (seen all: 7.97 / seen some: 6.66 / won't finish: 2.07)
Bayesian estimate: 7.939 (Very good), rank: #452 (of 7492)
Running time: 35 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 2
Episode titles: We have 2
Vintage: 2001-12-19 to 2002-03-20
Release dates: We have 4
Ending Theme:
"Itoshisa no Kate" (愛しさの糧) by Hiroko Kasahara
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection - Limited Edition [Import] (Blu-ray) 2011-09-21 (from $44.26)
DVD (Region 1)
    Samurai X - OVA Collection (DVD) 2004-01-27 (from $72.84)
    Samurai X - Complete Collection [OVAs + Movie] [Thinpak] (DVD) 2006-11-21 (from $297.00)
    Samurai X: Reflection (DVD) 2003-03-25

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Script:
Reiko Yoshida (eps 1-2)
Storyboard:
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (eps 1-2)
Episode Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi (eps 1-2)
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Original story: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Character Design:
Akira Matsushima (Jec. E)
Art Director: Masami Hagiwara
Animation Director:
Akira Matsushima (Jec.E; eps 1-2)
Director of Photography: Masahide Okino
Producer:
Ena Kiriyama (SME Visual Works)
Keiichi Matsuda (Studio Deen)

Assistant Episode Director: Housei Suzuki (ep 2)
Color design:
Tomomi Murakami (EMUAI)
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Isohata (eps 1-2)
Hiroaki Tomita (eps 1-2)
Hisayuki Tabata (eps 1-2)
Hitoshi Nishino (eps 1-2)
Keiko Watanabe (eps 1-2)
Keiya Nakano (eps 1-2)
Kimiko Hoshi (eps 1-2)
Masafumi Nakagawa (eps 1-2)
Masako Terada (ep 1)
Masayo Hironaka (eps 1-2)
Mayumi Kakubari (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Sakai (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Yano (eps 1-2)
Rie Niidome (ep 1)
Sachiyo Takada (eps 1-2)
In-Between Check:
Megu Ōtsubo (eps 1-2)
Tooru Sawamura (eps 1-2)
Music Director: Takashi Kodama
Planning:
Hiroshi Hasegawa (Studio Deen)
Ryūzō Shirakawa (SME Visual Works)
Post Production Director: Yūji Mitsuya
Production Advancement: Tomonori Asano (eps 1-2)
Production manager: Hiroshi Ishii (eps 1-2)
Theme Song Arrangement: Taku Iwasaki
Theme Song Composition: Taku Iwasaki
Theme Song Lyrics: Hiroshi Yamada
Theme Song Performance: Hiroko Kasahara (ED)
Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin Himura
Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya

Miina Tominaga as Yahiko Myojin
Shūichi Ikeda as Seijuro Hiko
Yūji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara

Akio Ōtsuka 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
Sukekiyo Kameyama as Chief Muraki
Yuki Kaida as Kenji Himura
Yuri Shiratori as Tsubame Sanjo

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio DEEN
In-Between Animation:
Delta Peak Production (eps 1-2)
G&G Direction (eps 1-2)
GAINAX (eps 1-2)
Kino Production (eps 1-2)
Last House (eps 1-2)
M.S.C (ep 2)
M.S.J Musashino Production (ep 2)
Marsa, Inc. (ep 2)
Nakamura Production (ep 2)
Studio Angle (ep 2)
Studio Cockpit (ep 2)
Studio Mu (eps 1-2)
Studio Takuranke (eps 1-2)
Sung San Production (eps 1-2)
Production: SME Visual Works
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Charles Campbell
Art Director: Ruby Halipoto
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa
ADR Script: Elena Carrillo
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Producer: David Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Packaging Design:
Dorothea Exis
Victor Cormier (2006 Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production Assistant: Carole Pavlik
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
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Aniplex of America (2011)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming: Hulu
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Recording Studio: Monster Island
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Ja-Hyeong Gu as Kenshin Himura
Seon-Hui Mun as Kaoru Kamiya

Jeon-A Son as Yahiko Myojin
Ji-Hun Park as Seijuro Hiko
Won-Hyeong Choi as Sanosuke Sagara

Hee Soon Kim as
Chizuru
Tsubame Sanjo
Hwan-Jin Kim as Hajime Saitou
Ji-Hun Park as Jinei "Kurogasa" Udoh
Myeong-Seon Lee as
Kenji Himura
Megumi Takani
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Yahiko (as a young man)
Yeong-Sam On as Aritomo Yamagata
Yeong-Seon Kim as Enishi Yukishiro
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Hervé Caradec
Executive producer: Carlo Levy

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
Broadcaster: Nolife (from June 2007)
Editor: Dybex
Recording: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau
Carmen Ambrós as Kaoru Kamiya (Spain dub)
Nacho de Porrata as Kenshin Himura (Spain dub)

Anna Orra as
Yahiko Myojin (Spain dub; ep 1)
Yahiko Myojin (Young) (Spain dub) 
Eduardo Diez as
Seijuro Hiko (Spain dub; ep 1)
Yahiko Myojin (Spain dub; ep 2)
Yahiko Myojin (Adult) (Spain dub) 
Mark Ullod as Sanosuke Sagara (Spain dub)
Salvador Campoy as Seijuro Hiko (Spain dub; ep 2)

Anna Romano as
Chizuru (Spain dub)
Tsubame Sanjo (Spain dub)
Eduardo Diez as Ujiki (Spain dub)
Joaquín Gómez as Jinei Udo (Spain dub)
Jordi Navarro as Kenji Himura (Spain dub)
Jordi Ribes as Enishi Yukishiro (Spain dub)
José Antonio Teruel as Chief Muraki (Spain dub)
Mayte Supervia as Megumi Takani (Spain dub)
Salvador Campoy as Aritomo Yamagata (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD)
Dubbing Studio: Mix Sound (Barcelona, Spain)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Laura Valentini

Dubbing Assistant: Gianmarco Ceconi
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini (italian edition)
Scriptwriting: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Sound Engineer: Gabriele de Rossi
Patrizio Prata as Kenshin
Perla Liberatori as Kaoru

Dania Cericola as Megumi
Leonardo Graziano as Yahiko
Lorenzo Scattorin as Sanosuke
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
ADR Director: Detlef Klein (2nd dub)
Script: Detlef Klein (2nd dub)
Clemens Ostermann as Kenshin Himura
Katrin Zimmermann as Kaoru Kamiya (2nd dub)
Melanie Jung as Kaoru Kamiya
René Dawn-Claude as Kenshin Himura (2nd dub)

Alexander Doering as Sanosuke (2nd dub)
Anita Hopt as Chizuru (2nd dub)
Asad Schwarz as Kenji Himura (2nd dub)
Jan Makino as Yahiko Myoujin (2nd dub)
Jaron Löwenberg as Seijuro Hiko (2nd dub)
Maxi Häcke as Tsubame Sanjo (2nd dub)
Michaela Degen as Tsubame Sanjou (1st dub)
Schaukje Könning as Megumi Takani (2nd dub)

Bernd Vollbrecht as General Uramura (2nd dub; ep 1)
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
Dirk Petrick as Enishi Yukishiro (2nd dub; ep 2)
Elisabeth von Koch as Megumi Takani
Felix Spieß as Newspaper Seller (2nd dub; ep 1)
Gerhard Acktun as General Yamagata
Helmut Gauß as Aritomo Yamagata (2nd dub; ep 1)
Jan Spitzer as Jine Udou (2nd dub; ep 1)
Manuel Straube as
Newspaper Seller (1st dub; ep 1)
Sanosuke Sagara
Michael Habeck as General Uramura (1st dub; ep 1)
Sebastian Jacob as Ujiki (2nd dub; ep 1)
Tim Arden as Yahiko Myojin
German companies
Distributor:
Kazé Germany (new release)
SP Vision
Dubbing: Circle of Arts
Dubbing (2nd): TV+Synchron Berlin
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: HERO TV
Tagalog cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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