Makoto Koichi (100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatteiru) and Taku Yashiro (Enen no Shouboutai) are joining the cast as Yahiko Myoujin and Sanosuke Sagara, respectively.
Hideyo Yamamoto (Strike the Blood) is directing the anime at LIDENFILMS. Hideyuki Kurata (Made in Abyss) is handling the series composition and Terumi Nishii (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai) is designing the characters. Yuu Takami (Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin) is composing the music.
The anime adapts Nobuhiro Watsuki's historical samurai manga, which was serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump between 1994 and 1999. Watsuki and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki launched the Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Hokkaido-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc) sequel manga in Jump SQ. in November 2016. Shueisha published the seventh volume on May 2, with the eighth volume scheduled for a January 4 release.
The original television anime by Studio Deen and Gallop aired in 94 episodes from 1996 to 1998. Aniplex released a four-episode OVA the following year that served as a prequel to the television anime, followed by a two-episode sequel OVA in 2002.
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Source: Comic Natalie
