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  1. Wed, 07-20-2005, 11:30 AM #1
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    Rurouni Kenshin OVA

    Alright I know the OVA is pretty old but recently I decided to watch it again (I've seen it over 6 times now) and I thought I understood everything from the OVA but theres a couple questions that remained:

    1.) Is Saitoh in the OVA, the same one with the "Wolf" thrusting techniques in the RK series?
    I asked a friend of mine a while back with this and he said no... after watching this again I still hold to my beliefs that he is infact the same Saitoh.

    2.) If it is the same Saitoh, how did he survive?
    This was what my friend used to counter my question... It might have been explained in the series, not too sure.

    3.) In the end, Katsura recruited a new assassin to replace Kenshin, was that Shi Shio?
    At first, I didn't have any questions with this because I was watching the dubbed version so I probably didn't hear it right. But while watching the subbed version he mentions that he found a new assassin. All the times i viewed the OVA i thought that it was Katsura that killed the spy but when watching it this time i noticed that he wasnt holding a sword when the spy was dying. So now the question is, is Shi Shio the "replacement" battousai.

    I think thats all the questions I have... Love this OVA so much so I wanted to get some final facts strait.
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    Rurouni Kenshin OVA

    okie its been a really long time since i've watched it,, but i think i'm right

    yea saitoh was in there,, wasnt there a scene with teen kenshin fighting in an alley against several samurai (they wore like a light blue coat, with white ball decorations or something), he and saitoh fight and were evenly matched (he did do that sword-thrust technique i think) but the fight was interrupted in the end
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    Rurouni Kenshin OVA

    1.) That's the same Hajime Saito. How could you think it isn't?? He's the 3rd Squad Captain of the shinsengumi. It even says, Saito Hajime in the credits. Your friend needs to watch it again or something.

    2.) As tic tac said, Kenshin and Saito's fight in the alley was interrupted. In fact, the two fought numerous times (Kenshin says this in the anime) but neither of them ever came out on top. The fight at the end of the OVA was a recreation of the flashback fight in the series (at the beginning of the Kyoto Arc)

    3.) That was Shishio. In the manga, he actually speaks, saying something along the lines of: "it doesn't matter which side I'm on, because in the end it will be my government that comes out on top"

    Shishio pwnzors

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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  4. Wed, 07-20-2005, 04:31 PM #4
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    Rurouni Kenshin OVA

    thanx for clarifying all, and yea I KNEW it was saitoh... stupid friends.... and I just caught Shishio today while rewatching the OVA. (Watched the OVA before ever hearing about Rurouni Kenshin actually)
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    Rurouni Kenshin

    I just finished watching the first OVA for Rurouni Kenshin and it was pretty awesome. Thanks goes to Assassin for recommending the OVA and the series.

    Which fansub is best for the Kenshin TV series? I guess accuracy in translation is the most important quality I'm looking for, but even so I always like the Lunar sub of Bleach because it gave the dialogue some character.

    Thanks in advance.
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  6. Thu, 11-23-2006, 02:14 PM #6
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    I think its between Anime HQ and Anime-4ever for the fansubs you can try one episode of each too see which one you will like but it seems Anime HQ will be better though.
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    A lot of the seeders where I get my anime from have the Rurouni Kenshin series from a fansub group that titles their work {P-A}. Any idea which group this is?
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    Yeah they are called Psychlo-Anime but sorry don't know much about them think they been around awhile though.

    This is there site :

    Psychlo - Anime Site
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  9. Thu, 11-23-2006, 04:11 PM #9
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    Cool thanks for all the information. There's this store where I'm at that sells fansubbed collections of anime for cheap and I saw RK there, but I didn't check who the fansub group was. I'd rather pay $30 for all 95 episodes instead of downloading them all. Well, maybe.
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    The OVAs are getting a BD release and a new anime project has been green-lit.

    The June issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine is announcing on Thursday that production on a new Rurouni Kenshin anime project has been green-lit. More information will be provided in future issues of Jump Square.

    The magazine also noted that the Blu-ray Disc versions of the two Rurouni Kenshin original video anime (OVA) projects and the Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Chinkonka [Requiem] film will ship between August 24 and October 26. A compilation CD will ship on July 27. Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen, a new game for the Sony PSP system, already shipped last month.
    News: New Rurouni Kenshin Anime Green-Lit
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    Awesome!
    I hope it's going to be something like FMA: Brotherhood.
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    Whaaat, a new Kenshin anime!? Awesome news!
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    Hajime Saitou's VA died some years ago, so if the new anime project covers any action with Saitou included, I'm not sure what to think of it. He sounded so jolly good in the original show. Also, I quite like the show until the end of mummy greater arc (that is, as long as it followed the manga). What comes after wasn't so significant even in the manga, so in my opinion something like FMA:B is not so essential. Although naturally I'd watch it nonetheless.

    If I had to bet Shinta's left hand on something, I'd expect a movie, not a whole new series. But you never know.
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    I actually don't know how they can add to the series anymore. The series+OAVs pretty much gave a complete conclusion to the story.

    I think it is possible that they make a new series and follow the manga completely, including the Tomoe flashback and Enishi arcs. A lot of stuff from there was changed or omitted in the OAVs.
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    FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    The waiting finally paid off. The prospect of an FMA: Brotherhood-esque remake of Ruroken was something I could only JOKE about.

    But now, it's FINALLY here!

    Like others have expressed, I wonder who'll fill Saito's role? Here's to hoping they make sensible choices and choose someone like George Nakata.

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    Wow... I was just rewatching Kenshin the past week too. I can't wait. I hope it's a continuation. I don't like how episode 95 ended. :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Skill View Post
    Wow... I was just rewatching Kenshin the past week too. I can't wait. I hope it's a continuation. I don't like how episode 95 ended. :P
    That's because after the Kyoto arc it was all filler.
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    I also hope Hiko Seijurou(sp?) has more of presence than the first time around, preferrably an epic presence.

    Surprised they didnt do a spinoff using him after his training killing random badguys before the war or having other Samurai find him to test their skills only to be killed mercilessly. :P
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