After the death of Yukishiro Tomoe, Himura Kenshin became a free wielding swordsman to protect members of the Ishin Shishi. Shishio Makoto became his successor as the shadow hitokiri (assassin) and was responsible for the assassination of Izuka, the man who had betrayed the shishi.  

The future Meiji government was more secretive about Shishio than Kenshin; many members of the Chōshū and Satsuma clans (the members of the future Meiji government) would have very little information on him.  Later, the new Meiji government believed it would be in their best interests to eliminate Shishio before he became too powerful since Shishio was a man who desired power. Thus during the Boshin War, Shishio was rendered unconscious by several gunshots, doused in oil and burned alive by the new government formed by the Ishin Shishi. He survived, sustaining severe damage to his entire body. Afterwards, he assembled a group of the best fighters in Japan, called the Juppongatana (Ten Swords), to overthrow the Meiji government.  

Shishio envisioned a Japan ruled by him, enforcing the principles of natural selection, or what he called &quot;the strong eat the weak&quot;. Using this belief he ran a campaign against the Meiji government, as he felt it was too weak to effectively lead the country. Using his motto, he molded an ideological disciple out of Seta Sōjirō, who served as his right-hand man, and the strongest of the Juppongatana. He planned to strengthen the economy with petroleum once he took over the country.  

Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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An American voice actor known primarily for his work in anime dubs and video games. Fans of Cartoon Network's Toonami can recognize Blum's voice as TOM, the block's robotic host. He was also the voice of 7-Eleven's "Oh thank heaven" television and radio advertisements.Steven is currently the "disembodied voice"" of the podcast show http://goanimetv.com/ also works with Vic Mignogna making parodies of Budweiser's audio commercials called "real fans of genius".

A veteran of the voice-over business, Steve Blum cut his vocal teeth in the industry, on anime shows like Guyver and Giant Robo, and since has voiced hundreds of diverse characters in productions representing every media imaginable!   Steve's training was highly unorthodox by industry standards. Before voice acting became a full-time profession, Steve worked in a book store, a pet store, an auto-parts store, serviced fire protection equipment, ran a mailroom, drove a delivery truck, managed warehouses, became an international film and video sales/service coordinator, copywriter and marketing executive for a sci-fi film company, an ADR script writer, part-time musician...

But where's the acting experience? All on the job. It started with a few monster growls, then a couple of old men's lines, a hero or two... thousand - and the rest is history. More than 15 years later, he's out there soiling microphones and barking, spitting, and yowling his way into your lives every day and actually making a living at it!

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Sérgio Moreno is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and vocalist. He became especially well-known for starring in the musical "Jasmim ou o Sonho do Cinema", a series by Filipe La Féria for SIC. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He owns the studio Sérgio Moreno Filmes.

Paulo César Wolf, better known as Paulo Wolf, was a Brazilian actor, author, director, voice actor, radio actor, model and poster boy.

On Television, Paulo stood out in the miniseries “Casa de Pensão“, on TV Cultura, in 1982, and in the soap opera “O Anjo Maldito” on SBT, in 1983. He also acted as a voice actor in the 1990s at the dubbing studios Álamo and BKS São Paulo and in the radio soap opera “Nosso Lar”, in 1997, on Rádio LBV in São Paulo.

Paulo died on September 26, 2000, being a victim of AIDS.

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
Included one-shots: 
Volume 1: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (second one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls a "side-story") 
Volume 3: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (first one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls the "pilot") 
Volume 6: Sengoku no Mikazuki (Nobuhiro Watsuki's debut one-shot) 
Volume 28: Meteor Strike

Re-adaptation of the main manga series.
 
One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
 
(Source: Viz Media)

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Felipe Zilse Bertoletto is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, and dubbing director. He is married to the voice actress [Samira Fernandes](https://anilist.co/staff/100178/).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion (Mortal Kombat X, Mortal Kombat 11 and Mortal Kombat 1)
- Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie)
- Theodore "Ted" Mosby (How I Met Your Mother)
- Djn Djarin / Mandalorian (1st voice - 1st-2nd season; The Mandalorian)
- Hooty (The Owl House)
- Raphael (2nd voice - 3rd-5th season; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
- Jason Rusch / Firestorm and Raphael (Injustice 2)
- André Harris (Victorious)
- Carlos Garcia (Big Time Rush)
- Gintoki Sakata (Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken)
- Youssef Farouk (Heartstopper)
- Noah Puckerman (1st dub; Glee)
- Manish Kulkarni (Never Have I Ever...)
- Jackson Whittemore (Sony's dub; Teen Wolf)
- Howard Weirnerman (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
- Kimimaro (Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4)
- Kawaki (Naruto X Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections)
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Víctor Hugo Covarrubias Barrero is a Mexican voice actor. He is the father of [Víctor Covarrubias Jr.](https://anilist.co/staff/299703/Vctor-Covarrubias-Jr).

The second season of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023). 

A phantom of the Bakumatsu who must be taken down. All the answers you desire are in Kyoto! 

(Source: Aniplex USA)

The manga features Kenshin Himura as the protagonist, once a deadly assassin during the Meiji Restoration, who is trying to find a new life beyond violence. The manga will consist of five "arcs". (Source: Anime News Network)

A large scale remake of the time after Kenshin leaves tokyo up until before the inferno of Kyoto.

Two chapter manga release celebrating the two-part live action movie premiere about the battle in Kyoto. 
The special focus on the meeting of Shishio Makoto and and his significant other, Yumi Komagata. The manga also details how Shishio formed the Juppongatana, his organization of warriors and assassins that he recruits in an attempt to overthrow the Japanese government in the original Rurouni Kenshin manga.
 
1-2. Rurouni Kenshin Uramaku: Honoo wo Suberu (るろうに剣心・裏幕─炎を統べる─) [Watsuki Nobuhiro] 
3-8. Sono Kage, Hanaregataku Tsunagitomeru Mono (その翳、離れがたく繋ぎとめるもの) [Kurosaki Kaoru]

Makoto Shishio