Rurouni Kenshin: Saisen Extends till Jinchu Arc

This is for my sister you x-scarred girly man!

It was first hinted on the debut trailer that Kenshin's former brother in-law, Yukishiro Enishi will make appearance on the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin 15th Anniversary game, Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen. Just recently, Famitsu confirms it with more screenshots of Enishi's lackeys, Inui and Otowa!

To those who don't know Enishi, he appeared after the Kyoto Arc in the original manga. His only anime appearance was on the OVA called, Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal. Enishi never made an actual appearance in the original TV series due it to it being canceled because of low ratings due to the amount of filler episodes.

His mission? To take revenge on Kenshin for what he did years ago and give Kenshin his own judgment (in Japanese, jinchu which opposes Kenshin's tenchu which means judgment upon the heavens) and thus, along with his relationship with Enishi, Kenshin's past love affair with his sister, Tomoe and more of Kenshin's dark past are slowly being revealed.

Anyways, here are some screenshots with Enishi's lackeys, Inui and Otowa! Since I haven't started reading the original manga yet, I will leave the judgment on who's who to you.

Rurouni Kenshin: Saisen Extends till Jinchu Arc

This is for my sister you x-scarred girly man!

It was first hinted on the debut trailer that Kenshin's former brother in-law, Yukishiro Enishi will make appearance on the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin 15th Anniversary game, Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen. Just recently, Famitsu confirms it with more screenshots of Enishi's lackeys, Inui and Otowa!

To those who don't know Enishi, he appeared after the Kyoto Arc in the original manga. His only anime appearance was on the OVA called, Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal. Enishi never made an actual appearance in the original TV series due it to it being canceled because of low ratings due to the amount of filler episodes.

His mission? To take revenge on Kenshin for what he did years ago and give Kenshin his own judgment (in Japanese, jinchu which opposes Kenshin's tenchu which means judgment upon the heavens) and thus, along with his relationship with Enishi, Kenshin's past love affair with his sister, Tomoe and more of Kenshin's dark past are slowly being revealed.

Anyways, here are some screenshots with Enishi's lackeys, Inui and Otowa! Since I haven't started reading the original manga yet, I will leave the judgment on who's who to you.

Special thanks to Siliconera for the info and Wikipedia for the Enishi lowdown!

Buy Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen (Sony PSP™) at Play-Asia.com

Buy Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen (Sony PSP™) at Play-Asia.com

More Juppongatana Screens on Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen!

Shishio Makoto vs. Himura Kenshin!

Just recently, 4Gamer.net has just released more screenshots of the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen game for the PSP! This time, Shishio's faction, Juppongatana is on the limelight! The game is said to cover until the Kyoto Arc in which the anime's adaptation of the manga ended.

Seta Soujiro vs. Kenshin! And I will miss his foot tapping.

Saito Hajime vs. Usui!

Sano vs. Anji!

Chou, whipping his extremely flexible sword!

Kenshin's master, Hiko Seijuro shows this bug lug, Fuji how to fight!

Henya, posing!

Iwambo being Iwambo.

Misao kicks that girly man, Katamari! (No seriously, he is a guy wearing woman's clothing!)

Aaand more Shishio, now fighting Aoshi!

The game will be released on March 10, 2011 as part of Rurouni Kenshin’s 15th anniversary of the anime.

Special thanks to Siliconera!

To those interested in buying the game, you can now pre-order the game on the following links:

Buy Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen (Sony PSP™) at Play-Asia.com

Buy Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen (Sony PSP™) at Play-Asia.com

What is Japan's Favorite Manga Move/Weapon?

Cobs Online surveyed its registered users regarding this question: Among the weapons or moves used by the main characters of manga, which one do you want to use? And from the 238 male respondents and 467 female respondents, Son Goku's signature move, Kamehameha (Lit. Turtle Destruction Wave also known as Kamehame Wave) is their move choice! Here is the breakdown of the survey!

Among 238 male respondents in their 20s, these were the top choices:

1. Kamehameha - Dragon Ball with 65.5% of the votes

2. Hokuto Shinken - Fist of the North Star with 19.3% of the votes

3. Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki - Rurouni Kenshin with 11.3% of the votes

4. Gomu Gomu no Gatling - One Piece with 7.6% of the votes

5. Rasengan - Naruto with 6.7% of the votes

Among 467 female respondents in their 20s, these were the top choices:

1. Kamehameha - Dragon Ball with 63.5% of the votes

2. Gomu Gomu no Gatling - One Piece with 15.4% of the votes

3. Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki - Rurouni Kenshin with 11.2% of the votes

2. Hokuto Shinken - Fist of the North Star with 7.5% of the votes

5. Zanpakutō - Bleach with 6.4% of the votes

Source: Livedoor News via ANN

Rurouni Kenshin PSP Game Promo!

To celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Nobuhiko Watsuki's popular anime, Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X, a new fighting game for the PSP called, Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen will be released this March 10 in Japan! Here is the promo for the said game.

Yep, Kenshin, Kaori, Yahiko (or Yoshi if you watched the Sony dub), Sanosuke are in this game... and so is the Juppon Gatana! The only thing that bothered me is that they never included other characters that appeared in the manga! Oh well, this game only celebrates the 15th Anniversary of the anime so its given they are not here.

FLOW Covers 1/3 no Junjo no Kanjo!

To start their 2011, FLOW will cover Siam Shade's classic hit , 1/3 no Junjo no Kanjo! The single is slated for release on March 9, 2011. This song is also known as Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)'s ending theme which was released back in 1997.

For this single, guitarist DAITA from Siam Shade will make a guest appearance. Last year DAITA held his 15th anniversary live, One Night Special Band with KOHSHI on vocals and they performed this same song. The FLOW members are said to have been fans of Siam Shade, and after the event the two decided to do a collaboration.

Source: natalie via Tokyohive

To begin with, I am a FLOW fan and to add it up, I am also a Rurouni Kenshin fan, reading, copyng and pasting and editing this news article cause me goosebumps and to go unleash my fangasm in everytime I read it. I can't believe it to begin with! Heck, I was surprised that FLOW are fans of Siam Shade! Anyways, I can't wait for the release of the single!