The Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance anime has received a new trailer ahead of its second cour, which begins its broadcast on January 9, 2025 JST (effectively January 10 at 12:55 PM JST).
A story visual of Makoto Shishio and his deadly band was released as well.
Additionally, there are new cast announcements in the form of Junichi Suwabe as Usui Uonuma, Ayumu Murase as Kamatari Honjo, Ryota Osaka as Henya Kariwa, and Takumi Yamazaki as Iwanbo. It was also announced that yama✕WurtS‘s “BURN” will serve as the new cour’s opening song.
The first cour of Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance premiered in October as the second season of the new Rurouni Kenshin. Season 1 premiered in July 2023 and also ran for two consecutive cours. Crunchyroll streams the show.
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance is based on the manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki, which was previously adapted into a 1996 anime series and also inspired a 1997 anime movie, and three OVAs. Viz Media describes the Rurouni Kenshin manga as:
One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with he 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.
The first season was directed by Hideyo Yamamoto and had Yoko Uchida as one of the character designers. Season 2 has new faces in these roles.
The manga originally ran from 1994 to 1999 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. Its sequel manga Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Hen began in 2017. In November 2017, Watsuki was referred to prosecutors for simple possession of child pornography and was fined 200,000 yen (~US$1,473.35) in 2018. Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Hen was initially suspended before resuming serialization in June 2018.
Staff (reprising from Cour 1 unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Yuki Komada
• Assistant director: Yoshitaka Makino
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Hideyuki Kurata
• Series composer and script assistant: Kaoru Kurosaki
• Script supervision: Nobuhiro Watsuki (previously script cooperation)
• Character designer: Terumi Nishii
• Character designer: Kazuo Watanabe
• Music composer: Yu Takami
• Animation production: LIDENFILMS
Cast
• Soma Saito as Kenshin Himura
• Rie Takahashi as Kaoru Kamiya
• Makoto Koichi as Myojin Yahiko
• Taku Yashiro as Sagara Sanosuke
• Yuma Uchida as Shinomori Aoshi
• Saori Onishi as Takani Megumi
• Makoto Furukawa as Shishio
• Daiki Yamashita as Seta Sojiro
• Aya Yamane as Misao Makimachi
• Yuichi Nakamura as Hiko Seijuro
Source: @ruroken_anime
