A preview cut of episode 18, ``Sanosuke & Nishiki Paintings'' of the new TV anime based on Nobuhiro Watsuki's popular manga ``Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story'' has been released. In episode 18, Sagara Sanosuke is asked by Tae of the beef hot pot shop ``Akabeko'' to buy a nishiki painting, and ends up finding a nishiki painting of Captain Sagara, his mentor from the Sekiho army era, at the picture paper shop. The released cut shows a nishiki painting of Captain Sagara,and Sanosuke looking surprised.
Sanosuke is asked by Tae of ``Akabeko'' to buy some nishiki paintings, so he goes to the picture paper shop. Although he was not interested in picture paper itself, he found a picture at the store. It was a picture of Captain Sagara, his mentor from his days in the Sekiho army. Sanosuke changes the color of his eyes and goes to see the artist who drew the picture.
"Rurouni Kenshin" is a popular manga that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha) from 1994 to 1999. The film depicts Kenshin Himura, who was feared as the Hitokiri Battousai at the end of the Edo period, as a wanderer who swore not to kill after the Meiji Restoration, searching for a way to live in a new era. The new chapter, ``Rurouni Kenshin - Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story, Hokkaido Edition,'' has been serialized in the monthly manga magazine ``Jump SQ.'' (Square) since 2017. It was first made into a TV anime in 1996, and a theatrical version was released in 1997. Since 1999, three OVAs have been produced. It also became a hot topic that it was made into a live-action film starring actor Takeru Sato.
The new anime will be completely supervised by the original author Watsuki, including character design and scenario, and will be reconstructed from the first episode. Hideyo Yamamoto, director of ``Strike the Blood'' and others, will serve as director, and Liden Films, the director of ``The Heroic Legend of Arslan'' and ``Tokyo Revengers,'' will produce. Broadcast on Fuji TV's late-night anime slot ``Noitamina'' and other channels.