A preview cut of the 23rd episode, ``The Wolf's Fang,'' of the new TV anime based on Nobuhiro Watsuki's popular manga ``Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story'' has been released. In episode 23, Hajime Saito and Kenshin Himura are reunited when he appears at Kamiya Dojo as the policeman Goro Fujita. The released cut depicts Hajime Saito holding a sword and Kenshin with a sharp look in his eyes.
Kenshin, who has won the battle with Arundo Akamatsu, is reunited with Hajime Saito at the Kamiya dojo. Kaoru Kamiya and his friends invited Saito, who came to visit him as the police officer Goro Fujita, without being wary. Saito criticizes Kenshin and his friends for their naivety. Saito, who has honed his killing intent and skills as an assassin for the past 10 years since Kenshin retired from Hitokiri, reveals his fangs.
"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.