Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 Reveals Preview for Episode 2
The preview and main staff for Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance (Season 2) episode 2 were revealed on Tuesday. The new episode will be released on Thursday, October 10. Studio LIDENFILMS is handling the animation production with Crunchyroll streaming the anime. Check out the preview below:
The staff for Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 episode 2 are the following:
- Episode Directors: Toshiyuki AnzaiShinsuke Terasawa
- Storyboard: Shinji Itadaki
- Script: Hideyuki Kurata
- Chief Animation Directors: Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Kenji Matsuoka
- Animation Directors: Ryou Kobayashi, Takushi UenoMasayuki Fujita, Kozue Saitou, Neri Mikawa
Tatsuya Kitani and natori are performing the opening theme song “Chained” while NOMELON NOLEMON are performing the ending theme song ““suikousetten”. The first season of Rurouni Kenshin (2023) marked the beginning of the remake and aired 24 episodes over two consecutive cours between July 7 and December 15.
Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 Staff and Cast
Yuki Komada will take over the role of director for Rurouni Kenshin Season 2. He will be joined by Yoshitaka Makino, who will be working as the assistant director. Hideyuki Kurata and Kaoru Kurosaki will be reprising their roles from last season as they’ll be handling the series composition and script. The rest of the main staff for Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 are almost entirely reprising their previous roles:
- Character Design: Terumi Nishii (returning), Kazuo Watanabe
- Prop Design: Kosuge Kazuhisa (returning)
- Action Director: Kikuchi Katsunori (returning)
- Music: Yuu Takami (returning)
- Sound Director: Ryousuke Naya (returning)
- Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama (returning)
- Editing: Mai Hasegawa (returning)
- Art Director: Yukihiro Saitou (returning)
- Color Design: Aiko Shinohara (returning)
- Director of Photography: Junpei Takatsu (returning)
- 3DCGI Directors: Wataru Matsunaga (returning), Yasuaki Nakamori (returning)
Series creator Nobuhiro Watsuki seems to be working on this season as a scenario supervisorunlike the first season where he wasn’t listed on any production staff credits. The following is the current cast list for the upcoming season:
- Kenshin Himura – Souma Saitou
- Karou Kamiya – Rie Takahashi
- Sanosuke Sagara – Taku Yashiro
- Seijuurou Hiko – Yuuichi Nakamura
- Misao Makimachi – Aya Yamane
- Yahiko Myoujin – Makoto Koichi
- Hajime Saitou – Satoshi Hino
- Soujirou Arrow – Daiki Yamashita
- Aoshi Shinomori – Yuuma Uchida
- Makoto Shishio – Makoto Furukawa
- Yumi Komagata – Haruka Tomatsu
- Anji Yukyuzan – Wataru Hatano
- Cho Sawagejo – Nobuhiko Okamoto
Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 episode 2 will be released on October 10, 2024.
Source: Official Website, Official X
© Nobuhiro Watsuki/Shueisha, “Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji
