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The preview images and main staff for Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance (Season 2) episode 1 were revealed on Wednesday ahead of its October 3 premiere. Studio LIDENFILMS is handling the animation production with Crunchyroll streaming the anime. Fans can check out the preview images below:

The staff for Kenshin Season 2 episode 1 are the following:

• Director: Yoshitaka Makino
• Storyboard: Yuki Komada
• Script: Hideyuki Kurata
• Chief Animation Directors: Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Masahiro Emoto
• Animation Directors: Toshimitsu Kobayashi, Rina Muramatsu

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 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 Kenshin Season 2 are almost entirely rerprising 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 Saito – 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

Kenshin Season 2 episode 1 is set to premiere on October 3, 2024.

Source: Official Website, Official X
© Nobuhiro Watsuki/Shueisha, “Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji