Rurouni Kenshin live action movie announced!!

This is simply awesome for the fans of this relatively forgotten classic samurai series!!!

And NO, this won't be done by Warner Brothers or Hollywood for any matter!!!

The Sankei Sports newspaper reports that Japanese film production company Studio Swan (Paradise Kiss) is developing a live-action feature adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s 1994-1999 samurai adventure manga Rurouni Kenshin. Keishi Otomo, who directed actor Takeru Satoh in last year’s historical drama TV series Ryomaden, will direct the film with Satoh starring as Himura Kenshin. Satoh was reportedly Nobuhiro Watsuki’s ideal actor to portray Kenshin. Shooting will begin next month for a tentative international release. The film is expected to launch a live-action film franchise. Warner Brothers Pictures Japan will distribute the picture.

Source: ANN

Aniplex will distribute remastered Rurouni Kenshin DVD/BD's!!!

This was one of the first series that I loved when I first got interested in anime, I'm so glad to see that it hasn't been forgotten.

Announced during FanimeCon in May, Aniplex of America will directly import the Japanese Blu-ray Disc edition for both OVAs and the film, but the company will add an English-translated booklet.

The first of the Blu-ray discs to be released will be the 1999 prequel OVA, Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku Hen). The four-episode collection is priced at US$64.98 and will ship August 24. Aniplex confirmed in April that the Blu-ray release will feature both Japanese and English subtitles with an option to switch the audio to the English dub created by the now-defunct ADV Films.

The 2001 two-part OVA, Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (Rurouni Kenshin: Seiso Hen) and 1997 Rurouni Kenshin The Movie will ship September 21 and October 24, respectively. Both of these Blu-ray releases are priced at US$54.98.

An adaptation of the manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki that gor serialized in Shonen Jump from 1994 to 1999, the anime series was aired during that time. The manga has 28 volumes and the anime got 95 episodes, but it was cancelled and the story had to be ended through OVAS that sadly, had some continuity problems that didn't give the proper ending that it deserved.

Here's the trailer for the BD!