Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 Reveals Preview for Episode 12

The preview and main staff for Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance (Season 2) episode 12 were revealed on Tuesday. The new episode “Meeting of the Warlords” will be released on Thursday, December 19. Studio LIDENFILMS is handling the animation production while Crunchyroll is streaming the anime. Check out the preview below:

Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 episode 12 main staff:

• Episode Director: Tomo Ookubo
• Storyboard: Shinji Itadaki
• Script: Hideyuki Kurata
• Chief Animation Director: Toshimitsu Kobayashi
• Animation Directors: Kazuma Uike, Touma Kanbara, Youko Sano, Toyoaki Fukushima, Masahiko Itojima, Kie Tomino,

Episode 12 synopsis:
Kaoru and the others are reunited with Kenshin at the hut of Hiko Seijuro, the teacher of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu. Having heard from Kaoru and the others that Kenshin had traveled around the country helping people as a wanderer, Seijuro decides to teach Kenshin the final secret technique of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu. Meanwhile, Okina receives a letter from a certain person. The sender is his former comrade, Soji.

Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 Staff and Cast

Yuki Komada is the director for Rurouni Kenshin Season 2. He is joined by Yoshitaka Makino, who is working as the assistant director. Hideyuki Kurata and Kaoru Kurosaki have reprised their roles from last season as they’re handling the series composition and script. The rest of the main staff for Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 are almost entirely reprising their previous roles as well:

• 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 supervisor, unlike 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 Seta – 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 12 will be released on December 19, 2024.

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