| Rurouni Kenshin is truly one of the best examples of why people around the world are so captivated by the art style that is anime. In only 4 episodes, an entire tragic story of a young boy named Shinta is brought to life. Shinta's parents passed away from a disease while Shinta was at a young age. He was sold by slave traders soon after and tragedy once again struck as his new family was cold-heartidly murdered by a gang. Shinta escaped death purly because of sheer coincidence as a mysterious swordsman saved his life. They meet again as Shinta is making graves for his new family. Seeing the same despisement of the times they are living in in as he does, the swordsman hands Shinta a katana and bestows a new name upon him worthy of the swordsman that will bring around the Meiji era-- Kenshin. And so the story begins... As you might've guessed, Rurouni Kenshin is quite bloody. There is quite a bit of blatant violence throughout. But then again, it's just realistic. Like the story, the animation is brilliant and never copped-out. Each frame is brilliant and amazes your eyes. There are no traditional "streaks" from fast moving objects, and so on, in order to cut down on the amount of frames drawn. This makes everything so much more enjoyable. The music is quite simply, amazing. The soundtrack is worth buying if you ever get the chance. It proves that you don't need a vocal song by Megumi Hayashibara to make the music from an anime good. Summing up, if you ever decide to buy only one anime series, make it this Rurouni Kenshin series. It does in 4 episodes what the TV series of the same name did in over 90 episodes. |
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