If you thought Bleach was the only anime coming back, get ready for another swordsman to make a reappearance. Revealed at the Jump Festa on Sunday, it’s been revealed that the series Rurouni Kenshin will be getting a new anime TV series. The anime is currently is going to be worked by Liden Films. Currently, there is no further details on whom is involved with the project or when will it be released.
Rurouni Kenshin is a series created by manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki. The series has expanded to anime, OVA and even live action films. Him and his wife Kaoru Kurosaki, also a novelist, collaborated and made the manga Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc in 2017. However, in that year, Watsuki was charged and fined for possession of child pornography. The series took a hiatus and on June 2018, the series came back and resumed publication. English company Viz Media also been releasing the Hokkaido Arc at that time, but they stopped because of the controversy and it has yet been confirmed if they will continue to release the chapters.
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