Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
| Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal | |
Cover for Aniplex of America's Blu-ray Disc release, featuring Himura Kenshin and Yukishiro Tomoe.
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追憶編 (Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen) |
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| Genre | Chanbara, Drama, Tragedy |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kazuhiro Furuhashi |
| Produced by | Yoshinori Naruke Kazuki Noguchi |
| Written by | Masashi Sogo |
| Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
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| Released | February 20, 1999 – November 22, 1999 |
| Runtime | 29 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 |
Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, known in Japan as Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuioku-hen (追憶編 Recollection or Reminiscence?), is a 1999 original video animation series directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, screenplay-written by Masashi Sogo, scored by Taku Iwasaki, and animated by Studio Deen. Based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki, Trust & Betrayal chronicles the story of Himura Kenshin as the Hitokiri Battōsai during the final years of the Bakumatsu era while also revealing the origins of his cross-shaped scar and exploring his relationship with a woman named Yukishiro Tomoe.
The OVA series was first licensed by ADV Films for VHS and DVD releases in North America and the United Kingdom, and by Madman Entertainment for releases in Australasia, under the title Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal. Trust & Betrayal was later collected into a two-hour feature-length motion picture with new animated sequences and released theatrically in Japan. In 2003, this feature-length motion picture was eventually released in North America on DVD as a director's cut by ADV Films. After ADV Films' closure, Aniplex of America began licensing the OVA series for Blu-ray Disc releases in North America under its original title: Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal. It has received universal critical acclaim from anime critics, with praise directed towards the story, animation, art, music and Japanese voice acting.
While a raid of bandits slay a group of travelers, a young boy named Shinta is saved from death by a passing swordsman. The swordsman, known as Hiko Seijūrō, is a master of the Hiten Mitsurugi, the strongest of all sword forms. Hiko takes Shinta as an apprentice and renames him "Kenshin", a name which he felt was more appropriate for a swordsman.
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