Rurouni Kenshin aka Samurai X in the US is now airing in the Philippines in Filipino. It has been aired before on Cable 23 in the original english version but now it is also airing in ABS CBN 2 in Tagalog. I haven't seen the whole series in English yet because I find the voices a little weird in English (then again some say that it's even weirder in Japanese because of the female voice of Kenshin). But now that I've seen it in Filipino, it somehow has a poetic sound in the voices and Kenshin's voice in tagalog suits him better (since it's a 'guy' who dubbed it). It's like hearing it in the original Japanese version because of the expressiveness in the voice except you understand it because it's being spoken in your own language. I must add that Filipino seiyuus (voice actors/actresses) are really good and can be compared with the seiyuus in Japan. Expect me to run home every 4:30 pm on weekdays just to watch this one!
Rurouni Kenshin is about Kenshin Himura, a wandering samurai. One hundred forty years ago, during the last days of the Tokugawa era, he was known as the fierce Battousai (Hitokiri Battousai). During this era, the Bakumatsu No Douran, he was the legendary slasher of the Ishin Shishi. He was instrumental in bringing down the Tokugawa Shogunate and paved the way for the Meiji Restoration. At the beginning of the Meiji Era, he disappeared and became a Rurouni. He vowed never to kill again and uses a sakabatou or a reversed- edged blade. During one of his wanderings he met Kaoru Kamiya and decided to stay with her. He now fights for the honor and safety of his friends and loved ones in the Kamiya Dojo in Edo. Kenshin made a lot of friends and foes in Edo. Among his new found friends were the ex-gangster, Sano, the bratty but proud Yahiko and the doctors, Megumi and Dr. Gensai, his granddaughters Ayame-chan and Suzume-chan, the waitresses at the Akabeko restaurant, Tae-san and Tsubame-chan. He fought with several characters, among them were the the fake Battousai Hiruma Gohei, the rouge Shinsengumi Hitokiri Jin-e, Shinomori Aoshi and the Oniwabanshuu, Isurugi Raijuta and his Shinko Ryu. Kenshin had his first real headache when he was approached by Ookubo Toshimichi, the most powerful man in the Meiji government to help them fight Makoto Shishio and his Juppongatana. Together with Sano and former Shinsengumi, Hajime Saitoh, and a little help from Kaoru, Yahiko and Misao's Aoiya Oniwabanshuu, they narrowly defeated Shishio and his group in Kyoto only to be confronted by Amakusa Shougo and his fanatics in Shimabara. Then the Kenshin-gumi meet up with old friend Yutaro, who just came from Europe, but they brought with them a new problem, the heavily armored Schneider and his German Black Knights, who are in cahoots with Moriya Misanagi and her Sanada Ninjas. They are looking for the Divine Medicine that Yutaro and his companion Professor Hans is hiding.
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