TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio(s): 16:9
Encoding: MPEG-2
Original Release Year: 2012

Credits:

TOMINAGA MINA,WATSUKI NOBUHIRO,ASAKURA NORIYUKI,SUZUKAZE MAYO,HAGIWARA HIROMITSU,FUJITANI MIKI

Description:

Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc Part 1 - Hell of the Flame / Anime Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc Part 1" is now available on DVD! It is early summer of the 11th year of Meiji. In the early summer of the 11th year of Meiji (1878), O, the head of the Kyoto Guard, gives Makimachi Misao, the orphaned son of his predecessor, a mission to stop the "Kyoto Destruction Plan" hatched by Shizuo Makoto, the mastermind behind the assassination of Okubo Sir. The mission is to find Himura Kenshin, the man who was once known as the Battousai the Manslayer and supported the Meiji Restoration behind the scenes.Misao ascends the Tokaido Highway and finds the man who may know the disappearance of his love, Aoshi. Kenshin was also on his way to Kyoto for the same purpose. Although puzzled by the gap between the terrifying image of the Battousai he had imagined and the reality, Misao joins him on the way, and the two finally confront Shizuo in the village of Shintsuki. Kenshin denies Shizuo's claim that he needs power to destroy the current corrupt government and create a new world. Shizuo smiles and lets his friend Sojiro Seta take the sword.After the fight, Kenshin's reverse-blade sword, the symbol of his beliefs, is broken - and he is forced to fight on. Special Video Features Included