Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-), also known as Samurai X, is an anime based on the manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. Studio Gallop, Studio Deen and SPE Visual Works adapted the manga into an anime series which aired in Japan between January 10, 1996 and September 8, 1998. Media Blasters released the English-language version on DVD and VHS between July 18, 2000 and September 24, 2002.
English Voice Cast (1999 Sony Dub; Uncredited)
Main Cast
- Richard Cansino - Kenshin Himura
Secondary Cast
- Brianne Siddall - Yahiko Myojin
- Derek Stephen Prince - Sanosuke Sagara
- Rebecca Forstadt - Kaoru Kamiya
Minor Cast
- Brianne Siddall - Shinta
- Dan Woren - Hajime Saito
- Lex Lang - Seijuro Hiko
- Mona Marshall - Sojiro Seta
- Stephen Apostolina - Sojiro Seta
English Voice Cast (2000 Media Blasters Dub)
Main Cast
- Richard Hayworth - Kenshin Himura
Secondary Cast
- Dorothy Melendrez - Kaoru Kamiya
- Elyse Floyd - Yahiko Myojin
- Lex Lang - Sanosuke Sagara
- Terry Stone - Aoshi Shinomori
Minor Cast
- Abe Lasser - Hannya
- Barbara Goodson - Hana (ep19)
- David Lucas - Makoto Shishio (ep33)
- David Umansky - Beshimi
- Dean Elliot - Shikijou
- Debra Cunningham - Misao Makimachi (ep33)
- G. Gordon Baer - Tsuruzaemon (ep19)
- Georgette Rose - Tae, Tsubame
- Ivan Buckley - Kanryu Takeda
- Jackson Daniels - Mikio
- Jane Alan - Megumi Takani
- John Smallberries - Hyottoko, Thief (ep19)
- Michael Lindsay - Yutaro Tsukayama (ep19)
- Mona Marshall - Suzume
- Paul St. Peter - Tsukio (ep19)
- Peter Lee - Thief (ep19)
- Rafael Antonio - Follower (ep19)
- Richard George - Raijuta Isurugi (ep19)
- Robert Axelrod - Sakata (ep19)
- Sparky Thornton - Hajime Saito (ep33), Sakuramaru (ep19)
- Steve Kramer - Dr. Gensai
- Stevie Bloch - Ayame
- Tara Jayne - Sojiro Seta (ep33)
- Wendee Lee - Yumi Komagata (ep33)
Additional Voices (Uncredited)
- Bob Papenbrook - Samurai (ep63), Swordsman (ep64), Thug A (ep63)
- Crispin Freeman - Aritomo Yamagata (ep64), Young Ryunosuke (ep63)
- Doug Stone - Ryunosuke (ep63), Student B (ep63), Thug C (ep63)
- Michelle Ruff - Kinu (ep63)
- Mona Marshall - Boy (ep63)
- Steve Kramer - Thug B (ep63), Ukyo Inagi (ep64)
- Terrence Stone - Student A (ep63)
- Tony Oliver - Shinpachi (ep63), Thug D (ep63)
- Tony Pope - Marques Murakami (ep64)