Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心) is a set of manga and anime series created by artist Nobuhiro Watsuki, set during the early years of the Meiji period in Japan. The English versions of the OVAs as well as the movie are sold under the Samurai X name.

Theme songs

• Opening
• # "Sobakasu" (Freckles) by Judy & Mary (Eps. 1-38)
• # "½" by Makoto Kawamoto (Eps. 39-82)
• # "Kimi ni Fureru Dake de" (Just Touched By You) by Curio (Eps. 83-95)
• Only Opening 1 is used in the Cartoon Network version.
• Ending
• # "Tactics" by The Yellow Monkey (Eps. 1-12)
• # "Namida wa Shitte iru" (I Know Tears) by Mayo Suzukaze (Eps. 13-27)
• # "Heart of Sword ~ Yoake Mae" by T.M. Revolution (Eps. 28-38, 43-49)
• # "Fourth Avenue Cafe" by L'Arc-en-Ciel (Eps. 39-42)
• # "It's Gonna Rain" by Bonnie Pink (Eps. 50-66)
• # "1/3 no Junjō na Kanjō" (1/3 True Feelings) by Siam Shade (Eps. 67-82)
• # "Dame!" (No!) by You Izumi (Eps. 83-95)
• Only Ending 3 is used in the Cartoon Network version but with the footage from "Sobakasu."
• Due to drug charges against L'Arc-en-Ciel, Sony pulled "Fourth Avenue Cafe" and re-used "Heart of Sword" with the 4th ending animation.

The opening theme to the RK movie (Ishin Shishi e no Requiem) is "Niji" performed by L'Arc~en~Ciel.

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