Rurouni Kenshin - TV Series Season Two [DVD]

There are already a number of reviews here praising the Kyoto arc of Rurouni Kenshin, so I'm not going to dwell on how great this arc is. It is visually stunning, emotional, and supplies some of the greatest antagonists of any anime. It should serve as an example to compare all other swordsman titles to. That said, the dvd set itself could have been better.The Extras in this set are pretty lackluster. You get translation notes for some of the historical Japanese terminology, creditless OP/ED, and a blooper reel. The blooper reel isn't nearly as fun as the ones that ADV typically puts out. It's just a lot of scenes where the dub cast flubbed their lines. Not that entertaining, though hearing "Jigen" stumble all over while trying to say "Ama-Kakeru-Ryu-No-Hirameki" is pretty entertaining.Speaking of the dub voice cast. Eh, I'm not incredibly impressed with the dub of this series. It feels pretty phoned in at times. The Japanese cast really conveyed great emotion through their voices that the English cast just didn't replicate all that well.Another thing to note is that the "Sobakasu" opening is used and not the translated "Freckles" song.Video is crisp and clear. The translation is pretty decent. They definitely tamed the profane language a bit. Chou's swearing doesn't come across in the subtitles at all, for instance. I personally dislike "de gozaru" being translated into "that I know." There just isn't a logical way to take a manner of speaking ("de gozaimasu" being a masculine phrase commonly used by samurai) like that and translate it into something in English, so just leave well enough alone. It's like taking someone who refers to themselves with "Ore" and saying "I, punk so and so...." It just does not translate period.But I digress, this is just a small complaint. I suggest that everyone picks up this series on dvd. It's worth it just to see the animation with such crisp quality.

What this product is:Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 Media Blaster Dub (The better of the 2 english dubs)Physical condition of product:I am a huge fan of the Rurouni Kenshin series. I have all 28 manga and all Samurai X movies. I have season 1 and 3, and now season 2 as well. The issue I have is that the condition of both the DVD set case and the last DVD in the set were poor. Now, I know issues can occur during shipping, but this is obviously not from shipping. The plastic on the front of the case was pealing off, and the disc on the inside was scratched. Luckily it still plays. Had it not played I would have asked for a refund. I didn't spend 130 bucks for a product in poor condition. I would buy this product from another seller if possible. If not, be warned that you may end up with something in poor condition.Content:Now as for the content, this is the best season of Rurouni Kenshin, hands down! If you have never seen it, you are in for a real treat! This is why I love this anime! The fights are amazing and the storyline is great! If you have read the manga series, it follows vol. 7 - vol. 17 (roughly give or take). The soundtrack is amazing and the voice acting is some of the best I have ever seen in anime.Final Verdict:Great product, just poor condition of packaging and last disc. I would say find another seller, but if this is the only seller you can find, I say go for it. Rurouni Kenshin is the best anime I have ever seen, and it's well worth the money.

Ever since I have been reading all 28 manga volumes of Rurouni Kenshin and watched 2 seasons of Rurouni Kenshin on Toonami and as well as borrowed single individual volumes on dvd at my local library and now ever since I have looked back at owning my first dvd box set of my first season complete dvd set of Rurouni Kenshin which is the Wandering Samurai arc and now I have finally now owned the complete season two dvd box set of Rurouni Kenshin which is basically known as the Legends of Kyoto arc which I don't have back then but now I have finally owned it on my anime dvd collection library as part of my anime library and surprisingly both first two seasons of Rurouni Kenshin which is Wandering Samurai arc and Legends of Kyoto arc we're originally both aired on Toonami which it was originally on Cartoon Network but too bad that they didn't air the third and final season of Rurouni Kenshin which is the Tales of the Meiji arc on Toonami on Cartoon Network due to the Home video releases of Rurouni Kenshin Tales of the Meiji arc which is the third and final season of Rurouni Kenshin on both DVD and VHS releases which the VHS releases of have both English dubbed versions and the original Japanese Dub with English subtitled versions from Media Blasters entertainment.