With the release of the first part of the two part OVA for Rurouni Kenshin: Shin Kyoto-Hen due out in December, a couple of images have finally made their way out that shows the character designs and a piece of finished artwork as well. The character designs are done by Hiromitsu Hagiwara, who has one been credited before as a character designer before on Saint Beast. The OVA release sees the cast being fleshed out with Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin Himura under the direction of Kazuhiro Furuhashi, a real veteran whose early work goes back to Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku, though his more recent directorial work includes Le Chevalier D’Eon, Zipang and Amatsuki.

The rest of the cast is billed as:

Ken Narita as Hajime Saitō

Masanori Ikeda as Makoto Shishio

Miina Tominaga as Yahiko Myoujin

Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya

Tomo Sakurai as Misao Makimachi

Yoshito Yasuhara as Aoshi Shinomori

Yuji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara

[Source: Crunchyroll]

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