Rurouni Kenshin Dub _verified_ (2027)
This is the dub that most purists and older fans consider the "definitive" English version. When Media Blasters acquired the license for North America, they hired the now-defunct New York-based studio Koch Entertainment to produce the voice work.
Media Blasters went bankrupt before dubbing the final filler episodes. For years, the English Rurouni Kenshin dub was incomplete. Eventually, later releases finished the job, but the quality of the story in those episodes remains low. This is another reason the 2023 reboot exists—to give the series a proper, complete English run. rurouni kenshin dub
| Character | Sony/Media Blasters (90s) | Bang Zoom! (2016) | 2023 Remake | |-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------| | Kenshin | Richard Cansino | Max Mittelman | Aaron Campbell | | Kaoru | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | Cherami Leigh | Amber Lee Connors | | Sanosuke | Lex Lang | Kyle Hebert | Ben Balmaceda | | Saito | Steve Blum | Matthew Mercer | Christopher Wekemp | | Shishio | Bob Buchholz | Kirk Thornton | Daman Mills | This is the dub that most purists and
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This is the dub that most purists and older fans consider the "definitive" English version. When Media Blasters acquired the license for North America, they hired the now-defunct New York-based studio Koch Entertainment to produce the voice work.
Media Blasters went bankrupt before dubbing the final filler episodes. For years, the English Rurouni Kenshin dub was incomplete. Eventually, later releases finished the job, but the quality of the story in those episodes remains low. This is another reason the 2023 reboot exists—to give the series a proper, complete English run.
| Character | Sony/Media Blasters (90s) | Bang Zoom! (2016) | 2023 Remake | |-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------| | Kenshin | Richard Cansino | Max Mittelman | Aaron Campbell | | Kaoru | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | Cherami Leigh | Amber Lee Connors | | Sanosuke | Lex Lang | Kyle Hebert | Ben Balmaceda | | Saito | Steve Blum | Matthew Mercer | Christopher Wekemp | | Shishio | Bob Buchholz | Kirk Thornton | Daman Mills |