Gaga to sell Rorouni Kenshin

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Sales News

Rurouni Kenshin るろうに剣心, the live action manga adaptation produced by Warner Bros (Japan) ワーナー・ブラザース映画, has been picked up for international sales by Gaga Corporation ギャガ.

Gaga will handle all territories worldwide except Japan and North America. Warner itself is planning a major release for the film in Japan from 25 Aug.

The comic book series about a legendary assassin who repents and becomes a wanderer, protecting the common people of Japan, is one of the biggest ever manga franchises. Written by WATSUKI Nobuhiro 和月伸宏 in the 1990s, the series sold over 57 million copies in Japan alone and has high visibility abroad, having been translated into 23 languages.

The Warner film is directed by OTOMO Keishi 大友啓史 and stars popular SATO Takeru 佐藤健 alongside TAKEI Emi 武井咲, KIKKAWA Koji 吉川晃司 and AOI Yu 蒼井優.

The Rurouni Kenshin stories (sometimes also known as Samurai X) have been previously adapted as a trio of anime series in the 1990s, an animated film in 1997 and a number of animated spin offs or 'original video adaptations' (OVA).

Last year it was also announced that a new animated film would be made, produced by Studio Deen and directed by the original TV series director FURUHASHI Kazuhiro 古橋一浩.

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