Real Version of Mythical Anime Sword Discovered in Japan
In the Rurouni Kenshin manga and anime, there's a reverse-blade sword called sakabato. An old, real-life version of this fictional sword was apparently discovered in Japan.
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See Kenshin Return to Action in This New Fighting Game
Two-and-a-half weeks ago, popular 90's anime Rurouni Kenshin exploded onto the Japanese cinema scene with the series' first live-action movie. However, that was not the only Kenshin-related item to get a release that week. Sequel to last year's Rurouni Kenshin Saisen, Rurouni Kenshin Kansei is a PSP fighting game…
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Rurouni Kenshin (sometimes known by the title Samurai X) is a manga and anime series that grew to great popularity around the turn of the millennium in both Japan and America. Half-fighting and half-romance, Kenshin is a historical fiction set in the years after Japan's final civil war and dissolution of the samurai…
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