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This special director's cut combines the first two SAMURAI X OVAs (aka RUROUNI KENSHIN), featuring additional footage never before seen in the US. Distinguished by their markedly higher production values, the OVA's offer excellent animation, and serve as something of a prequel to the TV series. Enormously popular, SAMURAI X takes place in the 19th century and is the story of a wandering swordsman, or samurai, named Kenshin. The episode begins with our hero as an eight year old boy traveling through the countryside with a group that includes his family. Most of the group is killed by a gang of bandits in a fight, but young Kenshin is spared. He is soon taken in by a master who sees something in the young boy, and decides to teach him the Mitsurugi sword technique. This begins Kenshin's life as an assassin, and he becomes the best there is. His trade leads him to cross paths with a beautiful young woman name Tomoe, a meeting that will change the course of his life.

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UPC0702727061028

eBay Product ID (ePID)3442714

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RatingNR

Movie/TV TitleSamurai X-Trust & Betrayal: Director's Cut

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

GenreAction & Adventure

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Release Date20030520

Film CountryJapan

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by xxxel_41
11 Jul, 2023
MUST SEE Classic Anime OVA
Classic Ova and a must see for fans of Rurroni Kenshin. The English dub is in its early years so it's still not polished but it is pretty neat to rewatch this OVA about Kenshin's beginnings in 2023. This is Hand drawn animation unlike most anime now these days done on a computer. This is when Kenshin was a killer/assassin in the Meji ers of Japan. Watch it. Be amazed
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by collector-of-trinkets
27 Aug, 2022
If you love OVA and what to learn a little more of the back story of Rurouni Kenshin
It tells the start of why Kenshin became what he became.
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by hmich54
08 Sep, 2021
Classic Anime
Samurai X is one of the reasons I fell in love with anime.
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by J7SIGS0oRC6@Deleted
28 Aug, 2018
Hitokiri Battousai
My uncle bought this for me & I cherished it til it was stolen. So even though it's not the sentimental version at least i still have it.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
by troyrasheen
13 Mar, 2020
One of the best anime movies of all time
I have wanted this movie for years THANK YOU !!!
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by g_1989
24 Sep, 2018
Not a Scratch
DVD arrived earlier than ETA, works perfectly, and the disc has no scratches on it.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned