Takeru Satoh has taken to his personal blog to update fans on the status of the filming of Rurôni Kenshin: The Great Kyôto Fire Arc and Rurôni Kenshin: The End of a Legend Arc; both films will be released next summer. Satoh stated that filming is halfway complete and that he's excited for fans to see the finished product. He also posted a couple of behind the scenes photos of himself in costume.
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The two sequels will look to adapt the "Kyoto Arc" of the original manga from Nobuhiro Watsuki. Keishi Ōtomo returns to direct both feature films for Studio Swan. Satoh plays
Kenshin Himura, Emi Takei returns as
Kaoru Kamiya, Yusuke Iseya plays
Aoshi Shinomori, Munetaka Aoki plays
Sanosuke Sagara, Yuu Aoi co-stars as
Megumi Takani, Ryunosuke Kamiki plays
Sōjirō Seta, Yosuke Eguchi plays
Hajime Saitō, Tatsuya Fujiwara plays
Makoto Shishio, the venerable min Tanaka plays
Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina, Kazufumi Miyazawa plays Toshimichi Ōkubo, Yukiyoshi Ozawa plays Hirobumi Itō, Kaito Ōyagi plays
Yahiko Myōjin, Maryjun Takahashi plays
Yumi Komagata and Ryosuke Miura plays
Chō Sawagejō. Watsuki's original manga began in 1994 and recently concluded its non-concurrent run this past June in Jump Square.