Rurouni Kenshin (manga)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manga_series
gptkbp:adaptedInto gptkb:Rurouni_Kenshin_(anime)
Rurouni Kenshin (live-action film series)
gptkbp:author gptkb:Nobuhiro_Watsuki
gptkbp:awarded Shogakukan Manga Award (1997)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:demographics shōnen
gptkbp:firstPublished April 11, 1994
gptkbp:genre gptkb:action
romance
historical
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rurouni Kenshin (manga)
gptkbp:illustrator gptkb:Nobuhiro_Watsuki
gptkbp:influencedBy samurai films
historical events of Meiji Restoration
gptkbp:lastPublished September 4, 1999
gptkbp:magazine gptkb:Weekly_Shōnen_Jump
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Himura_Kenshin
gptkb:Kamiya_Kaoru
gptkb:Myojin_Yahiko
gptkb:Sagara_Sanosuke
gptkb:Saito_Hajime
gptkb:Shishio_Makoto
gptkbp:notableArc gptkb:Jinchu_Arc
gptkb:Kyoto_Arc
gptkb:Tokyo_Arc
gptkbp:notableSupporter Shinomori Aoshi
Misao Makimachi
Takani Megumi
gptkbp:notableVillain gptkb:Enishi_Yukishiro
gptkb:Shishio_Makoto
gptkbp:numberOfVolumes 28
gptkbp:originalLanguage Japanese
gptkbp:originalTitle るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚-
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Shueisha
gptkbp:serializationStart 1994
1999
gptkbp:setting Meiji era, Japan
gptkbp:spinOff gptkb:Rurouni_Kenshin:_Restoration
gptkb:Rurouni_Kenshin:_The_Hokkaido_Arc
gptkbp:targetAudience teenagers
gptkbp:technology Hiten Mitsurugi-ryu
gptkbp:theme pacifism
atonement
redemption
samurai ethics
gptkbp:title gptkb:Viz_Media
Kenshin the Wanderer: The Romantic Story of a Meiji Swordsman
gptkbp:totalSales over 72 million copies (as of 2022)
gptkbp:weapon reverse-blade sword (sakabatō)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rurouni_Kenshin_(with_Studio_Deen)
gptkb:Kyoto_Inferno
gptkb:Rurouni_Kenshin_(2012)
gptkb:Rurouni_Kenshin_(film_series)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6