![]() Perhaps The Guardian's Mike McCahill summed it up best, while pointing out how the filmmakers leaned more towards "flagrant expansionism" than the action that audiences were expecting: "This samurai sequel is, like so many western blockbusters, an 80-minute B-picture stifled under an extra hour's worth of expensive production design."ĭeborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter took note of the "fast and furious" sword choreography that truly sold Satô's skills as the former manslayer Hitokiri Battosai. Meanwhile, ScreenAnarchy's Christopher O'Keeffe said that perhaps a less faithful adaptation that focused more on making the film work in its intense, realistic setting could have resulted in a better production overall. Khan also found Shishio and the Jūppongatana to be a stronger threat not just to Kenshin, but all of Japan. In a review for SnapThirty, Jahanzeb Khan praised the soundtrack and fighting choreography of "Kyoto Inferno," calling them improvements over the previous film's music and sword clashes. Unfortunately, as Goh noted, introducing so many characters meant giving each of them less screen time (and thus, less room to be fully fleshed out). Aside from the thoroughly singed Shishio's menacingly bandaged visage, audiences also got to see the Jūppongatana (Ten Swords) group, including fleet-footed Seta Sojiro (Ryunosuke Kamiki), a ruthless young killer who could almost give Kenshin a run for his money. Or, as Trevor Johnston of Time Out described it, a "disappointing" entry with "a less-than-exciting grand finale."įor starters, "Kyoto Inferno" brought quite a few fan-favorite characters to life. Roxy Simons of Eastern Kicks praised actor Tatsuya Fujiwara, whose Makoto Shishio served as the main foil to Takeru Satô's Kenshin, for "portraying a nuanced version of his character and vulnerabilities that made his end all the more satisfying." Ultimately, however, "The Legend Ends" is, for many critics, the lowest point of the series. Arguably, it was a two-parter that could have been just one. Kokono vs kenshin meada movie#Oh, and guess what? The new dubbers leave the "N" off of Kenshin's name.Leaning heavily into the fantastic techniques and elements of Kenshin Himura's world turned out to be a double-edged sword for "The Legend Ends." Despite his description of the sword fights as "handsome choreography," The Guardian's Mike McCahill called the film "a demonstration of the modern movie business's absurd gigantism: seven hours of set-trashing for a story that needed two tops." Indeed, what was supposed to be an epic conclusion to the film version of a popular story arc ended up being a bloated, thinly spread story with only the barest of substance, as Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter pointed out. Instead, these geniuses replace the silence with Kenshin hurriedly saying, "Don'tWorrySano,WithMyTrustyReverseEdge( not blade.edge)SwordAndAllTheHardshipsIHaveOvercomeIWillBeSureToWin (not Kenshin's attitude at all in the original).PlusIWouldn'tWorryAboutItIKnowHisMoves!" For example, when Kenshin is about the fight Soujiro, there is a moment in which he stands at the door and contemplates the coming battle. In the original dub, there are moments of silence in which the weight of the atmosphere is meant to sink in. The only has poor choice of voice actors (Sanosuke.*vomits*) and poor acting on their part, but there is just non-stop talking. Why? Couldn't they knab the rights to the freaking dub along with the animation and music? The original dub is not that bad, and I was looking forward to it. This atrocity appears to be made especially for hulu. This is not the original Media Blasters DVD realese dub. "I know," I think, "Kenshin is on hulu, so I'll rewatch a couple of choice episodes.":rant:Īpparently, the show has been redubbed. I put it down for a bit to browse the internet. OK, so I'm reading the Kenshin manga now, and it's great. ![]()
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