Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Sh?nen Jump magazine from April 1994 to September 1999. The complete work consists of 28 tank?bon volumes, while years later it was reprinted into 22 kanzenban volumes. Studio Gallop, Studio Deen and SPE Visual Works adapted it into an anime television series. A series of five live-action theatrical films adaptations were released from 2012 to 2021.