For Pandyan, Bharata and Dhu - I think you may like this. Others may find this worthwhile too, but I'm not going to guess in their case.
<b>Rurouni Kenshin: tsuioku hen</b> (Masterless Samurai Kenshin: reminiscence)
Released in English-speaking countries under the title "Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal".
<i>Not for those who are underage. Certainly <b>not for children.</b></i>
Please be aware that this contains extreme - but not misplaced or gratuitous - katana-based violence. It does not offend, IMO.
The opening contains the most violence, so if you can live with that, the remaining sporadic bursts of violence in this animation hardly attains to (and certainly never exceeds) that in the opening.
It is a simply amazing film, very stirring and encompasses a sincere love story besides.
4 episodes of <30 min each.
Worth sticking with it - every bit of the film makes sense and the pay off is big by the time it ends: all stops pulled out for the finale.
<b>Two ways of watching:</b>
A) Lower quality with fansubs (occasional spelling error from what I can tell by sampling the first few minutes). But this way there's no need to download their software or create an account:
1. http://www.veoh.com/videos/e148657A3QhjpQw - episode 1
(also at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v671284BQmE4SY5
and http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6576711dGRRymDx)
2. http://www.veoh.com/videos/e148659KHGCj6WS - episode 2
3. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v675307mKwtXweE - episode 3
4. http://www.veoh.com/videos/e152451atdAGAJH - episode 4
B) High quality and professional subs of western release (this is the version I bought long ago).
Since each is about an hour, need to download veoh software and create an account.
<b>But you can watch a 5 minute preview of each in high quality with decent subs here:</b>
1-2. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v812924hYCX6mDq - episodes 1 and 2
3-4. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v814040aCYSrD9y - episodes 3 and 4
Note that there's no point watching the OVA sequel called Seisouhen. Tsuioku hen stands on its own and Seisouhen's plot looks to ruin this one, in my view. Also, never watch the movie Samurai X or the series. In any case, can't blame me if you do and then hated them.
<b>Rurouni Kenshin: tsuioku hen</b> (Masterless Samurai Kenshin: reminiscence)
Released in English-speaking countries under the title "Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal".
<i>Not for those who are underage. Certainly <b>not for children.</b></i>
Please be aware that this contains extreme - but not misplaced or gratuitous - katana-based violence. It does not offend, IMO.
The opening contains the most violence, so if you can live with that, the remaining sporadic bursts of violence in this animation hardly attains to (and certainly never exceeds) that in the opening.
It is a simply amazing film, very stirring and encompasses a sincere love story besides.
4 episodes of <30 min each.
Worth sticking with it - every bit of the film makes sense and the pay off is big by the time it ends: all stops pulled out for the finale.
<b>Two ways of watching:</b>
A) Lower quality with fansubs (occasional spelling error from what I can tell by sampling the first few minutes). But this way there's no need to download their software or create an account:
1. http://www.veoh.com/videos/e148657A3QhjpQw - episode 1
(also at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v671284BQmE4SY5
and http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6576711dGRRymDx)
2. http://www.veoh.com/videos/e148659KHGCj6WS - episode 2
3. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v675307mKwtXweE - episode 3
4. http://www.veoh.com/videos/e152451atdAGAJH - episode 4
B) High quality and professional subs of western release (this is the version I bought long ago).
Since each is about an hour, need to download veoh software and create an account.
<b>But you can watch a 5 minute preview of each in high quality with decent subs here:</b>
1-2. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v812924hYCX6mDq - episodes 1 and 2
3-4. http://www.veoh.com/videos/v814040aCYSrD9y - episodes 3 and 4
Note that there's no point watching the OVA sequel called Seisouhen. Tsuioku hen stands on its own and Seisouhen's plot looks to ruin this one, in my view. Also, never watch the movie Samurai X or the series. In any case, can't blame me if you do and then hated them.