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Originally posted by Hadoken

Btw, I watched the samurai x: kenshin memories dvd's first, and it was just amazing, then I started watching the tv series, which is also great. But I noticed how himura kenshin's personality is different in both of them. Guess it was just added humor parts for the tv series. But how come the voice of the character sounds female? That puzzles me sometimes.

Well, if you've saw the OVAs first and then saw the TV, it's easy to see why the personalities are different.

Spoiler: show

Because Kenshin killed Tomoe (his first wife) and her fiance (the dude who died in the beginning) and his cross-shaped scar came from it, he promised to be a rurouni (a wanderer). He swore he'll never kill again.

The tone of the OVA is extremely dramatic and in the TV it's more light-hearted and "slapstick" mainly because Himura is a wanderer in the TV, while in the OVA, he's an actual samurai. He's...how would you say...."at peace" in the TV. Plus, in the TV, it's the Meiji era where it's a peaceful time. The OVA's setting was near the end of the previous era.

As for the voices, Himura's Japanese voice actor is a woman. Usually, for slightly feminine or feminine guys, they ask women to do the voices because only women voices can create that "soft and gentle" type of voice for those type of guys. Like Yahiko's voice actor is a woman too.

Originally posted by Suzuki_Fanboy

Neither have I, but the original voices are so cool I don't see a need to watch the dub.

I agree, but the dub version is really quite good too. Actually, when I first watched Kenshin I watched the dubbed version and liked it for a while. The only reason why I saw the sub was because I couldn't wait for the VHS (yes, this was during the "VHS" period ) so I went online and bought subs. Now, I do prefer the Japanese to the English, the but English really is great. Especially Yahiko's voice...terrific! It's so much alike to the Japanese, IMO.