 In the "Samurai X The Motion Picture", Sanosuke helps to stop the samurai Takimi Shigure from overthrowing the Meiji Government as an act of revenge.In the original video animations of the series, he is given a more humanized design and a more emotional personality.In the non-canon "", an older Sanosuke discovers Kenshin gravely injured when he is traveling in Asia and sends Kenshin back to Tokyo by himself, contradicting his character development by his creator, Watsuki.