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All true samurai stand in silhouettes in front of a setting sun!
Genres/Sub-Genres: Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Mecha, Steampunk (slightly)
Rating: 8.25/10
Episode Count: 26 Episodes ~22 Minutes/Per
Samurai 7 is based off a "Samurai Epic" movie that was widely hailed in Japan in 1954, from director Akira Kurosawa. It was said that the anime show was so expensive to make that each episode ranged into ¥32,500,000, or about 300,000 US Dollars each to produce. Thankfully, due to that factor, we indeed have a high quality show. From with music that fits the situations spot on, to animation that is 'timeless' in my opinion - Samurai 7 does not disappoint on that end.
In Samurai 7, we're introduced to Kanna village, only one of many farming villages. "Nobuseri" or Bandits attack the village under the pretenses of "protection" extorting the villagers of all but the very bare minimum of rice needed to sustain the workers. Due to this oppression, the village elders send out their resident shrine miko to the nearby town to hire samurai to slay the bandits and protect the town for as much as they can eat. In this time period, the samurai are declining and the steam-punk/mecha era is starting to boom, leaving samurai out of work. Because of such a lowly proposition from the Villagers sent to town, almost all the samurai refuse. After writing back to the village, it is decided that they only needed to obtain 7 in order to fill their needs.
After some run-ins with the local government of the town, they manage to acquire seven samurai who decide to accept rice as a payment. From there they will try to defend and liberate Kanna from the corrupt rule of the local goverment and the threat of the Nobuseri. The plot here is pretty innovative in the true sense for the time period it came out in (1954), but how they execute it in the anime is the true reason I rate this an above average 8.5/10.
All true samurai stand in silhouettes in front of a setting sun!
Genres/Sub-Genres: Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Mecha, Steampunk (slightly)
Rating: 8.25/10
Episode Count: 26 Episodes ~22 Minutes/Per
Samurai 7 is based off a "Samurai Epic" movie that was widely hailed in Japan in 1954, from director Akira Kurosawa. It was said that the anime show was so expensive to make that each episode ranged into ¥32,500,000, or about 300,000 US Dollars each to produce. Thankfully, due to that factor, we indeed have a high quality show. From with music that fits the situations spot on, to animation that is 'timeless' in my opinion - Samurai 7 does not disappoint on that end.
In Samurai 7, we're introduced to Kanna village, only one of many farming villages. "Nobuseri" or Bandits attack the village under the pretenses of "protection" extorting the villagers of all but the very bare minimum of rice needed to sustain the workers. Due to this oppression, the village elders send out their resident shrine miko to the nearby town to hire samurai to slay the bandits and protect the town for as much as they can eat. In this time period, the samurai are declining and the steam-punk/mecha era is starting to boom, leaving samurai out of work. Because of such a lowly proposition from the Villagers sent to town, almost all the samurai refuse. After writing back to the village, it is decided that they only needed to obtain 7 in order to fill their needs.
After some run-ins with the local government of the town, they manage to acquire seven samurai who decide to accept rice as a payment. From there they will try to defend and liberate Kanna from the corrupt rule of the local goverment and the threat of the Nobuseri. The plot here is pretty innovative in the true sense for the time period it came out in (1954), but how they execute it in the anime is the true reason I rate this an above average 8.5/10.
Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 12, 2004 to Dec 25, 2004
Producers: Gonzo, GDH, FUNimation EntertainmentL
Genres: Historical, Mecha, Samurai, Sci-Fi
Duration: 26 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Encoded by: McClassick
Resolution: 848x480
Video: x264 @ 226 Kbps
Frame rate: 23.976
Audio 1: Japanese AC3 mono ~ 48 kbps
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 12, 2004 to Dec 25, 2004
Producers: Gonzo, GDH, FUNimation EntertainmentL
Genres: Historical, Mecha, Samurai, Sci-Fi
Duration: 26 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Encoded by: McClassick
Resolution: 848x480
Video: x264 @ 226 Kbps
Frame rate: 23.976
Audio 1: Japanese AC3 mono ~ 48 kbps
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