Samurai 7

2004 July 19
by David

I haven’t done an anime review in a while so here’s one today about a relatively new series called ‘Samurai 7′:

Samurai 7

Samurai 7 is a classical story with a twist about a group of farmers who are being oppressed by a group of tyrannical overlords know as the Nobuseri, who are ruined samurais. They rob the villagers of nearly all the crops they grow and because they have no way to fight them they must obey their orders.

Samurai 7

Faced with starvation, the villagers send out a mission to find and recruit some samurai to defend them. With no pay to offer except rice, and knowing full well that only down-on-their-luck samurai would even consider accepting such an deal, the villagers can only hope that their saviors will appear before the rice is ready for harvest.

Samurai 7

Once the small group reach the city they face many challenges, not least finding a samurai prepared to help them. As their quest progresses they run into a number of interesting characters some with more admirable intentions than others. As you can probably imagine they slowly build up an oddball group of samurai’s, some more able than others but all with a taste for war!

Samurai 7

As these things go the animation is at the better end of the scale with some nice use of CG to create some pretty cool action scenes. One of the main reasons why I like Japanese anime is due to its ability to slow-down time at exactly the right moment to pull you into the frame and feel the moment, a technique well employed by Samurai 7. Definitely worth a slot in your bittorrent queue!

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17 Responses leave one →
  1. 2005 November 15
    brenda permalink

    nice review…i like your pictures

  2. 2005 November 15

    :) Thanks – it's a cool series, shame I've not had a chance to finish watching it yet!

  3. 2005 December 5

    That sounds cool! :D
    Nice review, made me curious about getting this serie and watching it.
    ^_^

  4. 2005 December 5

    Yeah, give it a try – you won't be disappointed!

  5. 2006 February 4
    stefany permalink

    wow,this is cool , i like your pictures too. Although i haven't finished watching the third DVD of Samurai 7. Anyway Samurai 7 rocks!

  6. 2006 May 29
    Luís Miguel permalink

    It is a very fantastic scientific fiction series talking about samurais.

  7. 2006 June 3
    bLeuZ permalink

    yeah!! you got Kyuzo's pic..he's so cool!! so hard to find pics for this series..anyway its a nice show..worth watching..love the fighting scenes..esp when Kyuzo fight..wohooo *slash slash*

  8. 2006 July 9
    jessie permalink

    i loved this series but i too have yet to watch all of it ^_^ that metal dude is so coolie and so is the guy that looks like jesus ^_~

  9. 2006 July 10

    I think the Kyuzo is really coooooool *.* ^-^ I wish he was real. .

  10. 2006 August 13
    juan deigo permalink

    é vmuito foda

  11. 2007 February 4
    Karina permalink

    it is incredible. at first i did not have inteerest in it but now i fell in love with it. You should see it and you will not regret having seen it.

  12. 2007 June 25
    Mathieux permalink

    Kyuzo is nice is my favorite guy in Samurai7

  13. 2007 September 17

    I love samurai 7. I is the best series and movie in the galaxy. I love Kuyzo. He's quiet, yet cool. I also like Konbei-Sama. I love that voice he has. Make another series please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  14. 2008 April 27
    guntur permalink

    samurai seven keren bgt tau rata 2 pedang semau gede bgt kaya anu gw wkwokwok

  15. 2008 June 21
    ENDY permalink

    it's good!

    ok

  16. 2008 December 24
    katsushiro permalink

    me encanta chaoooo

  17. 2009 April 19
    rick permalink

    i myself loved the series i was really dissapointed by the ending. literally there were tears. But i still love it.

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