Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
June 12, 2004
Status:
Completed
Summary:
In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace.
Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of fearsome mechanized bandits (Nobuseri), the farmers of Kanna Village make the dangerous choice to hire samurai for protection. The village's water priestess, Kirara, her younger sister, Komachi, and a heartbroken villager, Rikichi, set off to hire willing samurai with nothing to offer but rice from their meager harvests. Through dangerous encounters and a bit of luck, seven samurai of varying specialties and experience are gathered for an epic battle against the bandits and the merchants that influence them.
Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai"
I bought the Box Set. That alone should be enough said.
If you like action packed samurai anime, then I would recommend this to you! It is mixture of past and present with Mecha and vintage samurai style. Also, the way it is written shares the spotlight on multiple main characters throughout the series. So there is just about a character for every type of viewer to take an interest in. ‘Samurai 7’ can tend to be slightly predictable and the narration can make the story drag… but I was so intrigued by the action scenes that I overlooked this.
