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Having seen up to eight episodes, this is series is very cute and tries to stay true to the most of the ideas that were in the original story line of Kurosawas Seven Samurai (or Hollywoods westernized version, called the Magnificent Seven), but it is also different enough to generate to keep the viewer interested. The role of Tashiro Mufunes sloppy samurai, has been replaced by that of a sloppy noisy robotic samurai. The bandits are aware of the arrival of the samurai, and have sent off remote combat drones to deal with them before they can arrive at the village. The setting is indeed Star Wars science fiction, with a mix of high and low tech co-existing (imagine if you will humanoid robots sitting around an open fire.) Well, what can you say about any series that uses a classic story as a base, (but I suffer from the fault of really enjoying classic samurai stories, so I can only give a smirk to this series. ) More later. Last updated Tuesday, August 31 2004. Created Tuesday, August 31 2004. | ||||||||
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I found this serie as a fansub, I don't know wether it is officially released somewhere outside of Japan. So far I've seen the first two episodes. At first I thought 'jikes' because the opening sequence shows a big battle in the sky, something I've seen before in a Final Fantasy game (I think 9). Then I thought 'jikes' because what followed was a copy from Kurosawa's 'seven samurai', only the bandits use a huge flying thing and use IR scanners to check on the harvest. And later on, the city scenes could have been invented by George Lucas' staff for yet another exotic planet. And since I love Kurosawa's movies, at first I didn't like what they have done with it. But, after seeing these two episodes, I wanted to see some more. The music, credit titles and some of the backgrounds come straight from the original movie. The art and animation are very good in my opinion and they altered the original storyline enough to make it exciting for those who know the original movie (like me.) More when I've seen more. After 12 episodes: I'm starting to really like this show, but I'm still not sure how this is going to evolve. In ep 12, the samurai reach the village and start organising the defense. This involves huge logs of wood and a triple-A. So it's not 7 swords against a flying fortress. (I was afraid it would go that way, really.) I must say I'm starting to admire the people inventing this story though. A classic Kurosawa movie, mixed with anime dogma's (meccha and stuff) and some genuine SF straight from Lucasfilm. (eg the gate at the red light district) How do you invent this stuff? Apparently, all samurai kept their original names, although their appearance might have been altered. There's the old and wise Kambei (a bit Ben Kenobi-like) and his brother in arms Shichiroji, noisy Kikuchio, technical Heihachi (the woodchopper), perfectionist Kyuzo, youngster Katsushiro and tactician Gorobei. After 15 episodes: although some scenes are a bit over the top, I started to really like this show. Apparently, it is now licensed by Funimation, and most people think this is a bummer because of lousy translations etc. Nevertheless, I give it a buy! (but watch the fansubs as well, some groups established in Europe decided to continue subbing) Last updated Wednesday, October 27 2004. Created Monday, August 30 2004. | ||||||||
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Other Sites
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| Japanese Series Web Site | http://www.samurai-7.com/ |
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