Audience reviews
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CosmicFusion
Mediocre. Despite the recommendations, this isn't Samurai Champloo, at least not in terms of quality.
Samurai 7 is an uneven adaptation with an interesting premise and some strong moments, but inconsistent tone and mixed character writing. It had the ingredients for a decent premise, but regrettably, half of it was unbearable to watch. Fight sequences are laughably bad. At one point, the show seems grounded, but shortly later, characters began slicing and dicing through robots as if its made out of butter, like its Metal Gear Rising or something. Not only that, many of them tend to get super preachy about "Samurai is the path of the Warrior" mantra nonstop. Much, much further later, Ukyo had the potential to be a memorable, detestable villain but they mostly flunked that too.
Romi Park…
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This series is an adaptation of a film known for its excellence. It attempts to readapt its story over a longer period with a new setting halfway between traditional Japan and science fiction. The potential to create a good series was there but unfortunately, the execution is not up to expectations. The result is an adaptation that has not aged very well despite some good ideas. I nevertheless had a pleasant time although punctuated by some somewhat boring episodes.
==Story==
6/10
The story follows the original movie's storyline most of the time, and fills it all with lots of sub-plots to fill the 26 episodes. If you've already seen the original movie, what you'll probably be interested in are the additions because most of the time, it's like the old movie but less subtle and longer. Whe…
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An adaptation of the 1954 film, the Seven Samurai; This show is somewhat underappreciated for what it is. The way it was produced was noticeably small and focused in a lot of aspects but for what it is, it has a consistent blueprint as a show and progressed into something larger and more refined in comparison to its meager beginnings.
Animation (6/10) - It is a noticeable early 2000s anime by the way its aesthetics and animation quality was presented; It had a passable, cookie cutter production value and easily on par with the shows from its time. Although to its credit, a lot of their action scenes has smooth movement flow on it, and that would be its saving grace because it adds onto the detail for what it is.
Storyline (5.5) - Its storyline feels small and too linear even when it exp…
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This is fine anime at best. I was hoping for much more but you know it's what it is. The best part of the anime was the music 2nd place would be the art style. Everything else it's at best ok. Character development is not fun at all, don't get me started on Kiara's semi-main character, it's hard to like her even a bit, she is like a flag on the wind. We have two well-written characters, Kikuchiyo who is the brightest and most likable Samurai, and Komach sister of Kiara. She also is BFF with Kikuchiyo. The rest of the characters are just generic, plain. The story is well-written, and it holds up I enjoyed it - don't expect anything too deep about it. Overall it's a fine anime and I can easily recommend it as a guilty pleasure.
MAL doesn't allow me to give half of the points so I gave it 7…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
Samurai 7 is a powerful, insightful retelling of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, adding in a variety of new and creative elements while remaining true to the essential spirit of the original work. Couched in utterly unique worldbuilding and character design are the original film's core themes of honor, identity, and the nature of war. This alone is a feat in and of itself, but on top of that it manages to be both cerebral and expressly entertaining in a way unique to the era of early 2000s anime. Samurai 7 represents an intersection of thematic weight and viewer engagement in a manner which is exemplary of a medium forging a new path at the dawn of the 21st century. Beginning with the story, it is easily the strongest part of this anime, and the foundation upon which the rest of the show relies.…
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I review this as 'average', but it's sort of an overall score of a series that has highs and lows, and it tended towards being better at the beginning than at the end. I will say it's difficult to give an overall score, because I have to rate the fact that I found some parts really boring against the fact that some parts were pretty cool.
I do get the feeling that the real highs are the stuff it takes from the original, but there are also some character moments throughout that were entertaining and even touching. I have not seen the original though.
I do think the overall story is interesting and the conflict is one worth depicting.
But it's also slow-paced and meandering, and the action throughout was quite disappointing: swords are waved around and mooks die, rinse and repeat. Lots of…
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(PREFACE) I will say, first and foremost:
I'm a person who gets bored Very easily of anything that isn't to his taste, and also of anything that from the get-go is known for being more than 3 hours long all in one go.
I've watched most big movies from when I was a kid (before 2010), for comparison and maybe it's a bad one, movies like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings around that time and even those at times bored me if it wasn't for some action packed scenes.
Although I always loved anime, again, as a kid, I only watched big shounen shows or niche products but always those with very tight animations and back to back bloodrushing sequences or edgy setting (aside from the big 3 at the time Darker than Black comes to mind immediately for me).
I'd say I was a pretty average user up till that…
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I really liked the first episodes, however, as I continued watching it, by the 8th or 9th episode I managed to get why so many people were giving it low scores.
Many characters feel empty and underdeveloped. There were some interesting ones like Kikuchiyo and Ukyo but they weren't able to redeem all the others.
Many characters get straight up weird when the story is near its conclusion, and it has so many loose ends.. it makes you wish that they'd made it only 12 or 13 episodes long.
It has some CGI and for 2004 it looks pretty lit, however, the quality is not consistent. Every now and then, It turns into one of my Paint drawings I made back when I was 11 or 12.
I didn't pay attention to the OST, but I think it's pretty good. I really liked the opening and ending songs.
I enjoyed watc…
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(Sorry if my English it´s bad, I haven’t wrote something in a while :´c Also this is larger than I expected, so if you read everything i´ll be surprise)
I´m in love with animes resembling some type of samurai theme who fight mechas (and it doesn’t have to have sense at all) and a somewhat steampunk look as well, so I was very invested in this anime that had not 1, but 7 samurais to enjoy. At least that’s what I thought that it will be, but I was utterly disappointed to see just a bit of that, it has good points, but, to me, every time I remember this anime I think about potential that was wasted.
LONG STORY SHORT, if you like nonsensical physic laws about some samurais with no type of real depth about their character´s (and an annoying kid screaming) fighting a weird looking giant CGI mech…
Read at the sourceMr_Yaz
✪ Genre: action (gunfights, swordplay), adventure, drama, mecha (organic mecha, piloted suits, robots), sci-fi (alternative reality), seinen, with elements of comedy & romance (unrequited love)
✔Positive Aspects✔
◧ Good soundtrack: the only positive aspect of the series, though it was most noticeable during the regular, non-action-based interactions among the characters while the action scenes were clearly suffering. It was mostly comprised of Japanese folk music - a choice which proved to be neither overly enticing nor too disheartening.
✘Negative Aspects✘
◧ Animation: although the character designs were fairly clear and distinct from one another, I was incredibly disappointed with the mecha designs and the more elaborate robotic structures which, unfortunately, immediately reminded…
Read at the sourceDonQuigeek
Adapting the core story and the protagonists of Shichinin no samurai in a fantastic world with a strong Moëbius feeling (and maybe a bit of Jodorowski) is a perillous feat.
Fortunately, it is well-accomplished here.
The world of Samurai 7 is both grandiose in its perspectives and simple in its ways, without showing off. Diluted into a rather slow contemplative atmosphere and sci-fi, the story becomes fascinating thanks to its characters, slightly imbued with shōnen stereotypes to hold its part even during fight sequences.
Overall, the execution is remarkable to the exception of the CGI, which were not bad for a 2004 show but it was 12 years ago. The soundtrack dwells into the old Kurosawa movie era, and the modifications in the original story bring the best.
There are few shows that wor…
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Akira kurosawa's seven samurai is considered one of the most influential movies of all time beside that it's one of my favourite movies and that's what happen when somebody ruin one of your favourite movies and turn it into garbage seriously what were the staff members thinking when they remade this classic into anime ,so what we have here ,the original story is set in feudal Japan, it's the story of seven samurai recruited by the farmers of a small village to defend it against a horde of bandits the story was simple yet it was a great commentry on Japanese society and cast system as well as a great tale of heroism and sacrifice, it seems that studio gonzo thought the feudal Japan setting won't do well so they decided to change the world building into something post-apocalyptic mixed with…
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these nerds talking about oh, its not as good as the movie its based on, GET REAL.
this is a good anime by ANY means. i watched the original movie its based off of too and i PREFER the anime. come on, u guys are just stupid.
its got a good story, that is DIFFERENT FROM THE MOVIE. good fight scenes and cool characters. the fight scenes arent as amazing as id like them to be, but its still worth it cuz altogether is cool.
this anime gets wayyy too much hate.
all im saying is that this anime shouldnt be judged off the movie its based off of, judge it as its own anime and then tell me this isnt like a 8-9. u guys are just being close minded.
u guys prolly liek the one boy goes to an all girl school animes. get a life nerds. im totally not a nerd tho
Read at the sourcePaulwillson26
Samurai 7 is a futuristic version of Kurosawa Akira's classic film Seven Samurai. For those who do not know the film the story is set at the end of a civil where frightened villagers are terrorised by Samurai who have become a band of bandits. In desperation a handful of villages go to the city to hire Samurai with the only thing they have to offer, rice.
There search is less than successful as they are often conned by poor Samurai who just want a free meal or dismissed wealthier Samurai. Eventually they manage to hire a less than inspiring group of 7 Samurai, Kambei the leader who has never won a battle, Kikuchiyo a wanna be samurai, Katsushiro a novice who hasn't experienced battle, Shichiroji Kambei's cowardly friend, Gorobei a samurai who has become a showman to survive, wood chopping…
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Man oh man, where to start. For those not in the know, this is a semi-steampunk adaptation of the beloved classic Seven Samauri. This is a 26 episode adaptation of a 3.5 hour movie. What starts out as an interesting retelling of the tale of a small village hiring seven samauri to protect their village from a pack of bandits slowly (emphasis on slowly) devolves into a padded, middling, uninspired mess of a show by the end. What could've been a fantastic 13 episode retelling of the film classic is instead a bloated, creaky 26 episode disappointment.
CONS:
Pacing is horrible. The show spends 13 episodes getting the samauri gathered and returned to the village. Rather then wrap up the climactic battle in a few episodes and put a bow on it, the show then spends the next 13 episodes getting to…
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It's not terribly controversial to say that newer fans of a medium are more easily impressed than more experienced fans. A trope or twist might look like THE GREATEST THING EVER the first time we see it, but after seeing it more times in different works the novelty starts to wear off and we can judge it more objectively. Eventually we build a far larger pool of references that allow us to get a better sense of where a work truly stands in the context of its genre and medium, and what first appeared to be a flawless masterpiece might not be quite so impressive when judged with more experience.
All this to say that even though I watched 'Samurai 7' when I was new to anime, I still realized it wasn't much good. It seems everyone has a reason to dislike GONZO- this show is mine.
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Aki…
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Starts off very interesting; considering this is roughly based on one of the greatest movies of all time I expected no less. Not a fan of the shitty robot-CGI that was consistently employed in anime around this time, and this had a lot of it. Gets stronger and stronger through the middle, by this time you start getting really invested into the story and characters. The villain, IMO, is very good and fits the theme; the main problem is the protagonist that emerges is far from his "equal" in terms of personality and depth. So by the end I was almost rooting for the 7 Samurai to lose due to main character falling flat. The ending did NOT leave me satisfied and I regretted how poor of a turn the latter half of the anime took.
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From the great mind of Akira Kurosawa comes an adaptation (sort of) of his critically acclaimed movie "Seven Samurai". In this series a village girl and her friends go out of their homes to recruit some people to help protect their village from bandits. Sounds exactly like "Seven Samurai" doesn't it except with a TWIST, the bandits are a bunch of giant mechs terrorizing other villages as well as the girls and her friends. It's a story of adventure and the journey to find heroes that probably do not exist anymore. The character development becomes a major factor in this story and will give you a good idea on how the story will play out. All in all, this anime will show you the adventure of a lifetime and hand you a bag of emotions toward the end. Also, I recommend the dub for it is really w…
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I normally don't watch too much anime an my grammar is also very bad so this my first review. I will try my best not too include any spoilers.
After reading the Plot line too this anime I found it very Interesting.
I wanted a Anime where i can connect too the characters an connect too the anime which most people obviously want. I have an interest In samurai action type animes with a strong back story so I thought this was perfect judging by the plot.
The anime started of alright, it was good enough for me too carry on watching it. The story seemed too be building its self but it was completely immature, When i mean Immature it the humor was not funny at all .As the story progressed The seven samurai were introduced, at this point I thought shits gonna start soon as in the important part…
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I remember when I watched Samurai Seven, I was thrilled. I just couldn't get enough of the show, and I would keep watching. Some of the art was not to my liking, but that was not that important. Sometimes it will get boring, especially the part about economics and stuff like that, but this show really does show you true sacrifice, and I don't think I have ever cried for the ending like I did with this show. Clannad After Story had a sad ending, but this show just made me cry all night. But this truly is good show and a must watch.
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