Introduction
Toyotomi Hideyoshi is on the verge of unifying the realm, and all that remains is the Odawara Castle protected by the "Lion of Sagami" Ujiyasu Houjou. Hideyoshi's personally trained generals—Ishida Mitsunari, Katou Kiyomasa, and Fukushima Masanori—as well as Ootani Yoshitsugu, Shima Sakon, and Naoe Kanetsugu are all on the frontline of the battle. Amidst the battle formation are the two young warriors of the Sanada household: older brother Nobuyuki and younger brother Yukimura. As the stalemate begins to break down, Sanada Yukimura rides on a lone horse into the fray. His brother follows him right after.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
8 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
CataOrShane
I watched this after noticing someone from my friend list had given this a 9/10 so I was curious. I had no idea this was based off a videogame and wasn't sure if this was pure fiction or historically accurate. I'm not the best judge when it comes to japanese history but I can tell after reading wikipedia that it's close to accurate. I think.
Visuals:
1) I really love the character designs for most characters
2) no sync between dialogue and animation
3) most of the fight/action scenes needed to be animated better and not have frozen frames at the "cool" moments
Sound:
1) the big majority of the seiyuus are legends in the industrie and most of them have worked together in different animes. Their chemistry is very noticeable.
2) I hated Kunoichi's voice. Nothing personal against the v…
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Let me preface what I write by saying this: if you're a fan of the Warring States period but are not very familiar with the Samurai Warriors/Sengoku Musou series, you may not necessarily enjoy this anime very much because I think it is very tailored to the fans. And that's not a bad thing because Koei-Tecmo has spent years fleshing out the possible idiosyncrasies of historical figures in their games. With this being the case, as a fan of the series desperate to consume new content of my favorite heroes, I enjoyed this anime. But let's just go ahead and dive on in.
STORY
Because Sengoku Warriors attempts to line up with history as much as it can, the story is predictable. If you've dabbled in the Sengoku Era before, you probably know who will win and who will lose, who will live and who wi…
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I really enjoyed this since I love the games it's based on, and I wish I'd watched it sooner. However while I liked it a lot, I do see why someone who hasn't played the games or isn't familiar with the time period in general probably won't like it. There are lots of secondary characters and just not enough screen time for all of them, so if you don't know them and their stories beforehand you probably won't be able to feel as much for them as you can when you already know them. The show was probably made for fans of the game series, or at least that's the target audience for whom it works the best. If you have played the games or like sengoku-era in general I'd recommend this for you, but if you're just looking for some action with a historical setting, then this might not work for you.…
Read at the sourceHanbeiCat
Ah yes, Sengoku Musou: The ever-lovable hack-n'-slash series known as Samurai Warriors in the west. This anime takes everything that I love about the characters in this series, animates them in eye-catching 3D, only to disappoint me with the lack of effort put into the characters and story.
The events are loosely based on the Sengoku era, and I felt that they stayed in their comfort zone a bit too much. They didn't really add anything new to the story or develop the characters at all. In fact, I felt that they just wanted to have cameos of their "top" characters, such as Mitsunari instead of focusing on developing them. I feel the anime could have been so much better if they expanded more on the idea of the "Honor Trio" (Yukimura-Kanetsugu-Mitsunari) as well as bring out the other charact…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
My younger brother is a pretty cool guy. Funny, too. But obviously not as awesome or hilarious as I am – it’s the “Law of Older Brothers” or something like that. Being brothers, we understand each other pretty well due to the unique relationship that we share. We agree on subjects, but we also bicker and quarrel whenever we see fit. Yet, at the end of the day, despite the arguments that we might have, I know that we are always looking out for one another. Because he’s not just my family but my baby bro. Samurai Warriors sets its sights on a tale of two brothers that ultimately fails at nearly everything that it tries.
STORY
The setting is feudal Japan, where captains, soldiers, and legendary fighters have amasse…
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It is highly unlikely that this will be completely spoiler free so if you really want to watch this don't read on after this.
Having been able to play one of the earlier games for a bit while at a relatives house a few years ago I have occasionally looked back but often found the games to expensive. So when an anime came out for them whoo I might actually be able to enjoy this without paying a ridiculous amount. I was also interested because rather recently my interest had been sparked by this period of history.
The first episode didn't really grab me, there was a few moments that made me laugh. I only stuck around due to the knowledge that everything was going to go very wrong within about five minutes of the next one. So second episode impressed me and I liked the third as well, all ab…
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TL;DR: A dumb but fun dramatization of a period of history that pretty much writes itself.
The Warring States period is probably the first taste many of us outside of Japan have of Japanese history, & not just because of the Total War games. With it's long list of factions, battles, & heroic individuals; the period has been a rich vein for story tellers that has been tapped often, some might say to exhaustion, over the years. Samurai Warriors is hardly a contender for being one of the better works of fiction to come out of this tradition, but it turned out to be a surprisingly enjoyable retelling of the final years of the period which combined an engaging tale of the dying days of the samurai era with lots of big men hitting each other with big weapons. (this review assumes you've seen t…
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Sengoku Musou is a historical fiction of japanese time period, Sengoku Jidai. This anime is based on a fighting game, and those animes have a negative stigma attached to them. This series shows that there is a very good reason.
When I watched this, I got a strange feeling that it was terrible. For some time, I was unable to really point out what was the reason, but then I realized. Remember that war sequence you saw in that action series you watched?
By war sequence, I mean that episode where someone narrates long-panning shots with still people with war sounds, strategic screens that show the army views and occassional hero fight. Though they at points are entairning, it is mostly because you have got to know some of the characters and you care about what they are going through, and that…
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