Post by Iyouboushi on Sept 26, 2004 1:46:45 GMT -6
Samurai 7 is one of the most addictive animes I've ever watched. I went through the first 12 episodes in a matter of hours. Those hours felt like minutes. In fact, there were times when it felt like I just turned it on and it was already over. I found myself checking the clock to see if I had just magically skipped time or something. Seriously. You know it's great when you're so immersed in it that you don't even realize that time is passing.
For those who don't know, Samurai 7 is a relatively new anime. It's on episode 12 out of 24 (at least 24 scheduled at the moment). It's based on an old movie (though I don't know if the old movie has the same title) and each episode costs over $300,000 american to make. The quality is just amazing (it's basically like having [newer] anime movie quality in every episode) as well as all the other sounds (voice acting, sounds, music, etc). The plot is a little weird at first but you really get into it after a few episodes.
In short: The village of Kanna is a nice rice village with a problem. The problem is this: Every year during harvest time huge mechanical robots, known as the Bandits, come and steal away almost all of the rice that had been harvested that year. Not only that, the Bandits are becoming more demanding, now taking women and children in addition to rice. The elder of Kanna has declared that to protect the village they must hire samurai. The problem is that they have no money and thus must find samurai willing to protect the village for the price of all the rice that he/she can eat. He sends three members of the village out to the city to begin looking. And thus the journey begins.
The actual samurai in the anime are really well-thought out. You learn more about each one during each episode and some of the episodes make you wonder which side they're truely on (if any side at all!). There's also the humerous characters that will have you laughing even during the most peril of situations. Each episode builds on the previous and has reached a fairly decent climax by episode 12 (I won't reveal anymore of the plot, but trust me it's really picking up here). If you can get a copy of this anime, I highly recommend it.
It's still going in Japan however, so once you get up to episode 12 you will be, like myself, waiting every week for a new episode (and possibly longer if you must wait for fansubbers to sub it for you). Still, it's worth the wait. This is possibly one of the best animes I've seen since Rurouni Kenshin and I rarely say such a thing.
For those who don't know, Samurai 7 is a relatively new anime. It's on episode 12 out of 24 (at least 24 scheduled at the moment). It's based on an old movie (though I don't know if the old movie has the same title) and each episode costs over $300,000 american to make. The quality is just amazing (it's basically like having [newer] anime movie quality in every episode) as well as all the other sounds (voice acting, sounds, music, etc). The plot is a little weird at first but you really get into it after a few episodes.
In short: The village of Kanna is a nice rice village with a problem. The problem is this: Every year during harvest time huge mechanical robots, known as the Bandits, come and steal away almost all of the rice that had been harvested that year. Not only that, the Bandits are becoming more demanding, now taking women and children in addition to rice. The elder of Kanna has declared that to protect the village they must hire samurai. The problem is that they have no money and thus must find samurai willing to protect the village for the price of all the rice that he/she can eat. He sends three members of the village out to the city to begin looking. And thus the journey begins.
The actual samurai in the anime are really well-thought out. You learn more about each one during each episode and some of the episodes make you wonder which side they're truely on (if any side at all!). There's also the humerous characters that will have you laughing even during the most peril of situations. Each episode builds on the previous and has reached a fairly decent climax by episode 12 (I won't reveal anymore of the plot, but trust me it's really picking up here). If you can get a copy of this anime, I highly recommend it.
It's still going in Japan however, so once you get up to episode 12 you will be, like myself, waiting every week for a new episode (and possibly longer if you must wait for fansubbers to sub it for you). Still, it's worth the wait. This is possibly one of the best animes I've seen since Rurouni Kenshin and I rarely say such a thing.