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Postby **Galant** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:59 am

Hi all. Yesterday I came across an upcoming (?) series based upon Kurosawa's classic movie The Seven Samurai. 'Samurai 7' will apparently be 26 episodes long, at the usual 25 min length.

I was wondering if any of you know anything about it. I loved the movie, and I hope this will be of the same cailbre in the anime world.

http://www.samurai-7.com/index.html

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3127

Postby **bigsleepj** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:24 am

I've heard of it. Haven't seen it yet. :grin:

Postby **Yokuo** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:09 am

Never seen it. Can you put up a description?

Postby **Maledicte** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:29 am

it's based on the Kurosawa film The Seven Samurai one of the best movies ever filmed, Japanese or otherwise. However the series is set in a sci-fi setting, like the studio's later Gankutsuou. The first half follows the movie almost exactly, with some deviations and expansions....the second half starts a whole new story, I think. Animated by GONZO.

Postby **brantelg** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:05 pm

I saw the first few episodes and I loved it. Took a little getting used to, after having seen the movie, but it left an impression on me. Definately a must-see

Postby **Knives** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:25 pm

Ooh, I have been wanting to see this anime. It sounds cool, anyone know about the content?

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:02 pm

Content is good - it's about the level of the movie - maybe a tad milder, but about the same. Like SirThinks2Much said, it's basically divided half-and-half between the movie and some new stuff. It's a very good series, I highly recommend it.

Postby **oro!** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:41 pm

Um, then does that mean that the end will stay true along with other things. I loved the movie, jsut a great sad story. I can't wait to watch!

Website · Postby **Shadowchild** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:48 pm

Yeaj there was a little info on it on my new anime magazine... but I dont understand it

Postby **battletech** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:53 pm

I've been waiting for this since I read about it in Newtype-usa. An in this months Newtype there was the first episode. It was a great looking show.

Postby **John316** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:19 am

Personally I find it very different from the movie. It sort of follows the general plot, but I'd recommend that people treat the anime as a stand-alone work with homages to the movie instead of "an anime version of The Seven Samurai," you'd be a lot less disappointed that way.

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