Comments on: Samurai 7 Box Set - Anime DVD Review

By: mtmiller

mtmiller — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:41:52 +0000

I personally loved this movie and I am a HUGE fan of the origanal movie. To correct the above statement above though it actually cost 300k an episode to produce. True there are some slow points in this set but it really is one of the best mini-series that has aired.

PS some of the best fight scenes are in the middle (at Kanna village of course) and near the end.

By: shinji

shinji — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:08:44 +0000

I’ve watched the film. it’s classic and great. the characters in the anime somehow followed the idiosyncracies of the film characters. But i really don’t like having robots in the anime adaptation. ^_^

By: Ashram

Ashram — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:34:29 +0000

Having seen the original movie a couple of times, I couldn’t stomach finishing this re-adaptation. Starts out ok, but the rest draaaags on, and I gave up around ep. 19. Way too much corny stuff going on and annoyed me too much.

I don’t think each episode cost quite as much as you mentioned, heh. Afro Samurai cost about $1 million per episode, and that was only doable with financial assistance from US channel Spike TV. Even with that, Gonzo cancelled their work on that other OVA they were working on last fall (M-something, name escapes me), citing lack of funds.

By: badger11

badger11 — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:27:46 +0000

I was pleasantly surprised with this one. “Most” of the episodes look good, though here and there the animation drops some. I think the pacing could have been a little more faster, but that’s just me. Despite that, I’ve bought the dvds, maybe I;ll watch them again since its a break in between the seasons.

By: j.valdez

j.valdez — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:48:11 +0000

I haven’t watched Seven Samurai. Maybe I’ll try it out.

If I remember correctly, the pacing is about the same throughout the series, with interspersed drama/action (the usual).

I have to disagree with Stahn on the 13 episode thing. If the story was only about action then 13 would have done it. However, the character’s motivations needed time to be fleshed out. It it was only thirteen episodes they would have had to choose mainly between plot development and action.

I didn’t have any real complaints after watching the series. Then again, I’m easily amused =P . . .

By: Stahn

Stahn — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:10:35 +0000

You really should watch Seven Samurai. Not only is far better than this retelling, it’s far better than most of the action films nowadays.

Anyways, Samurai 7 starts great but Gonzo ruins it during the middle of the series. a 13 ep series would have been much better.