Samurai 7 

Set in an alternate feudal Japan where mechas and giant airships are a common thing for humans to see. With in this time period is a small village that gets raided by bandits during every ... See full summary »

Stars:

R. Bruce Elliott, Christopher Sabat, Sean Teague

Cast

Series cast summary:
R. Bruce Elliott	...	Kambei Shimada 26 episodes, 2004
Christopher Sabat	...	Kikuchiyo 26 episodes, 2004
Sean Teague	...	Katsushiro Okamoto 26 episodes, 2004
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Kirara Mikumari 26 episodes, 2004
Luci Christian	...	Komachi Mikumari 26 episodes, 2004
J. Michael Tatum	...	Farmer Rikichi 26 episodes, 2004
Roland Angelo Crisolo	...	Heihatchi 26 episodes, 2004
Inukai Junji	...	Heihachi Hayashida 26 episodes, 2004
Toru Kusano		26 episodes, 2004
Kong Kuwata	...	Kikuchiyo 26 episodes, 2004
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Kirara Mikumari 26 episodes, 2004
Romi Pak	...	Katsushiro Okamoto / ... 26 episodes, 2004
Chiwa Saitô	...	Komachi Mikumari 26 episodes, 2004
Masaki Terasoma	...	Kambei Shimada / ... 26 episodes, 2004
Bob Carter	...	Gorobei Katayama 24 episodes, 2004
Greg Ayres	...	Heihachi Hayashida 22 episodes, 2004
Duncan Brannan	...	Shichiroji 21 episodes, 2004
Kyle Hebert	...	Farmer Mosuke 18 episodes, 2004
Zarah Little	...	Okara 11 episodes, 2004

Storyline

Set in an alternate feudal Japan where mechas and giant airships are a common thing for humans to see. With in this time period is a small village that gets raided by bandits during every harvest season. The villagers can't take it anymore, so they decided to send out some volunteers to the city to recruit some samurai to help defend their land. In exchange for defense, the samurai that get hired for the job will receive rice for free of charge. Since the village is too poor to offer any money, the only samurai who would accept their proposal would be the kind who are down on their luck. Will the villagers find any samurai who would help free them from being robbed by bandits?

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Plot Keywords:

samurai | shounen | chop socky | adult animation | kendo | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

FUNimation [United States] Gonzo [Japan]

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

12 June 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Akira Kurosawa's: Samurai 7

Box Office

Budget:

JPY32,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

G.D.H., Gonzo Digimation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The story and title are based on Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai".

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Quotes

Kambei Shimada: How does it look?
Heihachi Hayashida: I think she'll fly for us.
Kambei Shimada: Good. As soon as the repairs are done, we'll head for the Capital.
Heihachi Hayashida: All right.
Shichiroji: Well, it might not be much of a warship, but it certainly is faster than that old wagon. It's too bad we don't have time to find something with defenses.
Kambei Shimada: The Capital isn't going to wait for us.
Kikuchiyo: So we're finally gonna strike?
Shichiroji: How many years has it been since we've taken on one of those airships? I'd say I'm nervous, but I keep thinking of what Gorobei-san would say if he ...
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Connections

Remake of Seven Samurai (1954)

User Reviews

IFC should brink it Back

This show was my favorite and know what? it was only on for 2 years, whats up with that? all the good shows are on for a short time like Samuria 7, Donkey Kong Country (Show), Cardcaptors, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Hamtaro and oh, lets not forget about Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Inland!!

Instead, they put on the bad shows that are on every channel like CatDog, Baby Loonley Tunes, The Buzz on Maggie, and the rest of the baby clan. the good show have got to be brought back.

I mean this show is better than the Bad shows. Samurai 7 is a good show, The plots & characters are decent & original. CatDog failed to be that good.

IFC is really faithful now that there airing anime & DVDs are probably gone dunning it's cancellation