Samurai 7

Opinion - The story was a bit hard to get into from the first episode, most good animes are, but after the first 10 mins I really started to enjoy it. Heart touching, action, chivalry, and sort of reverse harem I mean why not. and the action was good. It's like one of those books that are hard to put down afterwards. art - it had very good art for the fight scenes, and definite features. It did seem to me that some characters where almost copied if you will, but hey what isnt now a days. dont worry you'll know what I mean after youwatch it. characters - favs are kyuzo and Heihachi. I like odd balls Kyuzo is the silent type who always wants to fight and Heihachi is the goofy mechanic who really REALLY likes rice.lol. well they have a good base for their characters nothing completely unique though

Akira kurosawa's seven samurai is considered one of the most influential movies of all time beside that it's one of my favourite movies and that's what happen when somebody ruin one of your favourite movies and turn it into garbage seriously what were the staff members thinking when they remade this classic into anime ,so what we have here ,the original story is set in feudal Japan, it's the story of seven samurai recruited by the farmers of a small village to defend it against a horde of bandits the story was simple yet it was a great commentry on Japanese society and castsystem as well as a great tale of heroism and sacrifice, it seems that studio gonzo thought the feudal Japan setting won't do well so they decided to change the world building into something post-apocalyptic mixed with some sci-fi and historical elements and what a mess they had created the setting is among the dumbest I've ever seen there is no explantation to the this world physics how could a sword cut throgh a giant mecha ,how could normal human defeat these gigantic machine the settings are silly and random at best also why the nobuseri need rice while they are just robots who need fuel and energy not rice to keep them alive they should have replaced it with something equal to the level of this advanced technology like a precious fuel or energy source ,also why in this world you need even swords where you have all this machines and robots .seems the studio want to have futuristic setting yet they still need the historical setting but they miss both of them ,then we have the animation which is a big pile of trash they used too much ugly CG and ended up with ugly backgrounds and mecha design, the art style is shit most of the characters look like video game characters or rock and roll band memebers,kambie and gurobi look like thugs,hihachi look like a mascot, kyoso look like a video game character and oh the most memorable character kekuchyo (who played in the movie by the legendary toshiro mifune)is now a robot,thankfully what redeem this anime and prevent it from turning into a big pile of shit is the characters who are (despite their shitty design)are diverse ,great and memorable from the veteran warrior who despised war after he experienced its brutality to his old buddy during war time to the rocky warrior who is trying to live up to his family name, to the rebel against the social system who crossed the lines between casts to the badass warrior who only want to have a good fight against a worthy opponents these characters may look stereotypical but remember that this movie is what established them as archetypes ,one notable thing about this show is that it doesn't hesitate to kill some of its main heroes when they face an impossible situation, however the characters lost a lot of their charm and depth due to the dumb settings ,as for the soundtrack nothing is memorable maybe the best thing was the ending theme. overall samurai 7 was an ambitious attempt to introduce one of the most hailed cinema classics into anime medium but it failed to capture the spirit of the movie because of its ugly art style and ridiculous settings ,I think this anime would have done much better if it was set in the historical time period of the original movie it would be much more successful maybe it would have became among anime classics like cowboy bebop and princess mononoke, it is a good anime but why would you watch this inferior version of the story when you have the superior version ,just don't waste your time on this anime go watch the movie and you won't regret that.

(PREFACE) I will say, first and foremost: I'm a person who gets bored Very easily of anything that isn't to his taste, and also of anything that from the get-go is known for being more than 3 hours long all in one go. I've watched most big movies from when I was a kid (before 2010), for comparison and maybe it's a bad one, movies like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings around that time and even those at times bored me if it wasn't for some action packed scenes. Although I always loved anime, again, as a kid, I only watched big shounen shows orniche products but always those with very tight animations and back to back bloodrushing sequences or edgy setting (aside from the big 3 at the time Darker than Black comes to mind immediately for me). I'd say I was a pretty average user up till that point, an average kid with average tastes and attention span. With that said... I've been in a very dark period of my life 2 years ago, and while searching and scuttling about looking for something to entertain me and to make me feel better I stumbled upon Seven Samurai. Not the anime but the Original movie by Akira Kurosawa, the one from 1954. Why a completely average young adult found solace in a 3 and a half hours long jidaigeki is because of two things, I'll be honest: the "despair" I felt at the time, and "pride" in having watched something that in all likeness all my peers wouldn't dream of watching. BUT Maybe because of the situation I was in, maybe because I was very "tense" and "susceptible" to certain themes, I hella loved it. I stayed till the end and watched every second of it almost without blinking. The movie conveys many things you'd find in a sengoku-era jidaigeki: honor, trust, camaraderie and most of all to make a Stand, a selfless sacrifice for something or someone that is helpless or beyond hope without Any reward in return. A beautiful and forgotten concept portrayed flawlessly in a 1954, post world war 2, black and white, japanese movie with smelly farmers. Since then, I revamped my appetite for curiosity, and watched a multitude of movies and anime (altho I haven't wrote a review for all of them ofc), not randomly, but always picking up whatever could really light the fire in my soul so to speak, and eventually I gave Samurai 7 a try, going in knowingly that it could never possibly surpass the original Of Course. Even so... Even knowing that... My disappointment was abysmal. It's been a while since I saw it, and I remember most of it, but now that I made an account (for completely different reasons tho) and while thinking of reviews to write as a practice I thought to myself that I could be doing good by saving some souls. ---I WON'T GO IN-DEPTH NOR GIVE ANY SPOILER--- (END OF PREFACE) Samurai 7 takes you into a steam-punk sengoku era Japan... I guess, don't care. The anime itself aside from the first episode makes you stop caring about that, because when you take the same exact premise of the Movie but add crazy technologies into it... It'll boggle your mind with a myriad of questions and that's already a bad start. If a sensible somebody, an average anybody, who comes in with any knowledge of the original movie and looks at the first, heck maybe even the second episode they'd leave. Immediately, they'd leave. Those who stay... They do probably because of the same reasons I stayed to watch Seven Samurai, pride. That or you're really just really, really, new to the genre. For fans of the original, it is... I was gonna say insulting but that's not exactly it, I guess they tried to take the original and add more flavor to the characters failing tremendously. Now I don't say that the characters are badly done I liked some of them and for a "re-imagining" I guess it can be ok, but my main problem is that you're taking an original property and changing things around, TOO many things around. I hate when they do that, it feels like a netflix western adaptation animated by a japanese studio instead of something that they came up with, hell if you're into that they already did a great job with Magnificent Seven just six years after. Besides, the whole point of that would be to draw in people interested based on the original and to keep them interested, but so many, so many things are OUT OF PLACE or feel too forced. If you ever felt that 3 and half hours would be too much for a movie (even tho they weren't and you'd be glued to the screen every second in the OG) 26-episodes is way too much. Many times I really, truly, felt like I was listening to an unfunny joke that was lasting way too long for it to be funny anymore. I'd say the anime should've ended halfway through after they've dealt with what the original movie was about but NO. They just HAD to drag you and to force on you plot that... Adds nothing but misery. ------ TL;DR ------ Story: If you come from the Movie, don't bother, you'll suffer. If you're new to... anime in general, your time is much better spent with Demon Slayer or Bleach if you're into samurai and katanas, or anything else really. Art: Maybe this is the only one I'll concede, the steam-punk elements are really nice, and the locations and settings feel very fresh and makes for good ambience, almost Kill la Kill-esque or Trigger-esque really, don't know if they worked together and really don't care but if this concept was taken and upon it they wrote an original story it would've been a hit, or it least it would've had a good following I guarantee it, because the quality art is there, 'tho nothing mind-blowing if you're a veteran but still. Sound: I don't remember it. I guess it was decent. When you don't remember something it means it really didn't made any impression on you. Not good, not terrible, just bland enough to be forgotten. Surely you've started humming something out of the blue or in a particular situation, that's when something is very good or apt in a given a case, that's what makes the sound department memorable, but here it just isn't. Characters: Ok -> if you've never heard of the original or you're very, very new to anime in general. Unnecessary, forced, tropy -> anyone else. That's the gist of it, If I were to go in-depth I'd commit verbal murder, third degree. Enjoyment: Again, if you're into samurais and fights, you already know there is better, if you're here is most likely because you've seen or heard of the original, in which case, there is Only misery here, not just for you but even the characters. There is no happiness, nor enjoyment here, I'm not sure they even know where they were going with this because even for a lesser mind (such as mine) you'd find or feel something at the end of a show. But here, there is either. Mu - nothingness. And it's not solace since you weren't actually trying to escape from anything but came here to enjoy something. Either that, or your disappointment would be so great, so deep that you'll try to forget it asap, or like me try to warn everybody before they waste, literally WASTE more than 9 hours of their lives. Most of all, if you're a hot-head firebrand like myself and will watch it for pride in having it watched for yourself my first advice is "don't" there are no victors here, second DON'T do it in one go like binge watching because the misery you'll feel will be even greater. Overall: Why studios and anyone really would take and original property and f... Mess with it, therefore making absolutely nobody happy besides maybe those who are none the wiser, which aren't at fault, yet, is beyond me. If you wanted to make an anime out of this I'd say take the original, make a short season of heck a dozen episodes, or an animated movie sure, whatever, but don't go around putting unnecessary stuff in, focus on the animations, the sound, the art but don't change everything for the sake of inclusion or putting your personal view into it, if you wanted to do that, that's fine but create your own. Fans of the original, stay as far as you can from this. Fans of anime, go watch the original, don't let me catch any of you going around thinking this was the original thing (even tho it's written at the beginning that it isn't) Fans of samurai and katanas and duels, you already know. What you're looking for is not here, look at the guy with the green-checkered haori. Samurai 7 is a waste of your time. And time is the only thing that we humans are given by nature to spend freely. Don't do this to yourself. Stop at the original as nothing will top that.

I remember when I watched Samurai Seven, I was thrilled. I just couldn't get enough of the show, and I would keep watching. Some of the art was not to my liking, but that was not that important. Sometimes it will get boring, especially the part about economics and stuff like that, but this show really does show you true sacrifice, and I don't think I have ever cried for the ending like I did with this show. Clannad After Story had a sad ending, but this show just made me cry all night. But this truly is good show anda must watch.

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