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Samurai 7

Postby paizuri » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:33 pm

This is the official Samurai 7 discussion thread.
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Postby 02 » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:01 pm

Horray!!! I got a post made!

So anyway, one of the major things I hear people talking about it that this series is a slap in the face to the original and how A.K. is rolling over.

I happen to think it is a wonderful series, yes taking liberties in the plot, but in doing so makes the characters deeper and enriching the entire experience.

Am I alone in this or do the majority of people find this series abysmal? As I had to actually request this thread to be put up, and we are already on the 4th disk released in america, I have this sad feeling that it is the latter.
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Postby Willen » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:48 pm

Well, if you are adapting a 3 hour feature film to a 26 episode TV series, you are going to have to add things and expand the storyline. Characters are bound to have differences because of the actors portraying them are different people with different interpretations of the characters. Taken at its own merits, Samurai 7 is a good series. I just wish the animation was more consistent.

Hey, the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series is pretty different from the original movie, too. :|
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Postby SpringBoy » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:14 am

I've only gotten to see the first episode (on a magazine cover disc) but it was damned good. I like the characters that are introduced so far and I think the plot has been nicely adapted into an anime series.

I like that they started off on a "cool note" by having the experianced samurai cut an airship in half! :)

Willen wrote:Hey, the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series is pretty different from the original movie, too. :|

Well, yes, but in that case it was the movie that was a pervesion of the original Joss Whedon script. So much so that the series, which is technically set after the movie, completely disregards what took place in it! At least Samurai 7 makes no apologies for 're-imagining' the Kurosawa classic.
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Postby Swordfish23 » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:43 pm

Ive been watching every single one that comes out so far..fifth dvd is almost out soon. I think somewhere in march 20-30th somewhere in there. But anyways first dvd is pretty great, second is good but not great, third is great and the fourth was easily the best and had tons of great fighting and stuff like that. Its a great series, it starts out kinda wierd but whatever lol. It seems to be getting better and better as it goes on.
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Postby stevank » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:00 am

omg i really love the show i cant wait for it to come out....

iv been playing this game for past month waiting for samurai 7 it is something like samurai 7 and it is a lot of fun....

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Postby 02 » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:20 am

Hey, IFC (Independant Film Channel for those of you who don't know) is now playing Samuria 7 saturday nights!
Episode 1 was on this weekend.... no april fools joke either!!!
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Postby Bakadeshi » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:15 am

I am a fan of the movie, and I still like this series so far. I watched the movie first, and then this series, its kinda fun to see the similarities, and then see what they changed or added. I think it actually makes it more interesting the way they did it, rather than just animating the movie exactly the same all over again. the movie is already a legend, theres no need to redo it again exactly the same.

I need to catch up on the other episodes that have been released now, I;ve only seen the first 2 discs, but I'm liking everything I've seen so far. aside from the odd decline in animation quality in parts of the second disc.
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Postby Ladymercury » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:44 am

I bought the first disc when it came out but never actually took it out of its wrapping and sat down and watched it till two days ago. The first two episodes kind of bored me for some reason and didn't catch my attention till the third episode when things started to kick off.

Its a good series and the animation is nice and smooth. I just wish that the fight scenes were a little bit smoother... like in episode 4.
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Postby Cornwiggle » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:34 am

I discovered this show on IFC a few weeks ago. After watching two episodes I've greatly began to enjoy it more and more. I can definately see this becomming another favorite of mine.

Unfortunately I still don't know the character's name, but so far my favorite is that huge robot dude. >_> I sound so retarded not knowing the name.
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Postby Ladymercury » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:54 am

Cornwiggle wrote:I discovered this show on IFC a few weeks ago. After watching two episodes I've greatly began to enjoy it more and more. I can definately see this becomming another favorite of mine.

Unfortunately I still don't know the character's name, but so far my favorite is that huge robot dude. >_> I sound so retarded not knowing the name.


Kichukiyo... or something like that.
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Postby HorrorPhD » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:46 pm

Bakadeshi wrote: but I'm liking everything I've seen so far. aside from the odd decline in animation quality in parts of the second disc.


You know, that had me going "WTF??" as well. It's just one ep (thusfar, and I've watched all 5 US release disks)...but it clearly stands out. I remember when watching it thinking to myself "God, I hope they don't continue in THIS vein." Thankfully, they didn't. I've seen it crop up a couple of times on disk 5 (mostly in background characters), but it wasn't for the duration of the whole ep, like it was on disk 2.

All in all, though...I'm really liking this series...a lot. Already have disk 6 on pre-order. :D
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Postby Mr. Anobe » Fri May 05, 2006 2:30 am

02 wrote:Hey, IFC (Independant Film Channel for those of you who don't know) is now playing Samuria 7 saturday nights!
Episode 1 was on this weekend.... no april fools joke either!!!

Well, you've certaining fooled me a long time ago. No literally... :roll:

Anyways, your IFC is currently playing Samurai 7, while my IFC (in Canada) gets well...a rollin' bush.
But that don't matter, because right now playing this May on my IFC is a little dose of anime goodness! That's right.
My IFC is playing these titles:
Ninja Scroll
Blood: The Last Vampire
Memories
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
and finally Ghost in the Shell (the first movie). :mrgreen:

Other than that, I actually enjoy watching Samurai 7 with it's crisp animation and good storyline based on the original "The Seven Samurai" movie. What I find so unique about this series is in the english version, they say their full japanese names like "Kambeiosama" or "Rikichidonno" (sorry for the spelling) . You don't hear something like that in most english oriented anime series.
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Postby Cornwiggle » Fri May 05, 2006 4:45 pm

Must say this show is getting better with each episode. I think I'm on either 5, 6, or 7, but the episode on tomorrow is the one where Kikuchiyo gets some recognition I believe. Looking forward to it. Kikuchiyo>>>>>>God
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Postby UnseenDeath » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:35 am

ok all i have to say about this anime is THE BEST DUBBED ANIME I HAVE EVER SEEN. i mean normally dubbs sux right ? but this one was amazing they really did a good job on it. im looking on E-bay right now to buy the DVDs that are out cas i forgot to buy them at the con i was at. Opps
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