Wowowowow. I know this is Gonzo stuff, but someone forgot to write in the stupidity. From what I have seen so far, this is not just pretty like usual Gonzo material; the art so far is just absolutely gorgeous. I know it’s heretical, but the only word I could think of to describe it was Ghibli. I felt like I was watching Mononoke-Hime or something with the way everything blended together so perfectly (even the 3D parts). Anyway, before I go on with my raving, I have absolutely no knowledge of the material that this series is based on, although I am assuming that the original did not include giant robots and mechanized samurai warriors.
A few years back, some evil robots took over the Earth because they wanted our rice (and our women, too). Although we had samurai who could slice entire spaceships in half with their katana (ummm….), we still lost. Now farmers are forced to give up their harvests to these robots or die. One village in particular has decided to try to fight against the robots by hiring a samurai. They send their dowsing priestess Mikumari Kirara, country bumpkin Rikichi, and Kirara’s little sister Komachi to search in the city for a samurai powerful and hungry enough to help them. Two seem promising: there is a young bishie fellow who helps them recover their stolen rice (Okamoto Katsushiro), and there is a big dumb brute of a mechanical samurai who chops everything in his path (Kikuchiyo). The dowsing crystal, however, points them to a third warrior: the battleship splitter from before (Shimada Kanbei)! He’s playing hard to get now, but once he finds out that he will be paid in rice, mochi, and daifuku I’m confident he’ll sign right up.
I wasn’t anticipating this to be that great, but after I watched the first episode, I very badly want more. I don’t normally associate Gonzo with great storytelling, but I believe that this story was lifted from some famous writings, so there is still hope. The art and the music are fantastic, and I especially love the flow of the preview sections. If this is done right, I think that we could have a killer love/action/epic story that will be among the season’s best. Worst comes to worst we will have…. Bakuretsu Tenshi with samurai boys.
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i hate katsushiro. at first he was ok then he got really lame with ‘i wont lego’ stuff
wut a retard.
i agree with tsunade.
Ok, here I am again. If you don’t know…it’s me, Lija-chan. XD
Anyways…GAWD! XD A lot of people are devastated with Kyu-chin’s death. TwT Well, I was (more like, STILL AM) devastated about his death. -sighs-
Well, in my fic now, he’s still alive. XD
But, seriously…even though he died in the most pathetic way…he died the most sexiest. XD Haha! Didn’t he? Gawrsh! I have the picture. TwT Oh Kyu-chin~ -cries-
Well, anyways…Samurai 7 still KICKS ASS in my HEART and MIND. It’s still in my TOP 10 BEST ANIMES I’ve watched. ^_^
Ok, admittedly I haven’t finished the series yet (I just got it), but I think it’s kind of fitting to have Kyuzo killed by gunfire. I hate the idea that that it was friendly fire, but considering that all the samurai who died in Kurosawa’s original work died from gunshots, it does seem fitting to have Kyuzo die that way as well.
Also, I actually like Kanbei’s character design. I didn’t think I would after seeing some of the promotional art, but he looks a lot better than I anticipated. Perhaps to fully appreciate his design you’d have to be fan of more than just anime bishounen. I actually think it’s amusing that so many of you think Kyuzo is so hot. One of the intial concepts for the anime was for Kyuzo to be female. Ah man, I like bishies too, but I can still appreciate other types of guys.
yahh I’ve watched samurai 7 till the end and i think it’s almost as perfect as Hayao Miyazaki’s spirited away..but with mega mechas and super moves…but seriously this is one of the best I’ve watched..It’s a blow for me that kyuzo died really…made me nightmaring for days…hohohoo. But i guess we can forgive the blue-ponied little maggot for uh…accidentaly…kill our hero. He’s a good boy actually hehheh. From the epilogue, i hope he had learned much
but samurai seven is the best. bestest of the bestest bests.
Well, Kyu-taro really died, even in the BW version. I managed to get my paws on the original version and man was I not awed! It was so good!
I’m loving it!!!
Aahh~ I’m back for the third time! xD
I still love this series. ♥
To tell the truth, during vacation last June(2008), yes, this year…
I bought the complete DVD collection! =’D
It was soo expensive! Dx
But, not regretting that I bought it. :’3
I’m actually SUPER glad I did.
I haven’t re-watched it though..xDD
The TV’s always being used by my mom. :’p
Maybe I’ll try sometime when they’re out. xD
Anyways…Kyu-chin is still LOVE. x’] ♥