The Dull Sword
なまくら刀（塙凹内名刀之巻）
“A samurai with a dull sword repeatedly fails to attack weak opponents and gets beaten by townspeople.”
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Synopsis
A samurai with a dull sword repeatedly fails to attack weak opponents and gets beaten by townspeople.
Namakura Gatana, meaning "dull-edged sword," is a four-minute comedy about a samurai who, thanks to his dull instrument, loses every time he attacks a weak opponent. In order to examine the sword, he tries to attack passers-by, but lower-class townspeople fight back and knock him down. (Source: AniDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 18 sampled reviews
7.8/10
What 18
viewers
settled on.
87% recommend
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.34 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.2 ptsRecommenders 9.2 · others 3.0
Yes
9.2
No
3.0
Score over time
0.17Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 22%
Long · 11%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “Well, I have never reviewed before, I don't even rate shows to often, but the score this piece has is ridiculous. We are talking about history, Nakamura Gatana's quality can't be judged by todays...”
- 10/10 “Man! This should be a 10! The animation looks like it still holds up to this day. The plot is simple and fun. This is one of the oldest anime ever and people should watch this at least once just to...”
- 10/10 “Considerando que isso foi feito antes do surgimento da TV em 1917, nos primeiros dias do filme, 11 anos antes do lançamento de Steamboat Willie, e considerado por muitos como o primeiro anime já...”
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-4666
A Movie Production · Spring 1917
- Format
- 1 × 5′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 0h 05m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Jun 1917 – Jun 1917
- Spring 1917
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- G
- All Ages
- Ref.
- BS-4666
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