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“Future farmers hire seven mechanized samurai to defend their village from robotic bandits in this sci-fi Seven Samurai adaptation.”
Samurai 7
サムライセブン
7.45
2,556 rank · 139,200 viewers · 729 favorites
Sci-Fi
Historical
Mecha
Samurai
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Synopsis
Future farmers hire seven mechanized samurai to defend their village from robotic bandits in this sci-fi Seven Samurai adaptation.
In the far distant future, on a planet that might have been called "earth", there was a war between samurai who mechanized their bodies. After the long war, people enjoyed a modest peace. Facing starvation and abductions at the hands of fearsome mechanized bandits (Nobuseri), the farmers of Kanna Village make the dangerous choice to hire samurai for protection. The village's water priestess, Kirara, her younger sister, Komachi, and a heartbroken villager, Rikichi, set off to hire willing samurai with nothing to offer but rice from their meager harvests. Through dangerous encounters and a bit of luck, seven samurai of varying specialties and experience are gathered for an epic battle against the bandits and the merchants that influence them. Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai"
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 32 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 32 viewers settled on.
74%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.26
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.26 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 2.7
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.53
Running avg · Jul 2007 → Aug 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “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....”
- 9 “these nerds talking about oh, its not as good as the movie its based on, GET REAL. this is a good anime by ANY means. i watched the original movie its based off of too and i PREFER the anime. come...”
- 9 “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...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 34%
Long · 41%
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- Format 26 × 26′ eps × min
- Total runtime 11h 16m all episodes
- Aired Jun 2004 – Dec 2004 Summer 2004
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0145 catalog
Produced by
- GDH Producer
- Sotsu Music Publishing Producer
- Future Vision Music Producer
- MICO Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor