Samurai 7

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Samurai 7
サムライセブン (Samurai Sebun)
Genre	Adventure, Fantasy, Steampunk
TV anime
Directed by	Toshifumi Takizawa
Studio	GONZO
Network	Animax Animax IFC, Animania HD Razer TV3 TVB Jade AXN GXT arutz hayeladim Animax
Original run	12 June 2004 – 25 December 2004
No. of episodes	26

Samurai 7 (サムライセブン, Samurai Sebun^?) is a 2004 Japanese anime series, produced by GONZO and based on Akira Kurosawa's popular 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi. There are 26 episodes, each costing around ¥32,500,000 ($300,000USD) to produce.

The series premiered across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, as an exclusive high definition CS-PPV broadcast, and was also later aired by the network across its other respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America and other regions. FUNimation has acquired the dubbing rights for the North American release. It is airing in America through the Independent Film Channel (using FUNimation's dub) since April 2006 and in high definition on Dish Network's Animania HD channel. It has also been broadcast across Canada by specialty channel Razer and across Hong Kong by TVB Jade.

Contents 1 Story 2 Characters 3 Episodes 4 Theme songs 5 External links

[edit] Story

Samurai 7 tells the story of a rice village, Kanna. Every year during the harvest a group of bandits come and steal away almost all of the rice that had been harvested that year. Not only that, the bandits are becoming more demanding, now taking women and children in addition to rice.

The elder of Kanna Village has decided that to protect the village they must hire samurai to fight against the bandits. However, the village has no money and thus must find samurai willing to protect the village for a payment of rice. Three members of the village leave to attempt to recruit samurai. They travel to the city and search for samurai willing to work, and after finding several samurai and having a few encounters with the local government they return to Kanna village to prepare defenses against the bandits.

The samurai train the villagers in the use of bows, build walls, and construct a giant ballista to defend the village against the bandits. After successfully defeating the bandits, the samurai then launch an attack upon the capital to defeat a power hungry ruler who has recently risen to power. After heavy casualties for the samurai, and the near-destruction of Kanna village, the capital is finally defeated.

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of Samurai 7 characters

[edit] Episodes

See main article: List of Samurai 7 episodes

#	Title	DVD title and number
1	Slash!	The Master	1
2	Eat!	The Pupil	1
3	You Must Be Kidding!	The Entertainer	1
4	Let's Go!	The Loner	1
5	Shabby!	The Drifter	2
6	Leave it to me!	The Fool	2
7	Cure!	The Friend	2
8	Anger!	The Guardians	2
9	In Half!	The Bandits	3
10	Gather!	The Journey	3
11	They've Come!	The Village	3
12	Cry!	The Truth	3
13	Hit!	The Attack	4
14	Go Wild!	The Offering	4
15	Soaked!	The Gun and the Calm	4
16	Death!	The Storm	4
17	Cut!	The Remembrance	5
18	Evade!	The Emperor	5
19	Disobey!	The Mutiny	5
20	Change!	The Execution	5
21	Fools!	The Rescue	6
22	Slap!	The Divide	6
23	Liar!	The Lies	6
24	Promise!	The Oaths	7
25	Fall!	The Last Battle	7
26	Plant!	The Era's End	7

[edit] Theme songs

• Opening: "Unlimited" by Nanase Aikawa
• Closing: "Fuhen" by Rin'

[edit] External links

• Samurai 7 Official Website (Japanese)
• Animax's official website for Samurai 7 (Japanese)
• Animax East Asia's page for Samurai 7
• FUNIMATION's official North American website for Samurai 7
• IFC's official website for their US airing of Samurai 7
• Samurai 7 at TV.com
• Samurai 7 Screenshots Gallery Over 1000 shots of the series.

Samurai 7 v • d • e
Franchise:	Media and materials • Anime episodes
Races:	Nobuseri • Shikimoribito
Characters:	List of Samurai 7 characters
Media:	Akira Kurosawa • FUNimation • GONZO • Seven Samurai • Toshifumi Takizawa