Samurai 7
Samurai 7 / Samurai Seven / Siedmiu samurajówSummary
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.
_Note: Samurai 7 is based loosely upon Kurosawa Akira's famous movie "Seven Samurai"/"Shichinin no Samurai".</.i>
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 26 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 11 h 16 min (26 × 26 min)
- Season
- Summer 2004
- Start date
- June 12, 2004
- End date
- December 25, 2004
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Other
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- GONZO
- Romaji title
- Samurai 7
- English title
- Samurai 7
- Native title
- サムライセブン
- Other titles
- Samurai Seven · Siedmiu samurajów
Characters 24
Main characters
- KiraraキララMain
- KikuchiyoキクチヨMain
- Kambei ShimadaカンベイMain
- Gorobei KatayamaゴロベエMain
- Heihachi HayashidaヘイハチMain
- Katsushiro OkamotoカツシロウMain
- ShichirojiシチロージMain
- KyuzoキュウゾウMain
- RikichiMain
- KomachiコマチMain
- UkyoウキョウMain
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- WaryaワーリャSupporting
- HyogoヒョーゴSupporting
- OkaraSupporting
- SanaeサナエSupporting
- SetsuセツSupporting
- MasamuneSupporting
- AyamaroアヤマロSupporting
- YukinoユキノSupporting
- ManzouマンゾウSupporting
- TessaiテッサイSupporting
- MosukeモスケSupporting
- ShinoシノSupporting
- HonokaSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Toshifumi TakizawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaOriginal creator
- Atsuhiro TomiokaSeries composition
- Kaoru WadaMusic
- Hiromasa OguraArt director
- Youta TsuruokaSound director
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- Colleen ClinkenbeardADR Script (English)
- Christopher BevinsADR Director (English)
- Gen FukunagaExecutive Producer (English)
- Ryousuke TakahashiProduction Assistant
- Jun NakaiAnimation Director (ep 4, 14, 26)
- Nanase AikawaTheme Song Performance
- Moriyasu TaniguchiAnimation Director (ep 25)
- Barry WatsonADR Script (English)
- Atsuhiro TomiokaScript
- Hirofumi OguraEpisode Director (ep 8)
- Akira NishimoriStoryboard (ep 22)
- Yukiko AkiyamaAnimation Director (eps 10, 22, 26)
- Nozomu AbeKey Animation (ep 26)
- Youko SatouKey Animation (ep 11)
- Hiroaki KarasuKey Animation (eps 5, 11)
- Atsushi KomoriKey Animation (ep 11)
- Makoto SokuzaEpisode Director (eps 2, 15)
- Makoto KobayashiMechanical Design
- Hideki ItouKey Animation (ep 8)