I absolutely love Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, I have watched it several times at the theatre and I own the dvd. I was really excited when I heard there would be an anime series based on this lengengary film. This anime is terrible! The characters have no depth, they are just caricatures. This anime could have been so much better but instead it is just a farce of the great film. The characters are the usual black and white good guy/bad guy. This is not an adult anime but for kids. The characters are plain stupid with no personality but the usual bad guy/good guy crap you see in the teeny bop anime. What was so great about Kurasawa's film was the depth of the characters meaning of what is good and bad. The philosophy, ethics, social roles/meanings, social commentary and morality of the great film is not even visible in this anime. The Seven Samurai was a great film that influenced other great films after its birth from the Magnificent Seven to Ocean's Eleven. If you love Kurosawa's great film, The Seven Samurai, don't even waste your time with this anime. Kurasawa must be rolling in his grave right now.Get more detail about Samurai 7 - Box Set [Blu-ray].
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