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Friday, June 23, 2006

I spent most of my afternoon obsessively rewatching a Loveless AMV over and over again while writing an article. But mostly just watching the AMV. It's funny how quickly I turn into a bum during the summer.

Today's Anime: Samurai 7

When I first heard of this series over a year ago, I was immediately intrigued. Kurosawa's Seven Samurai as a sci-fi futuristic action anime? With mecha? What the!? Though if Gankutsuou was any clue, it can be done! And thankfully, it turned out to be a lot fun.

The storyline of the first 10 episodes or so are devoted to the gathering of the warriors, and thus is entirely original from the film. During this part of the anime, the story is entertaining enough, though it's really worth watching for the action sequences. They're very, very fast-paced and well chereographed--the type of fights I enjoy most.

However, when the samurai reach the village, that's when the story starts to get truly interesting. (Which makes sense, since that's when the original film starts its story.) The tension and conflicts between the farmers and samurai is fascinating to watch unfold, and the issues that erupt between the samurai makes it even more interesting. And of course, the action scenes only get more and more epic.

To anyone looking for a good action series, I recommend you check this series out, especially if you're able to watch it on television. Since I've been watching this on IFC, I don't have videos to take screencaps from. So instead, I lifted the followings screencaps from this website.
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