Description: Last minute preparations have been made as the impending battle for Kanna draws near. When the Nobuseri arrive without notice, the training implemented by the samurai will prove the village's fate. While Kathsushiro and Kirara struggle with their feelings for eath other, Kyozo confirms just how fearless a samurai can be - embarking on a solo mission into the heart of the enemy camp. Deploying waves of attack from every direction - from ninja-like foot soldiers to the giant Benigumo machines - the Nobuseri will not stop unitl Kanna is completely annihilated. In the furious climax, not all of the Samurai will survive. There is no turning back.
Amazon.com: As the broadcast series Samurai 7 (2004) reaches its midpoint, the fight between the peasant-farmers of Kanna village and the oppressive bandits begins in earnest. The conflict pits drawn characters armed with swords and bows against CG mecha laden with guns, and the results are predictably one-sided. The samurai leap onto the gigantic machines and cut through metal plating with well-aimed thrusts and slashes; the peasants take out the lesser robots with fire-arrows. Director Toshifumi Takizawa stages the fight scenes competently, but his work lacks the panache of Kazuhiro Furuhashi's martial choreography in Rurouni Kenshin. In Seven Samurai, Akira Kurosawa recounted a small-scale conflict involving equally desperate farmers, warriors, and thugs. After the bandits have been defeated in Samurai 7, Ukyo and the evil merchants in the capital still have to be dealt with. (Unrated, suitable for ages 12 and older: violence, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
Halfway Through the Series and Loving It Every time I say to my son, "We got another Samurai 7 disk, lets go watch it," he shouts with glee. This is a series we both look forward to with all earnestness.
Any why not? Not only are the characters extremely well fleshed out but the individual conflicts that each of them go through is where the heart of this story truly lies.
In this disk we finally get to see a battle between Kanna Village (Fortress) and the bandits. It is great from beginning to end and leave you wanting more.
My son and I are excited to continue the series with the fifth disk as soon as we get it.
Great DVD!! Great DVD for a great series! You should have the collection! The music is great, the menus are excellent, the costumes are very nice, there are a lot of thing to watch in this DVD!
Probably my favorite volume of the series If you're at all into anime, you should know by now the main plot usually kicks in at the halfway point. Samurai 7 in a way actually got good at the halfway point. It's hard to hate the series: it's got great production values(thanks to a 300,000$US budget per episode), CG enhancements, and of course it's handled by Gonzo and is based on one of Japan and cinema in general's classics. This volume is probably the most truest to the original, well as truest as it can get when the bandits ride massive mechs.
The battle's finally on as the Nobuseri attack Kanna Village leaving the seven samurai to try to take them down. This results in a pretty big battle with probably the coolest crossbow ammo ever and them trying to take down one of the Nobuseri's bases from the inside. Things don't go as planned however when the Nobuseri use forbidden weaponry and the team gets cut down permanently.
Unlike other shows where there's plenty of action but a compelling story leading everything forward, Samurai 7 works best during its action scenes. While it doesn't have the fluidity of other shows, they are quite dynamic and cool to watch especially when we see why Kyuzo will become your favorite after this.
The characters don't get as much development as they should and the love story between Katsushiro and Kirara doesn't really gel(I finished the series and it still didn't gel). After this the series leaves the film behind and goes off on a separate direction which some will love, others will like which is pretty much like this show.
A wonderful adaptation of Kurosawa's work... Volume 4 just continues to drive home the fact that Samurai 7 is a brilliantly-done anime revamping of Seven Samurai. This volume is particularly interesting because it explores how the group of seven, once seemingly-unstoppable, reacts to the loss of one of their own. You also get to see the growing changes among the farmers of Kanna as they no longer depend solely on the samurai for protection, but begin to take an active part in the village's defense. I plan on ordering Volume 5 in the next day or two; I can't stress how good of an anime this series is.
Showdown Vol. 4 of the animated series "Samurai 7" is the final segment of the story as it corresponds to the Kurosawa film on which it was based. It's the payoff we've been waiting for, and it delivers. The animation is excellent, and the action is leavened with a pleasing amount of comic relief. In this series characters evolve, rather that remaining completely predictable as in so many series of this type. Fans of the original film will be eagerly awaiting the scenes they loved so well in the film, and they will not be disappointed. The futuristic spin on the story allows for intriguing glimpses into what may come after the battle is won. I for one can't wait to see what happens next.
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