Samurai 7
Seen it?2004 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 11 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
As villages perish under the thumb of a cruel race of warriors, a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 32K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Kong KuwataKikuchiyo (voice)
- Masaki TerasomaKambei Shimada (voice)
- Romi ParkKatsushiro Okamoto (voice)
- Shin-ichiro MikiKyuzo (voice)
- Toru KusanoShichiroji (voice)
- Tetsu InadaGorobei Katayama (voice)
- Fumiko OrikasaKirara Mikumari (voice)
- Tadahisa SaizenRikichi (voice)
- Takehito KoyasuUkyo (voice)
- Michihiro IkemizuTessai