SAMURAI7," an anime work inspired by the "Seven Samurai," will be released on Blu-ray BOX on August 5!

The TV animation "SAMURAI7," produced in 2004 as a 50th anniversary project for the release of the masterpiece film "Seven Samurai" by master director Akira Kurosawa, will be released as a Blu-ray BOX on August 5, 2015.

SAMURAI7" was produced by animation studio GONZO in a high-spec format with full digital HD picture quality and 5.1ch surround sound, which was unprecedented at the time, and was a pioneering work in the high-definition digital animation that is the mainstream today. The animated version of this work was reconstructed based on the fascinating world and characters of the original work, while adding science fiction elements such as a setting that benefits from a mechanized civilization.

The battle between Kanbe and the other seven samurai hired by the farmers for "rice" and the giant mechanical samurai "Nobuseri" is a highlight unique to the anime. The Blu-ray release includes all 26 episodes of the TV series in HD quality and 5.1 channel audio, the same as the original masters, and also includes the DVD extras "Komachi Dayori", "Okara Observation", and "Non-Credit OP/ED" in HD quality. The box art will be newly illustrated by Hideki Hashimoto, animation character designer.

SAMURAI7" Film Information
＜Story
A world after a long war. Samurais, heroes who fought to the death in the skies, have ended their role with the end of the war. Although they have mechanized their bodies to specialize in combat, they have fallen to the level of "fusari," robbing rice and women from powerless farmers, and their former pride is now a shadow of its former self. The village of Kangna, a remote farming village, is also threatened by the "Rangers.
The village chief, Gisaku, hires a samurai to protect the village and devises a plan to repel the ambushers. The priestess Kirara sets off on a journey to Nijuga-kei in search of a true samurai who still carries the "scent of the battlefield.

＜Main Staff
Based on "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa
Director：Toshifumi Takizawa
Series Composition : Atsuhiro Tomioka
Character Design : Takuhito Kusanagi
Animation character design：Hideki Hashimoto
Mechanical Design: Makoto Kobayashi
Music: Kaoru Wada, Hidetetsu Hayashi
Animation Production: GONZO

＜Main Cast
Kanbae: Terasoma Masaki
Kikuchiyo: Kong Kuwata
Katsushiro: Park Wang Romi ("Wang" with "Road")
Gorobeye: Toru Inada
Heihachi: Junji Inukai
Shichiroji: Toru Kusano
Kyuzo: Shinichiro Miki

＜Theme Song
Opening theme "UNLIMITED" by Nanase Aikawa
Ending theme "Fuden" by Rin'

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