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Samurai 7 (TV)

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©2004 AKIRA KUROSAWA/SHINOBU HASHIMOTO/HIDEO OGUNI/MICO•GDH•GONZO


Related anime:
    Samurai 7 (manga)

Alternative title:
Los 7 Samurai (Spanish)
Siedmiu samurajów (Polish)
ساموراي 7 (Arabic)
サムライセブン (Japanese)
七武士 (Chinese (Taiwan))
7 САМУРАЕВ (Russian)
Themes: Mecha, Samurai
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: A small village is being persecuted by robbers who return every harvest to seize the village's crops. Faced with starvation, the villagers send out a mission to find and recruit some samurai to defend them. With no pay to offer except rice, and knowing full well that only down-on-their-luck samurai would even consider accepting such an deal, the villagers can only hope that their saviours will appear before the rice is ready for harvest.
Video:
User Ratings: 1989 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 254 votes (sub:146, dub:98, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, Pol.dub:1)
 Excellent: 541 votes (sub:352, dub:164, Por.sub:6, Spa.sub:6, Spa.dub:6, edit.dub:2, raw:1, Ger.sub:1, English:1, Pol.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Very good: 565 votes (sub:390, dub:148, Spa.sub:6, Spa.dub:3, Por.dub:3, ?:3, raw:2, Ger.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Ita.dub:2, edit.dub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Ara.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 355 votes (sub:259, dub:81, ?:3, Spa.sub:2, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:2, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, raw:1, Pol.edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 134 votes (sub:101, dub:25, raw:3, Spa.sub:2, Tag.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Pol.dub:1)
 So-so: 66 votes (sub:53, dub:8, Spa.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Por.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 30 votes (sub:19, dub:9, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Weak: 30 votes (sub:21, dub:7, ?:1, edit.dub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (dub:2, sub:2)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 3809 users, rank: #107
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.9476 (Very good-.05), std. dev.: 1.6087, rank: #534
Weighted mean: 7.834 (Very good-.16), rank: #475
Bayesian estimate: 7.83248 (Very good-.16), rank: #311
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Production cost: ¥32,500,000 (per episode)
Vintage:
2004-06-12 to 2004-12-25
2005-08-08 to 2005-12-30 (Poland – AXN)
2006-04-01 to 2006-09-30 (USA - Independent Film Channel)
2006-05-18 to 2006-07-14 (Singapore, Arts Central Broadcast)
2006-05-30 (Spain, Cuatroº)
2006-07-06 to 2006-12-24 (Canada - Razer)
2006-10-03 to 2007-03-27 (Animax Latin America)
2007-10-01 (Germany - Animax)
2008 (Middle East - Spacepower Broadcast)
2009-05-04 (Malaysia, Animax Mobile TV)
Releases: We have 20
Opening Theme:
"Unlimited" by Nanase Aikawa
Ending Theme:
"Fuhen" by Rin
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Based on Akira Kurosawa's classic movie, The Seven Samurai. Samurai 7 is being produced in High Definition at a price of $300 000 per episode, more than twice what an average non-hi-def series costs.
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Related releases:
    Samurai 7 - Box Set (Blu-Ray) 2008-12-09 (from $38.99)
    Samurai 7 - (DVD) 2005-08-23 (from $5.00)
    Samurai 7 - DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-03-27 (from $32.99)
    Samurai 7 - Limited Edition (DVD 1) 2005-08-23
    Samurai 7 - Search for the Seven (DVD 1) 2007-08-28 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 - Escape from the Merchants (DVD 2) 2005-10-18 (from $5.00)
    Samurai 7 - Escape from the Merchants Limited Edition (DVD 2) 2005-10-18 (from $6.00)
    Samurai 7 - Escape from the Merchants (DVD 2) 2007-08-28 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 - From Farm to Fortress (DVD 3) 2005-12-13 (from $5.00)
    Samurai 7 - From Farm to Fortress Limited Edition (DVD 3) 2005-12-13 (from $27.99)
    Samurai 7 - From Farm to Fortress (DVD 3) 2007-10-09 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 - Battle for Kanna (DVD 4) 2006-02-07 (from $5.00)
    Samurai 7 - Battle for Kanna Limited Edition (DVD 4) 2006-02-07 (from $27.99)
    Samurai 7 - Battle for Kanna (DVD 4) 2007-10-09 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 (DVD 5) 2006-03-28 (from $16.99)
    Samurai 7 - Limited Edition (DVD 5) 2006-03-28 (from $27.99)
    Samurai 7 - Empire in Flux (DVD 5) 2007-11-13 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 - Broken Alliance (DVD 6) 2006-05-30 (from $5.00)
    Samurai 7 - Broken Alliance Limited Edition (DVD 6) 2006-05-30 (from $27.99)
    Samurai 7 - Broken Alliance (DVD 6) 2007-11-13 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 (DVD 7) 2006-07-25 (from $5.00)
    Samurai 7 - Guardians of the Rice (DVD 7) 2007-12-04 (from $4.00)
    Samurai 7 - Box Set Viridian Collection (DVD 1-7) 2008-07-01 (from $25.39)
    Samurai 7 + Artbox (DVD 7) 2006-07-25
    Samurai 7 Limited Edition (DVD 7) 2006-07-25 (from $44.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Toshifumi Takizawa

Storyboard: Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 7)

Episode Director: Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 7)

Music:
Eitetsu Hayashi
Kaoru Wada

Original creator: Akira Kurosawa

Character Design:
Hideki Hashimoto
Takuhito Kusanagi

Art director: Hiromasa Ogura

Animation director: Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 7)

Mechanical design: Makoto Kobayashi

Art design: Makoto Kobayashi

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Director of Photography: Hiro Yoshioka

Executive producer:
Hiroyuki Takazawa
Shinichiro Ishikawa

Producer:
Daisuke Ito
Kazuhiko Inomata
Shouji Murahama
Takao Kobayashi

3D Animation: Katsuhisa Oono

Animation:
Chel-Ho Jang (DR Movie)
Hye-Yeon Park (DR Movie)
Jeong-Dae Kim (DR Movie)
Kyu-Hwan An (DR Movie)
Myung-Hee Youn (DR Movie)
Pil-Won Heo (DR Movie)
Soon-Ha Hwang (DR Movie)
Su-Jin Hwang (DR Movie)
Youn-Hee Jeong (DR Movie)

Animation producer: Hisataka Kasama

Assistant Animation Director:
Masanori Miura
Minoru Ohara

Color design: Keiko Goto

Design Work:
Misashi Mori
Yuichi Tanaka

Digital Editing: Fumi Hida

Key Animation:
Hisashi Nakayama (ep 7)
Shinya Ohira (ep 7)

Production Assistance: Ryousuke Takahashi

Series Organization: Atsuhiro Tomioka

Theme Song Performance:
Coming Century (JUSTICE, NHK vers.)
Nanase Aikawa (OP)
Rin' (END)

 

Junji Inukai as Heihachi Hayashida

Kuwata Kong as Kikuchiyo

Masaki Terasoma as Kambei Shimada

Romi Paku as Katsushiro Okamoto

Shinichiro Miki as Kyuzo

Tetsu Inada as Gorobei Katayama

Tohru Kusano as Shichiroji

Chiwa Saito as Komachi Mikumari

Fumiko Orikasa as Kirara Mikumari

Ikuo Nishikawa as Gisaku

Tadahisa Saizen as Rikichi

Takehito Koyasu as Ukyo

Tomomichi Nishimura as Masamune

Atsuko Mine as Setsu

Chiaki Osawa as Mizuki

Chiaki Ozawa as Hayakame

Eizou Tsuda as Chief Elder

Eri Oono as Lady

Fumihiro Yasono as Mohican Man

Kazuhiko Kishino as Soubei

Kenichi Mochizuki as
Goggle man
Guardsman A
Kamuro
Yohei

Kumiko Watanabe as Honoka

Masafumi Kimura as
Oshikomi
Sensor Man

Mayumi Tsubaki as Firefly House Old Lady

Megumi Tano as Okara

Michihiro Ikemizu as Tessai

Mio Morisawa as Koharu

Naoki Makishima as
Manzou
Messenger
Tanomo

Otoya Kawano as Bougan Man

Rieko Takahashi as Yukino

Rio Natsuki as Waarya

Ryoutarou Nishi as Mohawk man

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Genzo

Seiji Sasaki as Ayamaro

Tadahori Moriya as Chiaki

Takehiro Murozono as Mosuke

Takehito Koyasu as Amanushi

Takeshi Kusao as Hyogo

Youhei Oobayashi as Gosaku

Yu Kobayashi as Shino

Yuu Asakawa as Sanae (Eps 18-22)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Gonzo

Broadcaster: SkyPerfecTV

Co-Production: Media International

In-Between Animation:
Anime R
Dr. Movie
Nakamura Production

Music Production: Avex, Inc.

Production:
G.D.H.
Gonzo
MICO
Sony Pictures Entertainment

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Christopher Bevins

Script:
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Jared Hedges
Joel Bergen
Kelli Howard-Hedges

Translation: Steven J. Simmons

Executive producer:
Cindy Brennan Fukunaga
Gen Fukunaga

Producer:
Barry Watson
Daniel Cocanougher

ADR Engineer:
Orion
Tyler Walker
Zach Bolton

Assistant producer: Jayme Westman

Assistant Script Supervisor: Jacqueline Gilbert

Assistant Talent Coordinator: Scott Garner

Assistant Video Editor:
Jessie Mancilla
Shane Ray

DVD Menu Audio: Matt Chaney

DVD Menu Design: Bill Townsley

DVD Producer: Carly Hunter

Editing: Jeremy Jimenez

Line Producer: Justin Cook

Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison

Production Assistant:
Alese Johnson
Chase Lenderman
Clarine Harp
Diana Fonner
Duane Deering
Jayme Westman

Production Coordination: Neil Weathersbee

Script Supervisor: Jeremy Carlile

Talent Coordinator: Tara A. Williams

Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez

 

Bob Carter as Gorobei Katayama

Christopher R. Sabat as Kikuchiyo

Duncan Brannan as Shichiroji

Greg Ayres as Heihachi Hayashida

R Bruce Elliott as Kambei Shimada

Sean Michael Teague as Katsushiro Okamoto

Sonny Strait as Kyuzo

Anthony Bowling as Ukyo

Colleen Clinkenbeard as Kirara Mikumari

J. Michael Tatum as Rikichi

Luci Christian as Komachi Mikumari

Alison Retzloff as Tortoise-Express Rider (eps 4 & 14)

Amber Cotton as Troupe Girl B (ep 10)

Andrew Haskett as Village Elder

Andy Mullins as Gonzo

Anthony Bowling as Amanushi

Barry Yandell as Ayamaro

Bill Flynn as Prime Minister

Bill Jenkins as Old Man (Ep. 22)

Brett Weaver as Syusai

Brice Armstrong as Masamune

Brina Palencia as
Troupe Girl C (ep 10)
Uma

Caitlin Glass as Koharu

Carrie Savage as Honoka

Christopher Bevins as Farmer Gosaku

Chuck Huber as The Royal Envoy

Clarine Harp as Sanae

Elise Baughman as Hie

Grant James as Farmer Yohei

Gwendolyn Lau as Yukino

Jamie Marchi as Warya

Jeremy Inman as Messenger

Jerry Jewell as Hyogo

John Burgmeier as Kanzo

Juli Erickson as Setsu (Matriarch)

Kate Borneman as Troupe Girl A (ep 10)

Kent Williams as Hanaole

Kyle Hebert as Farmer Mosuke

Laura Bailey as Mizuki (ep 18-23)

Leah Clark as Tora

Linda Young as Maid (Ep. 7)

Lucy Small as Chiaki

Mark Lancaster as Mohawk

Mark Stoddard as Farmer Manzo

Markus Lloyd as Shikimoribito (Ep. 23)

Michael Sinterniklaas as Sobei

Monica Rial as Shino

Robert McCollum as Tessai

Scott McNeil as Tanomo (Nobuseri leader)

Sean Schemmel as Genzo

Stephanie Young as Shika

Zarah Little as Okara

Adrian Cook

Alison Retzloff

Andrew Haskett

Andrew Rye

Andy Mullins

Barry Yandell

Brad Jackson

Brina Palencia

Chris Cason

Chris Rager

Christopher Bevins

Chuck Huber

Cole Brown

Dana Schultes

Daniel Katsük

Daniel Penz

David Trosko

Doug Burks

Ed Blaylock

Egg Nebula

Greg Dulcie

Jakie Cabe

Jamie Marchi

Jay Moses

Jay S. Jones

Jeff Johnson

Jeremy Inman

Jerry Russell

Jerry Zumwalt

Jim Johnson

John Burgmeier

Jonathan C. Osborne

Josh Martin

Juli Erickson

Justin Cook

Kenny Green

Kevin M. Connolly

Lane Pianta

Lauren Goode

Leah Clark

Linda Young

Lucy Small

Maria Vu

Mark Lancaster

Mark Orvik

Mark Stoddard

Markus Lloyd

Matthew Thompkins

Melinda Wood Allen

Michael Sinterniklaas

Mike McFarland

Phil Parsons

Phillip Wilburn

Robert Colin

Scott McNeil

Steven Morris

Steven Walters

Troy Baker

Troy Williams

Will Helms

Z. Charles Bolton

English companies 

ADR Production: FUNimation Studios

Broadcaster:
Animania (HDTV)
Animax Asia (SEASia)
Independent Film Channel (NTSC)
Razer (Kamikaze)

Distributor: MVM (UK)

DVD Authoring: Vision Wise, Inc.

DVD Menu Audio:
Chainsaw
Matthewmatics

Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Subtitles: Animax Asia (SEAsia)

French staff 
French cast 

Directeur De Plateau: Anthony Delclève

 

Arnaud Léonard as Kanbei Shimada

Bruno Mullenaerts as Heihachi Hayashida

Eddy Mathieu as Shichiroji

Eddy Matthieu as Shichiroji

Jean-Marc Delhausse as Gorobei Katayama

Michel Hinderickx as Kikuchiyo

David Manet as Rikichi

Marielle Ostrows as Komachi Mikumari

Marielle Ostrowski as Komachi Mikumari

Véronique Fyon as Kirara Mikumari

Lionel Bourguet as Tessai

Mathieu Moreau as Ukyou , Kyusu

Stéphane Flamand as Katsushiro Okamoto

Alain Eloy

André Pauwels

Patrick Brüll

Peppino Capotondi

French companies 

Distributor: Asian Star

Dubbing: NDE Production

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Carlos Lladó as Heihachi Hayashida (Spain dub)

Jordi Navarro as Katsushiro Okamoto (Spain dub)

Juan José Moscoso as Gorobei Katayama (Spain dub)

Tasio Alonso as Kambei Shimada (Spain dub)

Francesc Rocamora as Ukyo (Spain dub)

Carlos Vitale as Kikuchiyo

Johnny Torres as Katsushiro Okamoto

Jose Manuel Vieira as Ukyo

Juan Guzmán as Shimada Kambei

Lileana Chacón as Sanae

Luis Pérez Pons as Gisaku

Luis Enrique Poján as Heihachi Hayashida

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Buzz Channel (Spain)
Cuatro (Spain)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Ivo De Palma

Dialogues: Ivo De Palma

Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli

 

Felice Invernici as Shichiro Ji

Giorgio Bonino as Gorobei Katayama

Ivo De Palma as Kanbei Shimada

Aldo Stella as Kikuchiyo

Gabriele Calindri as Heihachi Hayashida

Massimo Di Bendetto as Katsushiro Okamoto

Alessandro Rigotti as Ukyo

Gianluca Iacono as Kyuzo

Loretta Di Pisa as Shino

Mario Scarabelli as Ayamaro

Paolo De Santis as Rikichi

Patrizia Mottola as Kirara Mikumari

Serena Clerici as Komachi Mikumari

Italian companies 

Broadcaster:
Cultoon (from July 2008)
GXT (from 2 October 2006)

Distributor: Panini Video Italia

Dubbing: Studio P.V. Milano

German staff 
German cast 

Dialogue Writer: Christian Schneider (eps 1 - 26)

Voice Direction: Christian Schneider (eps 1 - 26)

 

Detlef Bierstedt as Kambei Shimada

Hans Bayer as Kikuchiyo

Heiko Obermüller as Heihachi Hayashida

Julien Haggege as Katsushiro Okamoto

Markus Pfeiffer as Kyuzou

Simon T. Roden as Shichirouji

Volker Wolf as Gorobei Katayama

Katja Liebing as Komachi Mikumari

Marie Bierstedt as Kirara Mikumari

Norman Matt as Ukyo

Stephan Schleberger as Rikichi

Britt Gülland as Gauklerin

David Nathan as Samurai (Ep. 23)

Gregor Höppner as Tanomos friend (Ep. 22)

Ilya Welter as
Botin
Haremsdame
Yukino

Julia Ziffer as Mizuki

Jürg Löw as
Minister
Sobei

Reinhard Schulat as Tanomo Kobayahawa

Renier Baaken as Ayamaro

Rolf Berg as
Bandit
Befehlshaber der Wache
betrunkener Samurai
Kidnapper

Sarah Brückner as Honoka

Britt Gülland (Ep. 10)

German companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Germany (2007-10-01)

Distributor: Panini Video

Dubbing: G&G; Tonstudios


Arabic staff 
(none)
Arabic companies 

Broadcaster: space power

Arabic cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: MC Entertainment

Russian cast 
(none)

Tagalog cast 
Tagalog staff 

Dubbing Director: JING M. LANZONA (gma7)

Roger Aquino as Kikuchiyo (GMA7)

Klariz Magboo as Kirara Mikumari

ROXANNE MANATO as Komachi Mikumari (GMA7)

Angelo Crisolo as heihatchi (gma7)

Ed Belo as Okyu (GMA 7)

Robert Briliantes as KAMBEI (GMA7)

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster: GMA Network

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director:
Elcio Sodré
Paulo Martinez

 

Alfredo Rollo as Kyuzo (2nd voice - BR)

Catarina Santos as Komachi

Dado Monteiro as Heihachi Hayashida (BR)

Elcio Sodré as Shichiroji (BR)

Fadu Costha as Kikuchiyo (BR)

Leonardo Camilo as Kambei Shimada (BR)

Nestor Chiesse as Kyuzo (1st voice - BR)

Thiago Barione as Katsushiro Okamoto (BR)

Wellington Lima as Gorobei Katayama (BR)

Flora Paulita as Komachi Mikumari (BR)

Hélio Vaccari as Masamune (BR)

Ricardo Sawaya as Ukyo (BR)

Suzy Pereira as Kirara Mikumari (BR)

Tatá Guarnieri as Rikichi (BR)

Catarina Santos as Katsushiro

Fátima Noya as Sanae (BR)

Helena Palmela as Kirara

João Mourato as
Kyuzo
Manzo
Masamune
Ukyo

Jussara Marques as Okara (BR)

Marta Madeira as
Sanae
Yukino

Melanie Baptista as Honoka

Paulo Martinez as Kambei

Pedro Santos as
Gosaku
Heihachi
Shichiroji

Rui de Carvalho as
Rikichi
Tessai
Yohei

Saul Monteiro as
Hyogo
Kikuchiyo

Tiago Castro as
Ayamaro
Gorobei
Mosuke

Ursula Bezerra as Mizuki (BR)

Elcio Sodré (BR)

Mauro Eduardo (BR)

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America
RTP

Dubbing Studio:
Álamo
PSB - Produções Audiovisuais, Lda.

Translation: JBC


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Muse Communication Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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