25 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestThe final battle has arrived, and only four samurai remain! Will the remaining four all live to see the battle’s end? Will Ukyo finally be killed? Will the capital be stopped, or will it crush Kanna Village?
As villages perish under the thumb of a cruel race of warriors, a young priestess named Kirara travels the countryside gathering stray samurais.
Direction
Takizawa stretches Kurosawa's 3-hour epic into 26 episodes of escalating madness.
Production
GONZO's CGI-meets-hand-drawn aesthetic — divisive, unforgettable, totally 2004.
Writing
Each samurai gets a full arc; Kikuchiyo's origin episode destroys me every time.
Kong Kuwata
Kikuchiyo (voice)
Masaki Terasoma
Kambei Shimada (voice)
Romi Park
Katsushiro Okamoto (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Kyuzo (voice)
Toru Kusano
Shichiroji (voice)
Tetsu Inada
Gorobei Katayama (voice)
Fumiko Orikasa
Kirara Mikumari (voice)
Tadahisa Saizen
Rikichi (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Ukyo (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu
Tessai
Chiwa Saito
Komachi Mikumari (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a direct adaptation of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954), making it one of the most prestigious source materials in anime history — and the mecha twist genuinely offended some cinephiles.
Romi Park (Katsushiro) also voiced Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist the same year, making 2004 the peak of her 'conflicted young warrior' era.
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