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REVIEW: Samurai Gun DVD 1




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Advent_Nebula



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:27 am Reply with quote
I agree with the what Key said about Samurai Gun, the series is adverage at most.

On the other hand ADV's co-production on Shin Guyver Bio Booster Armor is working. The Series is already better than the orgional OVAs.
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Izlude



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:36 am Reply with quote
There are better Samurai series out there... wait for it...

Samurai 7
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wolfcry
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:44 am Reply with quote
Izlude wrote:
There are better Samurai series out there... wait for it...

Samurai 7


-_- Have you even bothered to see the original?
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Penfold1999



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:49 am Reply with quote
Gotta say, Key was right on. Samurai Gun was seriously lacking. Already have Samurai 7 vol. 1 and it was fairly good. It does not compare to The Seven Samurai, but then, i don't think Samurai 7 is meant to.
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Izlude



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:03 am Reply with quote
wolfcry wrote:
Izlude wrote:
There are better Samurai series out there... wait for it...

Samurai 7


-_- Have you even bothered to see the original?


Nope, could never find it. I played Seven Samurai 20XX once at an arcade though, it wasnt very good however Anime hyper

But I'd take the Samurai 7 anime over Samurai Gun anyday. Although I'll take Samurai Champloo over Samurai 7, but I'll take Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin over Samurai Champloo, but nothing tops... Usagi Yojimbo! Not Vagabond, not Lone Wolf and Cub, not Blade of the Immortal!

Bunny Samurai!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:32 pm Reply with quote
Izlude wrote:
wolfcry wrote:
Izlude wrote:
There are better Samurai series out there... wait for it...

Samurai 7


-_- Have you even bothered to see the original?


Nope, could never find it. I played Seven Samurai 20XX once at an arcade though, it wasnt very good however Anime hyper

But I'd take the Samurai 7 anime over Samurai Gun anyday. Although I'll take Samurai Champloo over Samurai 7, but I'll take Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin over Samurai Champloo, but nothing tops... Usagi Yojimbo! Not Vagabond, not Lone Wolf and Cub, not Blade of the Immortal!

Bunny Samurai!


mmmmm, atleast you made an attempt Anime smile I got lucky and have the kirosawa box set.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006IUI5/ref=pd_cps_gw_2/102-1933384-2169713?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

Thats what I got, but amzon sells all of them seperatly. Sorry for being off topic!
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Hunter Sopko



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:36 pm Reply with quote
I won't go into my dislike of Kenshin...

But Samurai 7 is an updated homage to the original movie in the same way as Kaze no Yojimbo was (Which was also awesome). S7 is supposed to be the same-but-different. I think they did a good job of respecting the original work while taking it in a new direction. It worked well.

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for an anime version of Rashoman.
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Kuroro IX



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:29 pm Reply with quote
Samurai Gun is by no means one of ADV's first co-productions. Whatever happened to Kino's Journey, Samurai X: Reflections, Kaleido Star, etc.?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:38 pm Reply with quote
Kuroro IX wrote:
Samurai Gun is by no means one of ADV's first co-productions. Whatever happened to Kino's Journey, Samurai X: Reflections, Kaleido Star, etc.?


I wasn't aware that they were involved in the co-production of Samurai X: Reflections.

Anyways, while ADV has said that they are involved in several co-pros, currently they've only released a couple, Kino's Journey, BGC 2040, Kaleidostar, etc...

So yeah, this is one of the first.

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v1cious



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:07 pm Reply with quote
this is what i like about Samurai Champloo: it's the only show to date to take such an tired out subject, and actually have fun with the idea.
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SnowfairyX



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:22 pm Reply with quote
This series looked pretty interesting from the trailer and seemed like it would be a good action series with interesting characters. Too bad the first volume got mediocre reviews from this site and Animeondvd as well. I think I'll wait until the second volume gets reviewed before I decide if I want to pick up the series or not.
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