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Samurai 7 Standard Blu-ray Released Monday (Updated 2)
posted on by Andrew Osmond
On Monday May 1, MVM will release a standard Blu-ray edition of the 2004 Studio Gonzo series Samurai 7, carrying all 26 episodes of the series.
The anime is a futuristic remake of Akira Kurosawa's world-renowned 1954 film Seven Samurai. In the series, 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.
Update - The original version of the story stated that Anime Limited's Collector's Blu-ray edition of Levius would be released on this date, as well as the standard Blu-ray of March comes in like a lion Season 1 Part 1. In fact, both of these titles were moved back to May 15.
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