Schultz, Samurai Champloo and Samurai 7 are two totally different titles.
I hate Samurai Champloo with a bitter passion, largely due to it's lack of a deep story, as well as its awful opening song. The only thing going for it are its gorey skirmishes, and asshole main characters.
Samurai 7 is a futuristic samurai title that was inspired by the Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai movie, though it's been heavily altered to appear nothing like it. It's produced by Gonzo, and it's one of my favorite Gonzo titles to date. They've really outdone themselves in creating an environment that allows you totally forget that the series was based on the movie. The fighting is plentiful, and wonderfully animated (after all, this IS Gonzo we're talking about). You could say that it's a futuristic retelling of the original Seven Samurai movie, but that turns some people off. Aside from all the characters sharing the same names as the ones in the movie, I feel the series is different enough to be worth checking out by any action or samurai anime fan.
I very strongly recommend Samurai 7, though I'd stay away from Champloo.
I hate Samurai Champloo with a bitter passion, largely due to it's lack of a deep story, as well as its awful opening song. The only thing going for it are its gorey skirmishes, and asshole main characters.
Samurai 7 is a futuristic samurai title that was inspired by the Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai movie, though it's been heavily altered to appear nothing like it. It's produced by Gonzo, and it's one of my favorite Gonzo titles to date. They've really outdone themselves in creating an environment that allows you totally forget that the series was based on the movie. The fighting is plentiful, and wonderfully animated (after all, this IS Gonzo we're talking about). You could say that it's a futuristic retelling of the original Seven Samurai movie, but that turns some people off. Aside from all the characters sharing the same names as the ones in the movie, I feel the series is different enough to be worth checking out by any action or samurai anime fan.
I very strongly recommend Samurai 7, though I'd stay away from Champloo.
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