Customer Reviews

Samurai - Hunt for the Sword

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In all fairness, this one is not one of the favorites in my collection. But it is still pretty good, and I do not regret buying it. The characters are not precisely memorable, but they don't put me to sleep either. And the story is there at least, which is more than I can say for some anime I've seen. The animation looks good, which is always a plus. ^_^

I am also unsure if this was meant to be a series or just this dvd. Perhaps it is like Angel Sanctuary--meaning that the company with the rights to it just has not finished the rest of the show yet. In any case, what we get is good, but I feel more could have been done with it.

All in all, it comes down to this--If you own it, you either like it or hate it, and I'm not going to change your mind. However, if you have never seen it, I urge you to at least give it a chance before you dismiss it altogether.

This one has the potential to be a really good series but unfortunately is way too short. With only a running time of 60 minutes they try and throw together the story as quickly as possible. You barely have time to get to know the characters before the main baddie and the protaganist fight their final duel. I say this is a frustrating anime because you can see where they might have taken this in a interesting direction. The characters are interesting and the women have a tendency to squabble of the main character in the same classic Dual!/Tenchi fashion. Of course, there is no time for any of this to be developed. I was just left saying-- is that it? The artwork is good, the characters are loveable and though the story line wasn't anything new I enjoyed it. It is simply too short. I would say rent it--it is worth seeing-- but you will probably end up frustrated like me.

Originally titled: Kai Toh Ran Ma-The Animation, Samura: Hunt For The Sword is a 2-episode OVA based on a Japanese video game. It takes place during the shogun days of Japan. A young swordsman named Shinjuro, who is the heir to a prestigous dojo, takes charge of his father's duties while he is off on a mysterious mission. But the quiet place soons turns into an episode of TENCHI with two cute girls quarreling over him. Then, it is revealed that some ninjas are causing mayhem in the city, but its a cover up for their attempt to start a revolution against the government by stealing a magical sword. The leader of the revolution challenges Shinjiro to a fight with the opposing magical sword that his father is searching for. All this while the true identity of one of the ninjas is really a shrine maiden that Shinjiro has the hots for. There are some funny moments in this and some decent action. Check it out!

This Anime is really a good one, but the only thing is that its way too short. It left open a lot of things, like what happens to Shinjiro after the duel, do all the girls keep fighting over him???? And what happened at his fathers duel??? I really wanted to know that to know end. Another 30 min to an hour would have been really nice.

I have to give Samurai Hunt For The Sword credit for trying to be a good show. The story basically is that good guy fights bad guy, good guy loses to bad guy with corny evil sword, good guy gets equally corny good sword and they fight in the end. Two things got me really mad about this title: 1. The character development and story felt rushed and put down the quality of the show. 2. The show should have been made longer into a TV series or OVA , it was too short. Still the show had unique character designs and the tint of romance brings up the rating a notch. This show had potiental but a hasty story and poor character development stopped me from giving it 4 stars. Get it if you LOVE samurai type stories. If not you'll find Samurai Hunt For the Sword a snoozefest and a waste of money.

Not my favorite anime I've watched lately. But it was at least decent. If I had to choose between Ninja Cadets! and Samurai: Hunt for the Sword, I'd choose Samurai. If I had to choose between Samurai: Hunt for the Sword and Wrath of Ninja, I'd choose Wrath.

If I were rich and had my way, I'd probably go with Ninja Scroll The Movie & The Series - Ultimate Collection.

But, for what it's worth, I liked Samurai: Hunt for the Sword. I thought it was a pretty decent movie/show. I don't regret the purchase. Unlike Harmagedon, which I'd avoid if given a second chance.

This anime seems to have very little to do with the time period it is set in and more with a magical approach of the genre. The main character is a member of dojo that believes in not killing people at all similar to Kenshin's approach but does not delve into any of the matters of dealing with not killing when you are hounde by people bent on your death with an EVIL sword

Its not my fave type of anime, but it was pretty good. Really funny in some parts. Ive yet to figure out if there was a definete romance in the story line. Theres a decent amount of sword fighting in it which was cool. Something about it made me watch ruin explores right afterwards though. ~Bishie

THIS MOVIE WAS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED FROME ALL OF THE REVIEWS I READ, ALRIGHT IT WAS WAY BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. TO ALL YALL GUYS WHO SAY THIS MOVIE WAS A BORING FLING WIT CORNY LIGHT SABRES , SCR-- YOU!! I SAY THIS MOVIE WAS AWSOME, THE " LIGHT SABRES" ARE PRETTY COOL.I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE PART WHEN sHINJIRO(MAIN CHARACTER) MEETS THAT GIRL, UMM WHATS HER NAME AGAIN? WELL, MEETS HER AGAINN ON THE BEACH AND, WELL LETS SAY sHINJIRO NOW KNOWS HOW SOFT A GIRLS, UMM "STUFF" IS. THATS ALL I GOTSTA SAY.

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