Product Details

• Actors: Sonny Strait, Inukai Junji, Inada Tesu, Jerry Jewell, Michael Sinterniklaas
• Directors: Toshifumi Takizawa
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: May 30, 2006
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ENUKSU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,034 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Samurai 7, Vol. 6 - Broken Alliance" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The rescue team has escaped death but the struggle has just begun. Kambei s fate looks grim Sanae and Mizuki s freedom is in dire straights and a mutiny within the Samurai is rising. At this the worst possible time Ukyo s plan is unveiled burn Kanna to the ground.Episodes:The RescueThe DivideThe LiesSystem Requirements:DVD Features: 32-page Art Booklet Widescreen 16:9 format 5.1 English and Japanese Surround Sound Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM UPC: 704400058226

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps on Rolling, May 30, 2006

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S. Cargle (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samurai 7, Vol. 6 - Broken Alliance (Limited Edition) (DVD)

Only problem with it, is i wish it was four episodes instead of three. But other than that very good. It continues exactly were it stopped on the previous episode on vol.5. A lot more of the story gets revealed and starts coming together. It has a bit of drama in it, but also still a good deal of action, it leaves you wanting the next and last volume really badly. It looks to be a really great ending though, there is a lot that can happen. But if your a fan of the series, just keep on watching its still damn good.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD!!, May 14, 2007

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Jose Montero Venegas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samurai 7, Vol. 6 - Broken Alliance (DVD)

Great DVD for a great series! You should have the collection! The music is great, the menus are excellent, the costumes are very nice, there are a lot of thing to watch in this DVD!

3.0 out of 5 stars PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS, September 18, 2006

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Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samurai 7, Vol. 6 - Broken Alliance (DVD)

The end of Volume 5 was a bit of a cliffhanger, seeing as how it ended with Kambei about to get his head chopped off execution style. Katsushiro and Nunky have also arrived to help free Kambei without his knowledge, having gone against his implicit orders to stay at Kanna Village. Ukyo, meanwhile, has gone from playing the dandified fop to playing the various factions of his world against each other. He sends the samurai to defend all of the peasant villages and also orders the bandits to attack those same villages, knowing that the samurai will triumph and he will be seen as the savior of the farmers. He also agrees to the release of all the Kanna women the Capitol has stolen over the years. But really, he's in it all for himself, and is willing to betray any of the above to assure his continued reign in a system that has been modified but not reformed in any material way. It's up to Kambei and his band to figure out how to play along for the moment and defeat the new Emperor at his own game.

This volume was pretty disappointing in my view, with more of the same as Volume 5, which began to wrap itself in too much politics after the storyline of the original movie ended. It seems like the writers of the show didn't really know what to do with the characters after the original premise and took it to the extreme of having the seven samurai not only change the fate of Kanna Village but to change the entire world, which is a little unrealistic. Also, Katsushiro is becoming a little too big for his britches and is rapidly becoming a very unlikeable hero. His melodramatic flirtations with Kirara only drags the show down into shojo soap opera. Samurai 7 gets back on track with the last volume, but 5 and 6 were the lowpoints of the show to me.