Shigurui

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Title:	Shigurui Crazy for Death シグルイ Shigurui: Death Frenzy
Overall:	Unevaluated
Keywords:	2007, Action, Dark, Historical, Samurai, Swordplay, TV, Violent
Notables:	Animation - Madhouse R1 License - FUNimation
In the sixth year of the Kan’ei era (1629), at the beginning of the Edo period, a samurai was hired to settle a grievance in the castle of Suruga. Appearing in a tournament which contraventioned all of the existing dueling laws to allow the use of real swords, the blind one-armed lame samurai starts a battle which brings together for the last time two mighty swordsmen whose bloody intertwined past is as beautiful and as gruesome as the scarred wounds that adorn their bodies and souls. An exceptional manga artist decides to tackle the forbidden work by the last giant figure in samurai literature, only to give birth to a colossal period drama filled with unspeakable tragedy and cruelty! Based on a seinen manga by Yamaguchi Takayuki, serialized in Champion RED. (amended review from ANIDB) 12 TV Episodes R1 Licensed by FUNimation.

Overall	Art	Animation	Character Design	Music	Series Story	Episode Story	Reviewer

Unevaluated 4							Jan-Chan	#
Shigurui The first episode is out. If you loved the gruesome violence and awesome animated artistry of the series Basilisk - Kouga Ninpou Chou or perhaps Otogizoushi, then this is something to watch. The first episode sets the tone of the confrontation between the two samurai and quickly gets lost in a sequence of flashbacks documenting their past history. Last updated Friday, July 20 2007. Created Friday, July 20 2007.

Other Sites

Name	URL
Japanese Language Series Web Site	http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/shigurui/
Funimation (R1 English) web site	http://funimation.com/shigurui/

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