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Samurai 7 (stylized as SAMURAI 7) is a 2004 anime television series produced by Gonzo and based on the 1954 Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai.The seven samurai have the same names and similar characteristics to their counterparts from the original.
Ukyo, the son of the Magistrate, kidnaps Kirara for his harem; it is up to Rikichi and Komachi to save her, with the help of the only two samurai they've recruited: young, idealistic Katsushiro and the boisterous cyborg Kikuchiyo. The soft-spoken master samurai, Kambei, has declined to join their cause but saves Kirara from Ukyo's men.
Samurai 7 is animated by GONZO and directed by Toshifumi Takizawa.The series premiered across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, as an exclusive high definition CS-PPV broadcast, and was also later aired by the network across its other respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America and other regions.
The plot of Seven Samurai was re-worked for The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983), an Italian sword-and-sandal film. The 2004 video game Seven Samurai 20XX is a re-telling of Seven Samurai in a futuristic setting. The steampunk anime series Samurai 7 (2004) is based on Seven Samurai.
Some of his major roles include Ukyo in Samurai 7, Shiro Ashiya / Alciel in The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Shin Fukuhara in Baka and Test, Orito in Is This a Zombie?, Aoi Torisaki in Absolute Duo, and Junichiro Kagami, the title character in Ultimate Otaku Teacher.
Ukyo Kuonji, an okonomiyaki chef and Ranma's childhood friend, also appears in town seeking revenge. While on a training journey with a young Ranma, Genma agreed to have his son marry Ukyo in an arranged marriage with her family's okonomiyaki cart acting as the dowry, but he took the cart and left Ukyo behind. For the next ten years Ukyo ...
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Ukyo Saionji is an SDF Navy sailor and submarine sonar operator who was released from petrification by Tsukasa. He is an expert in different languages and has super-sensitive hearing. When he worked with Tsukasa, Ukyo became an expert archer and one of Tsukasa's scouts.