Ranked #1922

Samurai Deeper Kyo

Samurai Deeper Kyo has an unique and bizarre take on edo history, and the battles between samurai. The story has its twists, but when you think that the 'last boss' is defeated, more villians pop up. At first sight, the anime seemed like a fun hilarious anime with kyoushi junior, however when the "demon eyed kyo" takes over the anime starts in a much more serious tone, which prevails till the end.

The story centers around "demon eyed kyo", who has his soul entrapped in somebody else's body, so basically, he goes around defeating villians to get his body back. However, kyo is known as the man who killed a thousand men, the demon eyed kyo - reminds me of Kenshin and Battosai. I found the story a bit bizarre when Nobunaga Oda was introduced, and with all the messed up demons popping up.

Good Things:
. cool protaganist
. nice tense atmosphere
. good twists in the plot and character development
. badass looking demons and characters
. loved the opening song

Bad Things
. story is a mix mash of things which doesn't sit well with me
. fights are rather boring and repetitive, much like Kenshin using the same attack.
. kyo beats villian, moves on to anther villian, then another one, and another one and another one, until he fights the boss - very shounen, but the fights are not that amusing.

Overall: a mediocre anime, that I mostly forced myself to go through, but then again a watched 26 episodes in a day so that might affect my enjoyment of the anime. It's not bad, but not great either. Villians are very unique and have their own style and looks, very well done in the characters. read more

The first review here is way too harsh. This anime is well worth a watch if your into historical/samurai stuff, it's not as dark and brooding as it sets out to be and the plot can feel a little convaluted at times but the characters are quite endearing and if you can get your head round all the different threads it's very easy to get wrapped up in the story.

I really enjoyed it and found myself watching one episode after another once I'd got past the first few, but I haven't read the manga so if you have you may be in for a bit of a disappointment. read more

I have to say, when I started this anime, I expected a lot more from it. The storyline had a lot of potential that was never brought to fruition. The animation was definitely not the best I have seen and by the end of the series I was so bored and disappointed that I was questioning why I bought the series in the first place. Samurai Deeper Kyo is one of those animes that you continue to watch, hoping that it will get better. Unfortunately, it never does. I would not recommend this series to anyone who is looking for meaningful dialog or a compelling story to follow. Throughout all 26 episodes I just couldn't get myself to identify or sympathize with any of the characters. For those interested in an anime based around Samurai, I would recommend staying clear of Samurai Deeper Kyo and going for a series such as Rurouni Kenshin. Trust me, don't waste your time or energy on this one, it is just big disappoinment in the end. read more

Samurai Deeper Kyo is based of the still running manga series by the same name.

In the year 1600, during the battle of Sekigahara, warriors Kyoshiro Mibu and "Demon Eyes" Kyo - the legendary slayer of a thousand men - engaged in fierce combat. Both men disappeared when a meteor crashed in the battlegrounds. Four years later, Kyoshiro is spotted on a rural highway, acting as a traveling medicine salesman. He is captured by the female bounty hunter Yuya Shiina when she discovers that deep inside him is the dormant personality of "Demon Eyes" Kyo himself.

Now on to all the problems I had with the show. First there's the story stated above, which is just a jumble together of stories from the manga. Then there's the so called animation done by Studio Deen. Were they trying to make a crappy American cartoon, I don't get it. The music was also terrible it didn't add anything to the show. Finally the characters which had one or two moments of enjoyment, but overall were terrible. One more thing don't watch this show in the dub version, you'll hate it even more.

Overall was this a terrible anime series...no, but it pales in comparison to the manga series. read more

overall if you have nothing to watch or you're looking for something that's interesting enough, i think this is it. there's an interesting twist. i don't understand the bad review. it's worth a watch, the first couple episodes are super cliche, but it's still enjoyable.

Se você curte histórias com Samurais contadas de forma tradicional, vai cair do cavalo rapidinho, e sugiro que você vá assistir Rurouni Kenshin. Mas se quer algo de novo, Samurai Deeper Kyo com certeza preenche esse vazio.

A história se passa durante a batalha de Sekigahara, no ano de 1600, onde Onime no Kyo (Olho Demoníaco) aparece lutando com Mibu Kyoshiro, quando algo inesperado acontece: um meteoro cai, e aparentemente ambos morrem. Quatro anos depois, Kyoshiro reaparece como um vendedor de remédios, sendo perseguido por uma caçadora de recompensas, por não ter pago uma conta de um restaurante.

Durante uma desavença com um samurai (na realidade, um monstro), seus olhos se tornam vermelhos, e aí se percebe o que aconteceu... de alguma forma, o espírito de Kyo está aprisionado no corpo de Kyoshiro. Todo o enredo gira em torno desses acontecimentos, na luta entre os que querem trazer a alma de Kyo novamente ao corpo e os que procuram impedir que isso aconteça, pois Onime no Kyo é um homem extremamente perigoso.

Produzido pelo Studio Deen e composto por 26 episódios, a história mantém um ritmo acelerado, pois não há um final certo, não existe uma disputa entre bem e mal. Nem Kyoshiro nem qualquer outro personagem são essencialmente bons ou maus, a única coisa que transparece são os ideais de cada um, a luta das pessoas pelo que acreditam, pelo que consideram correto, mesmo que aos olhos dos outros isso não seja lá muito honrado.
Dos personagens que realmente marcam presença, Kyo é o próprio capeta em forma de gente, mata sem ressentimento algum, mas chega até a ser carinhoso com seus dois amigos de jornada. Kyoshiro fala muito pouco... antigamente, ele era bonzinho, amistoso e tudo mais. Seu único problema, agora, parece ser a indecisão causada pelo espírito de Kyo.

Entre os outros personagens, vale destacar Yukimura Sanada, um belo jovem, calmo, sorridente e uma fera lutando... onde será que eu já vi algo parecido? ^_^ Bom, pra quem costuma acompanhar "Vagabond", de Takehiko Inoue, a identificação será imediata, pois não há o que tirar de Seijuro Yoshioka, inclusive as feições, com traços muito parecidos. Também marca presença Migeira, um carinha super estranho, de cabelo cinza, com um olho de cada cor, uma espécie de metralhadora em uma das mãos e, se apenas isso não bastasse, ele aparentemente consegue ver o futuro (!!!).

Já pela abertura se nota todo o capricho dado à produção desse anime, movida pela belíssima "Ao no Réquiem", com um visual bastante elaborado, efeitos especiais e imagens em 3D que dão conta do recado tranqüilamente. Mas o destaque fica mesmo por conta da trilha sonora... se você fica apaixonado logo de cara pelo tema de abertura, o encerramento não deixa por menos: "Love Deeper" é de tirar o fôlego!

Samurai Deeper Kyo, como muitos outros animes, bate na mesma tecla, mas tem aquele temperão extra que cativa logo de cara. Lutas, espadas, morte, magia, religião e figuras monstruosas têm seu espaço garantido. O final em aberto do anime espera uma continuação... pra quem gosta de ação, taí um ótimo anime.

Cátia Nunes - Animehaus read more

This Anime byfar has one of the best story line characters and plot to it
overall rating out of ten out of ten it would be a 8

Samurai Deeper Kyo was one of the first anime I saw (after The Guyver and Perfect Blue – an interesting selection). It is the tale of the ‘strongest samurai alive’, a bloodthirsty monster called Demon Eyes Kyo, also known as the Slayer of 1000 Men, and his search for the only thing in the world that is important to him.

For the first few episodes, Samurai Deeper Kyo seems quite formulaic. Kyo establishes himself as a badass who can crush all opposition while sneering disdainfully, and combat consists largely of exchanges of flashy-looking quasi-magic power attacks. So far, so shounen. There are some un-shounen elements even at this early stage, though – if you’re paying attention. I didn’t notice until maybe my third or fourth viewing just how short the battles tend to be. This could easily be seen as a bad thing – one or two explosive techniques from each combatant and it’s all over. But having sat through (and enjoyed, mostly) every episode of Bleach to date, I’d contend that this brevity of conflict could also be seen as efficiency. There are no episode-long power-up sequences here, or even episode-long fights. Even the best shounen tends to have unrealistic bursts of dialogue in the middle of combat and foes who wait patiently while the hero recites the name of his attack, and that’s certainly true of Samurai Deeper Kyo, but unlike so many other series the fights here get to the point. Sadly, they’re also somewhat more stationary than people raised on Bleach or Samurai Champloo might be accustomed to; there is an over-reliance on speed lines, and a lot of the bog-standard non-superpowered sword swings look clumsy and artificial.

Like many other shounen series, Samurai Deeper Kyo leans towards being an ensemble piece, with an ever-expanding core group of characters who trail after the hero, or cross his path repeatedly in a variety of ways. Unlike some series, though, most of these characters are quite distinct and likeable as people. Few of them are particularly nuanced (with the notable exception of Yukimura Sanada, at least to this viewer), but they rarely blend together as some characters in this genre can tend to. As you might expect, most of the central characters have something to hide, or something to discover, or an unclear agenda – and while I doubt any of the revelations will make you gasp in abject shock, they’re not always easy to foresee.

One of the strongest points of the series, for me, is the fluid nature of alliances and good/evil – something I have a fondness for in other series too, such as Gilgamesh. While shounen as a genre frequently has enemies becoming friends and the like, lamentably few actually keep you wondering just who is really the enemy. Like the proverbial onion, Samurai Deeper Kyo sheds layers of intrigue, each time shaking an assumption you thought was concrete. Similarly, the series employs the well-established technique of 'threatening the badass' – that is, if Kyo seems to be an unstoppable killing machine in the early episodes, it’s only to impress upon us the seriousness of later travails that actually challenge him.

On the music front, Samurai Deeper Kyo really surprises me with its quality, though I didn’t notice at first. Some of the recurring themes really jump out at the viewer, such as ‘Awakening’ (the music that usually accompanies Kyo’s trademark Mizuchi technique), but many are quite subtle and atmospheric. I thought for a while that Kyo’s music was indelicate, almost garish, consisting of just one or two brash tunes, but when I listened to the soundtrack album I realised to my surprise that I recognised every one of the thirty tracks, and most of them were incidental themes, accompanying flashbacks or moments of tension. Curiously, much of the music, when listened to away from the visuals of the series, puts me in mind of console RPGs; some make me think Final Fantasy, others Zelda, and one even reminds me of an old NES game called Battle of Olympus. That’s not to say that the sound quality is shrill or the composition is lacking, simply that some of the tracks are more soaring or more grand than I would have expected. A particular highlight for me is ‘Begin’, an upbeat, airy, faux-string composition used for some action scenes.

Overall, then, I’d recommend Samurai Deeper Kyo to anime fans who enjoy action/fighting series wherein the plot isn’t exclusively a vehicle for the fights, the characters are simple but likeable, and there are enough surprises to keep things from getting boring. If you can overlook the sometimes stilted combat animation and are willing to be patient with the monster-of-the-week nature of the first few episodes, you might find Samurai Deeper Kyo a more rewarding watch than you expect. read more

Well at first i wasn't interested but it got really interesting since it was close to the bakumetsu era and stuff. Although I don't know why that it didn't really show the other main character and stuff but it was really good since it had a lot of action and stuff in it. this is really enjoyable so i hope that you watch it okay!

good show...seen better but its still good. story is kinda weak, but serves its purpose. everything is easy to understand and the short fighting scenes are good. the only thing that pissed me off was the fact that almost every fight ended with the main character saying something like "did you hear it? the sound of the wind." this show couldve been great if they made just one season longer