Samurai Gun

Guns were used in that era, so the idea isn't that original, since it's the same, just using more modern guns.

There's a story going on in the background, namely; The family of the main character got killed and he's out for revenge, sort of, he doesn't want to kill, yet, he want's to kill the guy who did it. Besides that, story's go from episode to episode, which are all just as unintresting as a shaved armpit.

The art's good, there's some major quality loss in good animated scene's, or just scenes which are done too quick (I presume). The sound's good, at first, you ... can hear the voice-actors struggle a lot to do a good job, but after the first 2 episode's they got used to it. The animation's nothing special, a lot of looping and slow/bad animation, while some scene's have incredible animation (for that time), but in those scene's the artstyle changed or got bad.

There are some intresting characters, which we know nothing about, we get some unnecessary flashbacks and quote's, relations that don't matter etc. They don't have deep backgrounds, the only thing intresting about them is probably your very own thought about them, and the way they look.

There's not much enjoyment, unless you don't care about a story or good quality. It's just an anime if you need a quick fix, or if your really into samurai series with a small twist too it.

And that brings the total score to exact: 5

Samurai Gun is a great anime for a shoot'em up good time. It puts a spin on the whole samurai genre by the main characters using pistols instead of katana's. Don't expect too much of a deep story line and take it for what it is. The art sort of reminds me of Ninja Scroll and the characters are pretty unique. I find their costumes a bit funny in all those different colors. Nonetheless I really enjoyed it and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good samurai fictional title.

Samurai Gun - An anime without a goal

Samurai Gun is an anime adaptation of the original manga with the same name. It began airing on October, 4 and ended on December, 4 of 2004 and it was animated by Studio Egg, best known for anime that people don't care. You don't need to read the full synopsis to know more about this particular anime because, once more, no one cares.

"(...) A group of Samurai has banded together, and, with the development of new weapons and new technology, they have both the will and the hardware to stand up and fight. Ichimatsu is one of these ... fighters. By day, he works incognito at a local tavern, in the evenings he frequents the brothels, and by the dark of night, he doles out some big-time, gun-barrel justice. He is here to help. He is Samurai Gun."

As said, guns were in fact used in this era, so that's true, this isn't an original idea. In one hand, Samurai Gun can be seen as a revenge story about Ichimatsu and his family. In another hand, Ichimatsu doesn't want to kill anyone, except the guy who actually did it. Besides that, people don't need to watch the rest of the episodes because it gets more and more uninteresting and Ichimatsu breaks the golden rule of not killing other people except that particular evil figure.

The art is just decent in the first three episodes but then, it gets kinda bad until the end. The sound process was kinda the only good thing but as the anime progresses, it becomes very repetitive. In fact, there are interesting characters but they aren't explored at his core, making them unexplored. This anime is great for people that don't give a damn about a good plot or good quality animation because it fulfills those person's desires. This is just an anime to add to your "Complete" list as something degradable.

Samurai Gun is just a poor story and my expectations were all shattered.
Basically, a shit anime. It was purely a waste of time.

Story: 2 | Art: 2 |Sound: 3 | Character: 3 | Enjoyment: 2
Score: 3

I liked this anime a lot but there were a few things that bothered me. Yes, in that time they had guns but most of it was extremely inaccurate! I could get into historical detail but most of you know what is and isn't historically correct. Also, during the ending credits, the one picture with the fish? I found that very disturbing in a couple different ways. I own the series so of course I love it but yeah, some things bother me.

In the time of the Shogunate, fierce warriors roam the countryside, raping and murdering innocent people. The only hope for peace lies with one man and a group of samurai who want nothing more than to bring down the bad guys.

My thoughts:
I enjoyed this anime. It's about fighters known only as Samurai Gun. They go up against the Shogun who do anything they can to instil fear and to dominate the people. I like that it wasn't only men, but also women that were Samurai. The story is good and in a ways shows a bit of transition of weapons; from sword to guns.

This show is art. It is inspiring for all creators, that with enough grit and hard work, anyone can create gold. It has been a long time since I have seen such a fleshed out world, with such vibrant and interesting characters. The writing, especially in the dub, is just fantastic. For years I will have those softly spoken words, 'Hi I'm Samurai Gun', stuck in my head, an anthem for anyone who has ever felt hard done by in society. Every peripheral character, that isn't immediately impaled through their torso, is instantly easy to gravitate to. The character Ohana is especially well crafted. Her ... dynamic with ichimatsu is comparable to the best romances in all of animation. If I deigned to make a comparison, it would have to be to a Johny and Plank situation. As I opened with, this show is art, plain and simple.

Don't listen to any of the other reviews, they're all wrong, both high ratings and low

this show is pretty garbage, but it's worth watching the dub with some friends if you like Quality dubs. Every episode i've seen so far has been like, boring nonsense punctuated with fucking hysterical moments of crappy voicing or absurdly bullshit animation.

If you're the kind who would smoke up and watch some garbage with your friends, do yourself a favor and find a dub of this

also, the OP is actually good as shit, lol

watch this bad boy

mal wants me to write a longer review so I'll just say be advised ... that there's a lot of killing chicks, killing dudes, sex, sexual violence, and tits. It might be kind of disturbing if it was possible to take any of it seriously.