Mugen no Juunin

I should start off by saying that this anime is great. It has involved characters, a solid plot, and wonderful art. But watching this show would be a horrible mistake. The manga surpasses it in every way, and watching Blade of the Immortal will do nothing but spoil the plot.

It's evident that a lot of time and effort was put into doing the manga justice. However, the nuances and subtleties which make Samura's work so great are simply not suited for anime. The mangaka himself was originally against animating Blade of the Immortal. I can't imagine why ... he changed his mind; it was clearly a mistake.

In many ways, this anime felt like a slideshow of the manga with music thrown in at the last minute. As can be expected when over 20 volumes are compressed into 13 episodes, the plotline was rushed, and character development was mostly left out. I'd write more about the high points of the anime (because there are plenty), but frankly, they can all be found in the original.

Though a lot of long-time BotI fans are insulted by this adaptation, personally, I enjoy it. I plan to watch it again before I get the next volume of the manga, as a quick recap of the story. It's nice as a summary, but in no way can it take the place of the original.

Ive watched 6 of the episodes so far and i can tell you that this is a must see anime. If you like anime like Rurouni kenshin then this will be your new obsession. Its got fighting, blood, great story, great music, its got it all. The main character Manji is so intriguing with his story of redemption. Very similar to rurouni kenshin in my opinion but its way better. I love during the fight scenes this really good but weird to some music comes on it really intensifies the fights.Seriously if you were hesitate to watch this one, dont be you will not regret ... giving this brand new anime a chance.

I absolutly love the opening song, lots seem to think that its weird and i guess its all according to preference but whatever. This is something i would recommend to older viewers just because of the amounts of blood that is spilled in this anime. Not as much as in other anime i have seen but still just enough to make younger viewers squeamish.

I give this anime 10/10 on all aspects

Stroy:

About anime:

Violence!
Violent is not definite for the kids, but for an older audience.
Nicely developed historical drama, but the theme unfortunately I have to say that I saw in anime called Samurai Champloo. This anime is quite cold, and similarities with the Samurai Champloo (revenge) again has no similarity in the drawing, the main characters and the coarse of this anime.

The main character is a serious violator who is not good, even do some people may call it good because helped one girl and she seeks revenge.
For this young girl, he shows little of its goodness that is left in him.
But what is ... the goodness for a one person if he slay so much people that he don't remember the number.
The main character, you will surely love.
But it certainly is not a good person. I say, because you can see that his katana became the hand that catches flies around, there is no feeling for human life. He lost it because he killed too many people.

He became immortal!
His punishment is that he can not die.
I did not read the manga, but he developed the story more. Because I do not believe that such a person as he is to have a peaceful night. He has hell on earth because he can't not die, but his sins haunt him.

ART:

Drawing is very nice!
Artistic as well as an introduction to the anime.

Sound:

OST 10 for home collection.

Character:

There details characters, but not those I expected. Many are detailed supporting roles as the main role was left with an empty memory, and to regret his murdered sister.

Enjoyment:

One of the best anime that I watched. 10

Final is 10.
If you love anime certainly do not miss this, it is very good.

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Blade of the immortal is a short 13 episode anime about an immortal samurai who because of past evil deeds must kill 100 evil men to free himself of this curse. So he meets this girl, and the two form a sort of friendship/partnership as he helps kill these evil men for her. The art is pretty decent though it feels right for the anime. You get a whole kind of classic feel from it. It takes place during samurai times japan so i suppose anywhere before 1868. The story really is simple, but it has elements of good and evil and a story that ... is entertaining enough to keep your interest. It's pretty dark and serious, bloody and gory it's the perfect anime for a guy. All it needs is boobs and i think i would give it a 8. But alas, i think it is a 7/10. Still good, and i think its worth checking out. You certainty wont be disappointed.

The anime is good but we only get to see 13 episodes of this anime from a massive manga series that is around 30 volumes. It is essentially just the prologue of the story and doesn't get into the story, it just sets the premise for it. I don't recommend this series because from what I hear the Manga is amazing (And it does look amazing!) but the anime is only the first 6 volumes and the 7th volume is where an awesome villain is introduced and where the story really picks up. For me, I buy manga, not read it online and if I'm ... new to a series I want to read it from the start and I thought "Hey, I'll watch the anime then collect the manga" but the first 6 volumes (the anime) weren't really that exciting and I don't want to buy them just to get into the story. If you're thinking of really getting into Blade of the Immortal I definitely recommend reading the manga and avoiding the anime all together because as an anime series goes it wasn't THAT good so go and read the manga, I plan to.

Blade Of The Immortal, this anime althought short is interesting, gory, action packed, but sad in a way, as a samuarai has had to live for such a long time as he was cursed with immportality. But, eventually he finds a glimmer of hope in a young girl, determined to help her with her revenge, in turn making his own wish come true that he truly desires, in which he would be free of his this torturous fate he suffers from, that is "endless time". This man bares deep scars that won't heal, as a reminder of endless battles from his past and in his ... future as well, he both fights and encourages the young girl he's helping to both move forward with her revenge and continue on with her family's legacy. I don't think this anime ends like this, the last episode seems to be the beginning of something much bigger.