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English: The Dull Sword
Synonyms: Namakura Katana, Hanawa Hekonai Meitou no Maki, The Fine Sword, An Obtuse Sword
Japanese: なまくら刀（塙凹内名刀之巻）

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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 30, 1917
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Source: Original
Genres: Comedy, Samurai
Duration: 4 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 5.651 (scored by 2,249 users)
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Ranked: #90852
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Popularity: #6092
Members: 3,824
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Namakura Gatana, meaning "dull-edged sword," is a two-minute comedy about a samurai who, thanks to his dull instrument, loses every time he attacks a weak opponent. In order to examine the sword, he tries to attack passers-by, but lower-class townspeople fight back and knock him down.

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Kouchi, Junichi
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May 9, 2017
1 of 1 episodes seen
AnotherCasualFan (All reviews)
36 people found this review helpful
Considering this was made in 1917 before television existed and in the very early days of film, eleven years before Steam Boat Willy came out and is considered by many to be the very first anime ever created, I feel that it deserves at least an average score of 7.

The animator literally drew every single frame by himself and put them together. It has elements of comedy and action and that is why I am giving this anime a 10/10.

I found the comedy to be particularly delightful. In the anime we see the 'hero' go to a swordsmith called "The Dull Sword" and read more
May 9, 2017
1 of 1 episodes seen
putAcateinurlife (All reviews)
28 people found this review helpful
Well, I have never reviewed before, I don't even rate shows to often, but the score this piece has is ridiculous.

We are talking about history, Nakamura Gatana's quality can't be judged by todays standards, this standards didn't even exist at the time. I wish this short had a 10 score and to see it's a 4 is depressing, and tells a lot about the anime community in general. One would never find a review of a Chaplin movie with a 4 because "it looks ugly and has no sound".

Hopefully trough this year, being the 100 anniversary, more people will find it's historical beauty.
Jan 9, 2017
1 of 1 episodes seen
TheBasedMaki (All reviews)
21 people found this review helpful
Hold up, hold up, hold up, First and foremost, RIP my boi, Junichi Kouchi-senpai.

Thank you for creating arguably one of the best animation of your generation, becoming the one to lead the path to the great influence of anime has in the world, and eventually resulting to the creation of the best animus the world has witnessed, such as Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan, Girls und Panzer, Gochuumon wa usagi desu ka, Kiniro Mosaic, and Spongebob. It is very unfortunate to hear that you have passed away before being able to release ep. 2. But me being the optimistic person I am, have read more
Apr 4, 2017
1 of 1 episodes seen
aniMayor (All reviews)
9 people found this review helpful
First, a disclaimer: Make sure you watch the complete 4-minute version of this film. Otherwise you're really not doing it justice.

With that aside, I thought The Dull Sword was a riot. This little film has some excellent comedic timing, taking the time to set a scene and build audience expectations before subverting them with the gag in each of its scenes.

The visual animation is strong for this era, with lots of detail in the character designs. The weapon shop scene' backgrounds were also especially nice. I would have liked to see a more consistent aesthetic between scenes (e.g. why does only the first scene read more

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