Namakura Gatana


The Dull Sword

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Alternative Titles

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)
English: The Dull Sword
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 30, 1917
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Source: Original
Genre: ComedyComedy
Theme: SamuraiSamurai
Duration: 4 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 5.491 (scored by 59635,963 users)
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Ranked: #119072
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Popularity: #6634
Members: 9,951
Favorites: 15

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Synopsis

Namakura Gatana, meaning "dull-edged sword," is a four-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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Characters & Voice Actors

Samurai

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Staff

Kouchi, Junichi
Director, Key Animation


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Reviews

Nov 22, 2023
Another good anime, a treat to watch.

Sure the animation is a bit uglier, compared to Katsudou Shashin, specially the eyes movment, but it's still a smooth, fluid animation. Just like for Katsudou Shashin it dosen't give you the feeling of just quick flipping through the the paper. The story is sweet and quit easy to follow. Sadly there is no sound, but a bit undertsandable due to time period. And despite the characters being ugly they are quit likable.

So if you want another blast from the past give it a try.

And can say that the director did do a good job. Although the subs ...
Mar 13, 2018
Mixed Feelings
The only reason to watch this anime would be for historical purposes I liked the comedy though it reminded me of old cartoons like Felix the cat or steamboat willy. I think it is nice to see how far we have come when it comes to anime though, and I have no reason to rate it bad it's more like watching something interesting because its from 1905. The main problem I had which is probably because it is so old is how the colors were changing from yellow and blue. It would be really awesome if a company, or a fan picked this old historical ...
Dec 22, 2018
FunnyFunny
OK so this was the first ever anime. Does that make it an automatic 10? To me, that defeats the point of rating it- *something* was going to be "the first anime", so I'm just actually going to rate it on it's merits.

(Not trying to be "the edgy guy who pans the anime that everyone rates as 10"... but I guess thats exactly what I'm going to do. Sorry.)

ART: Let's be honest- if you look the art in NG with no context, it's undoubtably the worst I've seen in anime. By a longshot. Way worse than crappy CGI, or cheap 80s pulp. I honestly feel ...

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