Title: Shigurui: Death Frenzy / シグルイ Type: TV Series 12 Episodes Genre: Drama, Action Themes: Historical, Samurai, Martial Arts Year: 19.07.2007 till 11.10.2007 Producers: Madhouse Rating: R+ – Mild Nudity (filled with gory violence and sex scenes) Plot: At the beginning of the Edo Era, when people enjoyed a time of peace, Lord Tokugawa Tadanaga holds a fighting tournament. In the past, matches were [...]
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Shigurui is deathly serious, but I wasn’t expecting reach-into-your-stomach-and-pull-out-your-own-intestines serious. In one of the opening scenes a Daiymo’s advisor pleads with the lord not to hold a competition with real swords. To illustrate his point of what will happen to … Continue reading →
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In zen (禅) practice, one searches for “true nature”‘ and “see what’s not there”. An example of would be meditating in Japanese rock garden (also known as zen garden). When meditating in zen garden, you don’t simply see rocks and gravels. You feel the heaviness of rocks, hear the propagating ripples of gravels, and grasp [...]
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First released: July 2007 The opening moments of Shiguri are divisive: after a montage of lingering, abstract motions, a retainer prostrates himself before his lord and, in slick, gory detail, fatally offers his intestines up to enforce the severity of his request. What follows in the succeeding episodes is often harrowing, frequently disgusting, [...]
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On a bleached out courtyard at Sunpu Castle, two men disfigured by a life of perpetual violence face off to bring sweet destruction to the other man. Shigurui: Death Frenzy then takes the viewer back to the beginning of the story in order to explain this moment. It is blood, guts, and brutality. Shigurui: Death Frenzy [...]
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Mad House has created seminal animation when it comes to Ninja (and Catgirls…), so I was more than a little excited to see the renowned studio’s take on Samurai. Believe me when I say, it does not disappoint. Plot Summary The story of Shigurui: Death Frenzy starts in media res at a tournament in Sunpu Castle. [...] Related posts:Death Note, Manga- Series Review While I mostly watch anime and only occasionally read manga,...We’re Giving Away Two Tickets To See Death Note II: The Last Name We’re giving away two tickets to see Death Note II:...Death Note Live Action Movie Reviews - Death Note and The Last Name Death Note, a popular manga series, has been turned into... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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Two minds think alike. By acknowledging my abnormally great and eminent appreciation towards anime that involve an extreme amount of bloodshed, bateszi recommended that I check out a violent series called Shigurui, and without really knowing what it was about besides sex and torture in the medieval times of the samurai, [...]
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Shigurui has a subtitle. The subtitle is “Death Frenzy”, which sounds cheap as well as nasty. But don’t be fooled, Shigurui is just unadulterated nasty. Bearing in mind that this is a samurai show, that it has a deadly rivalry, betrayals, that it’s called “Death Frenzy”, one might expect something a bit pulpy - something [...]
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On top of the 3 licenses earlier this week, Funimation has now announced licenses for Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (a.k.a. Soukou no Strain), Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Romeo x Juliet, and D. Gray-Man late last week and today. That brings the total number of series licensed up to 7 this week. Funimation also reportedly said that [...]
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Rurouni Kenshin is for girls. Real men watch Shigurui.
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Please note this post is heavy on images of an "adult nature"; though I understand many of you might be unsettled by such blunt depictions of sex and violence, the truth of Shigurui lies not in words alone, but its unrelenting presentation of old Japan's institutional depravity. Basically, you've been warned.
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Apologies for the lateness of this review, but more on that later. Let me first put up a warning: if you’re planning to watch this series and have some kind of little brother or sister: keep Shigurui AWAY from them. Nobody under sixteen should be allowed to watch this. Not only is this one of [...]
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1. Stylish, tense and extra violent. I love the contrast between light and dark, the traditional feel. The background music is superb. Pulling out your own intestines in a protest is surely a great opening to a story? I love the seriousness after the light-hearted anime I have been watching. The architecture is ominous, the [...]
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Hige reviews episode two of Shigurui (now with derisive alt-text!)
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I’ve decided to try my hand at Shigurui. I need some violent, naked samurai man-slashing action this season, gosh darnit! I need other people’s opinions before going into that kind of series though - is it any good? I honestly will hold back trying it if it’s just some mindless violence.
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Hige reviews episode one of Shigurui and secretly wishes the feudal system still existed in Japan. And that he was Japanese and not English. Rich, Japanese and not English. The serfs of 17th century Japan totally got screwed.
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This is TEXHNOLYZE if it were a samurai show. Director: same People with limbs missing -> samurai with limbs missing Juno Reactor OP -> abstract art and traditional drums OP Woman licking a guy’s eyeball for several minutes -> guy driving sword into his foot for several minutes Unfortunately, Chiaki J. Konaka -> not Chiaki J. Konaka ABe -> not ABe All samurai [...]
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Shigurui The first season I checked out for the summer-season, and I think I’ve already found my favourite OP of the season. I love artsy OPs like this one, that do something else than just “oh, let’s display the different characters in a cool or sad way and add some random music to it”, not to [...]
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Well… this certainly lives up to its reputation. I’m not sure that’s a compliment.
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I am pretty sure I haven't done a trailer for this show before, but I have a nagging feeling otherwise. Either way, there is a new Shigurui trailer online and it's ready for your perusal. The trailer runs a minute and 43 seconds and shows off some of the show's actual animation. Apparently, there was [...]
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