Samurais and giant mecha
All it took was those four words to draw Tze's attention away from his beloved Sri, to my conversation with Hunn over dinner at the XO Yu Pian Mi Fen place in Holland V. Sri was obviously mildly perturbed that he wasn't paying attention. Tze?
"Wah lau! He's talking about samurais and giant mecha lah!"
Yes yes yes. The holy grail of guydom. Samurais and giant mecha. Ok not for every guy perhaps. And I suppose maybe for guys who are like mid 20s (oh my gewdness) its sounds a bit childish. (To the people who think that... Screw you!)
So anyway, my conversation with Hunn that day. It was actually about anime. So we went from Naruto to Bleach and then I mentioned Samurai 7. Which features the alleged samurais and giant mecha. The story was actually adapted off Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. So obviously, I was intrigued. I have to say that firstly I always was in love with the Japanese aesthetic, in films, music, products etc. So samurai would always be something cool for me. The first samurai anime I saw was Rourouni Kenshin or Samurai X. So naturally, spotting Samurai 7, the title was enough to get me to click around on the interweb.
So it starts with a samurai chopping down giant mecha. Really easily. And he can jump really well too. At this point I was thinking maybe its not such a great idea after all, mixing genres and whatnot. It seemed rather stupid. But that was just the opening sequence. You really should sit through that. Because a great story about a bunch of peasants hiring samurai to fend off the greedy mecha riding bandits unfolded, and I was treated to loads of action, humour, intrigue and awe. Adapting Kurosawa's tale meant Samurai 7 had a solid storyline. But mixing the mecha and technology fit perfectly. The poor peasants and samurai had just themselves and a pitchfork or a sword, old technology so to speak. The bandits hid within the huge metal shells, that ran on electricity. It just seemed to highlight the differences between the different factions involved. Weaving technology into the story seems to suggest the struggle between the new and old worlds and how dangerous man itself can be. Able to create and destroy. Order and chaos, honor and betrayal, life and death, good and evil, chocolate and strawberry.
In any case, just remember Samurais and giant mecha.
(Samurais and giant mecha! Samurais and giant mecha! Samurais and giant mecha!)
"Wah lau! He's talking about samurais and giant mecha lah!"
Yes yes yes. The holy grail of guydom. Samurais and giant mecha. Ok not for every guy perhaps. And I suppose maybe for guys who are like mid 20s (oh my gewdness) its sounds a bit childish. (To the people who think that... Screw you!)
So anyway, my conversation with Hunn that day. It was actually about anime. So we went from Naruto to Bleach and then I mentioned Samurai 7. Which features the alleged samurais and giant mecha. The story was actually adapted off Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. So obviously, I was intrigued. I have to say that firstly I always was in love with the Japanese aesthetic, in films, music, products etc. So samurai would always be something cool for me. The first samurai anime I saw was Rourouni Kenshin or Samurai X. So naturally, spotting Samurai 7, the title was enough to get me to click around on the interweb.
So it starts with a samurai chopping down giant mecha. Really easily. And he can jump really well too. At this point I was thinking maybe its not such a great idea after all, mixing genres and whatnot. It seemed rather stupid. But that was just the opening sequence. You really should sit through that. Because a great story about a bunch of peasants hiring samurai to fend off the greedy mecha riding bandits unfolded, and I was treated to loads of action, humour, intrigue and awe. Adapting Kurosawa's tale meant Samurai 7 had a solid storyline. But mixing the mecha and technology fit perfectly. The poor peasants and samurai had just themselves and a pitchfork or a sword, old technology so to speak. The bandits hid within the huge metal shells, that ran on electricity. It just seemed to highlight the differences between the different factions involved. Weaving technology into the story seems to suggest the struggle between the new and old worlds and how dangerous man itself can be. Able to create and destroy. Order and chaos, honor and betrayal, life and death, good and evil, chocolate and strawberry.
In any case, just remember Samurais and giant mecha.
(Samurais and giant mecha! Samurais and giant mecha! Samurais and giant mecha!)
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