Samurai 7/Episodes

Samurai 7 is a 26 episode Japanese anime series, produced by Gonzo and based on Akira Kurosawa's highly regarded 1954 movie Seven Samurai. The series was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa and its music was composed by Kaoru Wada and Eitetsu Hayashi. Each episode of the series cost around ¥32,500,000 ($300,000) to produce.

The series premiered across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, as an exclusive high definition CS-PPV broadcast from June 12, 2004 to December 25, 2004, and was also later aired by the network across its other respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America and other regions. Funimation Entertainment acquired the dubbing rights for the North American release.

The series previously aired in America through the Independent Film Channel (using Funimation's dub) beginning in April 2006 and in high definition on Dish Networks Animania HD channel (also using FUNimation's dub). It has also been broadcast across Canada by specialty channel Razer and across Hong Kong by TVB Jade. The Funimation Channel began airing the series on September 6, 2010. It began airing on Adult Swim's revived Toonami block on August 18, 2012 and ended its run on February 9, 2013.

All episodes of Samurai 7 have been released in the U.S. on DVD and Blu Ray, including 2 different box sets that include all 26 episodes.