New Details on Samurai 7

Variety Magazine has reported that Gonzo Studios is hoping to sell their upcoming anime TV series Samurai 7 to international television markets. Sample footage will be presented to prospective buyers at this spring’s MIPTV conference in Cannes, France. Production on the first episode is expected to be completed this summer.

Samurai 7 is a sci-fi re-make of Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1594 film The Seven Samurai. The production budget for the anime is reportedly close to $300,000 per episode, three times the production cost of current big-budget TV anime such as Gunslinger Girl.

Source: Anime News Network