Muramasa

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 村正
English: Muramasa
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 21, 1987
Producers: Tezuka Productions
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: None found, add some
Source: Original
Genre: HorrorHorror
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, Martial ArtsMartial Arts, SamuraiSamurai
Duration: 8 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.151 (scored by 28532,853 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #90992
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #8301
Members: 6,054
Favorites: 5

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While Shigurui certainly took the artistic presentation of the samurai culture of Japan to a historical and artistic level of brilliance (and anyone who believes otherwise has certainly not seen or cannot appreciate the degree of subtlety put into the final cut itself), it is clear that Muramasa is an anime which cannot be ignored and certainly can be seen as being a precursor to the intended mood Shigurui was aiming for. The art style, although seemingly low budget (and definitely lacking the fluidity which is marked and presented in Shigurui), are engaging in terms of the environment and the atmosphere this anime (Muramasa) was aiming  read more 
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