Shigurui.

Shigurui is a 2007 anime that has been remained a secret among samurai based anime fans due to it's being overwhelmingly challenging to be watched,due to some severe circumstances..the other reason why it wouldn't popped up in a lot of sites is probably because it was licensed by Funimation,but i would not rather type that name here afterward and i don't want to speak about them.

The anime main's genre are action and mature..the storyline composed of so many dwindling chapter that it can be hard to compelled,plus those whom rather watched fast paced action wouldn't be interested with this anime at any cost because it used real life fighting style..basically in reality,samurai dated back during the age of feudal Japan stared a lot or speak a lot with the opponent until they swung their katana,ultimately putting an ending afterward..Shigurui is an anime that fully extended the background of samurai back during the older age..it contained a lot of dialogue,mature scenes like sex,gratuitous violence and gore plus even a certain number of scenes that would completely depressed a whole lot of audience..the atmosphere in the anime is dark and humid..even in the day,fog roamed the village and mountain,completely similar of what the weather was like during the darker age of Japan..i would like to think of it as a despair powerhouse,because it completed erupted my own mind and children would certainly cried if they ever been forced to watched such series..

The entirety of graphic presented in the anime was indeed spectacular though,as swords were animated in somewhat real life appearing motive with it's colouration and structures..the character are fairly well designed and look a lot like a samurai should be..there aren't many special effect in it like explosion or lighting but the shadow and sun effect are high graded..it's quite utsukushii,if it wasn't for all the hard pressed darkness..it is so dark that i could felt myself being sucked into it's void..well,for me at least..maybe it could be an exaggeration.

Personally,dark and depressing is one of my favor and the way Shigurui was foretold,it could undeniably left a mark in history as one among other that worthy of being feared..the action are intense eventhough there isn't a lot of sword clashing like the other samurai anime but yes,katana shouldn't be used to clashed against other katana like a sword but it's main purpose is to cut straight in a single swing and that's why the designs are sharp,thin and long..the anime portrayed the correct way of what katana should be used like.

The anime isn't cute,it isn't comedic,it isn't stupid but it is simply terrifying...though i wouldn't call it the best of the best because i don't like seeing the dark age of samurai too much just like how the present Japanese despised it..i watched and finished it out of curiosity and i doubted that i would be trying it anytime soon..