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Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings
Anime Blu-ray Review by Brian Cirulnick
Really, who needs an army when you're essentially a super-powered Samurai? All those troops we see are there, it seems, to just hold the ground fought for, not to actually fight for it. All the fighting is done by the major characters, who all have enough devastating power to shake the Earth to it's very core.
Based on the videogame series, this anime seeks to extend/expand the storyline from the game as well as present the characters with deeper aspirations than their one-dimensional counterparts in the game itself.
 Sengoku Basara drops us directly into the burning battlefields of feudal Japan, where rival warlords hack and slash their way to total domination. Each conqueror wields a special attack that boosts their power of devastation and each one commands a horde of relentless warriors.
But when a supreme evil, The Demon Lord, threatens the land, these fierce generals launch a co-op campaign of annihilation and build an "army of armies" to obliterate their common foe. As the front line grows crowded with gun-toting mechanized samurai and mystical ninja, some will say that war is hell, but Senogku Basara proves that it can also be kick-ass.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, December 2010
Below: Scenes from the Sengoku Basara anime series.
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
Anime Video Game Review
A fun, action-packed adventure set during a tumultuous period of Japanese history, CAPCOM's Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes follows players as they fight their way towards the dramatic battle of Sekigahara. Players take control of more than a dozen samurai heroes, each wielding their own unique weapon, in huge battles against hundreds of opponents that grow ever more challenging. On their journey to the final battle, players will learn how to unleash spectacular Basara Arts and utilize "Hero Time" to wipe out as many enemies as possible. With stunning visuals, challenging gameplay and a virtually unlimited battlefield, this game should have you shouting "banzai!" and drinking your sake heated, as it should be. Available for Wii and Playstation 3.
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