Underplayed Gems

Samurai Flamenco (2013)

Samurai Flamenco poster
Original title
サムライフラメンコ
Genre
animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, Action, Comedy
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 22 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young man decides to become a superhero even though he has no powers. He meets a few people who believe in his mission and help him out.

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What happens

Samurai Flamenco (Japanese: サムライフラメンコ, Hepburn: Samurai Furamenko) is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by Manglobe and produced by Aniplex, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Dentsu, Hobibox, Movic and DeNA. It was directed by Takahiro Omori, with Hideyuki Kurata handling series composition, Chinatsu Kurahana and Yoshimitsu Yamashita designing the characters, Masaki Yamada serving as main animator, and Agehasprings and Kenji Tamai composing the music. The series focuses on Masayoshi Hazama, a young adult who aspires to become a superhero despite having no superpowers. In doing so, he meets several people who support his cause. It was broadcast for 22 episodes on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from October 2013 to March 2014. Aniplex of America has licensed the series for North America. A manga series by Seiko Takagi and Shō Mizusawa, titled Samurai Flamenco: Another Days, was published in Square Enix's Monthly GFantasy from October 2013 to July 2014, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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