Is Samurai 7 good to watch with a friend?
A quiet night. Samurai 7 is a TV series from Summer 2004 by Gonzo K.K.: 26 episodes, about 11 hours in total, finished, 7.55/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a quiet night. Tagged tragedy and not comedy: this wants attention and the right mood, not background chatter. Rule: heavy drama or psychological tags without comedy → quiet night.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- TV series
- Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 26 min
- Total time
- about 11 hours — a weekend
- First aired
- Summer 2004
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Gonzo K.K.
- Score
- 7.55/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- action, adventure, robots & AI, drama, fantasy, historical, martial arts, mecha, samurai, sci-fi, slice of life, swordplay, tragedy, violence
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Samurai Seven.
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More like this: action · adventure · robots & AI · drama · fantasy · historical · martial arts · mecha · samurai · sci-fi · slice of life · swordplay · tragedy.
Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Samurai 7?
- About 11 hours for all 26 episodes at 26 min each — a weekend; at two episodes a night that is 13 evenings.
- How many episodes does Samurai 7 have?
- 26 episodes of 26 min.
- Is Samurai 7 finished?
- Yes, Samurai 7 is finished (26 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Samurai 7 good for a group?
- Yes. Samurai 7 is tagged action, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
- Where is Samurai 7 listed?
- Samurai 7 is on AniList (id 166) and MyAnimeList (id 166); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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