The anime television series Samurai 7, based on Akira Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai, premiered in Japan.
The Samurai 7 anime series concluded its original run.
The peaceful farming village of Kanna is threatened by bandits demanding tributes.
Kanna's villagers decide to hire samurai to defend their village and send Kikuchiyo to find warriors willing to help.
Kikuchiyo returns with seven samurai: Kambei, Kyuzo, Katsushiro, Heihachi, Kirara, Gisaku, and Kyuzo, all willing to aid Kanna.
The seven samurai successfully defend the village from an initial bandit attack, proving their worth to the villagers.
The samurai uncover that the bandits are led by Nobuseri who have powerful mechanized armor, complicating the conflict.
The samurai train the villagers to defend themselves and prepare for an inevitable larger battle.
An intense battle ensues between the samurai-led villagers and the Nobuseri army equipped with mechanized armor.
Kambei, the leader of the samurai, sacrifices himself to ensure the villagers' survival during the final battle.
The samurai and villagers defeat the Nobuseri army, beginning the rebuilding and peaceful restarting of Kanna village.
