Awesome Samurai

Scott Winn & Jay Davis worked with Halfbrick Studios – creator of Fruit Ninja – to make this awesome slow-motion video depicting the titular character. Props to the star for his swordsmanship.

Isao Machii shows off his blade mastery, slicing and dicing straw mats, eggs, vegetables, and bullets with amazing precision and power. He’ll definitely beat you at Fruit Ninja too.

Here’s 51 secs. of unadulterated visual stimulation, simply described as follows: sexy girl in black with a samurai sword slices an orange in slow-motion. We want to see the rest of the fruit basket!

Massive blade-wielding armies go to war in this epic gameplay trailer for SEGA’s upcoming RTS, Shogun 2: Total War. If the battles are this enormous in the game, our minds will be blown.

Incredibly, this proof-of-concept trailer by Jerry O’Flaherty was shot in just two days, with zero budget (borrowed costumes and 5 volunteer cast). Backgrounds courtesy of the Unreal engine.

Bugei’s Lion Dog is an epic Koshirae set with epic origins; inspired by Japan’s golden age of swords, it’s made by modern sword art teachers, polishers, and the renowned Hanwei forge.

Any way you slice it, Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series on Blu-ray is a must-buy for anime fans; it’s a 3-disc, 26 episode set of the hip hop-meets-samurai chop series.

While Akira Kurosawa’s later works are an acquired taste, there’s no denying how badass Rashomon and Seven Samurai were; AK 100 collects all 25 films of his career on 25 DVDs.

Boxer briefs go bushido with Samurai Underwear: each design is named after famous shogun or samurai, and is breathable, moisture wicking, and itch free; fiefdom not included.

We’ve seen swordplay iPhone apps before, but iSamurai communicates with your opponent’s iPhone via Wi-Fi to (semi) accurately produce sword strike and block sounds.