FORT WORTH, February 22: FUNimation Entertainment has reached a deal with Rainbow Media for the IFC channel and VOOM HD’s Animania HD to air an anime series inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.

Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai 7will have its U.S. premiere on Animania HD on March 1 as part of its new Wednesday Animayhem block. On April 1 it begins its IFC run, airing at 10:30 p.m. in conjunction with IFC’s popular film strand, Samurai Saturdays. Shot in high definition, the GONZO Digimation-produced series revisits Kurosawa’s epic tale of a small village in feudal Japan.

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