Coffee Samurai

About Coffee Samurai

If you are hunting for a new action series, Coffee Samurai (Watashi no Coffee Samurai: Jihanki-teki na Kareshi) deserves a look (2009). The setup goes like this. The premise: After falling in fight, the samurai Jin wishes to be reincarnated with an "invincible metal body"; thus he is reborn as a coffee vending machine in present-day Seoul. Each night, he continues his eternal fight with other samurai who have been reincarnated as otherwise mundane objects.

Along the way, one day, he meets Hemi, a girl who buys a drink from Jin's vending machine body. After many similar encounters, Jin realizes he has fallen in love with her. Will his love be able to reach Hemi?

With action at the core, fight choreography, pacing and sound design carry much of the weight. If you count yourself among viewers who like fast, high-impact fights, put it on your list.

Production & Appeal

Animation is handled by unknown, so the studio's house style defines how Coffee Samurai looks and moves on screen. Because it leans on action, fight choreography, pacing and sound design carry much of the weight. Its 6.1/10 score suggests opinions are split, so it suits viewers who already like the genre. It aired in 2009, which makes it easy to place in the wider anime calendar.