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Blue Eye Samurai
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #27
- IMDb #26
- Rotten Tomatoes #9
- Metacritic #5
- RatingGraph #8
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #27
+4 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #8
- Metacritic Audience #69
- Criticker #14
- Trakt #16
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 73, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
Details
- Created by
- Amber Noizumi, Michael Green
- Released
- 3 November 2023
- Country
- France, United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 8 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 12 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (36) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →4 major awards won · 12 wins from 16 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2024 | Outstanding Animated Program | Michael Green, Amber Noizumi, Erwin Stoff, Jane Wu, Nick Read and Michael Greenholt (for "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2024 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Ryan O'Loughlin (for Storyboard) (for "Hammerscale") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2024 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Toby Wilson (for Production Design) (for "The Great Fire Of 1657") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2024 | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Brian Kesinger (for Character Design) (for "Nothing Broken") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2024 | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation | Myron Nettinga, Paulette Lifton, Sam Hayward, Jared Dwyer, Andrew Miller, Johanna Turner, Justin Helle, Iko Kagasoff, Stefan Fraticelli, Jason Charbonneau (for "All Evil Dreams and Angry Words") | Nominee |
| Artios Awards 2025 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animated Program for Television | Margery Simkin, Orly Sitowitz, Elizabeth Vitale, Jasmine Gutierrez | Winner |
| American Cinema Editors Awards 2024 | Best Edited Animated Series | Yuka Shirasuna (for "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride") | Winner |
| Annie Awards 2024 | Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production | "Hammerscale" | Winner |
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×Full cast — Blue Eye Samurai
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Kenzou / Chiba (voice) / Nightjar Manager / Running Man / Kenzou (voice) / Kenzou / Sentry (voice) / Chiba (voice) / Lord with Silk (voice)
Daichi / Bridge Guard / Tower Guard (voice) / Daichi / Frantic Man (voice) / Daichi (voice)
Goro / Stocky Samurai / Kinuyo's Bodyguard (voice) / Inspector / Brawny Samurai / Naked Man (voice) / Assassin Samurai / Ruffian / Head Tokunobu Guard (voice) / Goro / Farmer / Brigand (voice)
Elder Domo (voice) / Watari (voice) / Watari / Boss Hamata (voice) / Boss Hamata / Tayu (voice)
Shogun Itoh (voice) / Dojo Master (voice) / Shogun Itoh / Bald Clawman / 2nd Tokunobu Guard (voice)
Kohei (voice) / Shindo Samurai 1 / Townsperson / Even Brawnier Samurai (voice) / Kohei / Drunk Boat Captain / Checkpoint Guard (voice)
Rin / Terrified Attendant (voice) / Woman in Red / Skinny Clawman (voice) / Female Brigand (voice)
16 awards — Blue Eye Samurai
×| Outstanding Animated Program | Michael Green, Amber Noizumi, Erwin Stoff, Jane Wu, Nick Read and Michael Greenholt (for "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Ryan O'Loughlin (for Storyboard) (for "Hammerscale") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Toby Wilson (for Production Design) (for "The Great Fire Of 1657") | Winner |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Brian Kesinger (for Character Design) (for "Nothing Broken") | Winner |
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation | Myron Nettinga, Paulette Lifton, Sam Hayward, Jared Dwyer, Andrew Miller, Johanna Turner, Justin Helle, Iko Kagasoff, Stefan Fraticelli, Jason Charbonneau (for "All Evil Dreams and Angry Words") | Nominee |
| Best Mature Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production | "Hammerscale" | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Thomas Decaens, Karl Burtin, and Laurent Bretonniere (for "All Evil Dreams and Angry Words") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Alex Bard | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Yuka Shirasuna (for "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Toby Wilson, James Wilson, and Emil Mitev (for "The Great Fire of 1657") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Amber Noizumi (for "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Jason Scheier (for "Hammerscale") | Nominee |
| Best Edited Animated Series | Yuka Shirasuna (for "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride") | Winner |
| Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animated Program for Television | Margery Simkin, Orly Sitowitz, Elizabeth Vitale, Jasmine Gutierrez | Winner |
| Best Anime Series | Blue Eye Samurai | Nominee |
| Entertainment | Blue Eye Samurai | Nominee |