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4 January 2007 (USA)
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A Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan. full summary
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A different & cool cult anime.
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(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 14) | Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Afro Samurai / ... (5 episodes, 2007) |
 | Phil LaMarr | ... | Brother 1 / ... (5 episodes, 2007) |
 | Yuri Lowenthal | ... | Kuma / ... (5 episodes, 2007) |
 | Terrence 'T.C.' Carson | ... | Sword Master / ... (3 episodes, 2007) |
| John Di Maggio | ... | Brother #2 / ... (3 episodes, 2007) |
 | Greg Eagles | ... | Brother #6 / ... (3 episodes, 2007) |
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125 min (5 episodes)
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Featured in Anime: Drawing a Revolution (2007) (TV)
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| AFRO OVERRATED | riithiz |
| Joint? | the_man_with_the_pla-1 |
| MUSIC QUESTION... | mcselens_reservat |
| Major Logical Flaw in the Plot | vebmetal |
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In a sci-fi feudal japan world there's 2 titles for the strongest, Number 2 & Number 1. When you're #2, you're only semi-strongest, when you're #1 you're on the top of success. One day a black boy experienced the sight of his dad(the original #1) being killed by Justice(a corpse gun slinger) who gained the title of #1. Several years later that same boy now holds the #2 title. And seeks for vengeance over his father's death by reclaiming the number 1 title.
Afro Samurai is different from the other samurai anime in so many ways. Including the idea of having a black samurai instead of an Asian samurai as the main character. As well the use of hip hop for the background music. And it's one of the fewest anime to include this kind of theme.
For a mini-series, it's already considered a cult anime to many Anime fans and non-anime fans alike. The dub for it is one of a kind with THE Samual L. Jackson as the voice of Afro Samurai and everyone's favorite Ninja Ninja. The action is very intense and gory at the same time. In other words it's not an anime for those who have weak stomaches.
Besides that it does have an interesting plot to it. And feels more like watching a movie rather than watching TV episodes. It's available on DVD in both edit and uncut form(which is suppose to be longer and more violent than the TV viewing).