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Ranked #1188
Afro Samurai

Afro Samurai

Alternative Titles

Japanese: アフロサムライ

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 5
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 4, 2007 to Feb 1, 2007
Genres: Action
Duration: 27 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.361 (scored by 9769 users)
Ranked: #11882
Popularity: #177
Members: 14,034
Favorites: 149
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2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

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Synopsis

After watching his father die in a duel against an unbeatable villian known only as 'Justice,' young Afro fixes his life on the study of swords and revenge. The tale of Afro Samurai is one of bloody hardship and pain. Along his solitary path of revenge for his murdered father, he sheds no tears & knows no love. Forever chased by powerful enemies in a lawless technology-speckled dystopia, he evades bullets and blade to reach his final prey: a man who will not die. But Afro will reach his quarry - even if it means painting a road of blood and brains from here to the bitter inevitable end.

Related Anime

Sequel: Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Characters & Voice Actors

Samurai, Afro
Samurai, Afro
Main
Jackson, Samuel L.
English
Jackson, Samuel L.
Sasuke
Sasuke
Supporting
Marsden, Jason
English
Marsden, Jason
Otsuru
Otsuru
Supporting
 
Jinno
Jinno
Supporting
Lowenthal, Yuri
English
Lowenthal, Yuri
Reignoux, Donald
French
Reignoux, Donald

Staff

Tsuruoka, Yota
Sound Director
Jackson, Samuel L.
Executive Producer


Write a review | More reviews (22)Reviews

Mar 20, 2007
Ranivus
I watched this series on Spike TV and i must insist this is one of the best dubbed animes i have ever watched!

The voice over cast list start off with Samuel L Jackson (pulp fiction, Starwars) and Kelly Hu (X2: Xmen United) two A list actors very famous for their action movies. And their voices get put through the test as they use their voices for multiple characters in the series. And the voices they portray are very believable in my opinion.

As in terms of animation value, one only needs too look at their hair and their tattered clothing flowing in the wind read more
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Jun 4, 2008
Objecterror
There are few anime films that come out with the core focus on an african american character, so few to mention in which the story-line, drama and entire series is based on one.
Afro samurai is a true delight, show casing the melodic growl of samuel jackson whose role as the solemn 'Afro' samurai in this 5 episode series. Many would look to the over exageratted hair, funky clothing and dark artwork writing the series off, but, there is a lot to be seen in regards to Afro Samurai, namely, the music, acclaimed rap artist Rza puts together a decent array of music read more
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Recommendations

Very stylized action sequences. Both are samurai themed. Each has a very serious samurai as well as a more laid back, energetic samurai.
They both have samurai fighting each other. And the gore seems to be equall in both camps. Shigurui is a bit slower but it does have over 200% more episodes than Afro Samurai

Opening Theme

"Afro Theme" by RZA

Ending Theme

"Afro Outro" by RZA

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Recent Forum Discussion

So ive finnished it ( 1 2 )
izikiel
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06-14-09, 10:56 AM
Poll: Afro Samurai Episode 2 Discussion
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06-07-09, 4:01 PM

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