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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+ - Mild Nudity
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.391 (scored by 14682 users)
Ranked: #12462
Popularity: #174
Members: 21,089
Favorites: 210
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2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

action drama samurai violent

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.
Rönfeldt, Jan-David
German
Rönfeldt, Jan-David
Sasuke
Sasuke
Supporting
Marsden, Jason
English
Marsden, Jason
Kaulbarsch, Tammo
German
Kaulbarsch, Tammo
Otsuru
Otsuru
Supporting
Strong, Tara
English
Strong, Tara
Brother One
Brother One
Supporting
 

Staff

Tsuruoka, Yota
Sound Director
RZA
Theme Song Performance
Jackson, Samuel L.
Executive Producer


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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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Mar 19, 2009
SupraArwing08
I picked this anime up one night while just walking through the anime section. I had heard it was pretty good so i wanted to check it out. To my surprise I noticed that the series was only five episodes long. They do in fact just through you into the story without a lot of backstory on any of the characters except for Afro Samurai.

Story: The story was short, but it got straight to the point. Their are two rankings of Samurai in the world, The Number One, and The Number Two. The whole series is really about Afro Samurai, being the Number Two 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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