From Anime Corpporation News - Afro Samurai Movie An Afro Samurai theatrical movie has been announced for release in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward on October 27, 2007. The movie reportedly includes new animated footage. Ray’s Take: Oh shit, oh shit…Here I go with the comments…WARNING! THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE RATED R (clearing his throat): Show ▼ Good [...]
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Apple announced a BUNCH of new iPod updates today, so it’s perfect timing that Afro Samurai hits iTunes this week! Funimation is celebrating the September 4th launch of Afro Samurai on iTunes by giving away 8 one-of-a-kind 30GB iPods. Each iPod has custom-drawn artwork and is autographed by Takashi “Bob” Okazaki, the creator of Afro Samurai, [...]
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Did you like Afro Samurai? Do you want to see it in ‘gi-normovision&trade’ (I just made that word up ^_^)? Well, now you can next Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 7:30 pm at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, California according to Ain’t It Cool News. Producer Eric Calerdon will there for a question and [...]
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It’s good to see anime start to get a real foothold in American culture. The other day as I was driving down Gravois Street in Saint Louis, I saw a billboard for Buick’s mustdrivemondays.com, featuring anime gals. Wow. An American car maker using Japanese animated characters to sell cars! That says a lot. Anime is now [...]
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Originally, I took a look at the trailer for Afro Samurai and wrote it off as some lame ripoff masquerading as anime. Plus I didn't have Spike TV, so I couldn't just watch it on cable. I finally got the DVD, and had a chance to give the DVD a fair review. So how'd it turn out?
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Just got the official flier from the academic Japan Society. There will be 2 episodes of Afro Samurai being screened, followed by a talk from executive producer Arthur Smith (president of GDH International) and a Q&A session. For those not familiar with the storyline: Deep in the badlands of a mashed up world of samurai meets ghetto sci-fi, a young child sees his father, the Number One samurai,
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Tuesday 5th June 2007 5pm-7pm KLT (Khalili Lecture Theatre) Russell Square Campus WC1H 0XG It's the American version of Samuel L. Jackson fame, with beautiful animation, stylish violence and a hip hop soundtrack. Introduction by Arthur Smith. Afro Samurai Website. ALL WELCOME! Visitors need to sign in at the front desk. The lecture theatre is in the basement, just follow the signs. Hope to see
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Running time: 25 minutes Number of episodes: 5 Vintage: 2007-01-04 to 2007-02-01 (Canada & USA - Spike TV) 2007-05-03 (Japan) Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence) Genres: Adventure, Science Fiction Production: GONZO Music: RZA Starring: Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Source: Anime News Network This isn’t quite your average anime, so it [...]
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UGO has a nice interview with the exec that brought Afro Samurai to the small screen. Eric Calderon used to be a MTV animation executive. Now he has the lofty title of Vice-President of Creative Affairs for GDH International, which owns a little studio that you may have heard of called Gonzo. The interview focuses on how the series started from an obscure manga in Japan to a network hit starring Samuel L. Jackson.
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I watched the dub, and on reflection, I would have enjoyed it more with the sound turned off. I thought, with a famous cast they might bother to match the voice with the words to sound right but clearly not. They thought, I know let’s make it all art and no substance, just add a [...]
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Original Rare Afro Samurai Figurine ($$Kaching!) (link to Ebay item so it will only work for 2 days) After reading in Anime Insider that Afro Samurai had a rare figurine release previous to the anime, I wondered what it looked like…and someone’s selling one on Ebay at Buyout of $500 or best offer! It looks quite cool, [...]
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The summer started with light-hearted shows, the autumn started with garbage, and the winter starts with quite an elegant and stylish batch. The next week is probably going to be very busy again, seeing as there’s going to be so much anime coming out. ^_^ Afro Samurai Ah, so this is the long-awaited arrival of Afro-Samurai. It’s [...]
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Afro Samurai Episode Two airs tonight on SpikeTV @ 11:00pm.
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Welcome to 2007! To greet the new year, I thought I’d give a quick review of SpikeTV’s Afro Samurai! You can view the first episode here! Afro Samurai tells the story of two ancient headbands - number one and number two. The wearer of headband number one has the powers of ‘a god’ - or [...]
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Welcome to 2007! To greet the new year, I thought I’d give a quick review of SpikeTV’s Afro Samurai! Afro Samurai tells the story of two ancient headbands - number one and number two. The wearer of headband number one has the powers of ‘a god’ - or something. They can only be defeated by [...]
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Hooray! Someone finally uploaded the trailer that I saw at the Gonzo panel when I went to Otakon way back when! If you haven't heard, Afro Samurai is a new anime -I guess- that is a collab between Gonzo and Spike TV. It's not something I'm looking forward to so much that I'd lose sleep over, [...]
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Afro Samurai, starring....Samuel L. Jackson. That's right folks, Samuel L. will not only battle Snakes on a Plane this year, he will also provide his unique vocal talents for a new anime that'll appear on SpikeTV.
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So I just read about this new anime called "Afro Samurai." It stars Samuel L. Jackson as a Black Samurai who flips out and kills people for revenge. And he has an afro. Did I mention that I'm not making this up at all?
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