What It Is: A bad ass, adult oriented anime blending blaxploitation, hip-hop, and samurai goodness.Why I Watched It: Sam Jackson baby!
What I Thought: Afro Samurai, at its heart, is a very decent revenge tale about Afro (Yes, that's his name.) dedicating his life to finding his father's killer. If that's all the 5-episode anime was about, however, it would be simply lost within the torrent of so many other excellent samurai animes. What makes Afro Samurai really shine, is it's inclusion of so much awesome.
"What sort of awesome," you ask. Well, I'll tell you.
Afro Samurai seamlessly blends fantasy, sci-fi, comedy and too many other genres to mention. (Just check out the Genre tags at the bottom!) The show features excellent voice talent by Samuel L. Jackson (Afro), Samuel L. Jackson (Afro's imaginary friend, Ninja Ninja), Kelly Hu (Okiku), and Ron Pearlman (the lisping gunslinger that killed Afro's father). For those of you that weren't paying attention, Jackson lends his voice to both lead characters. In my book, twice the Samuel L. equals 10 times the awesome!
Afro Samurai is very bloody and very funny. What more do you need in an anime?
Highlights: Ninja Ninja's shit-talking, Ron Pearlman's lisping villain, and Sam Jackson baby! Bloody, action-packed, funny, sexy, anime goodness!
Who Should See It: To borrow a line from a review on Amazon.com, "Bottom line: if you like afros, if you like samurai, if you like animation, if you like violence, if you don't freakin' suck, then this show is for you."
How Soon: Whenever you think you're ready to turn of your brain and let your Id enjoy some quality TV.
Afro Samurai (Director's Cut)
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Do you have an address where your fans can send gifts of movies to you to review? I've come across some very interesting titles that I bet you haven't heard of... and would be humorous at a minimum. ;)
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