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Afro Samurai BluRay MovieWhat an amazing anime...and funny too. About a black samaurai that wants to avenge his father's death. Lots of gore, violence and sex  .
Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ Afuro Samurai, Afro Samurai?) is a Japanese dōjinshi manga series created by Takashi Okazaki, originally featured in the NOU NOU HAU[2] dōjin magazine. It was adapted into a 5-episode anime miniseries directed by Fuminori Kizaki and produced by Japanese animation studio GONZO. The first episode was shown online on January 1, 2007 and premiered on Spike TV on January 4, 2007 on at 11:00pm EST. The anime series has since gone on to air in the UK, where it premiered on Adult Swim on May 4, 2007, and Japan, where it was broadcast on Fuji Television. It also premiered on MTV in Australia in August of 2007.
A new season has been announced for 2008 on Spike TV. Takashi Okazaki said in the new season Afro "loses his way, gets tired of all the killing" and he "wakes up to his destiny, which is to be the world's number one warrior."
The anime series features noted American actor Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of the titular character, as well as one of the co-producers, and also features Ron Perlman and Kelly Hu as character voices. Wu-Tang Clan member RZA produced the original hip hop musical score, which was released on compact disc by Koch Records on January 30, 2007 in both uncut and edited versions. The series was also licensed for North American distribution by Funimation, who released two versions: a SpikeTV version and an unrated directors cut on DVD. Both were released on May 22, 2007. In August 2005, Japan-based game developers Namco announced they would be releasing Afro Samurai related video games.
The cost of each episode is estimated at one million dollars, which is a record for GONZO.
There are plans to produce a live-action Afro Samurai movie, also starring Samuel L. Jackson as the title character, although production has not yet begun.
A video game adaptation of the series has been announced and will be released on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
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