This article is about the anime and manga series. For the video game adaption, see Afro Samurai (video game).
Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Okazaki
Afro Samurai
Volume one of the Afro Samurai manga remake, first released in America by Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment
アフロサムライ (Afuro Samurai)
Genre
Action, period piece,[1] post-apocalyptic[2]
Manga
Afro Samurai!
Written by
Takashi Okazaki
Published by
Self-funded dōjinshi
English publisher
NA:Titan Manga
Magazine
Nou Nou Hau (dōjinshi)
Demographic
Seinen
Original run
November 1998 – September 2002
Volumes
JP 1 NA 2
Anime television series
Directed by
Fuminori Kizaki
Produced by
Kōji Kajita
Taito Okiura
Written by
Story:
Yasuyuki Mutō
Tomohiro Yamashita
Screenplay:
Derek Draper
Chris Yoo
Music by
RZA
Studio
Gonzo
Licensed by
Crunchyroll[a]
Original network
FNS (Fuji TV), Wowow
English network
AUS:MTV, ABC2
NA:Spike
UK:Adult Swim, Bravo
Original run
January 4, 2007 – February 1, 2007
Episodes
5
Anime television film
Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ, Afuro Samurai, stylized as ΛFΓO SΛMUΓΛI) is a Japanese seinendōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from November 1998 to September 2002. Inspired by Okazaki's love of soul and hip hop music and American media, it follows the life of Afro Samurai who witnessed his father, Rokutaro (owner of the No. 1 headband) killed by a gunslinger man named Justice (owner of the No. 2 headband) while he was a child. As an adult, Afro sets off to kill Justice and avenge his father.
The Afro Samuraidōjinshi was adapted into an anime miniseries by Gonzo in 2007, along with the television film sequel Afro Samurai: Resurrection in 2009, both of which starred Samuel L. Jackson as the title character. The anime gained two Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, which it won an Outstanding Animated Program. After the release of the anime series, Okazaki remade the original Afro Samuraidōjinshi into a two-volume manga. Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the title and published it under their new Tor/Seven Seas imprint for a North America exclusive release. In addition to the miniseries, Afro Samurai has been adapted into a video game and an upcoming live action film. For the television series and film, two soundtracks by the RZA of Wu-Tang Clan were released and a profile book in Japan.
^"Afro Samurai". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
^Solomon, Charles (February 2, 2009). "American, Japanese pop culture meld in 'Afro Samurai'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
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