Afro Samurai
| Afro Samurai | |
Volume one of the Afro Samurai manga remake, first released in America by Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment.
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アフロサムライ (Afuro Samurai) |
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| Genre | Chanbara, science fantasy, avant-garde, black comedy |
| Manga | |
| Afro Samurai! | |
| Written by | Takashi Okazaki |
| Published by | Self-funded dōjinshi |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Nou Nou Hau (dōjinshi) |
| Original run | September 1999 – May 2000 |
| Volumes | 1 JP, 2 NA |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fuminori Kizaki Jamie Simone |
| Produced by | Koji Kajita Taito Okiura Arthur Smith Alex Gartner Charles Roven |
| Written by | Tomohiro Yamashita Yasuyuki Muto Derek Draper Chris Yoo |
| Music by | RZA |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by |
Funimation NA Madman Entertainment AUS |
| Original network | Fuji Television |
| English network |
Spike NA Adult Swim (UK & Ireland)/Bravo (British TV channel) UK MTV/ABC2 AUS |
| Original run | January 4, 2007 – February 1, 2007 |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Anime film | |
| Afro Samurai: Resurrection | |
| Directed by | Fuminori Kizaki Jamie Simone |
| Produced by | Shin'ichiro Ishikawa Leo Chu Eric Garcia Arthur Smith Samuel L. Jackson |
| Written by | Takashi Okazaki Yasuyuki Mutou Josh Fialkov Eric Calderon |
| Music by | RZA |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by |
Funimation NA Madman Entertainment AUS |
| Released | January 25, 2009 NA February 3, 2009 JP |
| Runtime | 100 minutes |
Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ Afuro Samurai?), also written AFRO SAMURAI, is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi 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 September 1999 to May 2000. 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) being killed by a male gunslinger 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 Samurai dōjinshi was adapted into an anime miniseries by Gonzo in 2007, along with the television film sequel Afro Samurai: Resurrection in 2009, which gained two Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, which it won and Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More). After the release of the anime series, Okazaki remade the original Afro Samurai dōjinshi into a two-volume manga. To be only released in North America, Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the title and published it under their new Tor/Seven Seas imprint.
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