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Afro Samurai (TV)

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©2006 TAKASHI OKAZAKI, GONZO / SAMURAI PROJECT


[ adapted from Afro Samurai (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Afro Samurai: Resurrection (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Afrosamuraj (Polish)
Афросамурай (Russian)
アフロサムライ (Japanese)
Themes: Samurai
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary:
On the dark path of swordsmanship in a "Futuristic" yet Feudal Japan, it is said that the one who becomes No.1 will rule the world. But the only rule in this world is that only the No. 2 is allowed to fight the No. 1. The No. 2, the Afro Samurai, travels the road looking for revenge on the man who murdered his father in front of him when he was just a boy, a three-armed gunman who is the lord of the dark swordsman's road and the current No. 1.
On the dark path of swordsmanship in a "futuristic" yet feudal Japan, it is said that the one who becomes the No. 1 warrior will rule the world with powers akin to a god. Only the No. 2 warrior is allowed to challenge the No. 1, but anyone can challenge the No. 2. The current No. 2, the Afro Samurai, travels the road looking for revenge on Justice, the man who murdered his father (who was then the No. 1) in front of him when he was just a boy, a skilled gunman who became the current No. 1 after defeating Afro's father.
Video:
User Ratings: 1271 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 68 votes (dub:41, sub:22, Spa.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Ger.dub:1)
 Excellent: 206 votes (dub:145, sub:52, Spa.sub:3, edit.dub:3, Pol.sub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 308 votes (dub:207, sub:88, edit.dub:4, Spa.sub:4, ?:2, Ger.sub:2, Por.dub:1)
 Good: 296 votes (dub:209, sub:76, edit.dub:4, Spa.sub:4, Ger.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 165 votes (dub:96, sub:63, Fre.sub:2, edit.dub:2, Spa.sub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 So-so: 79 votes (dub:54, sub:19, edit.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Ger.dub:1, raw:1)
 Not really good: 55 votes (dub:32, sub:16, Fre.sub:3, Por.sub:1, Spa.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 39 votes (dub:26, sub:13)
 Bad: 28 votes (dub:15, sub:12, ?:1)
 Awful: 17 votes (dub:11, sub:4, ?:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (dub:9, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2401 users, rank: #219
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.008 (Good+.00), std. dev.: 2.0417, rank: #1665
Weighted mean: 6.853 (Good-.14), rank: #1775 (seen all: 7.03 / seen some: 5.62 / won't finish: 3.61)
Bayesian estimate: 6.858 (Good-.14), rank: #1550
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 5
Episode titles: We have 5
Production cost: ¥119,580,000 ( $1,000,000)
Vintage:
2007-01-04 to 2007-02-01 (Canada & USA - Spike TV)
2007-05-03 (Japan)
2007-06-14 (France)
2007-11-17 (MTV Brasil)
Opening Theme:
"Afro Theme" by RZA
Ending Theme:
"Afro Outro" by RZA
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
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Related reviews:
    Afro Samurai Blu-Ray

Related releases:
    Afro Samurai - Uncut (Blu-Ray) 2008-08-26 (from $15.99)
    Afro Samurai - Spike TV version (DVD) 2008-08-26
    Afro Samurai - Uncut (DVD) 2008-08-26
    Afro Samurai - Spike TV version (Dub.DVD) 2007-05-22 (from $8.76)
    Afro Samurai - Uncut (Dub.DVD) 2007-05-22 (from $15.79)
    Afro Samurai/Afro Samurai: Resurrection Edited (Dub.DVD) 2009-11-03 (from $28.49)
    Afro Samurai/Afro Samurai: Resurrection Uncut (Dub.DVD) 2009-11-03 (from $41.24)
    Afro Samurai - CD Soundtrack (Explicit Lyrics) (OST) 2007-01-30 (from $17.98)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Fuminori Kizaki

Script: Tomohiro Yamashita

Storyboard:
Chris Prynoski 
Fuminori Kizaki

Original Manga: Takashi Okazaki

Character Design: Hiroya Iijima

Art director: Shigemi Ikeda

Animation director: Hiroya Iijima

Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka

Executive producer: Chihiro Kameyama

Producer:
Arthur Smith
Koji Kajita
Taito Okiura

Animation Check: Kumiko Ohta

Animation producer: Nobutaka Kasama

Background:
Azusa Kakoi (Atelier Musa)
Chiharu Kono (Atelier Musa)
Eiko Shinozaki (Atelier Musa)
Fumiaki Kaneko (Atelier Musa)
Mai Hamako (Atelier Musa)
Masaki Kato (Atelier Musa)
Masami Ohta (Atelier Musa)
Minori Omori (Atelier Musa)
Shigemi Ikeda
Shin Yamazaki (Atelier Musa)
Shuichi Okubo
Takae Iijima
Yoshimi Mineta (Atelier Musa)
Yuko Doi (Atelier Musa)

Background Design: Shepard Fairey

CG Design: Mitsuharu Okita

CG Producer: Norikazu Kambayashi

Color Checker: Takae Iijima

Color setting: Takae Iijima

Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose

In-Between Animation:
Ai Mochida
Aya Kubota
Jun Shirai
Kanae Matsunaga
Rena Okuyama
Tomoyo Masuda
Yuko Nakajima

Key Animation:
Akihiro Yamamoto
Chie Nishizawa
Hideki Kakita
Hiroyuki Kanbe
Itsuko Takeda
Jiro Honda
Katsuya Kikuchi
Kazuhiro Miwa
Keisuke Watabe (Studio Hercules)
Kouichi Hashimoto
Manabu Tanzawa
Masahiro Sekino
Michinori Chiba (Studio Hercules)
Mitsuru Obunai (Studio Hercules)
Naoki Kitajo
Nobuhiko Genma
Noriko Takahashi
Ryuji Tomioka
Sachie Sako
Satoru Iida
Seiichi Nakatani
Tadashi Abiru
Takahiro Takamizawa
Tomohiro Hirata
Tomoko Tanaka
Yousuke Kabashima
Yu Maruyama

Public Relations:
Akiko Nishimura
Emiko Matsumura
Yumiko Nishi

Sound Design: Koji Kasamatsu

Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama

Special Effects: Shigenobu Kaihou

Title Design: Masashi Ichifuru

VFX Director: Kenji Fujita

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Gonzo

Background Art:
Atelier Musa
BIC Studio (ep. 4)
GK Entertainment (ep. 2,3)
Ogura Kobo (ep. 3,4)
Studio Daiyo (ep. 4)

Broadcaster:
Fuji TV
WOWOW

CG Production: Trilogy Future Studio

In-Between Animation:
drop (ep. 4)
Frontline (ep. 3-5)
GK Entertainment (ep. 1-4)
Meruhen-Sha (ep. 1)
Phoenix Animation
Uni Animation (ep. 1-4)

Key Animation:
Gonzo
Studio Hercules (ep. 1,3-5)

Paint:
drop (ep. 4)
Frontline (ep. 3-5)
GK Entertainment (ep. 1-4)
Phoenix Animation
Studio Targe (ep. 2,3,5)
Uni Animation (ep. 1-4)
Wish (ep. 1)

Production:
Gonzo
Samurai Project

Recording Studio: Studio 2001

Sound Design: Digital Circus

Sound Production: Rakuonsha

English cast 
English staff 

Script:
Christine Yoo 
Derek Draper 

Music: RZA

Executive producer:
Arthur Smith
Leo Chu
Samuel L. Jackson
Shinichiro Ishikawa

Producer:
Alex Gartner
Charles Roven

Casting:
Jamie Simone
Kendra Carter

Co-Producer:
Chihiro Kameyama
Eric Calderon
Samuel L. Jackson
Shinichiro Ishikawa

Consulting Producer: Tommy Blacha

Editing: Bruce W. Cathcart

Music Editing: Mike Baiardi

Post-Production Supervisor: AJ Ullman

Production Coordination: Lindsey Myers

Re-Recording Mixing: Steve Romero Jr.

Recording engineer:
David Barr
Eric Lewis

Talent Coordination: Laura Lopez

Voice Direction: Jamie Simone

Ron Perlman as Justice

Samuel L. Jackson as
Afro
Ninja Ninja

Crystal Scales as Afro (Young)

Greg Eagles as Rokutaro (Ep. 1, 2, Afro's Father)

John Di Maggio as Brother 2

Kelly Hu as Okiku

Phil LaMarr as
Afro (Teenager)
Brother 1
Brother 3

Yuri Lowenthal as Jinno (Ep. 2-5)

Dave Wittenberg as
Assassin (Ep. 1)
Matasaburo (Ep. 4)
Patron 3 (Ep. 1)
Punk (Ep. 1)

Dwight Schultz as
Assassin 1 (Ep. 1)
Patron 1 (Ep. 1)
Ronin (Ep. 1)

Fred Tatasciore as
Juzo (Ep. 1)
Patron 5 (Ep. 1)
Shuzo (Ep. 4)

Greg Eagles as Brother 6

Grey DeLisle as
Oyuki
Woman (Ep. 1)

James Arnold Taylor as Yashichi

Jason Marsden as Sasuke (Ep. 4)

Jeff Glen Bennett as Hachiro

John Di Maggio as
Giant (Ep. 1)
Patron 2 (Ep. 1)

John Kassir as Soshun (Ep. 1)

Liam O'Brien as
Kihachi (Ep. 1)
Patron 4 (Ep. 1)

Phil LaMarr as
Brother 5
Dharman (Ep. 4)
Kuro (Ep. 1)

S. Scott Bullock as Dharman (Ep. 4, Director's Cut)

Steven Jay Blum as Assasins (Ep. 4)

Tara Strong as
Jiro (Ep. 4)
Otsuru

TC Carson as
Brother 4
Swordmaster

Yuri Lowenthal as Kuma (Ep. 3-4)

English companies 

Adaptation: Titmouse Inc.

ADR Production: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.

Broadcaster: Spike TV

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)

Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment
Koch Records (soundtrack)

Opening Animation: Titmouse Inc.

Post Production: illuminate

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Luq Hamet

Executive producer: Carlo Levy

 

Luc Florian as Justice

Thierry Desroses as
Afro
Ninja Ninja

Yumi Fujimori as Okiku

Bruno Choël as Kuma

Donald Reignoux as Jinn

Isabelle Giami as Otsuru

Michel Vigné as Le Maître d'armes

Patrick Messe as Premier Frère

Taric MEHANI as Afro jeune

Tarik Mehani as Afro jeune

Dimitri Rougeul

Helene Bizot

Lionel Tua

Luq Hamet

Michel Fortin

Patrice Keller

Sylvain Lemarié

Thierry Ragueneau

French companies 

ADR Production: Calumet Productions

Broadcaster: Canal +

Distributor: Dybex

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Bernd Rumpf as Justice

Jan-David Rönfeldt as
Afro Samurai
Ninja Ninja

Gerrit Schmidt-Foss as
Jinnosuke
Kuma

Jan Spitzer as Bruder 1

Marie Bierstedt as Okiku

Sebastian Fitzner as Afro Kid

Bernd Vollbrecht as
Ronin 2 (Ep. 4)
Soshun

Erich Räuker as Bruder 4 (Ep. 3)

Gerald Paradies as
Barbesucher (Ep. 1)
Ronin 3 (Ep. 4)

Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as Swordmaster (Ep. 2–4)

Lutz Schnell as Hachiro (Ep. 2)

Marie Bierstedt as Otsuru (Ep. 2)

Michael Iwannek as
Bruder 5 (Ep. 3)
One Eyed
Ronin 1 (Ep. 4)

Oliver Stritzel as Bruder 2 (Ep. 1–3)

Rainer Doering as Spion (Ep. 2)

Reinhard Kuhnert as Mann (Ep. 4)

Roland Hemmo as Bruder 6 (Ep. 1, 3)

Sascha Rotermund as Yashichi (Ep. 2)

Tammo Kaulbarsch as Sasuke (Ep. 2, 4)

Vera Teltz as Oyuki

German companies 

Distributor: Universum-Films


Arabic staff 
(none)
Arabic companies 

Broadcaster: space power

Arabic cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster: MTV Brasil (TV version subtitled)

Portuguese cast 
(none)
 
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