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| AFRO SAMURAI |
Samuel L. Jackson has
a penchant for an Afro (think Pulp Fiction) and for Sci-Fi (Star Wars) so
what could be better than mixing the two? Jackson lends his voice to two
of the lead characters in the beautifully animated Afro Samurai.
Afro Samurai is the story of a black samurai in a futuristic yet feudal
Japan who is on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father.
As a young boy, Afro sees his father killed in front of his eyes in a
ritualistic fight to the death. The boy grows into a badass young man who,
despite the advice from his friends and teacher, can not rest until he
rights the wrong done to him. Afro’s fighting skills are honed as he
secretly searches for the legendary Number 2 headband – the holder of
this headband is the only worldly being able to hurt the Number 1, who
just so happens to be his father’s killer.
After he takes on the mantle of Number 2, he travels a warrior’s
solitary path in his search for revenge, fighting off a myriad of enemies
all intent owning the legendary Number 2 headband for their own chance to
challenge to be Number 1. As well as enemies, occasionally allies also
come along the way including Ninja Ninja (also voice by Jackson), and the
stoic warrior strives to keep his focus (and his dignity) while Ninja
Ninja jabbers away.
With an original score by
Wu-Tang Clan member RZA and supporting voices coming from such stars as
Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Blade II) as Afro’s nemesis, Justice and Kelly Hu
(X-Men II, The Scorpion King) as Okiko, Afro Samurai is the smash hit
action series of the year. The exciting, action packed and engrossing mash
up of ancient Japan and present day, and beautiful artistic animation
combined with decapitations, and impalements, mean that Afro Samurai is up
there with Kill Bill and The Matrix as well as anime classics such as
Akira and Ninja Scroll. This
high octane entertainment will really reach out there to all action fans.
Afro Samurai started life as
a five episode series (co-produced by Jackson), broadcast to 1.2m viewers
in the USA on Spike TV and in Japan on Fuji Television. It has already
premiered in the UK on Bravo in April 07 and NAMCO will be releasing a
high budget PS3 video game in 2008.
Afro Samurai is now
available as a (2-Disc DVD) Director’s Cut containing extensive extras
including commentary on the voice recordings, the characters and the
creation of the original sound track, the original pitch bible the
producer used to sell the show, lots of production art…we could go on
and on!
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