Afro Samurai

[Munsu]

First episode aired, don't know which release has the best encode, but here are three releases:

http://www.meganova.org/torrent/fa9e...861b3d.torrent
http://monova.org/download/39402/%5B...5D.avi.torrent
http://datorrents.com/download.asp?i...5D.wmv.torrent

The tale of Afro Samurai is one of bloody hardship and pain. Along his solitary path of revenge for his murdered father, he sheds no tears and knows no love. Forever chased by powerful enemies in a lawless technology-speckled dystopia, he evades bullets and blade to reach his final prey: a man who will not die. But Afro will reach his quarry - even if it means painting a road of blood and brains from here to the bitter inevitable end.

Project by Spike TV / FUNimation of US, and Gonzo`s Samurai Project team.

http://www.afrosamurai.com/
http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.p...anime&aid=2656
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=5275

[Yukimura]

Just did some checking up and this thing has Samuel L Jackson in it...therefore now matter how good or bad it is people will still check it out, even after Snakes on a Plane. And I don't know much about budgets but $1 million per 22 minute episode sounds like it could be used to do lots of cool things.

[woofcat]

So this is only a American anime? Or is it a Japanese anime re-dubbed by somewhat decent people?

[Bucket]

It seems to be Japanese produced, but the voice actors are English.

[kAi]

Downloading this now.
Samuel L. Jackson as a voice actor sounds good.

[Inazuma]

It's nice, but it'll be better with a decent encoding. Art on this show seems to be one of it's strong point, but lame encoding ruins the thing.

[Lucifus]

I've been waitin for this. Im pretty hopeful that its gonna be kickazz. Downloading the first ep.

[?igma]

I like it..and I'm never a fan of "American" Animé..

[Honoko]

The persona of Samuel L. Jackson is now very distracting... I wish some no-name guy was doing the voices for this series instead. Jackson's voice is so recognizable these days that it pulls me away from the "reality" of the storyline. But the art and animation are pretty sweet and that's probably the only reason why I'll keep watching. Besides, how can you not love the name "Afro Samurai"? HAHahahahhaa

[?igma]

I'm not sure, but I think he's doing both the Afro as his...whatever thats following him. Thats only b/c I think I hear that, so I have no hard information

[kAi]

Yeah, both of them are Samuel L. Jackson.

You can check the official site for that info.

Art is awesome, I'll keep watching this, should be a good series.

[Inazuma]

Yeah, Just Call it " Afro Champloo "

[Yukimura]

I like it..and I'm never a fan of "American" Animé..

From what I can tell this is more American commissioned anime then the American produced attempts that you're thinking of. The style and attitude of the show have a strong American influence but I didn't see anything in the show that I thought would be out of place in any normal anime other than the myriad levels of technology which all seem to be present at he same time...though I think Samurai 7 might have been similar in that respect.

[Kraco]

It was certainly interesting. Samuel L Jackson was the right man for the role, as well. He performed well, as could pretty much be expected. On the contrary to Honoko's opinion I think clearly recognizing it as him was all the better, because he's easily associated with badassness, and this role requires nothing less.

[dark maginn]

yup thats true his voice acting is good for the afro dude

[YaGaMi]

I watched it not too long ago myself, although the animation was great, personally I felt the action was at times way too fast to keep track of. Overall it's an average anime, but not something I'd watch again though.