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I find the story to be one of the most mished-mashed concepts I have come across in a while, though beautifully animated, $1 million per ep is pretty obcene, well...It's coming out fo Spike's budget so I guess there is no complaining.

One of the only problems I had was the fact that there were too many commercials, like...4, but no television watermark (that we usually see on the bottom right) so I cant complain, the runtime was kinda short (21 mins) and there was no ED animation, I guess a few illistrated manga images were just too hard to come by.

Lastly I noticed that there were two writers from each respected verison (Japanese and English) I wonder what the differences are story/dialouge-wise OR just language issues.

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Not to get off topic, but announced a few years ago was Tokyo Tribes which MTV is going to pull the same thing we've seen here, however, I cannot find any info on it at the time

The animation for this title was incredible, but I just thought the story made no sense at all, they really didn't make it all that compelling.

I don't know maybe I need to see more episodes.

I find it slightly disturbing how the samurai characters are all seen openly smoking blunts. The excessive violence is controversial enough, but an animation visually stating that "drugs are cool" is bound to piss off certain individuals.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER (Post 358499)

Well that's TV today for you, I've notice that for awhile now TV has been on the decline.

Did anybody find it funny how Samuel Jackson only had like 2 lines but he did them incredibly well?

Like when he's number two, and not his dad i think his only lines are: Shut up, and oishii..... refreshing.

I dunno did anybody else expect something more stereotypic of Mr. Jackson like SAY WHAT AGAIN! I DARE YOU MOTHAFUCK4 I DOUBLE DARE YA!

Hey , if they want to add PIFF in this anime then they can!. No anime I've seen over the past years did that yet =]

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Originally Posted by crabman (Post 358560)

Umm, he's also the voice of Ninja Ninja (the sidekick dude that follows Number Two around), so he had way more than two lines in total.

Who plays the white gunslinger with the liver spots? He sounds an awful lot like Bill, of Kill Bill (though that might be intentional).

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Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII (Post 358653)

Umm, he's also the voice of Ninja Ninja (the sidekick dude that follows Number Two around), so he had way more than two lines in total.

O... well thanks for bursting my bubble i hope you're happy now.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER (Post 358671)

Who plays the white gunslinger with the liver spots? He sounds an awful lot like Bill, of Kill Bill (though that might be intentional).

I've never seen Kill Bill, and I don't remember anybody with that description (was he one of the guys during the first fight sequence with Afro?). But aside from the main characters, everyone else was voiced by regular voice actors, no celebrities or anything.

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Originally Posted by crabman (Post 358691)

O... well thanks for bursting my bubble i hope you're happy now.

I'm sorry. :(

I thought that was really obvious, though. I noticed it right away when he first started talking.

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I've never seen Kill Bill, and I don't remember anybody with that description (was he one of the guys during the first fight sequence with Afro?).

It's the dude who killed Afro's father. I think his name is Justice or something. Anyway, he's the main bad guy (most likely).

Oh, that guy! Yeah, his name is Justice (or Number One, if you prefer), and I'm pretty sure he's the main bad guy. He's voiced by Ron Pearlman.

The first episode I thought was very well done, with an excellent first 10 or so minutes. I'm hoping that we'll be seeing more of Justice in the coming episodes and not have to wait until the last one.

Probably the biggest disappointment for me is that there are only going to be 5 episodes.

Just in case you missed it, spiketv is hosting the new episodes weekly on their site but they do take off the previous one.
Episode 2 up Now.
http://www.spiketv.com/mods/afro/player/index.jhtml

I think what the episode lacks in story and creativity it makes up in the animation. They're also pushing the limits on what they can do even at 11pm.

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Lol, awaiting a crackhead.....

And ya Shenlon i totally agree with you; afro samurai is like a visual treat but not much else. Maybe it's all the commercials stopping the flow of the show but SOMETHING about it just makes me not interested.

Does anybody else think that ninja ninja might not exist? I mean seriously think about it. He might just be a manifestation of afro's thoughts. Like so far in the story it would totally fit; right?

Already mentioned that theory in the first page. The way he popped out of nowhere in this episode nearly confirms my beliefs.

And yeah, I don't know how they're getting away with the excessive gore and moaning sex.

Episode 2 was pretty disappointing and pretty much acknowledged that Afro Samurai's story isn't going any better than the typical run-of-the-mill anime. Still, I can imagine this episode being a lot better had the show been just a movie and things immediately moved on.

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Originally Posted by SOLDIER (Post 363663)

Ever seen Aeon Flux? That had a shitload of "moaning sex" and they got away with it. As for the second episode..I can see where it's going but I also want to see something flawless and more action. They'll redeem themselves for the live-action movie--maybe.