Afro Samurai

Quote:

After watching his father die in a duel against an unbeatable villian known only as 'Justice,' young Afro fixes his life on the study of swords and revenge. 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.

* Taken from the official website.

What makes this anime so special, other than the fact that the main character is a samurai thats black. Well its seems like the "baddest mother fucker", Samuel L. Jackson, is going to be the voice for the Afro Samurai. And not only that, but this show will air on Spike TV.
This anime was announced way back in 2005 and it may be too early to start a thread but since a trailer has been released maybe its worth taking an early look.

The trailer looks badass. Looks like a ripoff from champloo but when you see the end of the trailer you can tell that it will have some boondock feel to it.
It's been announced that it will only have 5 episode but from what I saw in the trailer, the animation and flow of the action is awsome. It's a shame that they are mostly marketing this through the name of Samuel Jackson becuase the show itself looks great.
You can see the trailer at the official site. Not sure what the release date is since all the trailer says is Coming Soon.





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The first episode airs tonight at 11pm in spike tv. I sadly have no cable and even if i did they don't provide spike tv.
Luckily enough they are providing the first episode in the official website. Not sure if its the full version but thats what I'm hoping for.
http://www.spiketv.com/mods/afro/player/index.jhtml

EDIT:
Ok so its just a preview about roughly around half of the first episode.
Lots of fast action that doesn't make any sense.

How ya doing, buddy?

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.

Spoiler:

Lke sex scene NoWay.
I think its a cheap way to get the series up and known. But since the main character is black it was obvious that they would make him get some "nookie". I'm awaiting the arrival of the crackhead :/

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.