Afro samurai

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Afro samurai
Original title ア フ ロ サ ム ラ イ
transcription Afuro Samurai
genre Action
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Takashi Okazaki
magazine NOU NOU HAU
First publication 1999-2000
expenditure 1
Original video animation
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2007
Studio Gonzo
length 22 (TV version)
25 (Director's Cut) minutes
Episodes 5
Director Fuminori Kizaki
idea Takashi Okazaki
music RZA
synchronization
Anime movie
► Afro Samurai - Resurrection (2009)

Afro Samurai ( Japaneseア フ ロ サ ム ラ イ, Afuro Samurai ) is a Japanese manga series by Takashi Okazaki , which was also filmed and published as a five-part OVA . With a production cost of $ 1 million per episode, Afro Samurai was the most expensive production in the history of Studio Gonzo . In 2006 there were plans for a real- life version with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead role, but filming has not started.

action

Note: The plot section applies to the anime series

As a child, Afro watched his father, Rokutaro, be killed by Justice. The fight was about Afro's father's headband, the number one headband, which is supposed to give the owner godlike powers. However, the owner of this headband can only be challenged by the owner of the number two headband, while the owner of this headband can be challenged by any opponent.

Now that Justice has become the owner of the number one headband, Afro leaves home. Afro takes his father's sword and number two's headband, which he soon loses. He finds a new home in the dōjō of a one-eyed sword master and also friends like Jinnosuke. However, Afro cannot forget the desire for revenge and continues to look for the owner of the number two headband. On the basis of stories, Afro learns of the thesis that his master is now number two. This does not let go of him, so that he speaks to his master about it when he is appointed samurai. At a nightly fateful meeting, the master reveals himself to be the owner of the number two headband. After his master has given him the choice of living in peace or in combat as the owner of the number two headband, Afro decides on the latter and kills his master. Jinnosuke, who witnessed the murder of his master, swears revenge on Afro.

A few years later, Afro is on his way to Justice to avenge his father's death, only accompanied by his alter ego Ninja Ninja . On the way there, Afro the Empty 7 , a clan consisting of seven monks, stand in the way. They want to get to headband number two in order to then get to the divine powers of band number one. However, after all attempts by the Empty 7 to take the number two headband off have failed, Afro stands where his father died. There, a fighter with a well-known teddy bear mask confronts him first, who turns out to be a Jinnosuke. Afro manages, reluctantly at first, to defeat him and now faces Justice, whom he can defeat after a hard fight.

Years later, Afro is challenged again by Jinnosuke, who survived the first fight on the mountain and is now the owner of the number two headband. The series ends when the fight begins.

Publications

The manga by Afro Samurai was published in the dōjinshi magazine NOU NOU HAU from 1999 to 2000 . September 2008 the manga was published in two volumes in English by Seven Seas Entertainment . In April and July 2011, both volumes were published in German by Carlsen Comics .

Adaptations

Anime

The five-part series first aired on January 4, 2007 on Spike TV in the United States and Canada . Other TV broadcasts followed in Great Britain on Adult Swim , in Japan on Fuji Television and WOWOW , in Brazil on MTV Brasil, in France on Canal + and in Australia on MTV Australia.

The series was licensed on DVD by Funimation for the whole of North America and released on May 22, 2007 in two different versions, a director's cut version and a version that corresponds to the television broadcast on Spike TV. In Germany , the OVA was licensed by Universum Anime , which published the series on August 4, 2008 parallel to Animagic , Germany's largest anime convention; the Director's Cut followed on November 24th of the same year. On July 31, 2009 this was published again at the same time as the sequel Afro Samurai - Resurrection and both on January 21, 2011 as again, but this time as a double feature.

synchronization

role German speaker English speaker
Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja Jan-David Rönfeldt Samuel L. Jackson
Justice Bernd Rumpf Ron Perlman
Okiku Marie Bierstedt Kelly Hu
Otsuru Marie Bierstedt Tara Strong
Jinnosuke / Kuma Gerrit Schmidt-Foss Yuri Lowenthal
One Eyed Michael Iwannek Dwight Schultz
Oyuki Vera Teltz Gray DeLisle
Afro kid Sebastian Fitzner Crystal scales
Soshun Bernd Vollbrecht John Kassir
Swordmaster Klaus-Dieter Klebsch TC Carson
Rokutaro Greg Eagles
Sasuke Tammo ruff Jason Marsden
Dharman S. Scott Bullock

Soundtrack

Wu-Tang Clan member RZA was responsible for the soundtrack of Afro Samurai . The soundtrack was released on CD by Koch Records on January 30, 2007 under the name The RZA Presents: Afro Samurai OST . Other hip-hop stars such as Big Daddy Kane , Talib Kweli , Q-Tip and GZA also made guest appearances on the CD .

Movie

In January 2009, the anime film Afro Samurai: Resurrection was released, which is a sequel to the OVA. In the film, Samuel L. Jackson takes on the lead role again, with Lucy Liu and Mark Hamill speaking alongside him . As with the 5-part series, RZA is again responsible for the soundtrack.

Video game

In February 2008 it was announced that Namco Bandai Games was working on a video game adaptation based on Afro Samurai. As in the series, Samuel L. Jackson has taken on the role of Afro / Samurai again. The game was released on March 26, 2009 for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dan Iverson, "Revenge" Advance Review. In: IGN. January 2, 2007, archived from the original ; accessed on May 31, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ Comic-Con: Live Action Afro Samurai. In: Anime News Network. July 22, 2006, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ On DVD. In: Universe Anime. Universum Film GmbH, archived from the original ; Retrieved March 29, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Jonathan Mays: The RZA Gets His Afro Samurai On. In: Anime News Network. June 2, 2006, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Egan Loo: Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill Join Afro Samurai: Resurrection (Updated). In: Anime News Network. July 24, 2008, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from July 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Afro Samurai Review. In: IGN. Archived from the original ; accessed on May 31, 2019 (English).