Afro Samurai (Director's Cut)
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Actor: Greg Eagles, John Di Maggio, Kelly Hu, Ron Perlman, Samuel L. JacksonBrand: Funimation
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Director's Cut, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 1-4210-1087-9
Studio: Funimation
Product features:
- Afro Samurai (voiced by Academy Award® nominated Samuel L. Jackson) is an epic tale of a black samurai s hunt for Justice (voiced by Ron Perlman: Hellboy, Alien Resurrection ) who murdered his father. With music score by The RZA ( Kill Bill , Wu Tang Clan) Afro Samurai blends traditional Japanese culture, funky technology and hip hop to create a brutally fresh entertainment experience. Di
Movie Reviews of Afro Samurai (Director's Cut)
Movie Review: The director's cut is well worth it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched Afro Samurai on Spike TV back in January when they first aired the edited episodes. I was thrilled when I found out they were releasing a director's cut of the production with an extended ending since I could not get over how bland the show felt on TV. For those of you who thought that Afro Samurai was a rushed anime and no real substance, well the director's cut of the show fixes a lot of it. Spike TV not only cut out the mature content but ended up cutting the scenes to make room for a half hour time lapse. In my opinion the director's cut of Afro adds depth to the characters. The picture and sound are restored to their intended form creating a beautiful anime. Aside from the features, yes many have commented that Afro the character lacks in personality with his jabber of a sidekick Ninja Ninja filling in his dialogue. His character is a scarred being and his sidekick is his only mental expression. Consider the story of Afro going through life as a boy pulled out of innocence and straight into the world of killing. The anime is for people who are willing to look closer at the content. In the end it has many redeemable qualities with characters and story handled with a mixture of old feudal Japan and modern future culture. It is also a story about how revenge comes between the good in you life and how power cannot exist in your life unless you destroy it. Afro Samurai is an imaginative story, with unusual, likable characters thought up by Takashi Okasaki. For those of you who are planning on watching it for the first time get the complete director's cut anime.
Summary of Afro Samurai (Director's Cut)
Ice Cold Soul and a Jones For RevengeAfro Samurai (voiced by Academy Award® nominated Samuel L. Jackson) is an epic tale of a black samurai's hunt for Justice (voiced by Ron Perlman: Hellboy Alien Resurrection ) who murdered his father. With music score by The RZA ( Kill Bill Wu Tang Clan) Afro Samurai blends traditional Japanese culture, funky technology and hip hop to create a brutally fresh entertainment experience.
Director's Cut features:
Director's Cut Edition of Afro Samurai is a 2-disc set with over 170 minutes of action!
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The violent five-part adventure Afro Samurai marks both the increasing confluence of American and Japanese pop culture and the shift in Japanese depictions of African-Americans. The popularity of hip-hop in Japan has led to more positive images of blacks, including Takashi Okazaki's original manga. The "Director's Cut" contains an additional 15 minutes of footage, and is even gorier than the broadcast version on Spike TV. As a boy, Afro Samurai saw his father beheaded by the maniacal Justice. The murderer sought an ancient headband that marks the wearer as the #1 warrior in the world. As an adult, Afro seeks only revenge, cutting down anyone who blocks his path to Justice. Afro Samurai depicts a oddly anachronistic world that infuses cell phones, cigarette lighters, and cyber technology into traditional Japanese culture. The elongated character designs recall Peter Chung's Aeon Flux, and much of the series is rendered in moody grays, accented by gobbets of scarlet blood. Afro is such a taciturn figure, most of the dialogue goes to his motor-mouth comrade Ninja Ninja. This big budget production features an eclectic score by Wu-Tang Clan co-founder RZA and an A-list vocal cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson and Ron Perlman. But for all its elaborate production values and over-the-top fights, Afro Samurai suffers from a weakness at its core: Afro is so monosyllabic and cold-blooded, he's not very interesting. His inevitable duel-to-the-death with Justice lacks the emotional punch of Spike's face-off against Vicious in Cowboy Bebop or Kenshin's one-on-one with Shishio in Rurouni Kenshin. This extremely violent series is not for the faint of stomach. (Rated TV MA, suitable for ages 17 and older: graphic violence, profanity, sexual activity, grotesque imagery, nudity, risqué humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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