Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Kelly Hu, Ron Perlman, Samuel L. Jackson, Yuri Lowenthal
Brand: Funimation
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-26
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Funimation Prod

Movie Reviews of Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Great Show!
Summary: 5 Stars

This show is awesome! My friend had recommended it and I don't regret buying it at all. The action is great, the soundtrack by the RZA is epic, and the animation is top notch. And at the price that amazon is offering it at is a steal for blu-ray! Its definitely worth it!!! AFRO SAMURAI!!!!
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Summary of Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut [Blu-ray]

Ice Cold Soul and a Jones For Revenge..now available on Blu-Ray!

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.

Director's Cut features:

  • 15 MINUTES OF NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE
  • Exclusive Manga art from Afro Samurai Creator: Takashi Okazaki
  • Interview with the Creator: Takashi Okazaki
  • RZA Music Production Tour In the Booth
    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, risqu? humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

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