Revenge
English title: Number One
Series title: アフロサムライ
- Studio
- GDH, Fuji TV, Fuji Television Network Inc., Gonzo, Mosaic Media Group
- Distributor
- Spike TV, Fuji Television Network Inc.
Synopsis
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.
Characters
Afro Samurai/Ninja Ninja, Okiku, Jinno, Justice
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Fuminori Kizaki
Producing
- Producer
- Alex Gartner, Charles Roven
- Co-Producers
- Shinichiro Ishikawa, Samuel L. Jackson, Chihiro Kameyama
- Associate Producer
- Eric S. Calderon
- Executive Producers
- Leo Chu, Shinichiro Ishikawa, Samuel L. Jackson, Julie Silverman, Arthur Smith
Writing
- Writer
- Takahashi Okazaki, Tomohiro Yamashita
- English Version
- Derek Draper, Christine Yoo
- Comic
- Takahashi Okazaki
Animation
- Animator
- Hiroya Iijima (Animation Director)
Voices
- Voice
- Samuel L. Jackson (Afro Samurai/Ninja Ninja), Kelly Hu (Okiku), Yuri Lowenthal (Jinno), Ron Perlman (Justice), Crystal Scales (Young Afro Samurai)
Music
- Music
- The RZA
Crew
- Creator
- Takahashi Okazaki
- Character Design
- Hiroya Iijima
Production notes
This mini-series is scheduled to run for five episodes.
The series will be followed up by a live-action feature film starring Samuel L. Jackson, to be filmed in collaboration with a Japanese studio.
Written by 31-year-old Tokyo-based graphic designer Takashi "Bob" Okazaki, "Afro Samurai" supposedly was conceived in 1995. It first appeared as a manga in "Nononhow," a self-published magazine, assembled in 1998 by Okazaki and his friends when they were in art school. At that time, fewer than 100 copies were published.
GDH International creative director Eric Calderon found the comic while looking for "new stuff from Japan" at the United States office of Tokyo animation house GDH. "It was high-quality art- very innovative and cool. I thought it would go over well with kids here."
Jackson foresaw an animated series and joined the project as both lead voice actor and co-producer.
After its debut in the United States, the anime will be reimported and broadcast in Japan, complete with subtitles.
The series will be followed up by a live-action feature film starring Samuel L. Jackson, to be filmed in collaboration with a Japanese studio.
Written by 31-year-old Tokyo-based graphic designer Takashi "Bob" Okazaki, "Afro Samurai" supposedly was conceived in 1995. It first appeared as a manga in "Nononhow," a self-published magazine, assembled in 1998 by Okazaki and his friends when they were in art school. At that time, fewer than 100 copies were published.
GDH International creative director Eric Calderon found the comic while looking for "new stuff from Japan" at the United States office of Tokyo animation house GDH. "It was high-quality art- very innovative and cool. I thought it would go over well with kids here."
Jackson foresaw an animated series and joined the project as both lead voice actor and co-producer.
After its debut in the United States, the anime will be reimported and broadcast in Japan, complete with subtitles.