Seinfeld

SEINFELD BLOG

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

starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman, Kelly Hu, Yuri Lowenthal

: Afro Samurai: Season One - Director's Cut [Blu-ray]
See Larger Image
List Price: $29.98
You Pay Only: $14.95
You Save: $15.03 (50%)
Prices subject to change.



Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours




Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: Blu-ray
EAN: 0704400079870
Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Funimation Prod
Manufacturer: Funimation Prod
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Funimation Prod
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 2968
Studio: Funimation Prod



Related Items:

Editorial Review:

Description:
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

    Amazon.com:
    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

    More from Studio Gonzo

    Origin: Spirits of the Past
    Trinity Blood
    Solty Rei




    Stills from Afro Samurai (click for larger image)





















    More Samuel L. Jackson

    Snakes on a Plane
    Shaft
    Pulp Fiction




    More Stills (click for larger image)























    Customer Reviews
    Average Rating: out of 5 stars

    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - good stuff!
    loved the contrasting style between his conscience & his fighting style.
    worked well & ... Read More


    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - THE SAMURAI IS AWESOME!!!!!!!
    Getting the Afro Samurai on Blu Ray is a good way to see how the saga begins before the story begins ... Read More


    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - YO JUBEI! THERES A NEW HARDCORE SAMURAI IN TOWN!!!
    Asolutely off the chain animation given to this disc Yo! Finally we have a full feature representation ... Read More


    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great picture and Sound- Anime must own
    This series presents great animation, with a heavy and grity sound track. The story line is a bit slow ... Read More


    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good series, perfect DVD
    This Boxset is very well designed. The package is so great. It looks and feels great. Very good, especially ... Read More

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

    Browse for similar items by category:







    Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.