| Afro Samurai | |
 Volume one of the Afro Samurai manga remake, first released in America by Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment | |
| アフロサムライ (Afuro Samurai) | |
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| Genre | Action, period piece,[1] post-apocalyptic[2] |
| Manga | |
| Afro Samurai! | |
| Written by | Takashi Okazaki |
| Published by | Self-funded dōjinshi |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Nou Nou Hau (dōjinshi) |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | November 1998 – September 2002 |
| Volumes | JP 1 NA 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fuminori Kizaki |
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| Music by | RZA |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
| Original network | FNS (Fuji TV), Wowow |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 4, 2007 – February 1, 2007 |
| Episodes | 5 |
| Anime television film | |
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Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ, Afuro Samurai, stylized as ΛFΓO SΛMUΓΛI) is a Japanese seinen dōjinshi manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde dōjinshi manga magazine Nou Nou Hau from November 1998 to September 2002. Inspired by Okazaki's love of soul and hip hop music and American media, it follows the life of Afro Samurai who witnessed his father, Rokutaro (owner of the No. 1 headband) killed by a gunslinger man named Justice (owner of the No. 2 headband) while he was a child. As an adult, Afro sets off to kill Justice and avenge his father.
The Afro Samurai dōjinshi was adapted into an anime miniseries by Gonzo in 2007, along with the television film sequel Afro Samurai: Resurrection in 2009, both of which starred Samuel L. Jackson as the title character. The anime received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation and Outstanding Animated Program, which it won. After the release of the anime series, Okazaki remade the original Afro Samurai dōjinshi into a two-volume manga. Tor Books and Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the title and published it under their new Tor/Seven Seas imprint for a North America exclusive release. In addition to the miniseries, Afro Samurai has been adapted into two video game. For the television series and film, two soundtracks by RZA of Wu-Tang Clan and a profile book were released in Japan.
- ^ "Afro Samurai". Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ Solomon, Charles (February 2, 2009). "American, Japanese pop culture meld in 'Afro Samurai'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
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