Pluskylang
Great Film overall
Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Criticman12
This is one of the greatest anime shows since, "Cowboy Bebop" and "Wolf's Rain".The story is about a ninja named Afro and he seeks to kill his father's killer and claim the Number 1 headband.The animation is great, the action scene's were cool, the story is good, and the voice acting was great. Samuel L. Jackson does a cool job as Afro and Ninja Ninja, Ron Perlman does a nice and evil job as the villain, Justice, and Kelly Hu does a nice job as Afro's healer, Okiku.Overall, "Afro Samurai" is worth watching whether you're an anime fan or not.
roaringman
This series is the best an action anime can get. It pulls off in a mini-series other animes can only dream of. I'm usually no fan of anime's for their poor attempt at stories and usually mountainful of fillers (Useless episodes that have nothing to do but to expand the series.), but Afro Samurai just cuts to the chase. It promises viewers with cutthroat action, blood, gore and violence. It has a unique cast of characters and its' hip hop influence is something of great interest. The story is straightforward, a samurai avenging his father's death by seeking out his killer. The animation is anything but lackluster, scenery drawn beautifully. This is the greatest Action Anime and probably the greatest anime in general.
emasterslake
In a sci-fi feudal japan world there's 2 titles for the strongest, Number 2 & Number 1. When you're #2, you're only semi-strongest, when you're #1 you're on the top of success. One day a black boy experienced the sight of his dad(the original #1) being killed by Justice(a corpse gun slinger) who gained the title of #1. Several years later that same boy now holds the #2 title. And seeks for vengeance over his father's death by reclaiming the number 1 title.Afro Samurai is different from the other samurai anime in so many ways. Including the idea of having a black samurai instead of an Asian samurai as the main character. As well the use of hip hop for the background music. And it's one of the fewest anime to include this kind of theme.For a mini-series, it's already considered a cult anime to many Anime fans and non-anime fans alike. The dub for it is one of a kind with THE Samual L. Jackson as the voice of Afro Samurai and everyone's favorite Ninja Ninja. The action is very intense and gory at the same time. In other words it's not an anime for those who have weak stomaches.Besides that it does have an interesting plot to it. And feels more like watching a movie rather than watching TV episodes. It's available on DVD in both edit and uncut form(which is suppose to be longer and more violent than the TV viewing).
slavewire
looking at the cover and synopsis of this, i thought I'd be in for a treat. i was greatly disappointed however. watching this made me realize just how much advanced Samurai Jack is, in every aspect. this has its fair share of blood and gore, but the silent macho persona of the main character is becoming a very tired medium to watch, the voice overs are so poor to the extent that i preferred to switch the sound off to mute, and the animation, even though it looked dark and pretty in some cases, for the most part it looked like a dated '80's cartoon. and if i wanted to watch a relatively average '80's style animated series, i have a good fair share to pick from. i really wanted to like this. i was excited even that i found something like this from a local rental store. but now I'm eager to take it back..kids will probably dig it though, no doubt. i don't think i was this critical with my cartoons back in the day.
