History Anime / AfroSamurai

Set in a SchizoTech version of something that may or may not be feudal Japan, the story revolves around the titular character (played by Creator/SamuelLJackson) and his quest to [[YouKilledMyFather avenge his father's death]] by defeating the strongest warrior in the world. The idea goes that whoever wears the "Number One Headband" is the unquestioned biggest badass on Earth, but they can [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou only be challenged by]] the person with the Number ''Two'' band -- which is, at the moment, Afro. Making Afro's life a lot more complicated is the fact that ''any'' regular schlub can challenge for the Number Two and with it, the right to try for the big prize.

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Set in a SchizoTech version of something that may or may not be feudal Japan, the story revolves around the titular character (played by Creator/SamuelLJackson) and his quest to avenge his father's death by defeating the strongest warrior in the world. The idea goes that whoever wears the "Number One Headband" is the unquestioned biggest badass on Earth, but he or she can [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou only be challenged by]] the person with the Number ''Two'' band -- which is, at the moment, Afro. Making Afro's life a lot more complicated is the fact that ''any'' regular schlub can challenge for the Number Two and with it, the right to try for the big prize.

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* EvilIsSexy: Sio is acknowledged as such in-universe. Ninja Ninja actually describes her as a "crazy, sexy, bitch".

There's also a ten-chapter manga version. It uses elements, characters, and events from both movies, while changing many things. [[WordOfGod According to the creator]], it's the closest to the original doujinshi the series is based on.

%%* DeathBySex: "Okiku". This subsequently causes Afro to break out of his [[TheStoic usual stoic nature]] and show (in a rare occasion) [[PetTheDog that he truly does care]]. %% This doesn't explain how the trope happens. Did Okiku had sex then died at some poin?

* SexFaceTurn: Okiku/Otsuru has sex with Afro. Conflicted, she finally decides ''not'' to kill him while they're in the act. Afterwards, she even goes on to kill one of the random {{Mooks}} that swoop in to finish the job. Unfortunately, she [[DeathBySex dies immediately afterwards]]. Though it's not a case of SexEqualsLove; Otsuru just can't bring herself to kill her ChildhoodFriend.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Otsuru and Afro, [[DisposableWoman sort]] [[DeathBySex of]].

* DeathBySex: "Okiku". This subsequently causes Afro to break out of his [[TheStoic usual stoic nature]] and show (in a rare occasion) [[PetTheDog that he truly does care]].
* DisposableWoman: Otsuru/"Okiku".

The five-episode series premiered in North America and aired between January 4, 2007 and February 1, 2007 on Creator/ParamountNetwork (Then known as Creator/SpikeTV). The sequel movie, titled "''Afro Samurai: Resurrection''", premiered on January 25, 2009. Tired of all the killing, Afro has retreated away from the world. Unfortunately, Kuma and his sister, Sio, find him and take the Number One Headband. Sio plans to resurrect Afro's father, and force Afro to fight him to atone for all the lives he's ended. Afro must once again find the Number Two Headband, to earn the right to challenge her before she's able to do so.

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The five-episode series premiered in North America and aired between January 4, 2007 and February 1, 2007 on Creator/ParamountNetwork (formerly Creator/SpikeTV). The sequel movie, titled "''Afro Samurai: Resurrection''", premiered on January 25, 2009. Tired of all the killing, Afro has retreated away from the world. Unfortunately, Kuma and his sister, Sio, find him and take the Number One Headband. Sio plans to resurrect Afro's father, and force Afro to fight him to atone for all the lives he's ended. Afro must once again find the Number Two Headband, to earn the right to challenge her before she's able to do so.

* PoisonousFriend: Sio's vassals, Bin, Michael, and Tomoe. At one point, Bin says this:
-->"We will not allow [Sio] to fall from grace. Instead, ''we'' will be the sinners."
** That said, it's not like Sio would have had too far to fall...

* SexFaceTurn: [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex Okiku/Otsuru has sex with Afro.]] Conflicted, she finally decides ''not'' to kill him while they're in the act. Afterwards, she even goes on to kill one of the random {{Mooks}} that swoop in to finish the job. Unfortunately, she [[DeathBySex dies immediately afterwards]].
** Though it's not a case of SexEqualsLove; Otsuru just can't bring herself to kill her childhood friend.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Otsuru/"Okiku".

* VaderBreath: Kuma.

* StockSubtitle: Resurrection.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Sio.

* NiceHat: Justice's hat, which he wears the Number One Headband around.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mixed with WhatMeasureIsAMook. Turns out all those armies of mercenaries and assassins that Afro regularly destroyed had families and friends that cared deeply about them. Bad people or no, they were still people.

* AdaptationalVillainy: This game has Afro be ''directly'' responsible for the massacre at the dojo, as it's done in revenge by the Daimyo's men after Afro butchered him and several of his men (with no provocation). In the manga and

* BookEnds: The series opens and ends at the exact same locale, with the exact same framing and colouring, as a sword duel is about to begin: Afro vs Justice in the beginning, [[spoiler: Afro vs Kuma in the ending]]. It's clearly meant to represent the self-perpetuating cycle this world lives under.