History Anime / AfroSamurai

* RocketPunch: Guess who?

* AttackOfTheTownFestival: In ''Afro Samurai: Resurrection'', Afro battles the new Number Two during the town festival. At the same time, the BigBad sends a bunch of assassins to ambush him. [[KillEmAll Everyone but Afro, the DJ, and the Number Two dies.]] [[spoiler: Then Afro kills the other two.]]

* KillEmAll: Nearly everyone Afro meets dies, [[spoiler: even the two people who survived after the battle under the Bodhi tree are killed after Afro meets them again.]]
** This holds true even in ''Resurrection,'' as [[spoiler: all major characters, including (briefly) Afro himself]] die.
*** The only character to ''never'' die in any version of the story is [[spoiler:Brother Three.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Afro learns that Justice died long before he made it to him, making his entire journey, along with the deaths, including his best friend, mentor and lover, completely meaningless and preventing him from avenging his father, but he also finally overcomes his single-minded obsession with revenge and throws away the number one headband, potentially ending the eternal struggle for ultimate power for good.]]

* BossBanter: Every boss talks to Afro as they fight. Interestingly, instead of just taunts and the occasional threat, the bosses go on speeches about how Afro's obsession is self-destructive, how many people he hurt, how he's wasting his life in something meaningless and etc.
-->'''Ninja-Ninja:''' You thought I was yo' friend!? Man, you ain't got none! They're all dead, and because of ''you''...

* EnemyWithin: Ninja Ninja discusses with Afro what he represents (suppressed emotions, guilt over Afro's actions, etc.), and forces Afro to fight him to take on the burden again.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Justice mentions this trope to Afro as part of his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, describing how Afro's simply using his father's death as a poor excuse to cause untold suffering just to get even with Justice.

* {{Fanservice}}: The second episode as well as Sio.

* HandHidingSleeves: One of the assassins the Empty Six hired to kill Afro had these. He played the "hidden blade" version of this trope to the hilt.

* LoadedSleeves: One of the assassins the Empty Six hired to kill Afro had a hidden blade in his sleeves.

* HandHidingSleeves: One of the assassins the Empty Six hired to kill Afro had these. He played the "hidden blade" version of this trope to the hilt.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Afro's resurrected father ends up killing Afro, then Jinno, and finally, Sio herself.

* MachineMonotone: Averted. [[spoiler: Bin's voice is dry and raspy, and Tomoe's is coarse, but despite having only a small amount of their old bodies left (excluding their necks), they still speak in relatively human voices and show emotion. Michael's the only one whose vocal chords have been destroyed entirely, but even then his vocalizations are simply the whine of a speaker.]]

For a lighter take on the same stylistic blend of Feudal Japan and hip hop, see ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''.

For a lighter take on the same stylistic blend of feudal Japan and hip hop, see Anime/SamuraiChamploo.

* 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.

* RealityEnsues: 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.

* AGodAmI: Justice makes this speech to Afro:

* BadDreams: Afro has a couple of these near the beginning, featuring such things as teddy bears with brains leaking out, and his father's half-rotted skull talking to him.

* DrinkOrder: "Lemonade. Ice cold."

-->'''Justice:''' So don't pretend you're doing all this for your pops? You think if he hadn't died, you'd be any different! You'd still be what you are now, a stone-cold killer; you're just a killer with an excuse.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Justice makes a speech to this effect, although it's explicitly metaphorical.]]

-->'''Justice:''' So don't pretend you're doing all this for your pops! You think if he hadn't died, you'd be any different! You'd still be what you are now, a stone-cold killer; you're just a killer with an excuse.

* BattleInTheRain: Though it's damn near a CurbStompBattle in the rain, Afro gets the Number One Headband taken from him in one of these in ''Resurrection.''

The five-episode series premiered in North America and aired between January 4, 2007 and February 1, 2007 on 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.

* RevisedEnding: [[spoiler: Much like the Manga, Justice is already dead by time Afro meets him. Instead of going into despair though, Afro is instead forced to deal with his mental demons, facing Justice in his mind. After defeating him, Afro finally comes at peace with himself and his past, and decides to throw both the #1 and #2 headbands away.]]

There's also a manga version, currently in its second volume. 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.

-->'''Justice''' (To Young Afro): "It's unfortunate you had to see this, boy. This moment'll always haunt you. You will be consumed by hatred for me. Challenge me...when you're ready to duel a god! *cue EvilLaugh* , YEE-HAW!!"

* ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest: Inverted, actually. Whoever holds the #1 headband only needs to worry about #2 challenging them. Whoever carries the #2, however, has to worry about ''everyone'' challenging for ownership of it, and those attacks come constantly and ubiquitously. Carrying the #2 headband for any amount of time is virtually a death sentence, and requires one to be a paranoid uber-badass to simply stay alive.