Okay so a quick show of hands, who here remembers Afro Samurai? Very few of you, I’m sure. Afro Samurai is a thing… and it definitely happened. Okay, I rag on it, but there was definitely effort put into this bizarre idea. A black swordsman travels across a land of feudal Japan. A feudal Japan containing cell phones and robots and Kanye West bears. But effort was put into this, or at least money. Afro Samurai was voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, music was done by RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, and the anime itself was animated by Studio Gonzo and won awards for it’s animation. So naturally, with...
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