Afro Samurai: Resurrection [DVD]

Samuel L Jackson returns to the animated world once again to reprise his role as the super slick afro samurai. Afro's latest outing sees him stripped of his previously attained number 1 headband by a pair of vengeful friends from his past. The most notable additions to the cast this time round are none other than Star Wars legend Mark Hamill and ex Charlie's angel Lucy Liu. Lucy who voices the sexy antagonist Sio, bears a strong vendetta against the afro headed hero due to events that were shown in the original series. She's not alone though. Sio comes equipped with a sidekick teddybear, and not the cute stuffed kind either. Making a return to our screens is Afro's childhood friend turned nemesis, Jinno, who, due to severe injuries to his body, is now mainly composed of a mechanic body, and where's a bizarre teddy bear mask.In a revenge fuelled attack, Sio steals the number 1 headband as well as the skull of Afro's dead father. With this she intends to resurrect Afro's late Dad (hence the name of the movie) and use him to her own advantage. This movie sees Afro restart his journey of searching for the headbands, but this time his motive isn't revenge, but more to uphold the honour of his father whom he respects deeply.Like the original series, Afro Samurai provides some cutting edge action with plenty of gore and limbs flying around the place, as well as the usual bittersweet, and often tragic drama. Although the story to Afro Samurai Resurrection is relatively simple, it is the intertwining relationships and past experiences of the characters that make it so compelling to watch.The unique and beautiful style of animation in Afro Samurai deserves a mention. The series has a very 'Frank Miller' style look with the main colour pallet being dull shades of grey and black, however, the redness of the blood and gore stands out the most and makes the film seem very violent and dark. The animation in this movie is done by legendary anime studio Gonzo who have worked on other titles such as Full Metal Panic, Gantz and Desert Punk. The films' unique look is paired up with a great soundtrack from the Wu Tang Clan's RZA. If you like hip hop music then you will like some of the tunes on offer in this film. It is made clear that the creators were pulling out all the stops, while making this flick. The style, look and feel of this anime shows that this is a well made, high budget film.With the movie comes a nice selection of special features that include the making of the film, the making of the game, interviews, a commentary and more. If you have not yet seen Afro Samurai, you should definetly check out the original series than check out this full length movie. Afro Samurai resurrection is sure to be in the running for best anime release of of 2009, and it's sure to live on as a classic cult anime for many years to come. Long live the Afro.

Samuel L Jackson returns to the animated world once again to reprise his role as the super slick afro samurai. Afro's latest outing sees him stripped of his previously attained number 1 headband by a pair of vengeful friends from his past. The most notable additions to the cast this time round are none other than Star Wars legend Mark Hamill and ex Charlie's angel Lucy Liu. Lucy who voices the sexy antagonist Sio, bears a strong vendetta against the afro headed hero due to events that were shown in the original series. She's not alone though. Sio comes equipped with a sidekick teddybear, and not the cute stuffed kind either. Making a return to our screens is Afro's childhood friend turned nemesis, Jinno, who, due to severe injuries to his body, is now mainly composed of a mechanic body, and where's a bizarre teddy bear mask.In a revenge fuelled attack, Sio steals the number 1 headband as well as the skull of Afro's dead father. With this she intends to resurrect Afro's late Dad (hence the name of the movie) and use him to her own advantage. This movie sees Afro restart his journey of searching for the headbands, but this time his motive isn't revenge, but more to uphold the honour of his father whom he respects deeply.Like the original series, Afro Samurai provides some cutting edge action with plenty of gore and limbs flying around the place, as well as the usual bittersweet, and often tragic drama. Although the story to Afro Samurai Resurrection is relatively simple, it is the intertwining relationships and past experiences of the characters that make it so compelling to watch.The unique and beautiful style of animation in Afro Samurai deserves a mention. The series has a very 'Frank Miller' style look with the main colour pallet being dull shades of grey and black, however, the redness of the blood and gore stands out the most and makes the film seem very violent and dark. The animation in this movie is done by legendary anime studio Gonzo who have worked on other titles such as Full Metal Panic, Gantz and Desert Punk. The films' unique look is paired up with a great soundtrack from the Wu Tang Clan's RZA. If you like hip hop music then you will like some of the tunes on offer in this film. It is made clear that the creators were pulling out all the stops, while making this flick. The style, look and feel of this anime shows that this is a well made, high budget film.With the movie comes a nice selection of special features that include the making of the film, the making of the game, interviews, a commentary and more. If you have not yet seen Afro Samurai, you should definetly check out the original series than check out this full length movie. Afro Samurai resurrection is sure to be in the running for best anime release of of 2009, and it's sure to live on as a classic cult anime for many years to come. Long live the Afro.

it could have pushed the characters into different circumstances and progressed the story more, but instead Afro samurai ressurection is content with continuing the artistic violence which the afro samurai series started. If you enjoyed the first series then this is definitely worth a watch but i felt it could have added a bit more variety than it did.

This differs from the original Afro-Samurai series in that it is a feature length film rather than several episodes. Unfortunately this cuts down on the variety of characters seen in the original. Furthermore, the story line is near identical to the first and there are several events that are left unexplained (for example: how Sio manages to take the number 1 head-band without first capturing the number 2 head-band). The cinematography is just as, if not more spectacular than the first series and the morbidly fascinating plot-line ensures that this is a truly great animated film.

The continuation lost me' The first movie left off with a battle between the number one head band and the number two and the girl died in the first movie. So the vibe was weird. And after the credits of the continuation movie the fan find out that the mutant cowboy from the first movie is still alive after getting cut to pieces in the first movie But the action never let me down....:). I would also recommend the continuation....