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AICN Anime-Afro Samurai

FIRST! by bobgoatse	May 15th, 2007 06:08:35 AM
AFRO'S GOTTA EAT TOO!
Wow by Sit and Watch	May 15th, 2007 07:07:52 AM
I've been curious about this. Never seen it. Sounds cool. May be buying it on this review alone.
Mutha Fucka by Prof_Ender	May 15th, 2007 09:02:08 AM
Honestly, they should take this review and plaster it on the front cover of the DVD. Most of the message boards I go to complain that this series is "all style and no substance" (which to me is the single most boring criticism in the world), and never go beyond that.
So if I interpret the second paragraph correctly, by Harry Weinstein	May 15th, 2007 10:58:40 AM
...It's better than CHAMPLOO because it's dumber, less creative, more gratuitously violent, and more profane. In my opinion it seems more like CHAMPLOO is the show that doesn't kid around, and AFRO SAMURAI is the show that takes one set of anime cliches and mixes them with another set of hip-hop cliches and asks me to be impressed with it. I am not. Nor am I impressed with what I've heard of RZA's musical contributions to it - the CHAMPLOO soundtracks are better than anything RZA's done since at least BOBBY DIGITAL IN STEREO - indeed they're among the most solid hip-hop albums released this decade. Perhaps the original AFRO SAMURAI manga is better - but the animated version just felt like SAMURAI CHAMPLOO for really stupid people. Shinichiro Watanabe fucking loves hip hop, it's instantly clear watching his series that he really understands it on a core level, based on how he uses it. AFRO SAMURAI is all marketing. It's the BULWORTH of anime.
This particular anime by cannedpasta	May 15th, 2007 12:48:23 PM
SUCKED ASS. My God it was awful.
Best TV Mini-series by jub3i	May 15th, 2007 04:24:28 PM
maybe ever. fuck this was BRILLIANT entertainment.
Seen it all before, however by Doc_Strange	May 15th, 2007 06:03:21 PM
The action, the tits, and samurai all make for a great combination. Oh yeah and it's voiced by Samuel "MUTHAFUCKA" Jackson. How could anyone not want to see this?
Sure it's nothing special in terms of story or content by Johnno	May 16th, 2007 12:53:51 AM
But it's really entertaining ........................damn muthafucka!

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